Put simply, I don’t believe in reincarnation. I don't think a soul, spirit or what have you can rise up from its body and be placed in another. For that, we would have to see the soul as something concrete that is separate from the body and two can move about freely to another body by its own will. Or sheer force. Life, for me, is just a result of convening incidents that lead to a being that can breathe, function according to its best of abilities, then dies. Seeing souls as concrete would mean that we can measure or substantialize them, even give them names if we'd like to. A creature's meaning is simply to exist until its bodily functions wear off, wither, then cease to be. What I do believe is that there is a thing known as life force and instincts that drive a being for survival. Whether it is successful at those influences the duration of its life.
So, for me, personally, I don't know why I am therian either, but I am quite careful dipping my toe in reincarnation theories, with all due respect of course to those who do.

Hey everyone,

Today I've had a conversation with a therian friend. He was explaining his new view of therianthropy (we had both relatively recently started therapy for our psychological problems and these yielded some realizations) and I found that it all aligns very well with the views expressed in this post of mine from 2021:

(2021-04-13 0:06)DustWolf Wrote:  My current theory to explain my therianthropy, is that it is inborn. We are born therians.

I've noticed that while none of my ancestors are wolves in the sense that I am, the traits I ascribe to my therianthropy, some of them are present in my family members. I believe that by a freak chance, the traits required for someone to be a wolf while being human, have manifested in me specifically.

This may seem unlikely, but firstly: It isn't. There is this thing called convergent evolution, sometimes when natural organisms are faced with the same problems, they come up with the same solutions. The way a wolf mind works, works for many wolves who are animals living in a social setting. Humans live in a very similar setting, maybe for some humans like me, the wolf mindset works as well.

Basically, what me and my friend recently learned -- and what I think might be a valuable lesson to other therians out there -- is that likely a lot of people have these survival instincts, that we call wolf traits. But people like me and him who grew up in abusive (or well: unsupporting) families, used those survival instincts to well, survive. And this is what made those traits be as prominent in our psychology, for us to associate better with wolves than humans.

I don't know exactly where the line should be between "people with canine-like traits" and "born therian". How much of therianthropy should be psychology -- that is, were we born therians, or were we born inclined to become therian-like. That is a philosophical question. But I think the important realization is that therian traits are human traits, which are animal-like, and we've become more animal-like than human-like as therians, because our environment forced us to try to survive and animal traits are good for that.

I think maybe this tells me that therianthropy is not what I thought it would be. Perhaps I romanticized it as having something that actually physically links me to wolves and canines. But I still think that, actually understanding your therianthropy is valuable, and I'm a bit closer today.

LP,
Dusty

(2024-08-14 11:43)Syr Wrote:  

(2014-10-23 22:51)DustWolf Wrote:  Hello,

We would like to warn all of the underage visitors of our website to be careful not to trust any adults who are filrtatious or hinting at being sexual with you or meeting you in person.

We monitor this website to keep you safe, however because we cannot control what happens on other websites, but really care about your wellbeing, we ask you to understand this and keep safe everywhere.

This isn't simply another "because we said so". We know that it seems appealing, or even wonderful to gain all that attention of an adult. We also know you feel it is right to protect those who appeal to your sympathies. However keep in mind, that people who do this while being flirtatious or sexual with you, do not have your best interest in mind. They plan to use you, say all those things to make you feel sorry for them to gain your sympathies or shower you with attention if they sense that's what's required, just to manipulate you, to get what they want you to do for them -- and then discard you.

In short, they don't really love you. We do. Please be smart, say no and report them.

LP,
Dusty

This is such an useful post. I'm glad people in TG care about safety !

May everyone have a good day or afternoon.

man you guys are such good staff members, caring for all of us pups

(2024-11-17 21:36)Squibble Wrote:  

(2024-11-15 4:57)RainbowFox Wrote:  For me doing research is asking questions
Googling for hours
Writing things down
Doing experiments
And deep thinking

Same here!
When it comes to research, I usually don't do much. But when I do, I'm researching for probably hours.
But doing experiments and deep thinking are super important stuff for me when it comes to researching and finding out who/what I am.
I can get lost in the deep thinking, as I am pondering so much.
When you're doing your deep thinking, do you spiral, or are you able to keep it level headed? For me it really depends on my train of thought and what I'm currently thinking about, but I'm curious about how the process of your deep thinking goes. :3

I don’t know but I’m often deep thinking about lots of things. My thoughts are almost endless. It’s like I have bees in my head(that’s a song reference btw)!

(2024-11-15 4:57)RainbowFox Wrote:  For me doing research is asking questions
Googling for hours
Writing things down
Doing experiments
And deep thinking

Same here!
When it comes to research, I usually don't do much. But when I do, I'm researching for probably hours.
But doing experiments and deep thinking are super important stuff for me when it comes to researching and finding out who/what I am.
I can get lost in the deep thinking, as I am pondering so much.
When you're doing your deep thinking, do you spiral, or are you able to keep it level headed? For me it really depends on my train of thought and what I'm currently thinking about, but I'm curious about how the process of your deep thinking goes. :3

Personally, I've given my theriotype a nickname just to make it easier to talk about/draw, but it's not really their name.

I figure out my theriotypes by researching them after I experience shifts.

For me doing research is asking questions
Googling for hours
Writing things down
Doing experiments
And deep thinking

I remember a name from one of my past lives.
As a badger I was called “Sunny”

I don’t remember any name from my other past lives.

Happy therianthropy day for 2024
(15th November)