Like Pica, I was originally afraid of this rule, but now much less drama should be happening and I am very grateful.

Quick question:
For people who have their partner(s) listed in their bio or signature, such as myself; would we have to delete that bit so it no longer says so?

I've updated the list of "everything" examples.

If any of you have questions about this rule feel free to ask in this thread.

LP,
Dusty

Even though I was someone who feared this strict of a ban… thank you Dusty and mod team. I realize that this stuff, while it may not be an issue with me (or it may, not sure), is a huge issue with many other pups. So I am more than ok with it.

Hello,

The TG staff have decided to add a new rule to our Community rules of conduct:

rules Wrote:23. Pups (users under 16 years old) are not allowed to discuss romantic relationships (whether with other members or in their IRL lives) anywhere on TG. Violating this rule will lead to warnings and eventually bans.

The addition of this rule represents a change in how the staff will deal with these issues going forward, so I posted this announcement to make extra sure that the pups are aware of this new rule, so that it doesn't seem unfair when we start enforcing it.

Just to be extra clear "anywhere on TG" includes private shouts, journals, the life issues and support forum, signatures, everything. As with all rules, teams might have exceptions, discuss that with the team leader.


Basically, there seems to be a recent trend going on with pups (usually age around 13) "dating" people and so forth. The discussions regarding it range from pups calling innocent associations with friends "polyamory", to maintaining stalking journals over unrequited love, to some pups "dating" off-site people with enormous age gaps and dramatic breakups leading to pups posting about self-harm.

I realise that romantic relationships are a part of life and that as young therians, you don't always know exactly where the border between human instinct and animal instinct is, and that talking about animal instincts is very much the subject for Therian Guide... However the amount of problems these discussions have created on the site, are making it difficult for people to even see discussions about actual therianthropy, through all the drama. Not to mention so much of the content created this way really skirts the other rules, which all exist for good reasons.


As such, if romantic relationships are the main thing you are after as a pup on this site, I would politely ask you to find a different community where such discussions are more appropriate. Therian Guide is an educational website on the topic of therianthropy.

I realise through our previous discussions in the staff journal, that there are some of you who really won't like this, but I've considered all the alternatives and at this point this is the best compromise I can think of.

LP,
Dusty

(2019-08-06 2:10)PNWolf Wrote:  I feel like *if* my wolf self has her own name, it's probably just like... a growl, or something. Wolves don't give each other names like Shadow or Luna. Nothing wrong with calling yourself something like that, but that's something you as a human are assigning to your theriotype.

True, true

Walk away from the situation at hand was what I did, when I suspected a mental shift was about to happen. So yes, according to what I still know about them, it is definitely possible to postpone one a little. I believed it was even possible to help induce or steer one when one started to come to the surface. That one phantom shift I once had happened unexpectedly, though, without putting my mind to it. I just inhaled and it appeared that the air was going through a snout into my lungs. That happened when I was twenty-six. It was an astonishing feeling that helped make dysphoria somewhat lighter both once it was gone and while it happened for a short amount of time as well.
In my youth, I did get these longings for shifts to happen, that is to say, when I was alone and could "use" something to make me feel better. That's because they even helped to learn more about myself. Shifts usually tend to intensify when you think about them actually taking place. And afterwards, the confirmation you get that each time it happens, similar emotions scratch the surface that are so typically you, can be both so worthwhile as well as informative. I believe I was always in control of myself, always to an extent. Never blacked out. Those are the only things I can still remember about them.

It is perfectly okay when you stop shifting after a while, though. I don't think we know for certain how shifts work yet, so every subjective information, but information regardless, can help us to understand them better. I hope this has been somewhat useful, and that I didn't share any rubbish with you.

I recently for abt a day only felt a wing. I have never exhibited any behavior showing that I may be a bird therian. I also only ever feel one ear as well with the phantom shifts and ive been wondering if somethings wrong or...

(2016-12-13 2:39)wolf_horror Wrote:  I have a theory for spiritual therians, specifically those who believe that they lived a past life as an animal.

I tend to commonly see therians who had a traumatic death in their past life. For example, being shot by a hunter. I think that it is a possibility that their death experience was so traumatic that the memory passed on to their current life, giving them the ability to remember it and other details. It might be just me, but I find that figuring out a theriotype when you believed you died naturally is a little bit harder than when you had a more frightening death. Perhaps having that memory gives us more insight on that life, making it easier to figure out the specific animal.

I think it's pretty interesting! What do you guys think?

i agree, i have had hundreds of past lives and this is proved by all of them, the ones with less trauma took me longer to be able to remember them and the most traumatic ones(not saying what happened bc its too bad to say) i remembered from the time i was younger. so basically i agree with you

I remember that I died from getting my paw stuck in a bear trap that was set by my owner. I thought I was free without him for the first time. but I was just left and never found for a while. But I think this theory is pretty smart

1. Meditation seems to help some with both of those.
2. Same answer as 1
3. Depression and other emotions can definitely affect therianthropy. It affects mine a lot.
Hope this helps!