I love quadribics it helps connect me to my kith type i think its super fun and puts you more into the mindset of an animal plus its really good exercise.

(2021-03-03 6:11)HoneycombPup Wrote:  I think its fine. I used to do that sort of stuff as a kid as well. I just hate the culture on like, tiktok that acts like quadrobics = therian. I dont think enjoying it makes you any less of a therian, but it doesnt make you more of one either, you know? I think to put it in perspective, its like saying doing yoga makes you a therian. Completely different thing from therianthropy.

Lol when I was a pup I’d jump on all fours onto the back of my parents’ couch and try to walk and balance on it at the same time haha

For me id love to do it and i have done it a bit but i have a problem with one of my legs rn that makes it hard to do quadrobics so in my opinion i like it but i wish i could do more.

I believe walking with trekking poles on rough terrain, when all four limbs are involved, or climbing on an inclined terrain is a good alternative.
It helps me.

I attribute the wolf in my psyche to environmental factors, but this would not have happened without the predispositions. One is I believe most therians are Highly Sensitive people. This is a neurological minority (about 20%) which has been observed in different species. Highly Sensitive people would probably be more empathetic, more aware of the environment and could more easily imagine how an animal sees things.

Another predisposition is I believe Structural Dissociation is a factor in the development of therianthropy in the modern world as I explained in another thread. (It might be different in cultures that are close to the earth but I don't know.) Some people dissociate more readily than others. I also believe creativity is a necessary predispostion. Many therians are artistically inclined or tech geeks who are also creative people.

Also, keep in mind some environmental influences over time end up being marked into the genetic makeup of the individual. That's how many species acquired their genetic behaviors or design to begin with.

Humans have had the debate for years whether or not you can be genetically homosexual or if it is purely choice. Even within the community I have literally talked to gay friends and co-workers and bosses that differ in their belief. Some said they were born that way. Some said they chose it. Some said they are genetically predisposed to it and it influenced them to choose it. In the end, I accept that all of those around me that say they are homosexual ARE what they say they are, whether it is genetic or what they feel they are.

Within the therian community, I see the same. Now, whether or not the end result IS that we are genetically predisposed to have therian genes within us does not influence how I look at other therians. If they say they are therian, then I am inclined to believe them. However there are catches to blindly acknowledging therians based on pure choice.

I can smell therians. They smell drastically different to me than pure humans. They smell like animal and nature. Humans smell like food.
I also found I cannot help my reaction to an encounter with an actual therian. I immediately go into the exact behaviors my beasts would have with another beast. It is an uncontrollable behavior.

For someone to come to me in person and claim they are therian but not smell or display counter behaviors to mine discounts, to me, their authenticity of the therian claim.

But what of their claims? Does that make them any less therian? Are they believing they are because of various factors and beliefs? Does it mean I should cast them out from me as posers or imposters?

In the end, no. Not unless their beliefs are false to them and they have malicious reasons for cloaking themselves as therians. My ancestors would take in anyone that wanted to be in their culture and guide them to becoming a part of their tribes regardless of genetic predisposition. And that is how I choose to relate to therians. I may be genetically therian inside, but I also believe other elements play in my therian makeup.

If another comes to me and says they are therian and does not smell therian, I will guide them within my culture and teach them what I am with non intent to change them in the process.

(2021-05-02 5:07)WolfdogPaws Wrote:  what genes exactly are "therian genes?" nothing about us is different from anyone else except for our feelings and views of ourselves. i suppose some people may have more primal thinking engrained in their mind from birth, which can influence feeling less than human, but that primal instinct still doesn't equate to being a therian.

Everything about our psychology is a combination of two factors: predisposition (which is genetic) and environmental (which is how you were raised, how people treat you, etc). This means that anything about you that wasn't caused by your environment, is in fact genetic. It's not limited to to anything you consider to be an instinct.

I, for example, am genetically predisposed to prefer to find my place in a hierarchy. Many relatives on my father's side do this. I didn't need to be taught to accept it, as soon as I was in an environment where it existed (my workplace), I sought out my place in it and felt right about having a position in it. European cultures (where I grew up) do not do hierarchies in families like Asian cultures do (where my father's family is from), yet this trait we share. This shows that the trait is genetic.

This is a trait that I consider to be a part of my therianthropy. Wolves prefer hierarchical relationships in their families and so do I. I don't think my ancestors are all wolf therians. I think to be a wolf therian you also must have many other wolf traits, that I have. Acceptance of hierarchy is just an example.

LP,
Dusty

what genes exactly are "therian genes?" nothing about us is different from anyone else except for our feelings and views of ourselves. i suppose some people may have more primal thinking engrained in their mind from birth, which can influence feeling less than human, but that primal instinct still doesn't equate to being a therian.

I endured abuse but never really researched my condition online. It never occurred to me to explore myself or why I was born with the beasts inside of me. I was the odd and eccentric child and it never changed. I explored many things regarding humans and animals but online communities were not something to explore as sources of information, mainly because I saw them at that time as social gathering places instead of places of knowledge.

Nowadays, with recent life changes and discoveries, I've decided with selective caution to explore online communities. If I had never physically encountered another Therian and eliminated the thought I was entirely alone, I doubt I would have explored anything regarding myself. I had already submitted to believing I was some freak that had to stay quiet and hidden and play pretend I was 100% human inside and out to survive or thrive. In reality, a can of worms got opened up and tossed on me and turned me mentally and emotionally inside out.

When I thought I was alone I was dealing with life quite well. Now that I've discovered I'm not alone I am desperate to belong to what I am; to attach myself to the world I never knew existed beside the human world.

I think it's fine.
Tho I can't do it and it makes me mad at times... wish I could.