Back when I was active, people definitely were diagnosing otherkin as collectively mentally ill and delusional, more often than not to be insulting. I’m sure it happens just as frequently as it did then but I haven’t checked the tags.
Although delusions are a symptom, they still need to be diagnosed by a psychiatrist in order to be classified as a delusion.
Yes, some otherkin do state that their identity is the result of a delusion so it wouldn’t be incorrect for someone to say it was a delusion - that is, if the entire community was composed of mentally ill individuals, which it isn’t and is not measurable at this point.
If you’ve never called otherkin delusional, haven’t tried pinning a diagnosis in order to somehow illegitimize the identity or used mental illness to insult otherkin: congrats, you are one of the few.
Did you honestly look at otherkin outside of tumblr, because you’re implying that off of here we don’t exist. If you did, if you actually bothered to become acquainted with the subject you would be much more aware of the otherkin community off of tumblr - which is fairly large, and far different from the atmosphere on here.
I am fictionkin, surprise. Again, I talked to my therapists and my doctor about it, I explained my reasoning for the identity and they saw no harm in it - therefore no problem. We moved on to bigger things, it’s simple to grasp. I can’t speak for gods or deities because I’m not one, I can only speak for myself. I thought you weren’t keen on commenting on people’s mental health? For the second time, I do not care about what a stranger believes is healthy for me because they do not know my mental health, my personal information and essentially understand zip about me. I’m placing my trust in the hands of doctors I’m acquainted with and who I know are capable of making rational decisions, and are civil toward me.
Even if what I was experiencing was a delusion - I wouldn’t care, because it’s just not doing me any harm. If it was, yes, that would then be a problem for me to take care of. However it’s already been evaluated that it is not.
Factkin weren’t otherkin, might I add. As far as I know people were having delusions of being other people, however didn’t want to refer to it as a delusion because it invalidated their reality. So they came up with factkin. No one really accepts them as being part of the community, however I am still upholding the idea that no one should be criticizing their mental health considering it’s their business, they probably already know if it’s harming them or not, and it’s their business how they’re dealing with it. Mentally ill people still have their autonomy, which many often forget.
If you want sources you can scroll through the otherkin tag. I don’t know what it’s like now, when I was actively making posts it was riddled with people calling otherkin delusional and mentally ill, etc. You can delve into my blog as well, as I’m sure I’ve called people out for it many times.
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