#alterhuman asks

[bonesleftcomposed]

hey guys, i was wondering if anyone else experiences their alterhumanity in a similar way to me, and if theres a word for it.

My alterhumanity flucuates a lot in terms of how much I experience it. I will go through a few weeks of feeling really connected to my alterhumanity and the community, shifting at times and generally feeling very connected and close to it. But then, I will go for months on end of not experiencing anything, no shifts or half-shifts, generally feeling very disconnected from alterhumanity as a whole and I dont "feel alterhuman" at all, if i didnt know any better, i would think my alterhumanity was a phase that ive grown out of. But then the feeling comes back, i experience something and i instantly feel much more connected to my alterhumanity again, and then the cycle repeats. Like I know im alterhuman during those months, but I dont feel like one, and i dont feel connected to the community at all. I know that flickers are a thing and I do have a flicker theriotype that turned into a hearttype, but I havent heard a term for the entire identity "disappearing" for a few months. Has anyone heard of an experience like this?

[wolfislost]

do you mind explaining if there's a difference between alterhuman and nonhuman? i'm not super good with terms and i see them used often

I forgot I had asks! Sorry about that.

To your question,

Its my understanding that alterhuman refers more broadly to anyone that isn't quite a human. If it sounds vague that's because it kind of is? Human+, or human-, or some secret third thing. Otherkin are typically considered alterhuman but not all alterhumans are otherkin. It's a broad category for lots of different identities.

Nonhuman more specifically refers to creatures that don't identify as human at all. They are whatever their types are and nothing else. Not human+, or human-, or human anything.

I tend to identify myself as an alterhuman, since I still have plenty human in me.

Hope this helps a little.

[short-horse]

🍂 for the ask game

🍂 - what are some of your favorite alterhuman-related activities? Costuming! I love wearing gear and even mundane stuff that makes me feel equine. Skinny jeans for some reason is a good mundane clothing. Like I look down and go "honse legs" if they're a pair that hug the curvature of the hips and knees well. Eating food my theriotype could enjoy is another one, although food is almost a universal way to connect to one's 'types.

[a-dragons-journal]

🎁 - Other things that remind you of your identity? 🔉 - Do your friends/ family/ other close people know about your alterhumanity?

Send me alterhuman asks!

🎁 - Other things that remind you of your identity?

Art, I guess. Dragons in general feel like - like home, almost? Familiar, right, sometimes longing, good. But every once in a while there’s a dragon that looks almost exactly like me, which is an absolute trip.

🔉 - Do your friends/ family/ other close people know about your alterhumanity?

Yes and no. A lot of my friends do. My blood family does not, and probably never will. (They have trouble adjusting even to my LGBT+ stuff, so this would just be too much, I feel like - and it’s not generally relevant.) My partner definitely does, and any hypothetical future romantic partner would have to know also.

For the most part, it just doesn’t come up, so I just kind of... consistently refer to myself as a dragon and let them decide whether they think I’m joking or not.  ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[bonesleftcomposed]

Another ghostkin! I love your blog <3 Can I ask, what are some ways you fulfil ghostly feelings and urges? I'm very new to acknowledging/learning to accept my identity and I think it would help to talk to someone who I could relate to.

Thank you for asking!! Im very new to this part of myself as well, but so far I mainly listen to music and go on tumblr/Pinterest and look at pictures and other peoples experiences. I try to find certain vibes with music that I connect to, when I first started feeling ghostly I had ghosting by mother mother on repeat lol!!

So now I switch between a crazed shadow scaring people (back to life - mother mother, frontier psychiatrist - the avalanches, under my skin - jukebox the ghost) and a quieter, calmer ghost just sort of floating and fading away (I was all over her - salvia palth, other shoegaze and artists like Ethel Cain and Adrienne lenker)

I also like watching ghost hunting videos like Sam and Colby on YouTube, a hyperfixation on them actually got me awakened as ghostkin! And it’s extra special when they show a ghost or something crazy and I’m like heheh >:)

So I’d suggest looking at what music and what vibe helps you feel most like you!! I use music to relate to every kintype of mine, so it’s a big part of mine. And try going on Pinterest and making a board of ghostly things you connect to, and do the same search on tumblr! And just keep an eye out for what feels like you during this time of exploring your identity, that’s what I’m doing as of late, for example I found I really like feeling breezes on my skin or my hands being cold without me actually feeling cold. Like being sensitive to temperature makes me feel more human and dysphoric!

Thank you so much for your ask, I love helping people like this, and I hope this was helpful!!

[bonesleftcomposed]

hello!

✨️ do/did any kind of powers come with ur un/deadness?

🪡 - are there specific un/dead ‘stereotypes’ u feel connected? stitches, stapled joints, ooze, brightly colored veins etc?

🥀 do u have other kin/therio/hearttypes that overlap with your un/dead ‘type?

📼 - are u a fan of horror/thriller media like movies and games? if so, do u hav any favorites?

Hello!! Thank you for the questions!!

✨. I suppose phasing through walls, float, and being able to be invisible and all that would count as powers? Just the usual ghostly traits hahah

🪡. I pretty directly identify as a shadow figure, sometimes with glowing eyes, sometimes not. Along with being translucent with im not a shadow figure (I believe i can switch between shadow and regular ghost)

🥀. I don’t believe so, though I do mix up the urges sometimes as I try to explore my identity. I thought I was a zombie or man-eating ghost because I was getting hunting/killing urges, but now i think those were more wolfy urges, because when I think about it, those aren’t connected to my ghost identity at all

📼. Not really, I’d love some recommendations though! I love horror as a genre, but I haven’t really connected any of them with my alterhumanity. I do watch ghost hunting YouTube channels like Sam and Colby, and that helps pretty often. Sadly a lot of the movies I find aren’t that good so I can’t really connect to them, I’d love to hear about any good ghost/shadow figure center horror media yall know and I’ll check it out!!

Thank you for the questions again :333

[bonesleftcomposed]

hey could any otherlink people explain something to me? how do you choose to identify as something and not feel like youre faking or something? and why can shifts happen for something you picked? do you choose to shift? if not, how is the identity voluntary but the shifts arent?

cuz with most of my theriotypes, i research into different animals and when i find whatever fits best, i just kinda assume thats what i am and take on the label cuz it makes sense and feels right, but that doesnt mean that i picked it right? idk i get a lot of self-doubt for all sorts of my identity so its probably why im doubting myself in general

[bonesleftcomposed]

hello!! if this isn't relevant to your blog ignore this lol, i was just wondering if you could explain fictionkin to me. some people "kin" a character in the way that they relate to them, but some "kin" in the way that they are that character.

so, are their different terms that describe these two different things? do i kin a character if i relate very closely to them, but i don't actually identify as them?

i may not be thte best person to explain since im not fictionkin, but the definition of fictionkin is someone that identifies as a fictional character or species on a nonphysical level. i think that “kinning” a character might have come from a misunderstanding of the fictionkin community cuz i do remember the concept of “kinning” a character as in relating to them becoming very popular in like 2021 or so.

but yeah, fictionkin is identifying as a character, and if you really relate to a character, it could be considered otherhearted or otherkith :)