#factfolk

[deerkinded]

shout out to psychotic, delusional, & schizospec people/beings who are alterhuman.

your identity is valid & real, no matter how you decide to engage with it. you deserve a space in the community, & to be heard & listened to if you want to share your experience.

if you decide to explore it more, or ignore it. if you want to tell others, or keep it to yourself. if how much time you put into it shifts. its all okay, its your identity & you have the right to decide what you do with it.

[interstellarsystem]

It's May 24th, which is schizophrenia (and psychosis) awareness day. We have schizoaffective disorder ourselves, and it influences our own alterhumanity in a few ways here and there. We've probably done a post like this before, but I'm doing it again.

Reminder that alterhumans of any kind with psychosis are no less real in their identities than an alterhuman without psychosis. Having a psychotic disorder doesn't discredit your personal identity in any way, even if it does stem from a delusion. It doesn't matter where your identity comes from.

So. Shoutout to: Systems formed from or influenced by psychosis. Otherkin who are nonhuman due to delusions. Endels of any kind. Otherlinkers who have 'linked something to help with their psychosis or because of it. Otherhearteds who have a hearttype that relates to their psychosis. Physical nonhumans who are this way due to delusions. Fictionfolk and factfolk who have their identities influenced/formed by psychosis. Alterhumans who get euphoria from their psychotic symptoms. Alterhumans who are alterhuman because they're psychotic. Alterhumans who just happen to have a psychotic disorder and those two things don't intersect.

You deserve a place in this community. You deserve to be accommodated, you deserve to be safe, and you deserve to not be the talking point of discourse every other month.

[alterhumanity-positivity]

Having a 'problematic' source doesn't make you bad or evil, and you shouldn't be forced to hide your identity or lie about it, because of the fact that your source is 'problematic'. Your source doesn't define you and you can be good no matter how 'problematic' your source is.

[deltorandagger]

You understand.

[talankii]

Ive noticed tiktok has got its grimy hands on factkins. People on the app are hating on us, calling us invalid, even mocking us. Just in case any of my followers are taking part in making factkin tiktoks new favourite alterhuman label to hate on, I want to say one thing: im a factkin. Any hate on factfolk (factives, factkins, etc) wont be tolerated on my blog

reminder that factkins are people with a real experience, a real identity. Our experiences are just as valid as any other alterhuman label. just because it doesnt make sense to you doesnt mean it isnt valid

[kaboom--bitch]

Here's your periodic reminder: Alterhumans can be human. Nonhuman and alterhuman are not the same thing. Human fictionfolk, otherhearteds, factfolk, human fact or fiction 'linkers, systems, the list goes on. You can even be nonhuman and human at the same time. You're not less alterhuman just 'cause you're human, you're a part of this community as much as anyone else.

[skylargoesbark]

hey. if you're reading this. and you're factkin, a factive, facthearted, or any alterhuman identity relating to "real" things. i love you. you're so valid. you deserve all the hugs, kisses, cool stickers, or whatever you want in the world.

[alterhuman-positivity]

Your source doesn't define you, your actions here do. In context of your source, your actions might have made sense. They might not have. They might have been justified, or not at all. But here, these things didn't happen. Your guilt helps no one, not anyone you hurt or yourself. You can move on, you can do better, this is a new chance. It's alright.