This is my therian journal diary !
As a therian in secret, I couldn't afford to write "Therian Journal I'm a Cougar Guys" on the cover page.
I created it on Friday, August 2, 2024. I recovered an old notebook that I had not finished filling at the end of a school year, and I cut out the filled pages and and the cover page. I created another one, decorated it. I even hid little theta deltas. You can notice that the paws on the cover are wolf and leopard paws, and the sticker is a leopard, while I am a puma monotherian: This journal was created before I discovered my theriotype! I was able to follow the progress of my research. I used to think I was a leopard and because of my many cameo shifts as a wolf I thought I was one.
I wrote down the whole story of my theriantropy, my questions about my alterhumanity, and the significant events that I experienced in relation to it. I spread all this out on a timeline that I divided into several "areas".
I define the end of one area of my story and the beginning of another when the general mood changes, when life changes color to vary in its shades in a different way. I name these areas and I write down the music I was listening to at that time, so that when I listen to them again, I can see these colors again with all the sensations that I have forgotten over time.
I then write the story of my theriantropy and alterhumanity as it unfolds!
This is a tip, write down what you feel right now, I swear it will help later.
I also write when I need to confide, or during specific events, or just when I want to talk about anything and everything lol.
I dedicated a chapter to my alterhuman and theriantropic experiences and how it influences me on a daily basis (this chapter lasts TWENTY FOUR pages while I forgot things TvT)
I also hid drawings related to my identities that I keep secret, slipped between the rest of the old cover page and the new one.
For example, I made this one the day I officially confirmed my theriotype!
This journal helped me accept my alterhumanity, and I think it's really euphoric to have a sort of "secret grimoire" of my strange feelings.