well it is identifying as a nonhuman identity! anything other than human, pretty much! heres a little description: “Otherkin “A person who holds the belief that they are not entirely (or not at all) human. Usually a spiritual belief pertaining to one’s soul and the reincarnation thereof, but may also be a belief that one’s genetics are descended from, for example, the Irish fae. The word Otherkin was coined to describe people who felt a connection to mythological humanoids such as elves and faeries, but has expanded in recent years to include dragons, gryphons/griffins and other supposedly mythical beasts as well as animals, angelic/demonic beings (angelkin/demonkin) and in some cases extraterrestrials.” Otherkin see themselves as having bodies with attributes very different from the human body they may inhabit.” tl:dr I identify as a dragon, its very complicated and yes i might sound batshit crazy but!!! It’s my identity and?? I wish for you to respect it even though it might be far-out and very complicated but.. Its just my thing, I’m a dragon on the inside but I know I’m human on the outside, I don’t go around roaring or growling or biting or other weird shit. And its NOT a mental illness! I repeat NOT a mental illness! Many otherkin including me can function totally fine in everyday life, holding a job, going to school, etc. There are these things called super-numerary-phantom-limbs. Wings, tail, teeth, muzzle, paws, claws, scales, everything you would find on a dragon. otherkin =/= furries. where some furries might be otherkin and some otherkin might be furries, they aren’t the same. Heres a thing from THETA that explains it very well. http://theta.kinfire.org/resources/thetacheatsheet.pdf http://theta.kinfire.org/images/guidetoidentitiesback.png sO YEP!!! That’s pretty much the basic rundown of otherkin! Theres a lot more but„, I dont want to drone on and on.