#p shift

[bea-dog]

sometimes it's tiring to be present in alterhuman spaces.

I don't visit the most famous part of the community, usually found at tiktok or youtube. I always see comments of them trying to defend intolerant perspectives regarding everyone's identities. I also can't stand another "no I don't actually believe I'm an animal!! These are lycanthropes and they need help because they're insane!!! Not me!!!" in every video's comment section. I atleast don't see a lot of those in here, but sometimes I still do. With that, I get a little more isolated from the entire community.

Then there's the tumblr community. I blocked the therian tag because me and my headmates are tired of seeing "universal experiences" that only apply to certain people + drama of other social medias being brought to tumblr. I usually lurk around mutuals' blogs and non-alterhuman posts because it feels both more accepting and more relatable to me. Most of the times I go to #physical alterhuman, #holothere or #transspecies I meet various ableist posts, specially those excluding CLCZs or shifters. It feels like your identity is only valid when you experience capital R Reality as everyone else does and if you dare to speak about how you experience reality you're either a a) cultist, b) bad person, c) delusional (and must tag your "unreality" accordingly) or d) all of the above.

Then, the only safe places become very small individual communities hidden across multiple platforms.

Discussing about my experiences is very hard when most people perceive them the same way an adult perceives a kid telling them they're a vampire or fairy. Infantilized, that's how I feel. I am also really distressed by those who try to actively give a "reality check" to everyone who don't share their views or opinions on a lot of different topic. And this is without even mentioning those who hate creatures like me because they are "jealous" of our experiences. The "if we can't go through the same things, I'll atleast make you feel bad over it" belief is so common around here it's honestly hard to believe that this is actually supported as a way to exclude even more us, the "less-acceptable-than-normal physical nonhumans".

It's also devastating to find comfort in only a few singular blogs that share your experience and then to find out they're slowly fading away from the community: excluded blogs, abandoned blogs; those who simply vanish away. Those who are tired from being persecuted, lynched for who they are. Those whose health have worsened because of the way they are treated in one of the only spaces they can truly share their thoughts and experiences... or atleast some of them.

I am very tired of people not acknowledging others' identities, trying to gatekeep terms and trying to divide the community. We're a bunch of weird creatures that don't always fit the human label very well. To the eyes of most non-alterhumans we are all the same anyways. Why try to make of some identities a "us versus them" situation when they're simply just trying to represent something you don't understand and doesn't experience ? Why exclude and fakeclaim certain members to appease nobody but yourself ? Are those who do these kinds of things really "helping the community" by increasing the hatred of the already hated ? Or are they simply perpretating the exclusion of those who are considered "worse than others" in this community ? Who are they helping by making our communities "look cleaner" ? Who are they making this for ?

[rotfilleddog]

Hrrrrm woof! I had a super nice fur shift yesterday but also also!! I managed to get a pic of my fur before the shift ended completely!

This was on my hind legs as that’s where the shift was focused. The second pic is my fur when I’m not in a shift. It’s a little blurry but I think it’s somewhat noticeable that my fur is thicker + longer during the shift ^^ I’m also surprised,I usually don’t shift during the day,but fun nonetheless.

[tourmaline-sys]

How could someone get into p-shifting? Would you have any resources to share where we could learn more on the topic, or maybe some advice? I'm quite curious about how it all works, but I'm not really sure where to start.

Hi, thanks for asking!

Here is a great ducument containing methods on p-shifting (on almost end of document).

Our advices: take good care of your body (drink water, eat and sleep to build up energy), believe, practice mental shifting first (it helps a lot), try when you are not stressed by anything and most important DON'T GIVE UP. Voluntary p-shifting can be hard!

Good luck <3.

Shifters: A Guide

Shifters: A Guide This document has the sole purpose of being an educated resource for those who are: Physically shapeshifting Physically r

[pshiftcultureis]

I'm scared to admit that I'm psychotic because I don't want people to go "oh, so your shifts are just hallucinations".

My mate can see them in real life, I know my shifts are real, but the alterhuman community is so quick to discount p-shifters because we're "delusional".

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[evyrmori]

This post is for conversational and informative reasons only. i intend only to discuss, learn, and teach; and have no interest in arguments or fighting. Hear me out and ill hear you out, thats all :}

does physical shifting even mean physical shifting anymore if it isnt physical? i mean like some things ive seen listed as p-shifting have their own meaning and it isnt p-shifting..

for example:

sense changes are sense/perception shifting. This isnt considered USUALLY a p-shift, this is a mental thing. (different bowling alley compared to the body physically changing to HAVE these features. Very rare to just have sensing organs change physically.)

feeling the limbs/features of your animal but they aint there is phantom shifting.

having your mental state shift so completely to the point where you feel completely animal is a pseudo shift (and / or a very strong m-flare) Usually those experiencign a pseudo shift feel a very strong sense of wrongness within their bodies because they arent physically an animal.

Instincts moving to be more similar to your animal is a mental shift. Basic aspect of mental shifting is mentral state, INSTINCTS, and/or perception changing.

Reality shifters are not physical shifters. That just isnt, at all, related to the physical. Thats the physical REALM not the body. Even if you were to reality shift to change your body, you just moved interdimensionally, not physically. You just went somewhere where your body has changed, not here though. Physical shifters are able to change their bodies here. And there is the argument that p-shifters already move realities to shift. We all are moving through realities at every second anyways. But theres a very stark difference between intention, a shifter that intends to shift their body and the other who intends to use reality shifting to change their body are very different people -- one is a p-shifter and one isn't. Reality shifting implies moving onto another place, and a p-shifter doesnt even percieve the concept of their reality just changing for them, its just what they do with themselves. Reality shifting is time, in its passive state. (to explain very, very basically with this sentence.) Reality shifting and shapeshifting require different ways to perform their acts. The nuance does not allow reality shifting to be shapeshifting, as simple as that.

Having your physical body energized, morph, and even change or grow (quickly) nonhuman features IS physical shifting. Feeling your body change internally and externally as a physical feeling IS p-shifting. Seeing these changes IS p-shifting. If it isnt PHYSICAL, then it isn't physical SHIFTING.

We kind of always have had it this way. it doesn't change just because others feel excluded or think that they can do whatever they want with a label because they can. It muddies up what a label means. This label has existed for twenty years.

And excuse my tone, i'm not trying to be hostile. Im just confused in truth! i dont understand. i want to be with the times, keep up but i just cant wrap my head around this one.

Im sorry, maybe this is a hot take, but as someone who has been around for ages, i think i have a say in this when i say that we shouldnt be enveloping other types of shifts under physical shifting. We have plenty of other words for these other types of shifts because we need classifications. We need order, legitimately. We need to pay our respect to what those before us established.

Originally it ONLY meant "someone who physically shifts their body FULLY into their animal". (Even hotter take: those who call themselves p-shifters should only be those who have been apart of the p-shifter community, understand, and practice our ways. Thats how we identified each other in the past after all, now you cant tell who knows what you do anymore in the mass conglomerate that we call p-shifters. This one is mostly a joke btw, thats simply not fair to modern times anymore nor am i going to be like that. Wonder what yall think though!)

And the label has encompassed more as time has gone on; I understand wanting to modernize, i understand it. But we dont need to expand it further. P-shifting isnt an outdated label. it isnt rude or exclusionist to other groups. Its just a definition. I dont understand. Either you are a shapeshifter or you arent one, either you have been in the community or hasnt

I feel like ive explained pretty well what p-shifting is, but if im wrong someone please enlighten me im genuinely confused on what p-shift even means anymore.

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[occidental-wolf]

How can you tell you’re physically shifting? Are your body parts literally changing?

yeah, the biggest thing i can feel with my terrestrial types is my legs changing and going from plantigrade to digitigrade. i'll use last night as an example but the symptoms can be a little different every time.

i could feel my paws getting bigger and heavier and my fur coming in. honestly the fur coming in is the most uncomfortable part. it doesnt hurt or tickle but something in between. my teeth shift in my mouth and ocasionally it can get hard to stay steady on twos or use my forepaws for more dexterous movement. my dewclaw on my hind legs (furthest toe inward) also moves up into the proper spot, though the one on my forepaws stays. like those cats with thumbs.

but a lot of it for me is in the legs, i dunno why, but thats where it always seems to be strongest.

[mountain-lion-gremlin]

on one of your posts, you mentioned a "process" pshifters have made as a guide to pshifting. what is that process? could you share it?

thanks!

Of course I'll be glad to share! Obviously it's just a guide to follow to help you p-shift, most people move on to do their own thing and p-shift without it. Also please do note that this isn't the exact replica of like a process within the community, this is an elaborated version that is inspired and mostly drawn also from my own experiences and extra reading I have done thar has worked for me.

(Whole thing under cut, it's long)

So the most basic process you will find is PhMP, which was a method initially developed and named by Phenexus Weyr (as far as I know). It means mental, phantom, and then physical (all out of order which is ANNOYING.)

Obviously you need to find out what the hell you are before you can even think about p-shifting. Figuring out your identity is so much more important in the long run then p-shifting. Your identity will last forever, and p-shifting can consist of less than 1% of a shifters whole life.

Search, research, attempt to mental shift, and repeat until you find out what works for you. The most important part out of this is to remember that you can do whatever you want forever. Figure out you might be something else but have already mental shifted? Just start over! It's okay it's not like it's a race.

First, once you understand your identity, you will then mental shift, like fully.

There is indeed a difference between mental shifting itself, and doing it fully. Sometimes, others animal selves are extremely repressed / is very weak, and mental shifting helps strengthen that bond and eventually fully m-shift. When you ffully do so, this is usually from years of work to a point where you no longer can recognize your past and future self being the same people mentally.

Some people do though, fully mental shift at a young age (very rarely as far as I know) and don't need to do this step at all.

Next, there's phantom shifting, which can be done at the same time as mental shifting. The main goal here is to get incredibly good at completely feel your animal phantom over your body (from what I remember) with ease. It has been argued though that phantom shifting is unneeded, so do it if you feel like you do need to.

And finally physically shifting is the last step, and it takes years for your average shifter to even think about being close enough to reach this goal. The most common signs I have ever seen for when someone is successfully ready to p-shift is when they begin to get long, animal-like hairs on their body that are just like their animal. Usually. I've only seen it 3, 4 times with successful p-shifters. I've also had it, but haven't p-shifted just yet. Other things may include more dream shifts and even shifting in your dreams (I had a partial p-shift irl that was also in my dream and I could feel it. It woke me up though and stopped the shift)

P-shifting at the end of the day, to me, is something that not everyone can accomplish and isn't even that big of a role in being nonhuman, a shifter, a shapeshifter, a supernatural, a werewolf, whatever. It's euphoric, it's amazing, but it also can become obsessive and toxic to people.

I'm not going to deny or try to hide it - p-shifting can easily lead into a rabbit hole of obsession, apathy, disconnection, misanthropy, and escapism. You must watch yourself while following this journey, because it's just too easy to slip into toxic territory with shifting. Anything that allows escapism, can be abused. (Drugs, alcohol, reality shifting, overeating, overconsumption of social media, etc.)

A life lesson to everyone here - check yourself to make sure you aren't trying to escape or cope by using things that allow escape from your life, even if it's a part of your identity. Anything can fall away and become sour if you don't establish healthy boundaries with yourself.

Take breaks, check yourself, breathe, and reroute yourself back to healthy ways of coping. I promise you can both p-shift and be healthy about it, like I am! (At least, I'm trying my best here)

Thank you for asking anon! I hope this answered your question accurately ♡

As always, you can also do your own research if you know where to look. I'll be happy to share some resources if enough people ask!!

And finally if any other p-shifters remember something different / would like to add on, please do. It's incredibly helpful to have a second word and opinion ♡♡♡

[princeoframs]

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