#p shift

[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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[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]

I’m growling at the moon

[pshiftcultureis]

Can someone explain how there are modern cameras and so many Tumblr users who claim to p shift and some on command or partially, but we have zero videos or picture

I want to believe so so bad but I don't understand

I get the privacy thing but you're telling me not a single soul has wanted to share even a little bit

Well dear anon, have you ever considered that perhaps the proof is sent but nobody believes them?

Happened a lot in the past. Not to mention cgi, ai, and photoshop is so good people wouldnt put it past them to claim the aforementioned upon seeing such proof. People who are able to take photos, get the proof, and send it online are more likely to be *less* believed then **more** believed. Especially publicly with strangers on a large platform.

Furthermore, to say theres a lot of pressure and nervousness about trying to record yourself. You may not see any results at all because of the pressure. We for sure would never be able to capture ourselves p-shifting on camera, its just too stressful for us. P-shifting is really private, and is more for the shifter than the internet; we as a community arent a sensation to go viral. (respectfully dear anon we do not mean it in a harsh or rude tone :blobby:)

We know its hard to believe but proof online just doesnt exist. We mean like, it does, thats true people have shared it. Its the simple answer to give to say it doesnt exist. It just circulates in private spaces with friends and maybe even family, within old cyberpacks and in strange places people hide in the back corners of the internet. We assure you it does exist online, but its a different story between it being easily found, and more privately given.

And, many p-shifters dont need proof after all, we experience and live it and lots have concluded that if they dont fully p-shift then thats okay. Being a shifter is more than the physical transformation that is well sought out and requested for. Oh, the thrill of escapism in so many different ways and forms.

We hope this was informative and helped answer your question anon. Have a good day and feel free to ask more questions <3

[pshiftcultureis]

so I’m very new to this, but are you born a p-shifter or can you become one?

sounds like a silly question but we find that we tend to assume things that aren’t correct and just wanted to make sure ^^ (happy face)

Based on what we know, you are completely born one. But many assume they can become one because they have an awakening much later in life -- after childhood or even their teenage years.

We are all born the way we are. The journey though to getting there, and awakening into ourselves, can take time and patience. So if anyone is wondering, yes, you can be one, and sometimes the signs aren't always obvious or even all too present.

And it is not a silly question but a very valid one! We are happy to answer little questions like this based on what we know to be most truest of the time.

[pshiftcultureis]

p shifter culture is being frustrated by the current trend of (some!!) physical nonhumans not understanding our language and using it however they want to :( i’m tired of my genuine physical experiences being equated to just phantom shifts, ive experienced both and they are completely different for me so it’s even more confusing when they are equated.

I understand a lot of it comes from people just being misinformed, and I don’t think most of these people are malicious, but it’s exhausting nonetheless.

Exactly. And of course it isnt all of them but some of them are confused. We want to officially say, specifically for the phantom and physical shifts being confused:

That phantom shifts are not physical shifts!

Phantoms are when you perceive but CANNOT SEE changes. These can include fur, horns, wings, hooves, paws, tails, teeth, muzzles, and more. Its when the auric (Or etheric) animal form overlaps our own physical form and we are able to then sense it being there. We --- as in all sentient beings --- have many different levels of "forms" overlapping us, etheric and auric are two of many. Some phantoms can be stronger and be more solid, but this does not mean that they are physical.

Physical shifts can wildly range in different ways. Many experience physical flares, where the body *begins to shift* and one can feel their body starting to morph. Now this can be kind of murky water but usually if pain or troubles doing normal activities can definitely indicate a physical flare. Its usually up to the shifter, but there is a hard line between the soft feel of phantoms creeping in and the kind of, perhaps violent starting of a physical flare.

Other physical shifts are LITERALLY happening in real life. This means the body must physically change to be counted as a real physical shift. Those that hallucinate can classify their own perceptions of change too as physical shifts, since that is the reality they perceive showing them changing.

Physical shifts have always been connected to the *physical* and phantoms are NOT connected to the physical. Like anon here we have experienced both and there is a hard and heavy difference between the two. As a community its not at all a good idea to merge these definitions together. We have always had hard definitions between the two. Its what keeps our community clear cut and dry about what certain things mean and express.

Thank you for sharing, anon, we always appreciate getting confessions :3

[pshiftcultureis]

pshifter culture is looking around therian and other related group types of resources and terms and seeing that they have a tab about p-shifting and claiming that "pshifting is used to manipulate people" and calling it "obnoxious". even if these folks didnt believe in it themselves, physical shifting has centuries worth of culture behind it. so i'd just like if they think the werebeasts from the 1600s were also "manipulating" people, or if they think that me just sitting around being myself is "harmful" in that same breath.

cant have shit in detroit i swear

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[pshiftcultureis]

P-shifter-culture-is asks:

Should we make a resource list? we have a lot of sources but it feels conflicting to our blog intro. Let us know.

yes please!

no thanks i like the blog as is

Voting ended onNov 22, 2025

We have been getting a LOT of asks about p-shifting resources. We are aware as p-shifting gains more traction and less stigma that people are curious about it and we want to help out the best we can to our anon askers.

If the result is yes: we will make a masterlist, revise our intro blog, and allow those offering more resources to send in confessions.

If the result is no: we will make no changes and continue to delete those who ask for resources.

Please please reblog for spread. Itll help out a lot!