#phantom wings

[imthere4yuu]

Might cry, stole this quote (under cut) from a comment on a TikTok about phantom wing syndrome by @anonymously.in.lo7

I can't find this vent art of someone lying in bed(?) with their wings sketched out (like this gif but it's a different drawing) in red with the words "something's missing" or something like that and i rly hope someone finds it and gets it to me 😭❤️

Also, if you don't want your ability to feel your wings to be scientifically theorized, keep scrolling ❤️

@Kai_Remington🍣:

"Hi! Someone who has experienced “phantom wings” for as long as I can remember and is a med student here! This is actually pretty common and doesn’t necessarily point to any medical issues or that anything is wrong with us. Here’s a longer explanation: Neurologically, the brain has a surprisingly flexible “body map” called the somatosensory homunculus. It’s capable of generating sensations for configurations that don’t exist physically. This doesn’t require trauma or amputation, it can happen naturally due to how your brain organizes sensation and imagination. This happens to many people with the feeling of limbs that may or may mot have ever been there like legs, hands, wings, tails, ears, and horns too! If your mind has had a strong mental model of wings since childhood, your brain can genuinely create a felt sensory map for them. This is not delusion. You’re not claiming they literally exist. You’re describing the SUBJECTIVE SENSATION, which is a real, studied thing. Knowing what it feels like to dive, hurt them, the ache of a long flight. That level of detail usually comes from kinesthetic imagination, a real measurable trait. Some people’s brains simulate physical sensation so well that it feels like lived memory. Your brain has a blueprint for where limbs should connect to a torso. Wing placement lines up near: the scapula, the latissimus dorsi, and the trapezius. This area is extremely expressive in humans, it’s why emotions tense your shoulder blades, and why you may feel “pressure” or “awareness” there when imagining wings. When your brain imagines wings, the body map activates those muscles as if they are the wing base. You are literally feeling a real brain-body signal. The cause is internal, but the sensation itself is genuine.

I really hope this helps and you find it as interesting as I do! Perhaps in the next life we will get our wings back friends!"

[dog-with-a-job]

Hey alterhumans, need ya help. Would it be crazy to say I’m a puppy with wings?

For a longggg time I’ve yearned for the sky and have felt phantom wings similar to when I feel a phantom snout, I think, pretty much since I was very little. I’ve been trying to go through all kinds of creatures with wings to see if I’m kinning anything else, but I really just don’t think I’m anything other than a puppy. Nothing else feels right. Can I kin smth like that? Kinning a puppy with wings? Is there a name for this??

(Sorry if any of the terms I used are wrong, I get a little confused sometimes!)

[beanthebugboi]

my wings. my fucking WINGS. they are ITCHY and I need to PREEN THEM but they DO NOT EXIST.

[vixys-aac-hoard]

Otherlimb/Shift Symbols (remade!)

Canine Tail

Shark/Aquatic Tail

Feline Tail

Raccoon/Tanuki Tail

Feathered Wings

Ears

Halo

Extra Arms/Limbs

[irreverententity]

I was meant to have wings

[drawntobooks1415]

Just standing in front of the full-length mirror in my bathroom, I can imagine my wings so clearly—the way they move, their color, how they fold, how big they are. It’s actually kind of cramped in my bathroom.

They are SO fucking beautiful. My back aches with the feeling of loss.

[styxthecaracal]

Alterhuman

Artwork I made for my art class.

Me and my phantom shifts :3

[Image ID in alt text. Plz lmk if it's sufficient /gen]

[rabidk9]

So, I don’t talk about it much, but I’m also bird/aviankin and my phantom wings were one of the first ghost limbs I ever felt as a nonhuman.

They don’t show up as often since I’ve gotten very in touch with my other kintypes, but recently they have been prominent and painful.

They are usually accompanied by a dull ache in my back, but this is almost ridiculous with how uncomfortable it is.

So if any other aviankins have suggestions on how to help or at least ease the discomfort I’m willing to do almost anything! Please and thank you!