PLEASE read
possible tw for reality checking
Being kin and having a genuine delusion you are someone else is not the same. No, having a kintype isn’t voluntary. You don’t get to choose who you identify as. It’s just who you are. (saying this because there are kinnies who think kinning is something fun you get to choose) However, otherkinity is in no way the same as psychosis and it’s offensive to both communities to imply that it is. I am a wolf therian. I did not choose this. My theriotype is not caused by psychosis. My “delusional” misidentification is. Neither are voluntary, but only one is caused by severe mental illness. Otherkin aren’t inherently delusional, people with DAs or whatever you want to call them are. To me, the main difference is that I don’t identify as a wolf in this lifetime. However I still identify as a certain character in this life. Physically and psychologically, I am him. (or myself, i guess.)
if you read this whole paragraph of me ranting, congrats. i’m mostly just tired of the online kinnie community as well as the therian community to some extent completely disregarding people who experience psychosis.
