Userbox That Says "this User Is An Insect"

You shouldn't feel caged by labels. They should be a waymark, something to guide you in the direction you wanna go. You can call yourself a cladotherian, even if your "clade" is crocodiles and lizards. You can call yourself objectkin for identifying as an animal. You can avoid all fiction-related labels, even if most people only know your kind from fiction. You can call yourself nonhuman, even if your kintype is per definition human. You can do whatever you want

Quick survey question:

Alterhumans, otherkin, therians, fictionkin, etc., if you have talked about your identity to a therapist or other mental health professional, how did it go?

I mainly ask for myself since I’m hopefully starting therapy soon and these identities and community have been such a huge part of my life for almost a decade so like, I kinda really wanna talk about it at least somewhat lol.

If you see this after the poll runs out pls just respond in the replies :)

Wondering if my draw towards scents is a way of compensating for no longer being able to sense pheromones

Very much considering writing a larger thinkpiece on my personal interactions with kin identity; I was terrified to feel the shifts and pulls in my concept of my identity, and if I could put some of my story out there to potentially ease someone else's fears, then it will all feel worth it.

Reminder that you will never be wrong for processing and experiencing non/alterhumanity different from the norm!!

Interesting playlist development in not just including quieter music and synthpop but also including alt rock and post punk

I've registered for othercon; actually genuinely excited to see what the community is like, given how little interaction I've had with it thus far 💖

A small edit:

🦋 Musings 🦋 -> for the borderline poetic, things that express mood more than thoughts

Still considering what I'd like for a talk tag

Been thinking about my tag system and am likely going to use some emojis! I'll move a few more posts over here before I solidify it, but I do have a plan!

Akira Kusaka