Physical Nonhumans/therians Are Those Who Believe That They Are In Some Way Physically An Animal. A Person

you ever just get super thirsty, guzzle half a water bottle, and think “aa yes this will sustain me for the next month”

the cool thing about working with animals is that I have one singular neurotypical colleague (as far as I know). and it’s become super obvious to me that the way autistic people relate to animals is fundamentally different to how allistics relate to animals. and the way people with ADHD relate to animals is fundamentally different to those without. 

(only one of my colleagues has Tourette’s and only two of us have OCD, so I don’t think that’s enough to make any grand sweeping statements). 

anyway. a real interaction between two of my colleagues today.

ADHD: Maggie won’t stop barking at me. I think she’s upset.

autistic: let me go talk to her. I can fix this. 

and that’s not uncommon? my autistic colleagues and I seem to talk to the animals to a much greater extent than anyone else. my ADHD colleagues and I seem to be the best at associating the correct name and breed and dietary requirements to the correct dog, which is weird, because I can’t do the same when it comes to humans.

I know that most people communicate with their animals but… it’s different in a way I can’t quite explain. the communication and connection seems so much deeper… I don’t know, it’s just wonderful. also, the fact that so many ND people work with me… that alone… indicates something. 

i wonder, since you're also fae+changeling; have you also had that interest and ease in learning languages just because it would be easier to either hide or blend in somewhere else? It makes sense to me but i'm not sure if would be a thing for others.

I've been trilingual since i was a kid, french and english posed no problem but it seems that i have a taste for certain languages over others; german was hard for me to learn even if i studied it since i was in pre-k, for example. Spanish and other heavily romance languages are eqally hard. I much prefer learning slavic languages personally, since they're also close to home phonetically to my native language.

Oh that does make sense. Other than English, I’ve never had much luck with learning languages personally. I have always been extremely proficient with English, however I’ve never really tried to learn anything else. I think for me it’s due to the fact that I’ve never been motivated enough to stick to learning one. I learned some French in middle school, but just never saw the point in learning it when I never intended on going any place that required me to know French. I think if given the proper motivation I could learn another language, but since I grew up in America where everything is very English-centered I never found myself needing any other language. Apologies for the wordy response, this was an interesting question. I’d love to hear from other changelings to see if they’re skilled in learning languages.

My old boy enjoying some watermelon :3

like or reblog if you still have plushies/stuffed animals. im autistic and need validation

gotta love the perpetual "BUT WE KNOW WE'RE PHYSICALLY HUMAN!!!!" from the therian community. You know, instead of just saying "..identifying as an animal to varying degrees".

Gotta love it. Have fun making yourself pallatable to humans who see no distinction between us either way i guess./s

Creatures who have told their IRLs your nonhuman identity: how did it go? I’m currently considering telling my partner, but I’m just curious about other’s experiences!

(We have a really good relationship and I’ve already explained that I’m more of a snake than a human, but I want to tell her more about the alterhuman community in general.)

looking back on my childhood there are so many things that make so much sense from a nonhuman perspective. I have horrible memory, but I do know that I was absolutely convinced that I was adopted growing up. I never felt like I was a true part of the family that I belonged to. I never felt a sense of community with people.

now it’s obvious that this feeling arose from the fact that I’m not human, and that I am a changeling. I belong to another realm of existence.

there also comes my obsession with all things fantasy and fairy tales. One of the first books I ever got for myself was a huge collection of the grimms’ fairy tales. I especially loved animal stories. I identified with them so much, and it’s no wonder why.

there are a lot more examples of my behaviors being very off putting to humans, but I’m mainly focusing on my internal feelings in this post.

anyway I’m curious if any other nonhumans have had similar realizations about their childhoods.

me when the species dysphoria starts species dysphoria-ing

(WHERE ARE MY WINGS. WHERE ARE MY CLAWS.)