i’m a biological dog therian :)
for me this means i believe my blood, dna, and physical brain are all that of a dog’s. the first one i noticed was my brain: i have always felt like i have a nonhuman brain. like something about my brain, not only my mind and the way i think, but about the physical structure and wiring of my brain was different. it causes me to identify as a dog, and largely why i call my dog theriotype both psychological and physical. i have canine neurons, i have canine electrical impulse patterns.
then, it was my dna. i started to feel like deep down inside me, my actual biology was closer to that of a canine. like i was a canine through and through. a lot of this came about during my first year of veterinary technician school, where we learned a lot about the anatomy and physiology of dogs (and other pets). every lesson i’d be sitting there thinking “hm…… that sounds just like me…..” and i’d look at diagrams and be like “hm….. that looks like my cells and my dna….” about the canine dna. at the time i didn’t know about biological nonhumans, and since i knew my external body was physically human i didn’t think i counted as a ‘physical nonhuman’. i’ve learned since that i do :)
most recently, i’ve started believing my blood is nonhuman as well. i’m not sure exactly what spurred this belief; possibly my 2nd year of vet tech school, where we discussed canine and feline blood in detail. i remember specifically our lesson about blood types and cross matching for blood transfusions. learning about canine blood felt the same; “hm….. that’s me….. why’s this exactly like my blood….” and i learned that my blood type as a collie would likely be DEA 1.1 negative. i feel like their is dog running in my veins, so to speak, so logically (at least to me), i believe this to be my blood.
i do also consider myself a physical nonhuman, but recently have been preferring biological nonhumans due to the way ‘physical’ is now overrun with creatures who,,,, don’t actually consider their physical bodies nonhuman at all. it’s kind of lost its meaning to me, it doesn’t describe my experience anymore. i find “biological” to not only be more accurate (talking specifically about my dna, blood cells, and brain cells) but also take more literally (although that is changing now too; folks will say they are biologically nonhuman and still somehow not believe their body is in any way nonhuman. lost the plot atp).
i do also experience some visual hallucination physical shifts, but these are always drug induced and so not similar to most p-shifters experiences. i do value my drug induced physical shifts very highly. i love those guys <333 they mean so much to me and give me such species euphoria to feel like myself.
being biologically canine doesn’t really affect my relationships at all, i dont think? not anymore than being a non-physical therian does. i do find it hard to relate to most humans and hard to socially comprehend interactions, and perhaps i can chalk that up to the canine brain, but i don’t truly know.
anyway,,,, sorry for the wall of text! but i love sharing my physical nonhuman experiences, and i love hearing others’ experiences, so i really enjoy reading the reblog of this post! :)