Posting this on my main because it’s an important topic to me. (Not implying the things I post on my sides are as important-)
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As someone who’s had the internet for a while, since I was 10-ish, now I’m 19, it took an odd amount of time for me to find out what kins were. Not just fiction kins, theriotypes, but all of it.
I first heard of kinnies when I was around 13, and found it incredibly stupid at the time.
Them later, when I was around 16, 17, 18 at tye latest… I found out about therians, otherkins, alterhumanity as a whole and my whole world changed. It changed almost if not more than when i found out about age regression. I felt so alone, so strange, inhuman, small, imperfect-then I found loads of communities where I felt seen and knew I wasn’t alone.
I would have never felt like a normal, sane person if I never found out about being transgender. The dysphoria and thoughts, all without knowing, would’ve sent me to my grave as a little girl. I am a man, a proud, strong man.
I would have never felt comfortable with myself and my experiences if I never knew about age regression and pet regression. I would have constantly felt nervous about the drawings I made when I was 8 because I deaged my favorite cartoon characters while I dealt with trauma. I cope in my own way, and I find that entirely okay.
I would have never gotten out of my depressive rut, feeling stuck and absolutely alienated if I never found out about therians and specifically the fact that identifying as anything is totally valid. I am a werewolf and I’m comfortable with that. I’m everything.
Everything I do, everything i am, I think, I say, is all valid. Why? Because I am not hurting anyone with my thoughts and identity. I am who I am. I am what I am.
But most importantly, I am proud.
I am proud that I am seen, I’m aware, I’m known and I know all of you.
I LOVED being LOVED.
I love being loved by others.
But the most important form of love is SELF-LOVE.
Be proud of yourselves, because you are you and you are amazing ❤️