I am... A therian. I'm a psychological therian. I just am. I used to be against them because of how my brother depicted other therians, as though we don't know how to function as humans. But now, I realize that I have always shown so many aspects of therianthropy, ever since I was little. I would have these triggers that made me go through so many different types of shifts that I didn't know were shifts, I would dream as an animal, and I would always think about how I wish I was an animal. I have always loved to climb and run on all fours, and loved to just act like an animal. And when I say "act like an animal" I don't mean roleplay, because I know that's different, I know that it's involuntary. I mean that I have preferred to shift and forget about being a human for my whole life. I never wanted to shift back. I recently came out to my friends about it, and I emboldened them to come out to me as therianthropic, apparently. I have always favored grey foxes above all animals ever since I heard about them. I just feel... connected. You know what I mean? Like I have an unusual feeling that is more deeply animalistic than human-like. I never want to stray from my path. Nature and the wilderness is better. If humans didn't exist and we were all just animals, or at least therians were animals, everything could be better. I know I'm human, I just don't need it rubbed in my face every day from therian haters. I don't believe I'm an animal, it's purely an identity, but I wish I was a grey fox. I know that I should be a grey fox, not that I am one. We just prefer to be animals. It feels more... right. I was nine when I first started to realize I was different, except I never knew what was different about my experience. I realized I felt more connected to nature. I had shifted in a weird way. I had been feeling the ears, the paws, the snout, the tail, everything that I wanted to have as a body. I sometimes have dysphoria for my body, but then, I shift and feel the biggest case of theriotype euphoria in my life. I feel good. I feel like a grey fox, a real one. I am... a therian.
