Being a therian can be really hard. Stay strong. You can make it. Below is my story this will have sensitive topics and potentially upsetting themes. Please do not read if you could be upset or triggered As a therian I have experienced a lot of these and tragically I'm on of the lucky ones, you hear horror stories from some and I am so glad and lucky to be here today not stronger from the hardships, but still standing despite them. I have struggled a bit with my mental health I'm going to be completely open and honest. I was abandoned by my group of friends for being a lesbian (wasn't dating anyone only offhandly mentioned I did not want to date guys in the future.) They also found my masks and were weirded out. I was alone for a year pretended I was fine and unfortunately I was good enough of an actor my parents never noticed my sadness and not sure if I to be here anymore. I was so scared my family and people I loved would leave me so I tried to gaslight myself into thinking I was never lesbian or therian. My dysphoria got really bad, my general mental health was bad. Got new friends and slowly my mental health for better until one of them had some terrible things done to them. Their mental health went sideways and we almost lost them. I struggled then, (at that point accepted my lesbian-ness) they got better got therapy and I slowly healed. I am now being true to myself and identify as my honest therian self once more, but friends and family still don't know :-P. They would just think it's weird and wouldn't understand.
