i've seen a lot of people do this, so i figured i'd give it a go So, a long time ago, when i was like, 8 or something, i had a thought. "i really, really wish i was a cat. like, more than normal." i wanted to run through a forest and hunt mice and feel the wind coarsing through my fur, but i also wanted to be basking in the sun, rolling around in the grass, only to hear my human's voice and perk up and then come running to them. it sounded infinitely better than real life. i didn't take it seriously at the time though. then, when i was around ten, i decided to do quads, although i didn't know what they were called. i would pretend to hunt my stuffed animals, practice the hunting crouch, and crawl around the house at night, hoping i wouldn't get caught. something about it felt shameful, like i wasnt supposed to be doing this, and that it was cringy, but the other part of me felt amazing. i just felt so much happier. but i stopped one day cause i told myself it was weird. in all the years of my life, i felt like this but pushed it down cause it was weird, right? but then in early 2021 i discovered the term therian. i immediately felt everything click. i identified with that for a long time, but i felt doubts. i mean, i sucked at quadrobics, never had dreams as a cat, i didn't feel animalistic like, ever, and i merely just really wanted to be near them. i felt like i was faking it, like i didnt belong in the community because i felt like i was forcing things. so i gave up on the therian community and threw it away, presumably forever. but then, a year or so later, i started questioning again. i then found the term otherhearted and felt much better as that :)
yayyy!
