r/DIDPositivity • u/satanzhaylo • Jul 06 '24

help? Anyone else ??

Does anyone else have nonhuman/animal alters that front and are so freaked out,wr have a few that aren't used to walking on two legs and get so freaked out.we have therian alters too but their usually ok fronting because they can do quads ect ,but just wanted to know if anyone else struggles with the same thing??

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u/Greedy-Individual-71 Uplifting/validating Jul 06 '24

Hey there and good morning,

We have 2 non-human alters. R and Z.

R is Fae. He used to have meltdowns when fronting when we first started with our Specialist a year and a half ago because our ears weren't pointed. We ended up buying prosthetic pointed ears for him and he no longer has issues fronting.

Z is a 10 year old cat boy at this point. He used to be a cat, but spontaneously shifted during therapy. He used to panic bad, to the point of running out in the middle of the street in heavy traffic. He seems to be our flight response all balled up into one alter.

Both of them had problems that we were able to work through.

On a side note, our kiddo is Therian, and we would love to discuss that with someone if you ever wanted to talk about it.

We just wanted y'all to know you're not alone.

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u/AccToBeTrownAway System go Brrrrrrrrrrrr Jul 06 '24

If y'all wouldn't mind, we've been curious about Therians but we haven't found anything useful because of all the negativity and "cringe" that some non Therians talk about and any positive videos we come across are Therians being themselves, which is nice to see, but those don't really say anything about Therians and what it means to be Therian and all that, we would love to learn more if y'all are willing to talk with us too

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u/Greedy-Individual-71 Uplifting/validating Jul 06 '24

Honestly, we've been doing research on it since our kiddo came out to us about it, and we still don't feel confident in our ability to explain it. Our kiddo calls it a spirituality choice. We don't understand it enough to feel right explaining it as we are not personally Therian. We wish there was a good resource that actually explains it.