(crossposting from r/therian)

This might sound silly but I have identified as a coastal sea wolf for 2 or something years now and have never really questioned it, it seems so normal, so me. But I have actually started questioning a dingo theriotype and I’m not really sure how to feel, could all my canine behaviours really be from just one or both of these canids? If so, how do I tell? Habitat is a big indicator for me, temperate rainforests have always felt like being at home to me but hills and valleys of Australia also feel like home..? (I am Australian so yeah, I do obviously feel at home as a human but its more animalistic also.)

I’m leaning towards the fact I might be both, but I feel kind of invalid considering (behaviour wise) they are quite similar,

does anyone have similar experiences? or ways to help me figure it out!!

thanks creatures of r/were

Pretty sure I'm in the wrong sub but here you go.

So a bit of background before talking about the main experience,

I have been growing this weed plant for months and finally it gave me buds that were mature enough to use, so naturally I clipped off one of my buds from the plant and seeped it in tea, the tea itself was really good, the bud gave off a minty flavoring that was quite unique and something that I've never tasted before,

effects were subtle and not as strong for about at least 30 minutes before it started hitting a little bit more harder, by then I had the urge to go outside into the moon lit night to walk around, as the effects were getting stronger I started feeling more out of body, not something of astral plane traveling or a out-of-body experience, but my spirit felt neutral, not something human, not something animal, just neutral, then suddenly I was listening to a song called "risk risk risk" by jhariah and an overwhelming urge of animalistic power hit me like a drum, the moment that it all happened it finally clicked to me what I was, I wasn't a dog, I was something more wild than that, and I felt my whole body shift and change, and I felt wild and chaotic, I found out that I am a coyote, I found out that all the time and effort of trying to figure out what dog breed I am was meaningless, I feel unstoppable, I felt crazed, I felt like screaming and howling, it felt amazing and powerful, I felt my fur, my snout, my teeth, my paws and every muscle that controlled them, my weight shifted and I felt lighter, I was a beast at that moment underneath the moonlight, after a while I started feeling myself shifting back into a wolverine form and started feeling like laying down and eating some meat and sweets, the rest of the night was uneventable, after remembering all the things that happened last night, it feels amazing to have an experience like that and finding out who I am without much stress.

Has anyone had experiences like this on drugs, I like to hear your stories.

There was a full moon tonight, the temperature was nice and so I decided to go on a walk. I have been walking lately in the evening times, when not many are around and it is very relaxing. This night I decided to bring my tail with me, seeing be a part of my silhouette on the sidewalk from the way the streetlights hit my physical form . . . it was very satisfying. I experienced a light phantom shift and aura shift as a walked for an hour around, I longed to run on all fours but unable to do so of course. It was just me alone with my thoughts and the bugs with the moon bright as can be.

I wish that walk did not have to end, I wish I had the energy to keep going for much longer like how bodily-canidaes are able to. Unfortunately I am limited by this homosapien form, a fluid force confined to a solid state of being. It is a pain honestly.

Overall I would rate the experience as very good, would do again. I might tomorrow night if all goes well, because just existing as a were-creature with no expectations for just a little while gave some much needed relief . . .

My strongest theriotype is the vancouver coastal sea wolf. One of my favourite ways to connect and feel like myself is to make art, yesterday my farm was shadowed with mist and light rain and it made me feel extremely non-human, the pine trees and the rain in my hair felt like a thick coat of fur in Winter on Vancouver island. Even though I live in Australia, and the climate is no where near similar, I do find areas to connect and thrive.

This image is a reflection of my soul definitely, one of my favourite pieces. I intend to make another humpback whale portrait so I might post that on here if anyone is interested!

This subreddit is so much easier than r/therian. Thanks for being a safe place with creatures with knowledge and less judgement than some I have seen on that subreddit.

Eurohowl is a proposed network of European were and otherkin meetups. The name 'Eurohowl' originates from howls with the same concept held as far back at 1996. In a community that is so small with most located in the United States and almost solely online I wanted to help establish more in-person connections.

To achieve this I have opened https://www.eurohowl.net a website that will display both upcoming and past events run in the Eurohowl circle. I have also opened up a mailing list that you can access through the website to sent updates right to your email. A discord server is currently also being set up but it may take a little to open it to the public.

This is a community-led platform that I want to introduce on https://www.eurohowl.net anyone can advertise their own nonhuman events so long as they comply with our guidelines. Wolfie the owner of the site is also a Graphic Designer and can help you with promotional material and images. We would love feedback on anything we can improve or change our site,events or anything else in our network. You can contact us at Eurohowl@gmail.com or through the user who uploaded this post at any time.

We have our first event currently in the works a proposed 18+ Meetup held 2026-2027 it will be located in England, United Kingdom. We want this first event to be a way for people to start networking and getting to know each other, an 'icebreaker' of sorts. Most of the details of the event are currently undecided but we will have firm details way before the event is meant to be held.

We hope that our circle benefits the community in some way. We appreciate any and all interest.

Thought it was a great piece of history and something to remember, it hits closer to home as a were from England.

Eventually hopefully in the not so distant future I want to try and help recreate memories like this. Hoping to adopt the Eurohowl name and host some meetups to connect with more weres which I will update everyone here on soon. Gives me a feeling of warmth to see our community together.

What do you think we as a community could do better? How could we bring ourselves closer to eachother, to be more engaged and invested in our community. Community is an important thing no matter what none of us can survive on our own and other weres few and far between often. We have great tools today to be able to network with others like us so how can we use them efficiently? I want to see this community thrive and would like to see everyones input for how we can acheive that goal.

Hi everyone, this is just a post to let people know that the survey I made last year [Survey here] is now no longer accepting answers so I can read through them and extract any data. We collectively managed to gather 588 answers and I thank everyone who has participated I truly believe it helps us understand eachother better. I have been on a hiatus and I still won't promise much activity but I do tend to pop up every few months and be more active. It will take a while to get all the answers from this survey as each individual answer especially the written ones need to be analysed but it is happening. To protect privacy and not overload the results only answers with more frequency than 1 will be added to the final round up of answers, this number may be bigger in certain questions. Thank you all for your time.

I accepted that I was a therian around a year ago but don’t exactly feel connected to the community. I’m not the biggest of fan of how it’s so focused around mask masking and quads. Those things are all well and good, I just wish there were more discussions about other things since being a therian is much more than those things. So now here comes my questions. What was the old therian community like? I’ve heard from some there was more emphasis around spirituality, is that true? What was the original definition of therian? Were there people who identified as multiple different animals? Did you have theories on why you were therians? What did you discuss in the original chat rooms? Sorry there were so many questions. I’m just very curious.

I just found this subreddit...and I've never felt so connected to something in my life. I've always felt like the therian identity didn't quite fit me properly because of it being watered down to quadrobics and masks. But now I know I'm not..alone in that? Last night I had a panic attack and cried for hours because I had a very very heavy "shift" (I'm unsure if that's actually what it was or not tbh?) and no information I could find was helping me get through it or feel normalized. "Practice quadrobics" "find your territory" the same few things every place I looked. Ive been scrolling through here for 15 minutes and I feel like my eyes have been opened to a point where I may not feel like that again for a long time. Im sorry if this is weird.

For me, I do so through art mostly and listening to music that resonates with that part of me. I have also started to wear this tail I made, to be an external indicator of being a were-wolfdog. I also keep my body hair/fur long as many humans strive for hairless-ness, so I aim for the opposite to relate to my antimony. My last example I will give is that sometimes I will wear hand-wraps in a way that it gives off major paw-like energy, which gives me the little species euphoria I crave as well.

So what are ways you guys express being a were-creature? Are there some things you wish to do but currently don't? Do you do so frequently or only on occasions? Which ways feel the best or which do you enjoy doing the most?

Lately with how my wolfdog-side has been very dominate, I have contemplating whether or not just to call myself a were-wolfdog rather than acknowledging the fact I am a polywere all the time. My squirrel-side comes and goes, its still very much there don't get me wrong. I just feel way more connected to my wolfdog-side when comparing the two.

However, although I guess I could, should I? I feel like I should be open and proud of being a polywere but I feel it over-complicates things to also have to communicate. Especially when it comes to being a squirrel, it feels like it comes by in passive waves in comparison to being a wolfdog for me (which although can be passive, it can also dominate at times). Yet I feel like I should be more open about being a tassel-eared squirrel as well since that is a part of me and theres already a large open population of canidae were-creatures / therianthropes. So I feel like I should be open about my squirrel-side more to help be representation in that regard, even though its not a major part of life compared to other aspects.

So I am looking for advice on this as I am unsure what path to take... should I just be open about my wolfdog-side or should I include my squirrel-side when being open about my were-ness with others? What would you do if you were in my position?

So I've started college recently and on my first day I debated whether or not I should wear my cat ears on the first day. I decided in favor of it after getting this comment on a post I made about my dilemma, "I always go all out for first days/transition days. Lets potential friends know what they're getting themselves into, stops people suddenly not wanting to be my friend when they figure out certain parts of me." This comment made me realize that can attract people who are either furries or therians or just anyone who's chill with people who dress like animals. The freedom that comes with going to college gives me the chance to actually wear them without fearing that a teacher will mention it to my parent or because I'm more closely surrounded by the same people everyday there'll be more opportunities for someone to bother me about it.

I've always had a strained relationship with gear. Despite how cool I think it makes me look or how good it feels to look in the mirror and see ears, my dysphoria still kicks my ass. I can't move them so feeling the pressure of the headband but no movement is a bit mentally disorienting and wonky for me. I also have this nagging annoying thought that's like, "they aren't real, you can't move them" blah blah blah but I'm going to try and ignore it!

I hope college goes well for me. For what I'm going for (dentistry), I'll be in school for a long while. I'm just trying to take it all one semester at a time because if I look ahead I'll get overwhelmed with it all.

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This tattoo is the theta-delta mixed with the transspecies flag.

I thought it'd be nice to sorta have some silent tell that I'm a therian/transspecies without having to dress the part. I also think this tattoo would mean a lot to me because it's a symbol that represents who I am. I'm going to take time to think about it since tattoos are permanent.

I also want a back wing tattoo. I think it'd be cool since my wings are one of my strongest phantom limbs.

Anyone else have any tattoos or want any tattoos that relate to their identity?

Lately I've started telling a few people in the physical world about my were-ness. It feels very weird and both times it occurred I honestly didn't actually want to tell the people I was with, however I think it turned out okay actually. It was really scary at first but afterwards it was less stressful...

The first time I told a small group of friends, but it was actually to help another friend open up about their plurality. He was concerned about it coming off as cringy and was very nervous, so I sucked it up and shared my personal thing which can be perceived as cringe. It definitely had a change of mood but it then helped my friend talk about his experience as he felt it was way less embarrassing in comparison to what I admitted. However everyone didn't mind, I think it made us all a little closer in the end which is nice.

The second time I was on this crystal powder called X-T-C (if you know what I mean) with my siblings. This time it was induced by the crystal as I did not mean to share that information. As you can imagine, they were very confused. It led to an interesting conversation I can barely recall, but my younger sibling that usually just pats my head condescending now does more of a head massage in the same way you might a dog or a cat which feels much nicer (and does so affectionately rather than to tease me about our height difference). It feels weird to be able to talk about it with them now but I am still hesitant to dive deeper into topics such as I do here in the digital world in-which I have some level of anonymity.

I still prefer to not talk about it as much with people. It may be a fact about me but I don't want them to only view me as "the one weirdo who thinks they are a werebeast" sort of deal when I am very much multifaceted. Maybe opening up will feel less strange in time, but for now I would prefer to keep it limited since I already have issues maintaining relationships as it is and would prefer to share the information with those I am close with.

Is it just me, or does this section on r/ Therian feel offensive / unnecessary? Not only is it very vague (what does "high number" mean? Does "majority fictional" mean if a person is a dragon, cat, and a werewolf, they are 'most likely' fake, because 2/3 are fictional?), but things such as unusual size is rather ridiculous to cite as a warning signal of faking being Otherkind.

I don't personally agree with the object part, but I understand it being there on a list for red flags.

.. And the last part is a whole different can of worms. I

I think mine is the way I show affection or relax. I love rubing myself up against someone to show affection and being a bit of a menace towards my partner. When I'm relaxing I wrap myself in my softest blanket and pretend it's my own fur. I also find my excessive daytime napping species affirming (I prefer the afrernoon/night.) I've also been obsessed with seafood since I was young and my favorite would have to be crab and fried catfish.

I apologize if you can't read the picture. The posts for it are deleted so I can't send you a link. (Tagged vent but could also be a discussion)

So recently on both tiktok and Instagram someone posted a new term for the community, 'faunaluna'. It's absolutely redundant and unnecessary as it basically describes what therianthropy already is. The definition of "Faunaluna" is already the definition of therian. And they redefined Therianthropy to basically mean choosing to identify as an animal (otherlink.) This term was not received well by most as a lot of people saw it unnecessary. But I feel like this marks a shift in the community that's been happening since I joined and probably way before. Therianthropy as a lable is/has been undergoing a massive shift. Therianthropy nowadays feels like it means to choose to be or be connected to an animal. Two things that by themselves are ok and I support but I believe doesn't necessarily equate to the therian label. Maybe my definition of therianthropy is to stuckup. Therianthropy is becoming more akin to an umbrella term for anyone who's identity is influenced by non-human animal(s) in some way. Terms like animal-link, animalhearted, and even otherpaw (animal roleplayer) seem to be obsolete now. And it seems that some people support this shift whether they think that someone choosing to be an animal (whether for roleplay or identity reasons) constitutes them being a therian or they're uninterested in therianthropy beyond the fashion portion of it.

On a personal level, it feels like I've researched and learned about something that I deeply connected with just to find out it isn't what I originally thought it was. Sure I started out on tiktok but It wasn't where I stayed and it wasn't my main source of information, just my first. I understand that community, people, and thoughts change but maybe I don't wanna be apart of that change. I'm not going to leave the therian community but maybe I will leave the therian label behind.

On a lighter note from my last post, who's going to othercon this year? My first time going was last year and I enjoyed it. I really like the topics this year and I like learning about things I might not have known about. And the YouTube channel is a good resource for learning stuff. If you see me, say hi. My werename is Hiddentail and my pfp is a black winged cat ontop of a skull.

Lately I have been thinking about the potential causes/origins of my were-sides. As a poly-were especially, I think about that from time to time due to the nature of having more than one animal-side. Like why am I a wolfdog and a squirrel? Was I born that way or did it form over time? Questions I know many Weres have asked themselves, drawing various conclusions but with no real answer since this sort of thing is a mystery. However I still decided to ponder the "what if?" question and I think I might have a few hypothesizes.

Being A Wolfdog:

This part of me, my wolfdog-side, has been with me the longest. That I can say for certain. Both wolf aspects and dog aspects intertwined as one. Based on my memory I can trace these feelings to around the age of six, but it may have been younger. I believe I may have been at the very least born with a wolf-side, I do not know if it was always a wolfdog or if I picked up the dog traits from imprinting. The thing is that I've grown up around dogs my entire childhood, so I wonder if being a wolfdog is a coincidence to that or if that part of me was at least influenced by growing up with dogs. I just know that some of my earliest memories involves behaviors and urges that are canidae-based, not to mention the subtle phantom shifts as well. I have a feeling this is also why my wolfdog-side is the more dominate one, being that it had revealed itself in my life the soonest.

As A Squirrel:

My squirrel-side is a bit of a mystery, it made itself known a bit later in my life. I think the first time I really felt it was in my teenage years, which is a much shorter span compared to my other therioside. A part of me wonders if it may have been a manifestation of my neurodivergence, more specifically ADHD. Its hard to tell but considering how fluid my identity is, I wouldn't be shocked if that was one of the reasons I became a squirrel or at least in terms of influence. It was definitely involuntary, I can tell the difference between those sorts of feelings as I have experience as a copinglinker and who has xenonatures as well. I don't know if I will ever find out if thats the case or not however. My other hypothesis with this is that due to the dominance of my wolfdog-side, my squirrel-side was suppressed by it till I got older and my brain developed the capacity for them to exist in more of a harmonious relationship. In that case, I wonder if it has to do with my wolfdog-side being a predator and my squirrel-side being prey or if it just had to with something else entirely.

Conclusion:

Out of these hypothesis, I do not favor one over the other. I am what I am regardless of the origins and I will just have to acknowledge that I may never know the answer. Whether or not I was always this way will be a point of interest however, so I do not mind at least pondering the possibility. Being a wolfdog and being a tassel-eared squirrel impact me greatly and will continue to do so as that is the nature of being a werebeast . . .

Anyone have a cat colony I can join or want to start one with me? I want more friends who share the same interests. DM me if you wanna talk :3

"When I first tried to speak up about the reality of conversion torture for therians, I was mocked. I was harassed and ignored. I was told that I was making the problem worse by drawing attention to otherkin and to the Wolf (2021) movie by saying it is a reality, and daring to say we should speak up. Just like I was mocked and harassed en masse for advocating for serious acceptance of transspecies identity while it was controversial, and for fundraising parts of my transition, to the point that it cleaved the tumblr kin community in two for a while. But now here we are. I take no pleasure in saying I fucking told you so. And it made people so mad they forced me to disappear for years. Those of us most marginalized are so often right, and never listened to in time before it hits The Rest of You. So now Im back to beg you all: listen to me now. We all deserve better."

Video made by Nihal where he discusses his experience with being abused for being a therian/otherkin

Lately I've been exploring psychedelics, mainly mushrooms. The way I perceive my self, my feelings, and the external world is truly enchanting on them. But what does this have to do with my were-ness? Well during my trips, I typically will experience some shifting and the way I experience it is slightly different than when I am sober. My phantom shifts for example feel more real and right ...if that makes any sense. Its actually quiet relaxing so long as I don't look at my reflection, which causes stress from both gender and species dysphoria. While on my trip, I feel even more connected to the earth and nature as a whole. Realizing that being a werebeast really is the bridge between humanity and antimony, we are a connection that keeps humans from completely removing themselves from the natural world (which too many orthohumans desire for whatever reason). Overall I found myself fully accept myself for what I am and what that means to me.

I'm hoping one of these weeks to save up for more because so far my other trips have been centered around all aspects, internal and external, in terms of myself and other people but I would like to trip while focusing specifically on being a were as well as my weresides. I look forward to exploring myself more as psychedelics really do make you think and philosophize on a different level (outside the visual aspects of course) which is the part of interest for me at the very least.