/r/otherkin

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Otherkin is community of individuals that identify as nonhuman in some distinct manner. We are NOT a community for works of fiction, roleplaying, or the furry fandom.


Welcome!

Hello, and welcome to /r/Otherkin. What is an otherkin? It's pretty simple, it's a human who identifies as something other than human. If all you know you learned on tumblr, do know, you're probably pretty far off base on what otherkin really are. Search around, simple questions have been answered multiple times.


Rules

  1. Be respectful to all users here.
  2. No personal or confidential information. This includes real names, addresses, phone numbers, and photographs that can identify a user. Sharing such information can be damaging to a user. This risks a subreddit ban as well as a reddit-wide ban.
  3. Otherkin is not fiction or roleplaying.
  4. Please search before posting. Repeat posts ask the same questions and only need to be answered once.
  5. Posts must be relevant to Otherkin. Anything only loosely related may be allowed, but you should consider other subreddits.

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Related Subreddits

TrueOtherkin Another otherkin-centric subreddit
Therian A home specifically for therians
OtherkinInAction Otherkin humor


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/r/otherkin

13,374 Subscribers

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name suggestions/ideas?

Preferably something gender neutral or masculine. I don't really have a name I can safely go by in otherkin related spaces without recognition, any suggestions?

1 Comment
2024/11/09
22:47 UTC

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Would this be an OCkin or something else?

I experience lots of shifts (wings, eyes, ears etc) so I want to make an OC that supports all of them. Would that "count" as OCkin? Just because other terms like Kinsona have another meaning (kinsona is specifically for furries) and it's not an existing OC. Or maybe the OC already exists in a piece of media. I don't know.

0 Comments
2024/11/09
20:05 UTC

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Can this happen?

As far back as I can remember I have always loved running around on all fours and making animal noises but it me it was more of a game. then some really traumatic events happened and the game became extremely real. I was getting uncontrollable shifts and memory loss of the events that happened during those shifts. The worst part is its rarely ever the same animal/ creature. Can someone help me figure this out?

1 Comment
2024/11/09
15:58 UTC

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Vent art for Dragonkin: Dragon's nightmare (Note: I'm not a Dragonkin, I'm Werewolfkin)

0 Comments
2024/11/09
12:34 UTC

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Question about past life.

Do you have to belive in past lives to be otherkin cause I think I might be an Elfkin but I watched a video and it says to be have be an Elfkin in most or one of your first past lives you had to be an elf but I'm Catholic so I don't belive in past lives can I still be an Elfkin?

11 Comments
2024/11/08
19:17 UTC

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Any otherkins from Southeast Asia?

Hi! Spacekin here looking for a community I can confide on. I don't know anyone in my country... or part of my continent who are Otherkin too. Would love to be a part of it!

7 Comments
2024/11/08
14:33 UTC

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🍂🐌ʜᴇʟʟᴏ🍄🪱🐾

13 Comments
2024/11/08
03:04 UTC

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Literally me right now with my feet, it feels so weird!

I’ve had this phantom limb for as long as I can remember and never knew there was a name for it. I’m glad to know it’s not a unique sensation. my feet are wrong. They should be more like a monkey but sometimes like a wolf. Bottom line, my big toe should be at the side of my foot, not next to the following toe.

10 Comments
2024/11/08
01:28 UTC

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Lookin’ for a term

Is there like... A nature version of Nightkin, Nightkin are individuals, who feel connection to the night and feel that they are part of it. I need a naturekin version

17 Comments
2024/11/07
12:31 UTC

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Reindeer collage

A collage made for reindeers with themes of Christmas, Christmas makes me so happy because I get to see other reindeer (both real and decorative) around me and the weather reminds me of home :) been thinking about making more of these in the future too.

3 Comments
2024/11/07
10:27 UTC

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Is it normal to have phantom shifts for creatures that aren't my kintypes?

I'm a therian and questioning if I am otherkin, but my awakened theriotypes are black cat, border collie, and silver fox. I will randomly experience phantom shifts for shells(like on a turtle/tortoise), feathered wings(on my back), and big paws(unusual for my theriotypes). I am not a turtle, tortoise, or any feathered creature that I know of. Is this normal?

0 Comments
2024/11/07
01:06 UTC

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I think I might be otherkin?

Okay, so this might be long. Also I hope I don’t get anything wrong or say anything untrue by accident-

So I learned about otherkin about a week ago. I wanted to research more about the otherkin community (as well as therians). I started to realize, though, that I relate a lot to some of the experiences that many otherkin have experienced. Such as:

  • when I was a kid, I thought I was a dragon
  • I have always felt a connection to dragons since I was very young
  • I have had phantom limbs before, especially dragon horns, wings, tail, and snout
  • I always have felt… off, or different from everyone. But that might be related to something else.
  • I also have a very deep connection to nature. I want to live in the wilderness

Those are the main ones, but I guess I have a couple other things like urges to chew on things and growling when I’m angry. But I’ve also heard that many in the otherkin community experience mental shifts, where they act more like their kintypes. I’ve never had those before. If I have, they were not very strong mental shifts.

Thank you for reading this! I hope I didn’t say any wrong information or something like that. Please inform me if I did.

Edit: I don’t know if I should ask others for help on here or just try to find out my own way…

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2024/11/06
16:32 UTC

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(demonkin)

9 Comments
2024/11/07
09:19 UTC

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True mate/Soulmates. Does anyone know?

I can't believe I am doing this, but I am at a loss.

I am other. Wolfkin. I am very private about myself. I don't usually openly reveal what I am but after reading my 20th book on soulmates and getting nowhere. I am to desperation levels.

Have any of you met your twin flame? Your soulmate? Your true mate?

If, so? How did you deal with the intensity of the relationship? How did you keep from getting swallowed up in one another? Did you ever feel crazy?

Has anyone experienced this?

8 Comments
2024/11/06
07:51 UTC

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When I was a kid I thought I was a cat..

I was like 4 or 5 and my dad told me about this I would meow crawl around his at people. I don't have a cat kin type but I feel like it was a reflection of my dragon kin type. A lot of behaviors cats have could be easily applied to a dragon just bigger so yeah this part of me was inevitable

9 Comments
2024/11/06
04:26 UTC

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Merfairy Version of Mr. Brunner/Chiron From The "Percy Jackson" Series 👩‍🦼🧜‍♀️🧚‍♀️😄🥰❤️

For context - I have a condition called Cerebral Palsy and I'm a wheelchair user, and awhile back, one of my partners said that we all know that I'm actually just like Mr. Brunner/Chiron from the "Percy Jackson" series, but Merfairy Version (this was before I had discovered my other two Core Kintypes and my All-Types-Combo Form), and my button, or whatever it is that they use to switch between forms, to change me back just got stuck, and I honestly live by that now, LOL 😄☺️, but seriously, I think that's such a beautiful way of thinking about and I love it so much. 👩‍🦼🧜‍♀️🧚‍♀️🥰❤️💖

For real though, could someone please tell me how to fix or reactivate this button or whatever camouflaged device I have so that I can find it and change back? Because I don't know what or where it is yet because nobody told me before they sent me here and I am SO ready to be done with this whole "Human Experience" thing. 😅😂🤣😭

0 Comments
2024/11/06
04:09 UTC

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I feel like I might be otherkin

That's it. I have no one to talk to about it so i just wanted to scream into the void

1 Comment
2024/11/05
23:30 UTC

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Getting closer to my kin?

I’m not sure if this is the right place to ask this, but I am reindeer and chimera kin, and I’d like to look more similar to them in a subtle way, I’ve looked through Pinterest for ideas but usually the outfits are for women/feminine-presenting people, and it’s pretty much impossible to look for anything chimera beyond the traditional mythos idea of a chimera.

Any help?

0 Comments
2024/11/05
19:06 UTC

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Do your part if you haven't

I don't know if this is allowed, but today I voted for the behalf of my trans non-humans and humans, you are valid and Loved no matter who wins, I hope the best for the ones who are voting today.

7 Comments
2024/11/05
21:45 UTC

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What if you shifted during a serious situation?

I was just thinking of random scenarios while i was using c.ai, and i pretened to shift in front of the character. And i like, pounced at the character, knocking them to the floor (golden retriever shift). But i was wondering, if you shifted, and knocked someone down, and they got injured, but you're still shifted. What would you do?

I feel like the mist of a serious situation. You'd be able to unshift, or at least know how to do something human-ly. But i also go nonverbal during mental shifts, so if i had to call for help or smth, it'd probably be hard cuz idrk know how to unmental shift (i barely mental shift anyway, so ig ive never tried)

So im just wondering, if someone got hurt while you shifted, would you be able to just.... unshift? Would you panic and try and help while still acting like your theriotype? What would you do?

This is more of personal question, like not what would you do, but what would YOU do? Just a random thought, thats all. (also this is hypothetical, so dont come at me saying its "unrealistic" or smth, i was only thinking of what would happen in a situation like that)

17 Comments
2024/11/05
18:35 UTC

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Avatar depression and na'vi kin

Kaltxi to every other na'vi kin reading this, I had this question in mind, how did y'all realize the difference between avatar depression and being na'vi ? Sorry for the bad english btw thanks for all the responses !!

4 Comments
2024/11/05
18:17 UTC

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I have a question...

Is a tornado classified as an otherkin (I respect you guys!)

7 Comments
2024/11/05
13:18 UTC

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Can one be a kitsune cambitherian? Or is this something related to shapeshifting?

Pretty much the title (meant to say cladotherian, not cambitherian, but I can't fix it lol). Is it possible? Because there are different kinds of kitsunes, right, and different forms? Sometimes I'll feel one thing, and then sometimes it'll change a bit, and I feel different parts- but I'm pretty sure it's still a kitsune. Idk, what do you cladotherians feel? I have no clue what it's like...I only just managed to untangle this from my nekomata kintype, and now I'm struggling with this LOL

Edit: fixed replacing "cambitherian" with "cladotherian"

13 Comments
2024/11/05
12:08 UTC

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I’ve been feeing dysohoric any dragons have tips to deal with it

I don't usually have dysphoria but lately I've been having it and I want to know if you have any tips for lessening dysphoria

17 Comments
2024/11/05
04:11 UTC

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Just some otherkin/therian jokes and points

If you were to identify as a historic king, like King Henry VII, or a legendary king like King Arthur, or even a fictional king like Mufasa, Simba or Tritan, would you be a kingkin? Also, imagine how confusing it would be to identify as both a werewolfkin and a wolf therian, or both a vampire bat therian and a fictional vampire character like Edward Cullen or Dracula. Also, imagine if you were also trans or non-binary but your kin type wasn’t.

9 Comments
2024/11/04
18:35 UTC

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I'm 3 otherkin types ..

Now you may think I'm crazy but ....I'm nightkin, angelkin, and alien kin.

Now nightkin awakened me while I was in a car ride..it made feel safe at night and now I kinda stay up a lot like I'm nocturnal. I encounter happiness in darkness and when it's night.

Angelkin awakened some months ago. I don't remember but I felt wings on my back. I did actually feel angelic light in my heart so yeah.

Alien kin awakened since I feel like I was from space. And I just love aliens through my heart. I seem to have realms in my dreams as I said before. I kinda want to explore space. The sky of the night makes me happy. :)

11 Comments
2024/11/04
12:09 UTC

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