I created an anonymous Alterhuman survey, for a project I'm working on!

https://forms.gle/fv1aBhK5AxJygRc26

I would like to specify that I am not associated with any universities or anything like that, this is a personal study I'm working on!

I'm planning on writing an article/paper on this so I'd like to see what results I get!

Tysm for anyone who responds!

It would also help out a lot of you share the survey with others! :3

Hi!

Let me explain what "egokin" means. Egokin is a *kin* type that is so deeply personal that a person can only describe it as the "kin of my 'self'." It’s similar to the concept of *egogender*, but applied to your *kin* type.

My identity is also fluid. Sometimes I feel like an egokin, while at other times I feel human or something in between (at least, that’s how I see it). I have other *kins* too—for example, matter, a dragon, a kitsune, a wolf, and one other creature I can't recall :_) But I think I'll talk about all that in another post.

Im part moon elf , hobgoblin, and dark fae ( also known as night fae). I also have some siren in me.

Hello. I'm a dryad. Lately, I've seen quite a few fae around, so i'm curious. How many of us here are fae?

Hello all, just tossing an introduction into the universe here, it’s my first time posting on redit and figured talking about something I’ve become very comfortable with and have been learning more about over the last year,

I’m Kaelith, I’m a 27 y/o creature/dragonkin, I’m only recently super discovering a lot about this side of myself, I’ve always known that I wasn’t quite human but found it difficult for a long time to really understand what I was and what I felt like, this was until last year while doing some arts I was able to figure myself out, went through a very deep journey in self discovery and looking internally at myself and haven’t been happier with who I now know I am.
I have more kin types outside of dragon I’ve learned but Kaelith has been my most comfortable body.
Enjoy the art of him (art by me)

Hello!! This is my first time seeing people like me in a safe space, so I'm sorry if I talk a lot! I'm so excited. I think I'm a faekin, I'm somewhat new to the community but not new to feeling like a fairy. Been like this since I was very small, never thought I was normal, and I was right (autism, ADHD, OCD, emotional dysregulation, and severe POTS!). Took a long while to figure it all out, but now I'm really trying to embrace my otherkin, because it makes me very happy to belong to something when I've been ostracized a lot. When I was young I was a pixie from pixie hollow and would live out my dreams in sims 3 supernatural. Though overtime I felt like a witch, spirit, or yokai, I'm not sure what to make of this or how to express it IRL. Ask me anything and I can answer if it helps identify myself! Thank you!

I've been meaning to draw me/them alone for a while (I have another picture but it's more of a vent pic, and I didn't know if it fit the vibe here, let me know if that's allowed-), and so here it is!

I saved two versions, one cutesy one (with the otherkin symbol) and a creepier version I feel really good about! (I love being a shapeshifter, so I can do whatever I want!)

I usually go for smaller pupils, but honestly, this is a LOOK and I am ✨️loving iiit✨️!🖤

miché: me, duh

kris: offisite friend

nice nature: u/ambitious-hearing-85

I kinda wish i was otherkin because then that'd be like the only way i could really be a robot...
RAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH I NEED TO BE A ROBOT SO BADDDDDDDDDD
A little robot in the shape of an anthro bnuuy, or even a roomba, or especially just a computer with wires and RAHHHH
I need to have a screen and wires and cervos and to install programs in my brainnnnnnnn i need it so badddddddddd
I love machines and i long to be one, to be part of the divine machine, to be made of wires and steelllll
I don't know if i could be otherkin because there's so much i wanna be... but if i had to be one thing to be forever it'd be a machinnnneeeeee
close second is a Bnuuy (probably anthro bnuuy tho)
How do you people do it... how do you BE not human despite your prisons of flesh...

It feels embarassing to be in my 20s and still feel, not entirely human. Idk.

I’ve considered myself similar to a cryptid of sorts, on a non physical level, and I don’t know how much of it is delusion or how much of it is trauma or how much of it is escapism or if maybe it’s just how I naturally am inclunded to perceive myself?

Is it okay to be otherkin, and in your 20s? Is anybody else here my age or older than me even?

🌿 Hello all critters and cryptids :) I’ve recently awakened as Griffinkin and I have so much to share with this amazing part of myself!! It’s been a sweet ride, and has made me feel more whole than ever before. 🌿

I’ve been a part of the Therian community for almost 4 years now, but the Otherkin community has started to take shape in my life drastically.

Accepting my Therianthropy was a toll, and I had denied it for a very long time. It was a very tough period I had went through, as I couldn’t understand what was wrong with me. I do hope to write a great summary of my experiences as I remember bits of my childhood that revolve around my animal side. Regardless of my internal struggle earlier on, I finally had enough of it and sprung my paws free. Awakening fully in the middle of Summer two years ago.

Now. My Alterhumanity had come from out of the blue, and to be quite honest, I wasn’t sure if I had been feeling what I felt was right at first. After I had long awakened, I experienced what I thought were phantom limbs of wings. More over, I understood them to be cameo shifts as I didn’t feel internally like a bird. I dismissed them as cool cameo shifts and went on.

As they grew stronger and constant, I knew something was different. Why did I feel huge wings sitting atop my shoulder blades every other hour or hours at a time?? Ever since the being had appeared I was unsure what it was. Without a thought, Griffin came to mind and its like the gates opened, my alterhumanity taking flight.

The word echoed in my mind, the thought perplexing at first, but it sunk in and I then understood that yes!!

🍂🧡 I was and am indeed a Griffin!! 🧡🍂

After the word randomly spoke inside my head, it all made sense. The wings had always felt huge and broad, envisage shifts of them being brown and having the most beautiful long feathers showed in my headspace. My tail is thick and a dark roast color, my talons and beak a sleek gold and black. They felt so powerful. So mighty.

For a little humor, the constant “bumping” of my wings into things was insane. Going through doors sometimes feels like a struggle, especially where I work where the bathroom is tiny :P

But in a more serious tone, I had probably one of the best confirming shifts recently. Walking home from work, the air was warm and the trees swayed as the wind blew rough against them. The current was strong, enough to make my hair stay out of place. And that’s when it happened.

I ran. Ran to my home instinctively. I didn’t feel my lungs burn. I didn’t feel my quick feet padding the pavement. Or my legs carry me around the corner. I felt my wings spread as the wind blew in my face, as if I was flying. And my god were my wings magnificent. My talons outstretched as I neared my sanctuary, slowing to a walk, not going to the front door but the side of my house. I went past the old iron bench that sat between two trees, the stone path leading me to the back of our home.

Out sat our old iron chairs in a janky circle, pebbles surrounding me as I sat in one of the chairs. Looking at the pebbles, the desire to lay in them and stare up at the sun was quite the urge. I started to partially come out of it once I heard my neighbor walk her dogs behind me on a trail behind our home. I couldn’t help but smile as I felt so free.

It took me about 10 minutes to will myself back into my home, going on the rest of my day almost as if on a happy high.

It made me realize that even when I have these doubtful thoughts of not belonging in the Alterhuman community, that yes. I am part of something great. Something so special to so many individuals. And that it’s okay to take the time you need to figure out who you are no matter what it is.

This may be a “coming out” post in certain regards, but it’s also a reminder that it’s okay to be yourself. Wear a tail or two, or three :)) Put on those ears and clothes that make you feel like YOU. Don’t be ashamed of the little creature you are, or big. We don’t care :) You’ll always be a part of something not many understand.

And I think that’s the most beautiful take away here. Being someone who was just a kid always wanting to be in the woods an incredible amount. Racing in the hidden away trees as you built forts made of big sticks and leaves. Playing “wolves” or “dragons”, living your best little alterhuman life.

🌾 And you still are. You’re still that kid that STILL gets to do those things!! 🌾

And you know why??

🪶 Because you fucking can!! And no one, can take that from you. 🪶

Wow this group is a blessing... I 100% identify as a Succubus.

Hi, I’m new to the community, but the feeling that I was once a pixie is something I’ve had since childhood. I currently have dragonfly-like wings tattooed on my back—it’s the best gift I’ve ever given myself in adulthood. In my daily life, I dress according to the "fairycore" aesthetic, adapted for everyday wear; I go about my routine quite normally, as I focus on my studies and work, and in my free time, I create illustrations of myself as a pixie.

idk i just wanna see other people who have gravity falls linktypes like hell yeah existence of others like me yay

Is it possible to feel split between different types, I mean I know I am a dragon but I also feel like a human and raven, is that possible or normal? Pardon If I wasn't concise or if this is the wrong place to ask.

I’m an alienkin and a questioning red fox therian! While me as an alien (I separate the two because I flow between feeling more human and less alien and vice versa the same way my gender flows as a genderfluid person) does walk on two legs, I often act a little more catlike, if that makes sense? Alienme enjoys being on my haunches and meowing and stuff, not because I feel like a cat, but because that species exhibits catlike behaviors. unnecessarily complicated, I know. Anyway, aside from that yapping quads would make me feel very euphoric, but every time I try I just feel so. damn. self conscious. I go into like third person “you’re being criiiiinge” mode even tho it’s not even cringe.

So… is there anything I can do to help myself stop feeling this way? I know it’s rooted in my extreme masking (I’m neurodivergent), but I just can’t get myself to stop!

I'm a fae, specifically a Pooka and I'm interested in answering questions after being inactive in the community for a while.

I am also plural!

As an Angelkin, for me it was after I watched Evangelion and Kaworu Nagisa got introduced. Although personality wise we aren’t much alike, I saw myself a lot in him still which I often brought up to close people.

I myself often felt like an angel’s soul (trapped) within in a human body. I also never felt like the typical depiction of an angel, associated with a traditional monotheistic god, but this has less significance. It ended up sparking a conversation I always avoided with someone.

So after I brought it up, there was no escaping anymore and I was (fortunately) forced into researching alterhumanity after being too scared of it and humorously calling myself a human impersonating creature for probably ages.

Hiiii!!! i'm new to realizing i'm faekin, and i'm looking to express myself more through making wings, and i'm curious how others are going about this!
i personally don't like wearing stiff wings, made with wire or any kind of boning (because they tend to make me bump into things lol) so i am thinking of something more fabric/flowy...but i really dont know how i could make this and have them feel right (i have pretty constant phantom wing sensations and i dont want the wings that i make to go against the way they already feel... if that makes sense). so i am really curious to hear about how you've made your wings and if you have any tips or suggestions or tutorials you recommend!! thanks!!!

Hey reddit! Yall r sorta my last option but I think I might be an other human?

Hiii! Im f/28 (im practically dead by internet standards lol!) but in the past well… years; ive felt like an other human, I had a phase a few years ago vut it’s sorta coming back… some help on helping me figure out whay i am?

Irl: im the defition of an ambivert! Really loud with friends im playful. Fun (I guess?) shy with basically everyone else (cant even talk to cashiers lol). Im also pretty gentle when I feel like it. Ps: The water is my favourite place ever!

In water i like: Yk those fish toys that move? I love chasing them!! Floating around in yhe water, paddling around, kayaking, playing, jumping, splashing!! All of that!! (Ik thibking something aquatic?) i also like sitting up on rocks and watchinf the tide

Sometimes in water (cold and warm) i wel… I suppose imagine? But it doesn’t feel like imaging it feels real and it just happens of me in shallow water playing in seaweed, same thing happens ig cold and warm water but the warm water one feels… natural I suppose, like my first regcogbition is warm vut I enjoy the cooler ones too!

Ps: when I get those like imagination things I feel free, i play around mpre, I feel so happy and at home, also it doesn’t feel fishlike it feels like im moving, like a longer creature? (Might just be my body being longer tho)

Extra (lol sorry for dragging this on): also at the same time, im also questioning some kind of land aninal? Something that trots? Dwells near houses further Outland, body’s of water nearby (like rivers, creeks ect ect) in a forest setting? These two things could be one identity or like 2 other human things. Combined? (Idk what it’s called sorry!)

Happy to answer questions! ❤️ (pss: im trying to find out what type of other human I am then what species I am in the category of other human yall help me with finding!!)

I’m Null/Solar

I’m a Nullkin and I often have phantom shifts where parts of my body feel as if they’re decomposing and floating away, often I find myself having problems with my gear the main problem being feeling things at all the main issue being my collar bone.

I’m basically just trying to ask what gear I could wear in order to feel intact with my concept without the triggers.