#Alterhuman Community

[wolfislost]

Life as a Disabled Alterhuman

Let's talk about being alterhuman without being able bodied.

If you've never met me before, i'm a werewolf. I use the label of psychological otherkin, but nowdays I mostly just say alterhuman.

A lot of individuals in the community can relate to wanting to spend time in their natural ecosystem or habitat. Some of them don't live in a country where that habitat even exists.

Conceptually, I'm lucky. I'm surrounded by nature reserves that are an hour away at most. Some are much closer.

Every part of me wants to be out there, in the trees and bushes and soil, every week. I'm sure some of us ARE out there every week based on some of the responses I've gotten on my posts.

I can't be.

I'm chronically ill. Partly from birth, partly acquired later in life. My mobility is limited by my threshold for suffering. The more I move, the more i'll have to pay for it later. And those debts don't have an upper limit.

I would love to prioritise letting my animal out more, being in nature more, travelling more. Hell- even running. But not only would doing that wreck me over and over again, it would make it impossible for me to meet the demands and responsibilities of my human life.

As a werewolf, there's an internal pull towards more feral behaviour and imagery. But my chronic illness requires constant upkeep, constant maintenance. My wellbeing depends on frequent visits to professionals.

I've always dreamed of running off to a cabin in the woods. I'm sure many of you have. But it's patently impossible for someone like me, who relies so heavily on human healthcare to survive.

The truth is I wouldn't be able to function without humans to look after me. And I have responsibilities that come before my desires for freedom.

None of this stuff makes me any less of an alterhuman. Makes me any less of a werewolf. All of these smaller restrictions do add up to a certain kind of distance from the "ideal alterhuman" perhaps. But my identity has always been, and will always be, an internal thing for me.

I'm not a werewolf IN SPITE of being disabled.

I'm a werewolf who IS ALSO disabled.

[rareblackcat]

I think identifying as nonhuman or alterhuman because you're feral or animalistic is valid. Not everything needs to be about being another thing. Sometimes you're just a feral wild being.

[xdextarx]

literally pagans 🌳are more open to identities, social aspect, diversity and genders than modern society 🔬

Vikings:

you are woman who want to live as man? sure! why not! women can be strong as men! it's not so often here but we have no problem with it!

Modern society:

b-but women have their own standards and men as well!! g-gender role!! it's our tradition that men do nothing and women do everything at home! cooking and cleaning is a woman's job because we said so to have less work!! women are weak child machines and men are strong hunters!!! women must be submissive to men!! it's a tradition!! 😩

Inuits:

you lived alone in the forest for a long time and now you became a shaman and can talk to spirits? that's so cool! let's go on an igloo and you will make an astral trip and then you will tell us what you saw and where all you were!!

Modern society:

what the hell? Impossible. you must be schizophrenic. it is not possible for you to have a sixth sense and be able to connect with things that we cannot see. surely it's just delusions in your head. there are no supernatural things and I don't care that science can't fully explore it yet and that we don't even know how we really got here!

pagans in general:

it's so cool you made your own mask! you are an animal, entity, devil, spirit or something else? let's celebrate us all!

you have wild spirit? that's so cool!

you were an animal in your last life? me too!

you can travel astrally? omg!

someone was born? let's celebrate!

someone died? let's celebrate they are in after life now and their soul is still with us in connection!

god's are our friends and not our masters! we all are just beings!

modern society:

therians, alterhumans no humans are sick! you cannot be anything else than human! you have human body so you're human!

you have woman body so you can't be man!

you have man body so you can't be woman!

there's no reincarnation or soul!

someone was born? oh no we have to pay bills for making one human in this capitalist society

someone died? damn it cost so much!

there's only one god and other religions are fake! you will burn in hell you atheist!

god is the creator and master!

landlord is owner and my master or I become homeless!

my boss is my master or I will starve!

we celebrate Christmas, valentine and Easter just because of having to feed markets and capitalist materialistic society!

[starkinvs]

[thelittlefirepup]

💜💜💜💜💜🎶

Quadrobics look so fun, but my knees say no.

[shiftingwithmars]

Tbh I think I get therians now. I don’t wanna identify with humans either💀

[silverfoxboy]

so I just remembered that the great eared nightjar exists and now I'm questioning if its one of my theriotypes bc I see those goobers and think "damn he like me fr". plus I'm having a wing shift rn sooooo :P

[thatqueersteer]

They/he/it

Howdy ya'll so I've been extremely distracted and feeling unwell but I have news.

I am pregnant yes this is wanted and yes I'm happy and excited I will finally bear a calf of my own but maybe that's why I felt so unusual and connected to the mama cows and babies at the fair on a level unfamiliar even to me.

I can't wait to hold you for the first time in 8 months little bug,to show you the trees,collect rocks with you and walk in the creek as I did myself as a child.

[wildcardsystem]

I hath been well behaved today and did not think about biting the mean customers even once

I should get a treat, like a bag of delicious garlic bread

[xt0t4llys4n300x]

[monsterkin-culture-is]

noticed the ‘eldritchkin culture is’ tag is a lil empty, so…

Eldritch void deity culture is feeling like you’re possessing your current vessel, and occasionally attempting to un-possess it (spoiler alert it don’t work)

Me and a friend (hey @bored-dromaeosaur) refer to our human forms as vessels cuz. That’s what this is. It’s no more than a vessel.

^^^

That's so cool, I'm stealing vessel

[canisfossil]

omg my wife is vampirekin and I'm werewolf kin

and shes black cat therian and I'm golden retriever therian

we r like all the different dynamics :0

[rareblackcat]

Fuck it

I put my gear in my bookbag and put it on when I got out my first music class. Walked around the city and nothing bad happened. I put my stuff in my back and put it on after my first music class. Walked around the city during my breaks. Noticed barley any looks.

[silly-creacher]

Wanted to share some things that make me happy:

Accidentally scared a friend while walking by to grab something and they said they thought I was a cat! Creature moment!! :P

Randomly discovering things about my kintype. Like realizing that my fucked up sleep schedule is just because I'm nocturnal. Also, I don't think I'm supposed to be so sensitive to temperature because quiet nights in the winter feel so homey but human body does NOT like that lmao

(speaking of kintype -- might be a shapeshifting alien? who knows)

Met a therian irl! Amazing moment!!

And because thinking about good stuff is healthy... if there's anything that's made you happy lately, reblog/comment! I'd love to hear about it!! :D

[hualiansupremecy]

new mask!!

THERIANS / OTHERKINS/ ALTER HUMANS ASSEMBLE!!

[eldrorian]

Skylera

pt: skylera

Skylera : a term for human-like creatures with canine features (such as dog ears and tail, claws or really sharp teeth) that also has a monster/fully inhuman feeling to it.

pt: skylera

etymology: [ský]los - dog in greek | t[éra]s - monster in greek

Tag List: @radiomogai , @specieschive , @seasulfur