#Perception Shift

[unetherian]

✿Many types of shifts and their definition✿

While some seem more common than others, there are actually MANY types of shifts in our alterhuman, nonhuman, otherhuman, etc. communities. I will mention all the ones I know, but feel free to add to my list!

I have already published a French version of this post, today I present to you the English version! (and I'm sorry for my quite bad English, I use often Google translation)

Happy reading!𖡼𖤣𖥧𖡼𓋼𖤣𖥧𓋼𓍊𖡼𖤣𖥧𖡼𓋼𖤣𖥧𓋼𓍊𖡼𖤣𖥧𖡼

The mental shift

is one of the most well-known shifts in our community. During a mental shift, the individual's mentality becomes more or less like that of his type.

If the individual's type is an animal, for example, he may begin to think in a more animalistic way, relying even more on his instincts.

The phantom shift

is also one of the most well-known shifts. During this shift, the individual feels one or more body parts of their type, in addition to or superimposed on their body. These members can be tails, whiskers, snouts, fins, feathers, beaks, pads, shells, additional or different legs, etc. This sensation can vary depending on the individual.

Some will describe it as feeling like the member is actually there, and some will feel it as an energy, as if their soul is "protruding" from their body.

This part of the body is not visible.

Some people experience "phantom pain", such as getting their phantom wings stuck in a door, for exemple.

The perception shift

changes the individual's perception to bring it closer to that of his type. It can influence the way he sees himself, or the way he sees the world around him. (not to be confused with mental shift!)

The sensory shift

alters the perception of one or more senses (hearing, smell, sight, touch, and/or even taste), to be closer to those of its type. This does not really give superpowers, but rather focuses the shifter on some of his senses, distracting him from others.

There are several subcategories of sensory shift, such as auditory shift, olfactory shift, etc.

The cameo shift

can be quite strange, especially for those who are not used to it. A cameo shift is when you shift into something, someone, a creature, etc. but that one does not identify as this one. A cameo shift can appear in any form of shift.

Example: A unicorn otherkith experiences a unicorn ghost shift, this shift is a ghost cameo shift, because this individual does not identify as a unicorn.

An average human can experience this type of shift.

The koita shift

is often considered a subcategory of the cameo shift (the few times it is discussed). A koita shift is a shift triggered by looking at an animal/creature/etc. that one does not identify with. This shift can be triggered by looking at a visual medium (an image, a video), or by looking directly at this one/this.

Like the cameo shift, it can appear in every possible shift form.

The emotionnal shift

is a shift (of any form) caused by an emotion (often intense).

The space shift

is a shift quite well known to conceptkins, voidkins, elementkins, or even musickins. During a space shift, the individual has the sensation of filling a space, just like their type.

Example: A water elementkin swims in the ocean, it feels like it stretches as far as the eye can see as the water around it.

The aura shift

During this shift an individual's aura changes to become more in line with that of their type. This shift is often spiritual, but can also be explained/experienced psychologically.

The bilocation shift

The individual feels as if he is in two places at once. He will see the vision of his type at the same time as that of his body, and/or will feel the environment of his two locations at the same time.

The astral shift

is most often voluntary, and difficult to trigger. It is a shift often considered spiritual, but can be explained psychologically. During this shift, the individual's soul leaves his physical body and then transforms into or is his type. It is a kind of astral travel.

The dream shift

is a shift experienced in a dream, a dream where one is one's type or a dream where one transforms into one's type. This shift can be a memory from a past life.

The feral shift

is a shift experienced most often by clinical zooanthropes (clinical lycanthropes, clinical cinantropes, ect) where they involuntarily lose control of their body, where their animal part takes over.

These shifts can be dangerous because the individual may be frightened by the human world around him and act in a way that puts himself in danger, or can attempt to do things that their human body cannot do.

Some beings don't remember what happened during this shift after experiencing it.

The basercal shift

is the same as feral shift, but voluntary.

The shadow shift

is a shift most often caused by an optical illusion or a small hallucination. It is when an individual's shadow changes to become more or less like that of their type.

The miror shift

is a shift similar to the shadow shift, but with a mirror. It is when an individual's reflection changes to become more or less like that of their type.

physical shift (or P-shift)

is a shift caused by delusions and hallucinations. It is when an individual thinks they are or thinks they can transform into their type. The transformation can be complete or partial, and can be painful.

The soulrip shift

is often described as an extremely painful experience. When individual has a soulrip shift, they feel as though their soul or the essence of their type is being violently torn from their body. It can manifest in various forms, including phantom shifts, mental shifts, spiritual shifts, shadow shifts, or other types of shifts.

Example: a mental soulrip shift may involve overwhelming thoughts and emotions related to the feeling of losing one's identity or core essence. This can cause panic, fear, and/or existential distress.

Exemple 2: During a phantom soulrip shift, an individual may feel as though their phantom limbs are being forcibly ripped from their physical body.

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[alterhumansafespace]

Hello! I have a question, do you think you could explain emotional shifts, astral shifts, aura shifts, bi-locational shifts and spiritual shifts to me? I know about mental shifts, and i can assume what perception shifts are about, but i've never heard about this other types of shifts!

Thank you!

I’ll definitely be posting each separately in their own terms of the week posts, but I’ll give a rundown of each with examples of how I personally experience them.

Shift types:

Emotional- basically they happens to come from a heightened state of emotion, which can be any.

Example: My copingkin has these shifts when I feel rejected, heightening the feeling into betrayal due to the fact that I cope as Fenrir from Norse myth.

Astral- where your alterhuman self leaves your human body. Normally found in meditation and dissociation, and requires a belief in the astral plain.

Example 1: I get this a lot with my dragonself. I’m a very spiritual person by nature.

Example 2: You could think of wolf walkers if you’ve seen the movie/clips of the movie on TikTok for this type of shift as well.

Aura- This one requires a belief in auras, but it’s where you feel the form of your life energy turn/as your alterhuman identity.

Example: I feel these a lot actually as I sometimes intertwine some of my phantom shifts as my dragonself.

Fun Fact: This is how I actually was able to figure out my dragonself’s appearance and size, as well as my Fenrir copinglink. My aura’s size changed drastically.

Bi-locational- It’s you feeling your alterhuman self in their natural habitat in a different location. This can be felt through double sensory input or vivid daydreaming.

Example: I get these a lot with my dragonself, especially when I am looking out a car window or in a plane. This also happens when I’m up late at night.

Spiritual- These are undefined shifts that require you to believe that your alterhuman identity(ies) are to some level spiritual, like astral and aura shifts

Example: I do believe in past lives and reincarnation, but none of my identities are past lives. My best example is my otherkin identity. I believe it’s a connection of myself from somewhere else.

I do believe all of my identities are in some capacity both psychological and spiritual. My dragonkin identity just happens to be the best example of spiritual shifts.

As an added note, perception shifts are shifts in your perception of the outside world or self-image through your alterhuman identity. The Fenrir ones encompasses both outside world and self image.

There are other sorts of shifts as well that I don’t personally experience, like dream shifts due to the fact that I never remember my dreams.

Hopefully that helps you with a basic understanding of what these shifts are!

>Saiph 🐉

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[saiphthepolykin]

What it means to be a Fenrir copingkin to me is that my strength is something I take a lot of pride in. I deal with very negative and self destructive shifts in mood that feel otherworldly and not on the level of human rage. I bite at my right hand as hard as I can, I feel like screaming but understandable to. The phantom shifts of the sword in my jaws and gagged into silence. Constantly suspicious of authority/authority-like figures. A feeling like someone will betray you at any moment that you might not ever know.

It’s knowing I hurt the one person I thought I’d never hurt severely. Someone who was loyal to me even if their betrayal was for my own good. They were loyal to me and I, figuratively, ripped off their hand that treated me so well. It’s feeling my guilt and anger trapping me in the same chains that the Æsir tied Fenrir down with.

Though, the more positive side is that I don’t feel weak and helpless all the time. As stated I take great pride in my strength. I am gentle when needed, but I am also cruel and unforgiving to those who are deserving of such monstrous punishment.

This identity is something I didn’t ask for. It’s very much rooted in very negative shifts. I get very angry, very sad, and some of my thoughts change to those similar to the story of Fenrir during Ragnarök. I become self destructive due to trauma outside of my kin identities.

While yes there’s some positive things that come from this identity, the negatives remind me that nothing is always sunshine and rainbows.

Maybe someone can relate to this as well. Maybe it’ll be helpful to others

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[b3ndy]

Had a momentary perception shift/glitch in the shower so I drew it out and . Fuck ?

I was physically a raptor of some sort in my mind for that. A deep brown with darker brown patterns on top, similar to but not quite what's seen here, with some white scattered into it. Pinpoint pupils and amber/yellow eyes with a black scaley-skinned muzzle, which is broader than a typical raptor. More rectaungular. It was also closer to the size of a utahraptor but somewhat smaller.

Anyways in conclusion PRETTY NOT BIRD.. BRAIN YOU GENIUS. I LOVE THIS ANIMAL

[unetherian]

During a perception shift I looked at my hand and I said to myself WTF WHAT IS THIS!!!!???? Before I realized it was my hand 🤣😅

I was about to see a paw me TwT

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