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A Reminder For Those Questioning Otherkinnity

If you're at the point of wondering if you're otherkin, or are just recently awakened (congratulations, if that's the case!) please remember that shifts are not an absolute or a requirement. This is something I struggled with in my own awakening. I would read posts and writings from others talking about their shifts and the shifts' frequency, and it would discourage me due to my lack of shifts. However, some people just don't get shifts, while others get shifts very very rarely. Some are even constantly shifted to varying degrees. If you're one of those, you're not invalid or anything of the sort. You're just as valid as any other otherkin. There are more ways to find a kintype than just shifts. While shifts can help, they are not absolutely required for any part of the otherkin journey. If you don't get shifts, or your shifts come to you in an infrequent manner (or in a different manner completely), look towards other signs to find your kintype or to be more sure of your findings. There are always other options. Of course, it's always good to try to disprove your own belief, so you may want to include the lack of shifts in a list as to why or why not to believe you are the kintype you're questioning. If you don't want to include it, I feel that's alright too. It's not a requirement to have shifts in order to be a "true" otherkin. Keep going along your journey -- if you're recently awakened or questioning, you're just at the start of your journey. There is always time to correct your mistakes and missteps if need be.

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A Simple Introduction

Hello everyone, my name is Ysear. I've been otherkin for over 2 years now (technically my whole life, heh, but 2 years awakened). In this introduction, I will talk a bit about my awakenings for my kintypes, as well as outlining the point of this Tumblr (blog?).

For starters, I awakened as a wyvern in August of 2017, after learning that my "unexplainable obsession with dragons" could be caused by otherkinnity, which was followed by memories once I accepted it. As I learned more about this past life, I began to find evidence of being owned as a slave, which I doubted until a memory came to me from the day I was bought. After that, I met someone in an otherkin Discord server who had a "method" for finding memories, and believed him. This caused false memories, which I struggled with for a while. In the meantime, however, my focus was elsewhere. I awakened as a husky after reading about Siberian huskies to find out that I was not a wolf as I thought I was at the time. A friend asked me, "You're a husky then?" This caused a very short but strong mental shift, in which everything sort of connected and clicked all at once. I've never felt anything like it apart from that one time. My western dragon past life is a more difficult one to explain. I got a memory that didn't fit in any of my known past lives in December of 2018. In this memory, a red dragon who I felt was my mate at the time, was falling. She seemed hurt. The being from which I percieved yelled "Rashima, don't..." There was more to it, but the rest faded upon opening my eyes. I thought for a while that maybe I was Rashima, and that memory was, for some reason, in the perspective of my mate. This was not true, however. Once I accepted that I was Rashima's mate, I could feel the past love towards her. I drew my western self the following day. This drawing session turned out to work as a form of meditation though, as I started to hear the dragon in his past life memories in the back of my head. He was talking about his fear of a king who wanted to hunt him for his scales. I still don't know what about his scales was so special, apart from their size. But I will find that in time, I'm sure. The most recent past life I was awakened to is my Nothosaurus kintype. This one was difficult for me, as I didn't have any memories or strange happenings to go off of. Just a hunch, and a few "soul twinges" telling me that it was right. I fought with it for a while, and wrote an awakening guide in the process. But eventually, I decided to make an honest list comparing why I should and shouldn't believe I'm a Nothosaurus. I ended up with more on the side of things to believe, so I trusted it, and accepted it. Whether or not this will stay as it is... we will see. I'm open to finding out I was wrong. It's simply what I currently know and believe.

A bit about myself, in this life. I go by Ysear and not one of my past names because I don't want to be too stuck on one side. I have to find balance between them, so even though my primary kintype is technically my wyvern, Kligth, I don't tend to go by it. I don't mind being called Kligth, I just won't call myself Kligth. As stated before, I awakened to my first kintype over 2 years ago. I didn't really get into the community until almost a year later, due to my shy nature from back then. In fact, I was so nervous when I joined my first dragonkin Discord server that I was twitching, heh. There were two things I noticed upon entering: one, I had to learn to be less shy; and two, I had to get art of my wyvern self. The profile pic I used at the time wasn't very accurate. I didn't trust anyone else to do it - as nobody knows what Kligth looked like as well as I do - so I decided to try learning how to draw. I never thought I'd get decent at it, let alone having server members asking to commission me. Let that be a lesson in the power of practice, heh. I do not take commissions as of right now though, due to my busy schedule not giving enough time for art. I used to be a "gamer," though not much anymore. That time away still hasn't made me any less of a pro at Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, however. Heh. I am also an owner of the Kin Connect Discord server, and use it as a medium to help others find their kintypes and explore being otherkin in a healthy manner. I am also a moderator on the Dragon's Valley Discord server, and have previously been a moderator on the Draconic Nexus Discord server. This blog is my first venture out into the otherkin community outside of Discord, so I'm not sure what to expect. Hopefully all will go well.

Now then, the point of this blog. Through this blog, I would like to share with fellow otherkin - as well as questioning otherkin and anyone else interested - how to go about otherkinnity in a healthy way, based on my own experiences and experiences I have heard from others. I will likely post art and images occasionally as well, and perhaps the rare vent post if I feel it's absolutely required. There will likely be questions as well, so feel free to reply with your answers to them. I always love to hear other viewpoints, to further refine my own.

I am looking forward to starting on this next step, and helping anyone who has questions. Feel free to ask!