I can has cheeseburger?

OK, I confess, I'm not actually a were-lolcat. But I am on your board, lurking and listening, mainly so that I can better understand and meet the needs of the therian/Otherkin crossover folks we get over on Werelist. There does seem to be a distinct pattern to the commonly reported Otherkin experience as opposed to the commonly reported therian experience, and it is interesting to look at the differences as well as the similarities.

*waves* Hello Savage kitty.
I will give you your cheeseburger. But only if I can have some too. *nomnomnom*

I hope that this board can aid you in that study, welcome Savage and I further hope that your stay in enjoyable.

All of your cheeseburger are belong to us! NOM NOM NOM.

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Salutations
Skeptics are fun. I look forward to reading what you have to write. New perspectives are always helpful and I do love a good thought provoking concept.

I’m also curious as to what you mean by a ‘Clinical therianthrope.’

Savage Wrote:There does seem to be a distinct pattern to the commonly reported Otherkin experience as opposed to the commonly reported therian experience

Can you elaborate?

chaitea Wrote:Skeptics are fun. I look forward to reading what you have to write. New perspectives are always helpful and I do love a good thought provoking concept.

I try not to be the mean kind of skeptic, but I do value good critical thinking and logic very highly, and I seek my own meaningful answers in science. I come from a shamanic and Pagan background (hippie upbringing, lol) and have great respect for Native traditions as well as a personal spirituality that could best be described as Pan-Gaea, a veneration of the ecosystem and its complex interlocking web of organisms in the constant dance of evolution.

Quote:I’m also curious as to what you mean by a ‘Clinical therianthrope.’

My best guess is that some aspects of the therianthropic experience are neurobiological in origin and may be related to (or actually on) the autistic spectrum. I don't claim this as absolute fact by any means as it is a good distance from being proven, nor is it necessarily true for everyone. But the patterns of anecdotal data from self-reporting therianthropes do strongly suggest the etiology of a clinical phenomenon distinct from the DSM definition of lycanthropy, as does my own personal experience. So I choose to label myself a clinical therianthrope with the understanding that I am not qualified to make the same judgment for anyone else.

Archer Wrote:

Savage Wrote:There does seem to be a distinct pattern to the commonly reported Otherkin experience as opposed to the commonly reported therian experience

Can you elaborate?

Specifically a connection to another world or universe that is fairly commonly reported by Otherkin, and absent or nearly so in the accounts of individuals self-identifying as therian. I've put up a poll in the general otherkin forum to further explore the topic.

Hello there, and welcome to the boards. I look forward to your questions.

- Noah

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