Well, friends of the community. After quite some time of mulling things over and just seeing how I felt about things, I'm deciding to drop the Otherkin label. My main reason is I have phantom shifts to other animals on a pretty regular basis, too many for me to find explanation for and still be somewhat believable. We've all met the, "I'm a dragon, wolf, crow possibly shadow elf." person. I do not want to be that person because I know how it looks to me. How can I be skeptical of others' claims as such and not my own?
I do of course experience shifting of various types including a primary phantom shift to a dragon-like form. I'm thinking that my own human energy is sensitive to shape-shifting and does so mostly involuntarily. Whether this is a mental effect or a gift from my ancestors or a blessing of the spirits I don't know. But I'm finding the, "I'm not human in some intrinsic way." seriously lacking weight with me these days.
I will of course still be around as I love this community. Just thought I'd inform you all.
(I copied and pasted this from my post on another community. I'm just letting all my friends know so, if you've seen this elsewhere...yes, it's somewhat comical.) <!-- s

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