I have a question about what is called otherkin

Snow White said:

In my experience, you often see talk about this in the New Age community - in conversations that actually go deeper than surface level. One example is people feeling they don't fit in and talk of circumstantial evidence that could lead to, they think, the universe trying to point out that they're a star seed, whether it's a Lemurian star seed or some other kind of star seed.

Sometimes these people believe that the human race was visited by aliens in the distant past, and they also don't feel of this world - so trying to become in tune with what they think are distant alien races, can for some reason give them a sense of purpose or make them feel what they see as "at home".

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RayofLight said:

Don't know much about them. But I know it tends to be more of a spiritual connection and thing then them literally thinking they are that animal if I recall correctly.

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Conscious thoughts said:

Could they be a form of Non-binary?

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PureX said:

Too much focus on self labeling these days, in my opinion. If we'll just be human to each other all those other differences will not be a problem for anyone.

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RayofLight said:

Depends. Do they see themselves as outside the gender binary? If not no. They cannot be considered such.

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Conscious thoughts said:

The little I found so far is that there are all kinds of gender identity within the Otherkin community

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RayofLight said:

Then some are and some aren't.

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Conscious thoughts said:

Right now I am watching a program on Youtube about people who identify as otherkin, meaning they do not see themselves as fully human (in my understanding so far) And when listening to what they say, it is clear that they do honestly feel and believe they are otherkin. some half-wolf, some say they are from Pleiades and they do surgery to look more like what they feel like.

I have no rejection toward them, and I do not feel negative at all toward what they say. But I wonder, does anyone in RF know someone who identifies as Otherkin or maybe is of Otherkin themselves?

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PureX said:

Too much focus on self labeling these days, in my opinion. If we'll just be human to each other all those other differences will not be a problem for anyone.

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Snow White said:

In my experience, you often see talk about this in the New Age community - in conversations that actually go deeper than surface level. One example is people feeling they don't fit in and talk of circumstantial evidence that could lead to, they think, the universe trying to point out that they're a star seed, whether it's a Lemurian star seed or some other kind of star seed.

Sometimes these people believe that the human race was visited by aliens in the distant past, and they also don't feel of this world - so trying to become in tune with what they think are distant alien races, can for some reason give them a sense of purpose or make them feel what they see as "at home".

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Conscious thoughts said:

People are different, and there is probably a cause behind why some feel drawing to the Otherkin way of living, Not sure one should condemn them because they are different

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PureX said:

The human brain is complex, and there can be many anomalies. I suspect the feeing of being 'outside' the status quo could be a symptom of such an anomaly.

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Conscious thoughts said:

Right now I am watching a program on Youtube about people who identify as otherkin, meaning they do not see themselves as fully human (in my understanding so far) And when listening to what they say, it is clear that they do honestly feel and believe they are otherkin. some half-wolf, some say they are from Pleiades and they do surgery to look more like what they feel like.

I have no rejection toward them, and I do not feel negative at all toward what they say. But I wonder, does anyone in RF know someone who identifies as Otherkin or maybe is of Otherkin themselves?

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