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The original was posted on /r/therian by /u/xX_Delta1_Xx on 2025-06-04 00:11:27+00:00.

Hi everyone. So, recently, I haven’t been posting on Reddit for a while. I felt a very strong disconnect from my therianthropy and spend a while away from the community (and played outside, which was good). I’ve realized after much self-reflection how my therianthropy works. I just wanted to share my experience here.

At first when I awakened my therianthropy was very strong. It was a huge part of my life, and I experienced a lot of shifts and dysphoria. But after a while, it all started to die down. I started to question if I really was a therian because being one wasn’t as big of a part in my life anymore. I didn’t really have shifts and didn’t feel a need to “be” animalistic, if that makes sense? Like, I didn’t really feel like an animal most of the times. But sometimes, for a tiny time, I felt a lot like an animal. And I realized that, after spending all this time away from the community, out in the world, therianthropy still hadn’t left me. If I really wasn’t a therian, this tiny feeling in the back of my mind would have gone, but it didn’t. While my therianthropy isn’t very strong, it’s there, and that’s all I need. I am a therian, though it isn’t a big part of my life. Just something I experience from time to time. 90% of the time I feel human, but that 10% is when I feel more animalistic, which to me is my therianthropy. And I’m okay with it – I don’t need to obsess over it or anything. It’s just a part of me that can coexist in my life. I don’t really need gear or need to do quads (unless I feel like it), which honestly feels a lot more “okay.” To me than constantly feeling pressured to have it before. I still do want a tail, tho. But I don’t think I’m getting that any time soon. And I’m kind of scared to wear it out except with my cousin, who came out to me as pan and does quads and stuff. I love her sm <3

Anyways, that’s my experience. What’s yours?