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The original was posted on /r/therian by /u/Bannie_Banban on 2025-06-07 08:33:26+00:00.

I feel bad about feeling like this but I have some therian friends and it makes me so miserable to see them always going out together and wearing gear and being able to wear gear around their families when I know if I even suggested the idea of wearing a tail out I’d be screamed at. My family are very unaccepting people, my parents are homophobic and transphobic and my older sister constantly makes fun of therians and furries, even my little sister thinks they’re weird. My mum hates anything outside the ‘norm’ and I can’t even wear too dark of colours without her telling me she’d be embarrassed to be seen around me because I’m dressed ‘emo’ (when she said this to me, all I was wearing were plain black jeans), so I can’t even imagine what would be said to me if I suggested wearing a tail or tried to wear any form of gear at all.

My therian friends are too far away for me to meet up with and I just feel so so alone. My therian identity brings me happiness but it can also make me so miserable when I can’t express myself and I can’t even be myself. I’m constantly treading on eggshells around my family about this sort of thing.

I just needed to get this off of my chest to anyone who might possibly relate.