there was a 2000s themed party at our college yesterday and i didnt go. three friends sent me random incoherent screaming as an audio message.
later i receive a video with context: they were screaming "WHERE ARE YOU" "IT'S YOUR SONG" "WE LOVE YOU" as the pt version of Who Let the Dogs Out played in the background
today for the first time in uni i got asked "are you one of those weird people that thinks they're a dog?" and i said yes but in a funny tone (regional meme). like. yeah so what. what are you going to do about it. do you love it. and they reacted negatively, but because we were in a big group with some of my closest friends they knew better than to say anything else.
later while we were taking the subway, we were chatting about therapy and i got into the topic of my alterhumanity again. i told them about my life experience and all the things that brought me to the identity i hold today. i didnt have to sugarcoat anything, i explained to them how i felt different from other children ever since i can remember and how i made excuses for feeling so weird and lonely, and how that affects my life up to this day even after i dont feel lonely anymore (i feel weird but this time it's /pos lmao). they were very reassuring and agreed with my reasoning, then moved on to talk about other therapy stories.
the first day someone from my "adult life" teases me about my therianthropy is also the first day people from my adult life stop and understand it for how important it is to me. for every 1 terrible interaction you will have you will have a thousand positive ones & you deserve to be surrounded by people that love you because of how weird /pos you are
you called me a yapper knowing full well im a barker
"send me a pic of your dog" i text my friend. they send me a photo they took of me.
i fucking love my uni nickname. i got renamed after an object and everyone i met calls me exclusively by my stupid object name. i feel like a millenial ladys pet tabby thats got a ridiculous instagram name like bean or brick
every time my colleagues say "you sound just like a real dog" i feel my tail wag
getting my government mandated rabies shot (unfortunately not because im a dog but bc im a vet student. still weirdly euphoric about it)
Yo, any other alter/nonhumans considering going into/are already in fields relating to their experiences? For example, fictionkin & writing or literary analysis or journalism, therian & veterinary practice or zookeeper or aquarium caretaker, otherkin & theoretical STEM fields or history or mythology-based academia, etc. Cause I've been strongly considering going into certain fields and have been considering how my nonhumanity has been affecting this decision.
HI HELLO I AM A THERIAN IN VET SCHOOL!!!! :•)
my alterhumanity most definitely shaped my decision to go into this field. if you compare the stories of how and why my peers chose veterinary vs how and why i did it, youll see that even though the motives vary among them, none of my colleagues cite the same reasons i do. but it's still amazing!
anyways, if you need any advice or answers, feel free to contact me! ;•)
me: im so driven towards volunteer work/unpaid labour because it feels like a task for me! doing it right is already rewarding. its like a border collie when you ask it to carry things :)
veteran students: oh wow youre going to love vet school
okay so today was my 1st day of uni. im studying veterinary medicine so i already knew the other students would like animals and stuff but they are SO petcoded it's blowing my mind.
they should make a tv show about a doggy going to university. im going through this right now and MAN its so hard
