From 2f6fe7a23397addbd81323c0a94812d4648bad34 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Volpeon Date: Mon, 29 Nov 2021 20:10:19 +0100 Subject: Update --- content/9thPK7O3xn/posts/i-am-not-a-fox.md | 17 ++++++++--------- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-) (limited to 'content') diff --git a/content/9thPK7O3xn/posts/i-am-not-a-fox.md b/content/9thPK7O3xn/posts/i-am-not-a-fox.md index 2965302..593aee2 100644 --- a/content/9thPK7O3xn/posts/i-am-not-a-fox.md +++ b/content/9thPK7O3xn/posts/i-am-not-a-fox.md @@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ unlisted: true I am not a fox. It would be ridiculous to claim otherwise since a fox wouldn't be able to type on a keyboard, not to mention come up with this text in the first place. A fox probably couldn't have a job as a software developer, too. -But despite reality leaving no room for doubt, my existence as a human doesn't feel right to me. +But despite reality leaving no room for doubt, my existence as a human being doesn't feel right to me. It began one evening when I was about 6 years old. I was watching "The Sword in the Stone" by Disney, an animated film about a boy called Arthur who is transformed into various animals by Merlin the wizard in order to educate him. @@ -15,13 +15,12 @@ What would it feel like to experience and interact with the world, to be covered As I imagined myself in this situation, something inside of my mind awakened; something that rejected my humanity and longed for the life I was supposed to have. I didn't lose sight of the fact that I was a human, but I started to imagine what being a bird would be like frequently. -And that's how things were for 7 years, until I got introduced to fantasy novels. -I became obsessed with dragons and they quickly took over the role of birds for me. -4 years later it was wolves, and shortly after foxes. -During this time, I had slowly realized that my experience was anything but usual and started looking for answers. -Why did I think I was supposed to be an animal? -Were there other people like me? -I did a lot of research on the internet, stumbled across the furry fandom, and found therians. +Nothing exciting happened for a while, until I got introduced to fantasy novels 7 years later and felt I was supposed to be a dragon. + + +By then, I had +I had realized by then that my experience was far from normal and I finally decided to do research on the internet, where I stumbled across the furry fandom and found therians. Therians are individuals who believe they are an animal on some level, either spiritually -- such as past lives or souls -- or psychologically. -It sounds like the perfect answer to my question, but after my initial research into therians I +It sounds like the perfect answer to my question, but after looking into them it didn't resonate with me. + -- cgit v1.2.3-54-g00ecf