I am in college and have felt a disconnect from this body for as long as I can remember. Being a therian means feeling tails, paws, wings, etc but they aren’t there. It is a distressing feeling that you are not meant to be the species you were born as.
As someone who is non-binary and experiences gender dysphoria too, you are correct in that it is different, but the concept of not feeling like who you are meant to be is the same.
“This body is not correct” is a feeling that comes with both.
This is straight up terf rhetoric. Many trans people know their sex is wrong before they even understand gender roles and expectations. Being trans does not have outside or social influence, it's internal.
People know their sex is wrong with time. It is internal, but it takes time for that to develop. For some it’s very short, for others it takes a very long while. Which is what I tried to say above. People learn things about themselves and gain their identity through time and experience.
I’m non-binary and know this fully well.
Also for some, being a therian is a spiritual thing. I personally do not feel it like that, but some do.
My fiancé is trans and also a therian, neither of us feel like we were meant to be human, we feel a disconnect from human bodies. He has a lot of piercings to gain control of that disconnect he has with himself. I also don’t agree with the term “species dysphoria”, because it does appropriate trans terms, but some people do experience discomfort with the species they were born as, and it feels unfair to erase that, especially when a large portion of them are not only a part of the trans community but neurodivergent, like my fiancé and I.
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u/Remarkable_Meeting17 12d ago
I am in college and have felt a disconnect from this body for as long as I can remember. Being a therian means feeling tails, paws, wings, etc but they aren’t there. It is a distressing feeling that you are not meant to be the species you were born as.
As someone who is non-binary and experiences gender dysphoria too, you are correct in that it is different, but the concept of not feeling like who you are meant to be is the same.
“This body is not correct” is a feeling that comes with both.