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tahu88810
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 I'd really enjoy being normal...
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In all seriousness I'd like to not have that gut feeling that I'm different from everyone else. And I'd like to not know that my soul, or at least my memories, are not that of a human. I wish people wouldn't regard me as a bit odd on site, despite the fact that I look entirely normal.
Sometimes I wish I'd never awakened. Its kind of frustrating. I can't forget now, its to late...You can't unremember.
I don't know why, but when I first started making this topic I was going to ask if there was a way to become not 'kin. But I know thats impossible. There's no way.
Oh well, now this is just a rant.
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 Posted: Wed Jul 16, 2008 10:51 pm
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Selcar
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I wish I could relate. I'm 'kin and fairly normal, and quite enjoy it. I Imagine if you keep working at it, you'll get there. Of course, the act of wanting to be normal, is a way of being special in an otherkin community. Strange, isn't it?
Anyways, what's stopping you from being normal?
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Posted: Wed Jul 16, 2008 11:12 pm
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Tsukikage
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Normal... it is such a difficult thing sometimes, that it is. I have a pretty good idea of how you must feel, Tahu. I can only imagine what brought you to this line of thought. Do know that you are not alone, however. I think that on some level, pretty much everyone feels this way, whether you consider yourself to be Otherkin or not. "Normal" is more or less a point of view. Keep in mind that no matter where we have come from, what we may view ourselves as... right now, in our current states... we are all human. Every single one of us is human. In many ways we really are no different than the rest of the population of this planet. So in truth... you are "normal" without even realizing it. There just happens to be people that stand out from others, and I imagine that you are one of them, given this post.
Please forgive me if this seems callous or anything... but wishing that you were not "otherkin" could possibly mean that you wish that you were not... well, you. If this is the conclusion you have come to for whatever reason... I might suggest doing some soul searching. Determine for yourself who you really are... not what you are. No matter what you do, or who you are, there will always be someone to look awkwardly at you; to fear you; to respect you; to hate you... It's the way the world works, really. Learning to live with it and respect it, I think, is the hardest part... or at least one of the hardest parts. Don't let it bring you down... use it to make yourself stronger. *nod nod*
I imagine that something happened, specifically, to spur you to make such a post. While I will respect your privacy, should you wish to talk about it, feel free to PM/IM me.
Of course, I could be totally wrong and you are just annoyed for some reason or another. In which case don't mind me. xD Whatever the case may be, though, I wish yeh luck. =^ ^=
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Posted: Wed Jul 16, 2008 11:24 pm
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Seraphyna
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I've never felt "normal" so I guess I don't know any different to hate feeling "not normal". What I do hate, however, is feeling utterly alone now and then...just a deep loneliness because I know I'm not "home" and I'm in a form that is totally foreign, and not around anyone like me.
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Posted: Thu Jul 17, 2008 12:24 am
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Sin
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what is normal? the prepy people that wear colorful clothes and they always smile *shivers* No, normal is what we are and who we want to be, that is normal. be proud of who and what you are. just saying.
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Posted: Thu Jul 17, 2008 1:16 am
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Miniar
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I'm unusual, but that's normal.
Being otherkin isn't the be-all or end-all of what and who I am any more than my height is.
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Posted: Thu Jul 17, 2008 11:28 am
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chaitea
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Actually, a way to be not otherkin anymore would be to stop believing you are one.
I was always under the impression that the only thing really tying the term otherkin to people was their belief in the concept and it’s relation to them.
Though if feelings, memories, and experience are preventing such there is always denial. But that can just become downright unhealthy (coincidently as bad as the other extreme of allowing oneself to slip into a delusion).
So basically, just keep in mind that ‘normal’ is apparently living like Pleasantville or the Brady Bunch (but without wacky adventures). And if you ask me that’s just friggen creepy as hell.
Everyone’s messed up in some way. And compared to some of the stuff people having going on, something like being otherkin really isn’t all that bad in the grand scheme of flaws and quirks.
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Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2008 10:39 am
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Zuni
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I always felt different. And when I was young I was very small, shy, and stuttered.I was picked on a lot. I am still short for my age, not as shy though, and I don't stutter as often. But I remember one of my tearchers telling me this quote one day:
"You laugh at me because I am different. I laugh at you because you are all the same."
It's corny, I know.... But it was one of the things that kept me going. Same thing goes for otherkin.
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Posted: Tue Jul 29, 2008 12:47 am
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Oblivian
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For crying out loud..
..what is normal?
Is it to understand what people say when listing 100 kinds of makeup? To know every single term of baseball/football/icehockey/soccer and to yell like an idiot because "your team" scored a goal?
To me, here, normal seems to be to wait until you turn 18, then spend the entire amount of cash you have on alcohol, gasoline and condoms. Eventually a gym too. Most goes to alcohol, still. Spending time at a pub, getting drunk, making an ass of yourself at situations that are both sad and pitiful, and then pretend like you had the time of your life the day after.
Is that normal? Not to me. To me, it's nausceating - but according to all the people of my age I've surrounded myself with (whom most of were human-human) it IS normal. Normal can also be to have the latest fashion, the latest gadgets and gizmos, to know everything about what us new - and basically not give much energy to anything else.
To me, it's normal to discuss anything, laugh so loud that people turn and stare, and to dare be yourself - no matter who you are.
So yeah, I agree with Tsukikage, no matter how it seems - to wish that you were not otherkin is to wish yourself to be someone else. But if that's what you wish, then go at it, be someone else, but be happy.
I once knew someone who were a wolf therian, but one day he just decided "this is all bullsh*t, it's not real" and so he stopped believing in anything supernatural, and lived his life like that. To me, he's the crazy one, because this life has given me so much.
Good luck, no matter what.
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Posted: Wed Jul 30, 2008 10:07 am
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