Do you have any advice on dealing with the depression (and sometimes dysfunction) that can accompany no longer being in your former body? Being unable to cope with being out of place in one’s current life is one of those stereotypical things otherkin/fictionkin get brutally mocked for, and I feel like shit for even having this problem. I have no idea what to do. I’m pretty sure if I asked a therapist about this, they’d just laugh in my face or tell me I’m insane for my beliefs.

Its hard. Its really hard. I have self image problems rooted in my kin nature as well, which for me comes out as a sort of transgender issue.

I have it on good authority that those kin I know who spoke to their therapists about such things neither got laughed out of the office, nor hit with a crazy sticker- so if you want, you can feel free to talk about it with them.

What I’ve always felt the most comfortable doing however is discussing my kin issues and personal discomfort with like-minded people who have gone through the same experiences. Because the truth is that you are not alone. There are many of us. Things are hard, but we have lived other lives than these and hopefully we grow stronger through each of them, and through each other.