do you think it’s possible for a fickin to be a mixture between reincarnated, and psychological/coping? I feel most of mine were past lives and i have memories for a good few of them, but they still, at least sort of, affect me psychologically/help me cope with mental illness by giving me more of a sense of self and something to relate to, even if i didn’t choose them. do you think that’s possible?

Many, many reincarnated/spiritual kin rely on aspects of their kinself for comfort and strength. Drawing on your identity as kin to help you cope with hardship does not make you a psychological kin, or copingkin.

Spiritual, psychological and coping are descriptors for why you believe you are kin, not what you do emotionally, or what practices you undertake with your identity.

Spiritual kin: believe that being kin has spiritual or supernatural origins. Reincarnation, alternate universes, etc.

Psychological kin: believe that being kin has psychological origins. Caused by the brain/mind.

Copingkin: Deliberately take on the identity of a fictional character in order to cope with a mental illness. Not experiencing the same phenomena as Spiritual or Psychological kin.