Cerebrumalius

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“brain of a different kind”

Definition:

Cerebrumalius – A person who believes their non-human identity is caused by a brain quirk (a psychological non-human)

Cerebrumalia – the idea or belief that non-human identities may be caused by brain quirks

Usage examples:

Cerebrumalius: “I identify as a dragon cerebrumalius, because I believe my dragon identity is caused by my brain”

Cerebrumalia: “Cerebrumalia makes more sense to me than believing I’m a reincarnated tiger, because I am not spiritual”

Cerebrumalia is:

• a belief
• related to how one believes their brain functions
• a term that may be used to replace “psychological otherkin”, “psychological therian”, “psychological fictionkin”, etc.
• a term anyone identifying psychologically AS a non-human may use to describe themselves

Cerebrumalia is not:

• a mental illness
• a coping mechanism
• a spirituality (i.e. anything involving souls or reincarnation)
• a religion

Coined by Zaphaera ( @zaphaera​​ ) 2/11/2016; defined by Kiera (me) 2/15/2016
Psychological counterpart to “animafidem” (spiritual non-human) coined by Zaphaera