Things I’d like to pin down
I’m tired of seeing these things being defined as “kin”, so let’s go.
THINGS THAT AREN’T KIN:
-Objectkin (these are trolls)
-A gender/sexuality (also trolls, or very misinformed)
-A coping mechanism
-A replacement for your identitya mask
-An accessory, or something you have
-Roleplaying
-A favorite animalcharacter, it’s MUCH more than this.
-Something you relate to, being kin is much more than having the traits of something.
-Just a “connection”. this would be other-hearted. Once again, being otherkin feels much stronger than this.
-A headmatespirit guideetc., these are separate from kin and their own thing
-KINTYPES AREN’T CHOSEN.
SIGNS YOU MIGHT NEED TO QUESTION YOURSELF MORE:
-You have like 15+ kintypes. There isn’t ‘a number’ for too many kintypes, but some people of the greater otherkin community say that when it goes over 10, you might want to consider thinking about it. This is not always true because I’ve met legit kin with 10 or so kintypes.
-If you have never been wrong about any kintype you questioned. False Alarms are ok, and doubt is healthy, I wish people would understand that.
-You see your kinself as separate from yourself.
I made this post because there is too much confusion surrounding this, and I feel a lot of people don’t question themselves enough. I know everyone’s wrote about this before, but..
