psychological kin and copingkin are not the same thing. psychological kin are people who are for from psychological things such as a brain quirk, while copingkin are kin for coping purposes. they are not the same thing and it’s really rude to refer to us as the same thing.
Sorry, I didn’t mean to imply that they were the same thing, except to say that some people use both psychological kin and copingkin as labels to refer to themselves (if that in and of itself is incorrect, then I’m unaware of why).
I’ve also been lead to believe that being kin for coping purposes (absent any other brain quirks or spiritual reasons) is now being called copinglink, to prevent misunderstandings as to how the kintype works? But then again I’ve only seen a couple of posts on that, so it may be an unpopular opinion or I may be misunderstanding myself.
People who are copinglinkers (also shortened to c’linkers) are people who choose non-human identities to cope. They are what used to be called copingkin, which is an inaccurate term due to this type of identity not falling under the otherkin definition. They choose and control this portion of their identity as a coping mechanism.
People who are psychologically kin are kin who attribute their kinity to psychological sources, such as a brain quirk or other mental source.
People who believe their kintypes are uncontrolled comping mechanisms created by their mind without their control are able to call themselves psychological kin or neurological kin if they so please. They are not c’linkers because they do not control their identity or choose it.
Copinglink is a relatively new term, which is why you probably have not seen much on it. If anyone has questions on it I can definitely try answering them as one of my headmates has a c’link.
