Therianthropy EXPLAINED | What causes it 

the genetic part is suuuper interesting to me! my personal theory for myself is something biological + imprinting. either related to my autism or some other type of neurological difference in me, or both, I think I was always "pre destined" from birth to be therian. I showed clear signs of it from an extremely young age, before I could talk and walk, and it really seems absolutely inevitable that I would be nonhuman. then a lot of my life was around dogs and not many humans, along with liking dogs a lot for my entire childhood, so I took on a lot of their traits through the entirety of my development. then, even when I was 10 years old I was still developing my identity and wolves too became a (smaller) part of me due to their similarity, while still being distinctly separate, as prior to them I saw myself as only a dog

Dude the captions keep saying terrorist instead of therian and it’s making me laugh so hard-

I always loved animals and felt connected to them, ever since i was a toddler. Whenever we (friends, cousins, siblings) would play pretend, I'd always be an animal. I am an odd child. I do identify as a therianthrope now. I was taken to a psychologist when my parents realised i behave differently than other kids my age (I'm 14). And so I was diagnosed with autism 6 months ago. I believe it's connected to it.

I identified as fox for a long time, I know that once I had a strong connection to unicorns but that was before I was three years old and it wasn't the same as with foxes. So I think the only two factores influencing my way of identity were on one hand my parents raising me pretty freely, not really learning all those human behavior just as eating behavior and so on. On the other hand, when I was about three years I came into kindergarden, and I was lucky and came into the forest kindergarden and there I of course had a strong connection to the wild and the animals living there and I think during that time I started believing I'm a part of this beautiful environment, not as a human but as a fox. So when I came into school there was another...thing that happened. I got bullied. And that would keep going for eight years straight. That of course made me keep my distance from society and all I had left was my therian identity. If I think about it I mostly had my strong connection and shifts during the time I got bullied. Now I don't really have lots of shifts anymore but still feel the strong connection to my fox self.

It's been so long since I've seen one of your videos! It's amazing to listen to your voice change over time! Remember to drink water and eat something today folks! If you tuck/bind please take breaks! You can't be awesome if you're not being safe! If you don't think that anyone loves you, it's a lie you're telling yourself bud. You're absolutely coolio and amazing and I'm sure a ton of people love you! Maybe someone even had a crush on you and you don't know it. Your struggles and feelings are valid and you aren't a monster. Have a nice day y'all 💜

Recently bought a tail.. and was watching your tail care videos, then suddenly i started delving deeper and came out a whole new breed, Thank you.. for helping me see that i am Therian. ♥️

I'm ASD and I'd say instead of a mental Illness (for me, I get species dysphoria badly), instead it's simply another part of my neurodivergence.

FINALLY A SCIENTIFIC EXPLANATION. Bro ive been rlly confused and categorized it as a belief/mental disorder for a bit

I love the intro!

this is actually really interesting. ive been kinda curious as to what exactly led me to connect with foxes specifically. im autisic and grew up around a lot of animals, when i was like 10 my mom had me do some native american spirit animal meditation (she was very involved with that kind of stuff and had a lot of native friends), and i had gotten a fox. im not sure exactly why but after that ive always been super connected to foxes. i believe it may just be that id never really thought of foxes as an actual animal before that. prior to that i had a hyperfixation on wolves, so it was likely a hyperfixation cause by the concept of spirit animals. it was also like right near the end of elementary school, and i remember that time being very influential to me. maybe it was the hyperfixation mixed with timing that left an impact and developed into therianthropy. its an interesting subject and id love to explore it more

Love noticing that over the years and videos, your English keeps getting better and better, in pronunciation AND choice of words :) Loving the new intro too, looks really professional and the addition of the bird of prey and little Koda really makes it. Thanks for yet another great informational video, especially about a theme within the therian community that is still discussed and researched a lot! 💗 I do belive my autism made me believe that I was robot-/machinekin for a while due to f.e my object empathy. Thanks for still making these videos even with studying and the other worldy stresses that are going on! (Changed my name btw, used to be Weasel Easel/Everlasting Contrast) just so you're not confused when I show up in the comments, lol XD)

I’m thinking of sending this to my mom because she thinks my therianthropy is « an internet trend », but the way he is explaining it is going into detail about psychology, and my mom is a *sucker* for that 😂

I relate to the spiritual part of this, and my ADHD might contribute to this as well

Ah, this is the video I've been waiting for!

This is really interesting!!! It draws a bigger frame for what most live as a personal experience! Well done!

Wow, PD! I think you pulled this off brilliantly, I have all the behaviours of a cheetah mixed into my own behaviours, so this makes total sense. I'll use that explanation to help tell people about my purrsonal therianthropy from now on.

This is such an interesting and educational video, thanks! As a therian infind the part about self-nurturing very relatable, since growing up in a very nature and animalistic enviroment that might have caused me to have animalistic experiences, but i also believe that some part of therianthrophy comes from my past lives as certain animals

I’ve been wondering a lot recently if I might be therian. At first I was pretty sure I wasn’t because I thought it was just a spiritual thing, but over time I wondered if it could be a mental condition caused both by neurodivergence and mimicking how other creatures behave. I didn’t know if that was a possibility though, so I was really hesitant to explore it. What you said about the psychological stuff in this video was really validating though, and makes me feel like there is finally a valid explanation for how I feel inside myself. Pretty much my whole life the thing I’ve wanted most in the whole world is to fly- but not in a plane or something- with my own wings instead. So naturally I’ve been creating animal characters with wings (mostly dragons) to represent myself, and who I can imagine being. Quite often I feel this strange longing to fly even though I have never actually flown myself. (in real life, obviously. I have flown quite a lot in my dreams when I’m sleeping though.) I can only explain this feeling as a sort of intense homesickness. I’ve found that I relate quite a lot with birds, specifically crows/corvids, and as a neurodivergent person I have a lot of bird-like stims. (Hopping when I’m excited, grabbing stuff with my feet, walking and running on my toes, and whistling/repeating random sounds I hear). This isn’t the only animal this happens with though, as I’ve also been told that when I was extremely young I went through a phase of thinking I was / pretending to be a cat that lasted for at least a month (this included walking on all fours, rubbing my head on people, and meowing). Even now I still feel a lot of cat-like traits within myself such as a long, phantom tail, and a homesickness/longing to climb on things, especially trees. (I can easily walk and run on all fours in my dreams as well) Does this sound like therianthropy to you? I’ve been on and off about it for more than a year now, but hearing what you had to say today was really validating, and I’m seriously considering if I might be therian. Thank you so much for making this video, it was really informative and I feel like it’s helped me finally find myself. (Sorry that this was so long lol)

I love these types of videos

Your videos are always fun and informative. You present the videos in a way that makes learning new things easier which I truly appreciate. Your awesome!!

O M G omg. I never thought I would finally come across this video! It was super helpful, new sub!

I'm emotionally overwhelmed and not even two mins in. Love the disclaimers, I appreciate your will to accuracy. 😅🙏 Seriously. It's all I can do to stop myself howling rn (,,,,huh hahah).... maybe it'll take a couple viewings to actually absorb what you're saying. But I very much appreciate this video already, thanks for putting it together.

I'd like to see brain scans of therians when shifting but also I don't want us to be studied on like lab rats

I don't know why but one of my friends doesn't believe in therianthropy 😭

Thanks. Some of my Discord friends have come out as therians, and I’ve been struggling to wrap my head around the whole thing.

I love psychology and i love therians so this video itches a good part of my brian. From what ive researched and read from therians it is a harmless identity really. And it brings up an interesting connection between our primal animal human minds compared to what behavior today we percieve as "civil". In an american society the thought of identifying with an animal on a non physical level can be perceived as outcast bc of cultural aspects while there could be other cultures that can see this behavior as normal and common. Really makes one think about social rules we've put in place and how dispite how "civilized" we think we are we are in the end still animals. The only thing that brings concern in the community is the potential to misdiagnose signs of mental illness as an animal identity. Reading many peoples experiences with shifts and species disphoria could potentially be misunderstood sensory issues that may tie to neurodivergence. While species disphoria personally as someone who suffers from MDD isnt an uncommon thought process of wishing or longing to live a life that isnt your own animal or not as people with MDD usually suffer from dibilitating low self esteem. Thats not to say of course that therianthropy is a mental illness, its shown to be vast in its identity beyond just its negative effects on the mind (of which not all therians experience). Thats not to say if a therian has mental illness that what they experience as a part of their indentity is invalid or to say if you identify therian you have mental illness. as mental illness is clinical contrast to therianthropy is not dibilitating on a clinical level. I think its important as a community we should advise others to seek professionals should their therianthropy become dibilitating as it may not be caused by therianthropy at all but instead am underlying illness.

We have really few neandertalis genes, but it's higher for caucasian people than others, though, so it could be an interesting point. Happy I contributed to that. :3

I’m currently questioning if I’m a therian or not, I experience phantom tail and ears sometimes and I sometimes mimic actions related to raccoons or canine related animals, but I’m not sure which canine because I haven’t dwelled on that part very much. I have been diagnosed with autism and I’ve known for a long time that I am. I’m also a furry. But I’m still not completely sure if it’s just to do with my autism or I’m actually a therian. If anybody can tell me anything about what you think about what I’ve said here please let me know :)

You are very articulate even in a second language i assume, very impressive. I hope you have fun doing whatever you like.

(I guess) My story is how I always grew up with dogs and getting traits, I would always feel like I had other souls before. (Not sure if this part counts, but whatever) I always remember getting shifts of animals like dogs, cats, etc (cat shifts were cameo btw, I am not a cat therian) and how I always wanted to be the animal in games, more specifically the dog. I already said this with the shifts but I always had other animalistic experiences before I even knew what a therian was, I even felt connection with nature but I sadly was never allowed to play outside (at home) not even in the backyard :( Im glad that as I git older my parents started letting me go outside more :) I believe mine may be due to my ADHD and traits from Neanderthals :] thanks PD! I also hope this makes sense 🥲

Omg hi I have just seen how different I look from ur other vids I love tysm for these therosnd vids

I never knew what i was up until 2 or 1 years ago when I discovered I was a therian, I would always mimic cat behaviors what I thought was simple playing I would crawl on all fours wear cat ears and meow, I have always felt more connected to cats and was always near them, and I've always thought that nature is beautiful and when I finally went into a forest for the first time I truely felt at home

this video has awakened me to be a phycological therian!! tysmmm i have been questions ing if i am,but now i’m sure 😀 i already know my theriotypes,i’m definitely a coyote and i’m questioning a maine coon and fox,but kk i’m a coyote one again…tyy

I think my story is just that I realized I was kinda canine because when we got a dog when I was seven, I felt like me and my dog were in a pack together, not just being a pet, like she is family. I dunno. My mom mostly sees our dog as a thing that gets things dirty (dog hair lol) my dad sees her as a good ole family dog, and my brother sees our dog as the thing that makes jokes. I like getting on all fours so I can play with her sometimes (play fighting) and sometimes I feel as if I can understand how she feels. I dunno if it’s just because of my extra sympathy for animals, or if I’m a therian haha

This is really interesting my family dog took and claimed me when my parents brought me home, and if I downloaded the dog body map and know I remember feeling my dog was integral in raising me so I may have learned to dog and brought the dog body map into me and so now I dog

For me I believe mine may be due to my cptsd and autism, this is super interesting

Hi I have a question know that I am a therian I always felt different around forests and woods and nature ever since I was little. I have never found the answer maybe you have an answer?

Ever since starting to get into warrior cats and making cat ocs now I get upset when I snap out of my daydreams of being a warrior cat 👭👭👭😭😭 (I'm ten probably not a therian but I like warrior cats)

Your intro literally hypothesis me

YESSSS PD!!!!

I have no idea what mine is, besides the fact that I know it’s not spiritual. I never really had signs of being a rat before my awakening, which was basically: the first time I’d ever actually seen or held a rat, something clicked in my brain and I was like “that’s me” So idk

Now we need to explain why people aren't therian

My therianthropy doesnt cause me any sttress and for the most part i enjoy being a therian So i don't think mine would be classified as a mental illness just as an experience. I also show many signs of autism and am in the process of getting toward getting diagnosed so autism could be the cause of my therianthropy

Early!!

Nice

i think im a therian, lol. (i mean, im 95% sure) okay so ive had lots of muzzle, teeth, and begininng of a tail phantom shifts. they all feel bouncy, fluffy and soft against my skin. (an animal with soft tails) when i first questioned therianthropy, i had an involuntary shift outside and what i remember is being super curious and hyper. (maybe a pup/cub?) im not wntirely great at meditation but twice i was on my own hands, doing quadrobics, and then shifting into greyish.. earthish yellow colour in some bits on my legs. anywho, i took a few quizzed out of boredem (i know i shouldnt listen to the quizes, just sharing my answers.) the theriotypes quiz all said canine, all. (wild) and the therianthrope quizzes all said i am, lol. anywho, i am experiencing species dysphoria, i feel like an animal, i wish i had fangs and ears, but i'd rather stay in this world till' my time is up. anywho, thanks PD!

What's your accent?

Im still kinda scared tbh (idk why its on my twitter lol) to admit all this but... Thank you for this video and honestly this whole channel. I just found it and I seriously have never felt more understood. It still is something i havent jumped into fully but with everyrhing in my life *cough furry fandom cough* i wont fully jump in socially for another seven years...but fuck it, imma try Idk why im like this cause i fit all of these examples kind of. But I just feel happy....im ranting lol Anyway, thanks for showing me that this isnt something bad about myself and something that is just me

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Identity crisis, let's go, wait- so- nothing's wrong with me? great, I need to look at some morestuff before I'm certain .... what is it with crises and why do we keep having them, c'mon-

I think that the Autistic theory is quite likely for a lot of therians, maybe not all. A lot of Autists, even non-therians, remember acting like a different animal as a kid - ie barking/hissing/meowing at people, acting like another animal in another way ((I remember having butted my parent's legs like a goat as a kid once, along with walking on all fours some and all that)), and/or still do so. It's very likely that many continued with that and added on the sort of alienness a large amount of us feel. Like a kid could be thinking, no one else seems to like me, but the family dog does - i can understand him and what he wants, but other humans don't like me and i don't know why, i must be a dog. Regardless, this is a really interesting video! I feel like it's a mix of a buncha different things for different therians. Also unrelated, but it is important n relavent to note that humans are animals too.

Looking good girl!

I'm sorry PD but it's beginning to become very hard to understand what you're trying to say now that you transitioned. I really enjoy your videos but now I can hardly understand :(

I mean, what kind of low quality content do you need to make to get 13000 subscribers? This guy tries to make a video pertaining the scientific explanation, at the same time applying the scientific process to most of what is said or any skepticism and it all falls apart. I am sorry, this kind of content is just plain wrong.