I would never go as far as to say that those that believe p-shifting is a thing aren’t otherkin.
Hear me out here, I have my reasoning.
Okay not long ago I was not in a healthy place. I was still trying to figure myself out and when things got tough, I could only think of escaping instead of fixing the problem if it could be fixed.
Two years ago I was so badly broken that I believed a 10 year-old from Europe when she told me that shapeshifting was a real thing and she did it a lot. I wish I could say I was skeptical; I was not.
Since then, I’ve looked for spells of all sorts to take on a different shape. And when nothing worked, people I went to (spiritual types, a Wiccan, yeah) told me to just keep trying. Still, nothing worked.
It soon got to a point where I further hated myself, my image, and eventually had a break-down involving tearing down my dragon poster and tossing my Magic decks all over the floor.
The idea of physical shifting lead me into a state of constant escapism, depression, and self-hatred. When people tell you that spreading the idea that this is an actual thing is a dangerous thing, they mean it. It hurts you, and eventually those around you.
But, here I am, a little older, a little wiser, and a dragonkin. Despite my previous beliefs, I’m still otherkin. Just…not a physically shifting one =P
To make it clear, I don’t believe that one can physically shift. There’s no proof of such, so I have no reason to believe it.
