It feels like there’s a barrier in my mind separating this life from my kin memories. While I remembered a few, it’s so darn hard to reach out to deeper memories. I have found myself feeling bad because i don’t have a lot to hold on to of my old friends, kind of like I’m losing them. Meditation isn’t really helpful either. What should I do?

Depending on what you believe, there may be an *actual* barrier between you and these deeper memories, put there for any number of reasons. Is…

wrt mistaking soulbonds for kintypes: I mistook a soulbond for a kintype for a solid month before I finally realized what was actually going on. It was especially confusing because I had cameo shifts of them and their memories were bleeding into mine as I awakened. It wasn’t until I read a post about soulbonding that really described my experience that I understood. I’d suggest you keep doing research on anything you think it might be and don’t cross anything off too soon.

Great advice, anon ^^

So I’m almost certain I’m kin of a certain character from Undertale (not saying who because spoilers). I have shared memories with someone else who was from my timeline as well as astral limbs, but I keep doubting myself because I came to the realization only a few months after I finished the game, and I didn’t meditate or anything like that. Would you say this is still fictionkin, or is it something else?

Sometimes realizations come slowly. And you certainly don’t HAVE to mediate to know you are kin- that’s just something I advise when someone is trying…

I don’t know if this is the proper blog to ask this, since you have the soulbond blog and this one…I was wondering, do you think its possible for your soulbond to have such an impact on your personality that you mistake it for being kin with it? I feel as though for a while I was a specific character and this one only, but after a while I really got confused and wondered if it was possible that all this time it was actually a soulbonds thoughts making me think that way? What do you think?

do you think its possible for your soulbond to have such an impact on your personality that you mistake it for being kin with it?…

Idk if this has been asked before but ive noticed a lot of “ID pages” on blogs where people are saying “this character is not my kintype they are literally me” do you know what that mean or anything because it always confuses me, especially when they list a bunch of kintypes or copinglinks below the initial “literally me” characters

Every person is an individual and has their own reasons for doing that. I can’t tell you the reason everyone has. That said, I think…

I feel like I’m questioning myself much too harshly. Basically, I constantly feel like all of my feelings were fabricated because I was just forming them to fit into this identity like a copycat, and it’s really intrusive. But no matter what, even after so many checks, I know the most vivid of experiences are real, and I still feel strongly like it’s my identity. But even so it comes back after a while, then leaves again. But I mean, kin can’t be confirmed so Im just over-questioning. I think.

It sounds like you’re definitely over-questioning it. Its okay. Its something we all do now and again, because you’re right, its not something that can…

Lately I’ve been getting a lot of memory flashes that are pretty clearly from the life of a specific character. They feel like memories, and they all seem familiar or right. I think I might be kin with him, which would also explain some of the missing abilities I’ve had my whole life and actually a whole lot about me. The thing is, I don’t believe in souls? I believe in a singular consciousness in each person, but not souls. I just don’t know how else to explain things I’ve felt my entire life.

I feel for you, anon. Souls and such weren’t on my radar when I first started awakening as kin. Here’s the thing. Its okay to…

Lately I started ‘getting back’ my memories, but from different… life, I guess? I also started feeling like I’m out of place. I tried looking up some characters that I know, but I couldn’t feel any bigger connection to them – although, I feel like I know some of them for a pretty long time as friends or enemies. I also got some kind of visions about some character, that is not from anything I know, but I feel like it’s me. Is it possible to be a kin of nonexistent character?

Yes, anon, it is totally possible to be kin of a ‘non-existent’ character- as in a person who doesn’t exist in the canon/source material of the…

I’ve been questioning being fictionkin of this character for a couple months now, but fairly recently I started wondering if I’m a different character from the same source (these are characters who know/knew each other). Now, I think I’m first character I was questioning, but I’m not exactly sure. Any advice on how I can figure out who my kinself is?

Well, the easiest way would be if you had any memories- that would probably clear things right up because they’d be from your kinself’s perspective.…

I feel like I literally ‘am’ Sariel from Touhou sometimes. I’ve always felt a strong, unexplained connection to them ever since I first discovered them, and a lot of times I feel like I have ‘phantom wings’ for lack of a better term, flexing my shoulders as if moving my wings. I do use my identity as a coping mechanism, but I don’t think it was the sole reason it was created since my home situation started getting worse after Sariel started to grow in me. Not sure what to call myself?

You sound like fictionkin to me, if you believe that you ‘are’ Sariel in any way. Its totally okay and normal to use your identity to…

Hi, I’m pretty new to this kin stuff, and so I’m a bit confused over how I’m feeling. When I look at this particular character or think about them, I definitely get a sense of “oh that’s me” and I have a vague idea of who the character was outside of canon context. But when I evaluate their characteristics and mine, we seem to be two completely different people. How can I possible identify as a character when I am nothing like them? Am I something other than kin?

Anon, its totally possible to be kin of someone that seems nothing like you are now. Especially if you believe in kin by reincarnation, people…

I just realised that nothing really happened to me and I was hit with depression, and when I was having “making-myself-cry-by-talking-weird-things-that-made-no-sense” fits I often repeated that I wanted to go home really badly even when I WAS home?? I dunno. And if somehow I AM fictionkin, could it be that in my past life something really bad happened? It’s all overhelming…

Ouch, anon. You have my deepest sympathy. That was a feeling I often experienced when I was younger. Wanting to go home, even when I…

hi! first, i really like your blog! but i’d also like your opinion on something. i have one kin i feel really strongly about and have vague memories of my classmates and friendships. i’m questioning another kin where i feel a lot more strongly as far as the identity (that’s me!) but i don’t have any kind of emotional memories outside of that. (yet?) is that still kin? is there such a thing as “secondary kin” where it’s a lesser connection? i’m a bit overwhelmed by all this, honestly.

Some people are more or less connected to thier kinlives, and feel them more or less deeply. It’s possible that the kintype you’ve stumbled on…

In case it isn’t obvious @kin-lovers02 is not a real otherkin. They are a troll/anti-kin/parody account. Posting this because anti-kin always seem confused by parody/fake…

I’m not sure if my ask sent so I’m just going to send it again to be safe. I recently had a really violent awakening as a character. Usually when I find that I’m kin, the memories and feelings come over time, but this time it struck like lightning- years worth of memories and emotions came flooding in over the course of a couple hours. I’ve been depressed, anxious and overwhelmed since this sudden awakening. I didn’t even have time to question it. Any insight on why/how this happened?

Thanks for resending this, anon, I couldn’t find it anywhere else in my inbox, so it looks like the original got eaten. Getting that initial ‘oh…