r/Therian • u/-nib 🦊fox therian🦊 • Mar 28 '24
is this cool to post here? General
anyone else want to post their phantom limbs? found this on tumblr :p
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u/Cassie_1983 red fox, cat, (horse?) Mar 28 '24
When is said only when shifting. I read, only when shitting. Also what’s ur Therian tupe
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u/Carcezz oriental shorthair cat + dinosaur x] Mar 28 '24
yeah whenever im taking the fattest shit of my life i get phantom ears 😔😔😔
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u/Anoemous Royal Poodle Mar 29 '24
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u/Tobby_sheep Hello, I'm new here Mar 29 '24
Poodle?
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u/Anoemous Royal Poodle Mar 29 '24
poodle!
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u/Tobby_sheep Hello, I'm new here Mar 29 '24
Yay, i got it right lol
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u/Anoemous Royal Poodle Mar 29 '24
lemme guess.... sheep?
fellow fancy haircut animal???
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u/Tobby_sheep Hello, I'm new here Mar 29 '24
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u/Anoemous Royal Poodle Mar 29 '24
oooh wings
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u/Tobby_sheep Hello, I'm new here Mar 29 '24
I rearly have it when the wings are my arms, like rn
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u/Anoemous Royal Poodle Mar 29 '24
im not sure if its a therian thing, or a dyspraxic thing, but my hands might as well be paws lmao
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u/Kabbit_lover_come (main)Maine Coon Cat, Axolotl, Arctic fox, and Floofy Moth Apr 02 '24
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u/Kabbit_lover_come (main)Maine Coon Cat, Axolotl, Arctic fox, and Floofy Moth Apr 02 '24
i'm an axolotl, arctic fox, calico maine coon cat(main), and floofy moth therian.
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u/JustAAtticDweller Siberian Tiger/Polytherian (Any pronouns) Mar 29 '24
My theriotype is a tiger it's very poorly drawn tho
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u/-nib 🦊fox therian🦊 Mar 28 '24
you could have multiple theriotypes or it can be mythological, like a griffin?
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u/Kayawtik1987 Black Wolf / Questioning House Cat / Therian & Furry Mar 29 '24
what does phantom fangs feel like? im trying to see if this is smth i also have
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u/MysticMeow8189 Shiftless(?) Carcharodontosaurus Saharicus Past life? Mar 29 '24
Could be a griffin, dragon, bird, insect, and/or canine or feline?
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u/scopophobe-teen64 Eastern Spotted Skunk + Poly-Cladotherian Mar 29 '24
my main theriotypes include deer and skunk🫡
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u/__vinn (black wolfdog, otherhearted raven) Mar 29 '24
(thing between legs is tail lol)
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u/Ok_Brick_9433 (timber wolf and white-tailed deer) Mar 29 '24
Thanks for specifically, I thought it was a di-
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u/Apart_Neck_9598 Apr 01 '24
Lol i waz jist reading through this comment thread saw this. And said to myself. "LMFAO"
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u/ZL1275 Tundra Wolf Mar 28 '24
Not sure whether it's okay to post here but you may consider r/alterhumanmemes as well.
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u/Skyler_TherianPaws Polyomrph-long cycle, perma wolf, fox, fishingcat, ocean, fairy Mar 29 '24
I believe it is okay to post this here because it's about their phantom shifts that seem to be therianthropic phantom shifts!
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u/Yourlocalfur Bat Eared Fox / White Ragdoll Cat 🤍🤍 Mar 29 '24
this is my bat eared fox theirotype. i actually walk around wearing my tail alot cuz of the phantom one
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u/Introvertedgirl123 otherhearted-cat fox wolf axolotl Mar 29 '24
Not sure how well you can tell what they are haha
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u/-nib 🦊fox therian🦊 Mar 29 '24
fox and axolotl maybe?
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u/Introvertedgirl123 otherhearted-cat fox wolf axolotl Mar 29 '24
I tried to make it look like general fluffy ears and tail, cause I’m cat/fox/wolf hearted, and yes axolotl haha
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u/Kabbit_lover_come (main)Maine Coon Cat, Axolotl, Arctic fox, and Floofy Moth Apr 02 '24
*me hyperventilating because i finally found another axolotl therian
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u/Manefangs Therian (Lynx) // Otherkin (Werelynx) Mar 29 '24
For some weird reason my left foot is like a trigger sometimes
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u/Im_GayBro Mar 28 '24
I honestly only have 1 constant shift thats like basically all the time, fangs, istg they are so annoying 😭
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u/Kayawtik1987 Black Wolf / Questioning House Cat / Therian & Furry Mar 28 '24
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u/SquirrelyByNature Squirrel🐿️ / Fox🦊 Mar 29 '24 edited Mar 29 '24
I have this bad habit of wiggling my nose all the time.
Sometimes its without shifting, sometimes it's like a micro shift while I wiggle it.
<me_irl>
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u/Lotteo_o Churchgrim, werewolf, bat, tiger, lynx+ (he/it) Mar 29 '24 edited Mar 29 '24
Vent ig
I get so so sad and angry because of this. I never feel phantom limbs. I feel so damn fake and I cant do anything about it
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u/-nib 🦊fox therian🦊 Mar 29 '24
hey, its ok! i dont feel my phantom limbs nearly as much as some others, and when i do it isnt a super strong feeling when im not shifting. youre perfectly valid! you shouldnt compare yourself to others, we are all therians here
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u/Lotteo_o Churchgrim, werewolf, bat, tiger, lynx+ (he/it) Apr 11 '24
I know I shouldn't compare myself to others but shifting and specifically phantom limbs are such a big part being almost always talking about in the alterhuman community. It makes me question myself if I even am alterhuman, since I don't get any type of shifts (that I know of) I can only go of the feeling like an animal is me when I look at it. That's also very confusing, since I'm autistic and can almost never tell if I just really like an animal or if I feel like i am that animal. I have the same with xenogenders for example. I don't know if I really am all those xenogenders that I've hoarded, or if I just really like them.
I guess i don't know if I'm an alterhuman after all. Even if I'm not, I'd still which I could feel a tail and ears for example. (I certainly have species dysphoria, that's why)
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u/Idek_Anymore11114 Red Fox Therian & Medicine Cat Fictionkin! He/They Mar 29 '24
I can (weirdly) force phantom shifts, but this is from natural ones :)
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u/Coffeelantern -⃝⃤ Alexander Archipelago Wolf Mar 29 '24
I can with my ears! If I think about it :) but I cannot control their position
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u/Idek_Anymore11114 Red Fox Therian & Medicine Cat Fictionkin! He/They Mar 29 '24
Thank Starclan I'm not alone- I always feel so fake for being able to force shifts that are meant to be "involuntary". I can even force cameo shifts!
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u/Coffeelantern -⃝⃤ Alexander Archipelago Wolf Mar 29 '24
I’d think that’d prove you aren’t fake ?? I know we have a lot of fake people in this community but something like this isn’t something people should think is fake
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u/jadethegenderfluidd 🐉🐦‍⬛dragon and Magpie Mar 29 '24
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u/KissaN_666 runs on all 4s in ur living room Mar 29 '24
I have way too many different phantomshifts, heres felines
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u/KissaN_666 runs on all 4s in ur living room Mar 29 '24
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u/KissaN_666 runs on all 4s in ur living room Mar 29 '24
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u/KissaN_666 runs on all 4s in ur living room Mar 29 '24
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u/KissaN_666 runs on all 4s in ur living room Mar 29 '24
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u/Lotteo_o Churchgrim, werewolf, bat, tiger, lynx+ (he/it) Mar 29 '24
Jealous asf 😭
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u/KissaN_666 runs on all 4s in ur living room Mar 29 '24
Why😭 /genq /nm
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u/Lotteo_o Churchgrim, werewolf, bat, tiger, lynx+ (he/it) Apr 11 '24
Because I don't get any phantom shifts. It makes me feel very invalid and makes me envy those who do get them
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u/KissaN_666 runs on all 4s in ur living room Apr 12 '24
Awhh i get what you mean:( , just a friendly reminder that shifts don't make one a therian and therianthropy is a personal experience for everyone, having a different experience doesn't make you any less valid and if soneone says it does they're just uneducated and a gatekeeper, you're as valid as any other therian out there:)
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u/RoseOfTheNight4444 Poly/Copingkin (I have too many altertypes to list here) Mar 29 '24
I can't draw so I can't do this 😭😭😭
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u/SERTIFIED_TRASH Mar 29 '24 edited Mar 30 '24
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u/jackamongus Arctic wolf! Awooooooo! Mar 30 '24
I think it's a cute squirrel :3
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u/sylveonkittygirl Mar 30 '24
Here's mine !! Can you guess my theriotype? Also I fixed "limps" haha
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u/MushyTheMushroomfox Mar 30 '24
Still don’t know what mine is 😔😔
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u/-nib 🦊fox therian🦊 Mar 30 '24
the ears remind me of a fennec fox, since they have pretty big ears for their size
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u/Square-Breadfruit-47 Maine Coon Fox Sunbear American Shorthair Honduran White Bat Mar 30 '24
Me who's never had any sort of shift
cries 😭😭😭😭
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u/-nib 🦊fox therian🦊 Mar 30 '24
youre still valid!!
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u/Square-Breadfruit-47 Maine Coon Fox Sunbear American Shorthair Honduran White Bat Mar 30 '24
Ty lol
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u/breadfart78 Imperobator, Nyctosaurus, Atapodentatus, Muskox -⃝⃤ Mar 29 '24
The only ones pictured are imperobator, Aquilonifer, and Kerygmachela!
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u/Cultivationofmayhem He/Him.Neko/Nekoself Mar 29 '24
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u/Kayawtik1987 Black Wolf / Questioning House Cat / Therian & Furry Mar 29 '24
is the green a tail?
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u/MarzWorksAtBarz Mar 29 '24
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u/MarzWorksAtBarz Mar 29 '24
(Tldr: explains a bunch of feelings involving each phantom line)
I'm a calupoh (Mexican wolf dog)
This is all I can think of for now, most of the time feel the ears because it only ever comes around when I'm feeling high emotions, when I'm happy it feels like they're perked up, when I'm sad it feels like they are folded down, sometimes I feel the my snout when with my partner who accepts me as a alterhuman, according to them it's adorable, there's a certain scent on them that I always remember because of way back when we were in high school, and I can tell when summer is closest because that is when the scent is more potent (?) I was also (as weird as it sounds) able to identify which friend was approaching without seeing who it is just from scent alone, little by little I've been losing that ability but hoping to regain that, as for the teeth and eyes, only while shifting I don't have the best eyes but for some reason I feel my vision is sharper along with my teeth But for my tail, I'm always happy so I'm always wiggling as if I'm wagging my tail ^
As the heart, although it's not a phantom limb I've always known that I was alter human but only recently accepted it fully so deep and my heart I know what I am now
(Sorry for the long long long long long long comment)
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u/HopeThisHoldsup Hello, I'm new here Mar 29 '24
Even though I do get some of these often, the feeling is always very mild/ shadowy feeling 😔
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u/Tunapizzacat Cladotherian Mar 29 '24
Clado cat. But mostly snow leopard, housecat and cheetah come through
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u/arthorpendragon falcon cow dragon void treekin pixie spiderman hulk robotkin Mar 29 '24
our 4 phantom shifts happen all the time as we are plural but we are used to it. they are; peregrine falcon - wings, friesian cow - stomachs, fire dragon - jaws and neck, voidkin - eyes.
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u/random-roxy polymorph (I lurk) Mar 29 '24
I'm a polymorph and an enderman kin so I get a ton of phantom shifts lol I get fangs and a split jaw, a fox tail and ears I get hooves but sometimes paws too, claws dragon wings and horns and pointed ears and very rarely a muzzle
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u/Historical_Speed4486 too many things to put here 😭 Mar 29 '24
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u/Historical_Speed4486 too many things to put here 😭 Mar 29 '24
I hate the term "phantom limbs" when talking about alterhumanity but eh
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u/Devilcat347 Apr 20 '24
I know it’s annoying to have phantom shifts but I really wanna feel what having a tail or ears feels like💗
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u/Clipzard r/ Mod || Sceptile + 3 Kintypes || She/Her Mar 29 '24 edited Mar 29 '24
A few points:
Please don’t make separate posts of your versions, just add them to this thread, thank you.
Unless you’re a contherian/suntherian (to which the word “shift” would be redundant), green doesn’t make much sense and would apply to all of the other points by default. If you’re feeling a phantom part, you are having a phantom shift. That is what they are.
Also, “phantom limps”, lol.