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Offline EveKieJezRen

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Re: Shifting
« Reply #30 on: January 31, 2016, 08:43:53 PM »
I wasn't trying to lower anyone's self esteem ;-;
I thought this was a thread meant to share experiences
My apologies

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Re: Shifting
« Reply #31 on: January 31, 2016, 08:54:40 PM »
No no, I should apologize. I took the thread off topic. I'm not a therian. Sorry Eve.
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Re: Shifting
« Reply #32 on: January 31, 2016, 10:06:52 PM »
I see, I was just born normal I guess...
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Re: Shifting
« Reply #33 on: January 31, 2016, 10:19:37 PM »
Have you ever tried to Meditate Cecilia? Maybe if you do you could find out if you are one
Maybe you just haven't awoken yet?

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Re: Shifting
« Reply #34 on: January 31, 2016, 11:22:54 PM »
Yes I've meditated but I've never felt anything like an "awakening" I've never really felt anything that you guys feel. Sometimes if I try hard enough I can, but it still feels imaginary to me....
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Re: Shifting
« Reply #35 on: February 01, 2016, 10:58:16 PM »
Awakening and shifting don't happen by forcing them, they happen when your ready to take off the mask of being human. When I shift, I do it by letting go of the human side and letting the animal take the lead.

I can keep a shifting up for a month event while at work, though it is getting harder for me to get the animal to want to stir in the first place.
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Re: Shifting
« Reply #36 on: February 01, 2016, 11:10:45 PM »
I guess it's true then. I'm no Therian.
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Re: Shifting
« Reply #37 on: February 04, 2016, 12:35:28 AM »
Neither am I. And it sucks. It's not fair to me.
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Re: Shifting
« Reply #38 on: February 12, 2016, 10:55:15 AM »
You don't chose the Therian/Otherkin life
It chooses you :3

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Re: Shifting
« Reply #39 on: February 12, 2016, 09:42:20 PM »
Shifting can be forced. It's not as powerful but it can be. In my experience being a furry is a pretty close "first step" as far as what you can control. Pretty much just allow it to happen. It's more important to allow it to happen than to force it to happen. You may find you are stopping yourself more often than not. I've shifted, and do it fairly frequently. I have ghost limbs. It doesn't make the world instantly amazing it just becomes as normal as your arms or legs. You will get there but focus on the now. Not what could be
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Re: Shifting
« Reply #40 on: February 15, 2016, 11:34:26 PM »
As far as my phantom shifts go, I can feel my ears just about whenever I like (considering that my theriotype is a fennec you can probably imagine how weird that feels) but the rest only really happens after I've experienced some sort of mass relief (on a sensory level not emotional) or I try to imagine it.

Sometime I get bad shifts, more commonly when I don't wear my collar, but most of the time they're rather pleasant and calming.
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Re: Shifting
« Reply #41 on: February 21, 2016, 03:01:03 PM »
So this is what it's called...
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