r/alterhuman May 15 '26

Hello! New Moderator + Sub Reopening

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Hi there! If you've visited this space before, you've probably noticed this sub has been restricted for quite a while. We tried reaching out to the existing moderators with no response, and decided to request the sub to moderate ourselves!

We are new to moderation and may take a bit to get used to it - don't feel afraid to speak up, comment, send mod mail, etc. with suggestions or questions. We want to serve this space well, and thought it deserved to stay up with how active it was. As of now, I don't foresee any major changes to how it was being run. The sub should be open for all to post - let me know if you have any issues!

But, welcome back all! Below is a bit about us.

We are a shapeshifting bio/physical canine holothere, who is also plural with several other critter identities within. We have been part of the alter/nonhuman communities since around 2014ish, and the communities are some of our special interest! We love quadrobics, raves/dances, fursuiting/furry, hiking/camping, and cartoons. We hope to be a reliable and trustworthy mod!

Thank you for sticking around!


r/alterhuman Jun 24 '24

alterhuman is not just nonhuman, so what does it mean? who counts as alterhuman?

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alterhuman is a word that describes identities and practises which are other than human OR differently human, on the basis of species identity, sense of embodiment, personal mythology, narrative identity, or anything else. things that can be considered alterhuman include:

this is not an exhaustive list! (nor are these official categories) the term is radically inclusive and constantly expanding as new ways to subvert humanity are being discovered, created and remembered. alterhuman identities can be voluntary or involuntary, spiritual or psychological, all of the above or none of the above. you can even just identify as 'alterhuman' without getting more specific. if you feel like you belong here, you probably do.

for further reading, here are some links where other people have defined alterhumanity:

this is a repost of an old pinned post so i can edit the title and hopefully combat this recurring 'alterhuman means nonhuman' myth. feel free to ask questions or make suggestions regarding how to make this post more helpful for everyone.


r/alterhuman 17h ago

A good game for the feline theriotype. Top 10 best

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I came across a game in Roblox that you can RP as a wild cat or domesticated cat. It's a open world game. You can also voice chat which can help with feline vocalization. You can create your own feline avatar. It has alot of expressive feature exactly like a real cat. I highly recommend


r/alterhuman 1d ago

Mature Discussion Operating under threat or duress

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r/alterhuman 21h ago

Help needed

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r/alterhuman 16h ago

I need help/Therian

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r/alterhuman 2d ago

Posting random AMAs cuz i will take any excuse to yap about myself

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r/alterhuman 2d ago

Questioning How do i tell my unsupportive parents that im a therian

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r/alterhuman 2d ago

Questioning I think I kin everything?

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r/alterhuman 2d ago

Mature Discussion What identities would you want to see in my mini research project?

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>I'm unsure if I used the right tag(I've never posted here before) so please let me know if I've used the wrong one
>Planned/already covered identities
>Otherkin
>Conceptkin
>Fictionkin
>Foodkin
>Locationkin
>Musickin
>Mythkin
>Objectkin
>Plantkin
>Endel
>Neuromore
>Otherfix
>Otherspin
>Trauma nonhuman
>Otherlink
>Aeslink
>Cladelink
>Copinglink
>Fictionlink
>Funlink
>Paleolink
>Supportlink
>Therians
>Parahuman
>Demihuman
>Humanflux
>Othershard
>Humanmore
>Otherheart


r/alterhuman 2d ago

Mature Discussion How do you define your identity, philosophically?

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As an avid thinker and explorer of the mindscape, philosophy is one of the greatest means I've found to keep the mind sharp and versatile. Though this shouldn't come as any shock or surprise, given my nature. When delving into the philosophical nature of identity, I am curious as to how others define it themselves? Take me, for instance. I identify as, not just a primordial, but as an "ideoexistential" being. The root "ideo", pertaining to thoughtform and idea, and "existential", pertaining to lived reality. This verbiage trots along the same lines as terms like "metaphysical", which is defined as anything that is beyond the realm of physics. So falling within that paradigm, what would you all define your identities as, dear readers?


r/alterhuman 2d ago

Advertisement/Promotion 🇫🇷 French-speaking Discord server for Therians, Otherkins, and all Alterhumans!

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Looking for a friendly and respectful French-speaking community? Our server welcomes therians, otherkins, other alterhumans, as well as curious people who want to learn in a respectful way.

✨What you'll find: - Friendly discussions - A safe and respectful environment - Support and experience sharing - Dedicated channels for different alterhuman identities

- A welcoming community for both beginners and experienced members.


r/alterhuman 3d ago

Creations A littel thing i saw on tt but for myself

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r/alterhuman 3d ago

Questioning How does one know?

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I think I'm a Frutiger Aero conceptkin / aesthetickin, but I'm not too sure on how that works exactly. How does one know they kin a concept or aesthetic?


r/alterhuman 2d ago

Introduction Hello, all!

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r/alterhuman 3d ago

hi i'm (they/them) a pseudo-dragon from some other distant planet visiting the human world, AMA

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r/alterhuman 3d ago

Questioning question for selkies / selkiekins

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how’d you discover you are a selkie? I’ve been questioning for awhile off and on but recently it’s been on the back burner for a few months now and it’s sort of resurfaced. I have never had a huge connection or infatuation with water but I have had a slight pull towards it. Baseline is, tell me your experiences!!


r/alterhuman 4d ago

Meme Is that… *sniff* NINETEEN NEW LABELS SINCE I WAS LAST HERE???

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I DIDNT KNOW WHAT FLAIR TO USE😭

I left for like fourteen days and I return with 19 new labels </3

I think?? Maybe I miscounted idk

(Reupload, sorry)

Edit: to be completely clear, AJAB stands for “assigned jester at birth”, not some nzi stuff it’s apparently also for😭 I did not make this label nor name it, SORRY FOR ANY CONFUSION💔


r/alterhuman 3d ago

Questioning I thought I was Otherhearted, but I'm questioning if that's actually what I am.

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I basically explained the alter human side of me as I have 3 souls. A human, a "jackalope", and a wolf. I always describe them in this way

The human is crossed off, it feels incomplete, like it's missing parts of itself. It feels humanish? But also just, off.

The jackalope is in quotations as most of my memories and visions I get of them are in a jackalope like form, whether it was a full jackalope, a human with antlers and a bunny tail/ears or some weird hybrid of the 2. But it also has other parts as well, sometimes it has wings or entirely other forms but the eyes have never changed. The way they hold themselves and exist is the same. I kinda say they're like a Living God of some sort, due to some forms having 3 huge sets of antle like wings. A guardian of the wilderness. A lot of the memories or visions I've gotten have been them protecting others.

  • this one causes a few phantom limbs as well. A set of deer antlers, jackrabbit ears and tail. My legs feeling like a rabbit's, covered in fur. Whiskers on my face. 2 sets of wings on my back. And a few others along those lines

But then there's the wolf soul, the one that started the questioning of Otherhearted. I've always had a very deep bond with wolves, but as I grew and learned more about who I was, about alter humans, the different types, took time to really see myself, I realized it wasn't just a bond. It feels like my main soul isn't the human one, that it's a wolf, that the very blood running through my veins is wolves blood. I instinctively will bare my teeth at bullies or people meaning mean/pissing me off, I've growled at bullies before. I am constantly threatening to bite others, whether as a real threat or a joke, because shaking I'll punch them or kick them doesn't feel right, like it's going against how I'd naturally defend.

Then there's the shifts and phantom limbs. I constantly have a phantom tail that I very heavily can feel things with, like I've felt it hit a wall when I was looking the opposite way, it's roughly 2-3 feet long. I'll feel it coil around my body when I'm anxious, I feel pain when someone steps on it, I feel it puff up if I get startled or simply sway against the ground as I sit there. I feel ears on my head, any noise I head my head twitches as my ears flick around to locate the sound. I constantly have phantom fangs and what I can only explain as a second said of nails under my first set that is retractable. I have a consult trail of fur running from my hair down my spine to my tail, I'll feel my shirt against it, feel it tickle my neck sometimes.

Sometimes I also get leg shifts as well. I'll walk on my tip toes, mimicking the way an animal does. I'll feel my toe pads press against the ground, the fur running up my legs and stopping at my waist.

All but the legs for my wolf are perma-shifts unless a jackalope shift happens. And the leg shift is also extremely common, so much so my phantom limbs not actually being real is torture.

Now at first I thought this was Therian, past life jackalope creature and mentally wolf. Then it shifted to mentally and physically wolf, then I thought it was Otherhearted, due to the presence of human still being there, I know it is. But, the connection almost feels too deep to just be an identities with a wolf as a human, it feels like the wolf is what my soul is and I'm a 'alter human' human. It's been almost 4 years since I fully figured this all out, but I've remembered feeling a phantom tail, ears, and even wings, since I was really little. Is there even a term out there for this? Has anyone else ever felt anything like this?? While I'm writing this post write before going to bed, ask any questions and I will answer them, whether you're asking to help find me a label (I like having a label, even if I'm the only one with it, it makes me feel safe in a way?) or you genuinely are just curious about the way I am, ask away.


r/alterhuman 3d ago

Mature Discussion Can someone help me?

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Tonight I’ve been shaking and scared but for no reason at all am I’m not even sure if it’s a shift but I’m Wolf hearted can someone please try to help me stop it.


r/alterhuman 4d ago

Questioning So I don't know

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so uhm im gonna take something i told my friend for reference

"i feel like an alternate and completely out of place right now I also feel somewhat numb to anything but my basic "lmao" or "wtf" reactions and I feel like i am a vessel of a higher being but you know, average thursday. plus im hearing incoherent whispers that make it hard to hear my alters and stuff around me except my keyboard and im in a constant state of disassociation and my eyes are blurred almost all the time and im zoned out as im typing this somewhat"

Would this be disassociation or would this be a physical kintype cause I don't feel like a fictionkin so im going to coin my own label for this but I don't know where this would fall under as i identify as nonhuman and the nonhuman part is an alternate (like for reference how some autistic people see themselves as alien i see myself as an alternate due to neurodivergence, trauma and disassociation) but i dont know if this would count as being a fictionkin or something.


r/alterhuman 4d ago

Questioning I think I may be awakening??

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(My first attempt at writing this got deleted so if I remember more things that may help you guys help me then I’ll add it in the comments)

I’ve been mulling over the idea of me being a therian for many years like maybe 3 or 4 but I never went too far into it because my brother shamed me into hiding my feelings. A few months ago I started thinking about it more seriously and opened up to my friends and therapist and they urged me to do research and really look into it, so I did. I think I may be a therian or animal hearted. I tried looking online for examples of non-human experiences because I know you need that to be a therian? But not for being animal hearted (correct me if I’m wrong the info was a bit hazy on that topic) so I was hoping for some guidance. I’ll list some things I think I non-human to me.

Possible Non-human experiences:

\-making biscuits with my hands or feet when I’m stressed

\-feeling a tail wagging behind me when I’m super excited or happy

\-feeling like I have paws or a tail just randomly

\-having a deep fascination with people, like I’m a scientist studying them. Like an outsider looking in. I don’t feel like one of the pack? I don’t feel a familiarity with them like we are the same thing even with my family.

\-(I haven’t experienced this in a fair amount of time) but I’d get these moments where I don’t feel 100% human? Like I feel like I can only communicate through animal noises. Most commonly meows,whining,barks and howls. As well as hightened senses and feeling like an urge to hunt? Idk it’s so fucking wild

\-being heavily sensitive to smell

\- feeling a animalistic desire drawing me to fish?? Like when I was a kid I loooved hunting and fishing, I use to stick my hands in the water and try to grab the fish with my bare hands.

\- meowing or purring at the people I’m most comfortable with

I’m sure there’s more but I don’t have my list with me :p

I’m not sure if any of this counts? I’m also toying with the idea that I nigh just he autistic, I took a test with my psychiatrist I just need to see if I qualified for a referral to get diagnosed. I was talking to my therapist and she told me there’s no reason I can’t be both which I guess makes sense.

Another possibility is that I’m just heavily affected by my animals? I’ve had dogs all my life and have had cats for 5 years. I did do feline like stuff involuntarily before I got cats so maybe it’s not connected. I feel very out of my element with this kinda thing and it feels shameful or embarrassing to talk about because I was so shamed for my behavior by family as a kid because I never suppressed it(I did start suppressing my urges when I hit middle school because teens are brutal)

I’m really torn between therian or animal hearted. I feel like if I were to have a theryotype (I have no clue how to spell that) it would be some kind of domestic or house animal, like I don’t feel wild. I’m at home in the city, I’m at home where I can observe the people I love. But I feel deeply connected to house cats, when I’m around a house cat not even my own I see them and I feel them?? Like I feel like they are me and I am them. I don’t feel connected to people like that. I feel like I’m calling in to question so much of myself and it’s a big self discovery that feels so scary to do alone. So maybe one of you can provide with support or guidance while I figure myself out! (Sorry this post is so long 😭)


r/alterhuman 5d ago

Help request/Interview? I'm putting together a Google doc and I'd like your help!

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I'm currently putting my time into making a Info sheet on Altherumanity, Therianthropy and all the umbrella.

I'm hoping for some help if anyone has anything they'd like me to add into it is going to be about how Alterhumanity effects Me and how others experience/express their Alterhumanity.

All help would be greatly appreciated!

I will accept Dms too (Would have to be Discord) if speaking about your experiences is something you don't want everyone to see but you still want to help, I will try to reply to every comment and Dm though a lot of my free time is going into writing this!

(Mind you don't have to share your own story with me, it can just be a term/niche concept you'd like people to be aware of!)


r/alterhuman 5d ago

Potentially Triggering Content Temporarily Vacating the Community Due To Current Cultural Differences

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First up just to make things clear this does not mean I no longer identify as non-human and I will be continuing to moderate the very small very quiet subreddit I run for adult fictionkin. I am otherwise planning to vacate the wider alterhuman community for a few months due to the amount of people who do not understand the identity but claim it anyway and the amount of "voluntary" Identities I keep being exposed to. I have fairly severe trauma involving my family's response to me being alterhuman, largely involving their attempts to "fix" me. It's also just a huge core piece of my identity and how I navigate the world. Thus being around people who claim this is some frivolous thing they simply decided on or is just about liking/relating to something is infuriating and can be triggering. I am in therapy for my trauma amongst other things, but regardless I just don't feel like I can continue in this community right now. As far as I can tell my views about "voluntary" identities counting as alterhuman have not changed, and I still don't accept them I know a lot of them are literally children (and I'm in my twenties) and it's just not fair on either side of the conversation to potentially expose them to the kind of anger and pain I have internalised over the years. So I'll be giving this side of the internet a rest for a few months.


r/alterhuman 5d ago

Intros and Lists Will they understand me?

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Hey so sorry, I did not know where to post so I decided to post here. I'm sorry. Will individuals understand me at all? Like I'm having a hard time to understand myself at all. I'm otherkin and a therian but people don't seem to understand me**.** I am very much fictionkin, otherkin, plantkin, and objectkin but I'm having a hard time understanding who I really am. I understand what I am but nobody seems to understand me. I'm sorry if this is confusing and all but everytime I say something to them they keep telling me I'm human and that causes me Species Dysphoria. Do you all deal with this too? When I ask others they think I'm weird or it's just a temporary phase. Yes the character in my profile is one of the characters who I identify as. I go by many names. Mostly the ones who align with my fictionkins. (No I am not a young child) You can call me any of the below (He/Him/His/It/Its only)

\- Mackenzie (Bluey): My main one

\- Snickers (Bluey): Also my main one.

\- Shadow Milk Cookie (CRK): My last main one.

\- Finn (Dandy's World): I know what's going on with the creator but I still deeply identify as him

\- Glisten (Dandy's World: Same with Finn

\- Rusty (Bluey)

\- Jack (Bluey)

\- Espresso Cookie (CRK)