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nimdreamsI am trying to not let my emotions dictate my identity so much, one way or the other. A surprise kitsune in a show I was watching yesterday brought on an all encompassing fox spirit shift, to the point where I questioned once again if that wasn't what I truly am and ONLY am. I tried to just ride the wave and ignore my feelings for a bit until it all calmed down in the evening and I had space for my other 'types again.
I have switched some labels around -- again. I wonder if this is what it will always be like, but it feels like I am at least circling around the same things now. Something magic, something fox, something dog and something leporid. These are the things I have been for years now, whatever I labeled them as at any given time. I guess I just have too much free time on my hands to try and find the perfect labels, and try on which ones I feel happiest with.
I also had some thoughts yesterday about how voluntary my identities are. I don't choose my experiences, but I can choose how I interpret and label those. I could call myself a shapeshifter only and leave it at that if I wanted to. I could probably use the anymic label if I wanted to. Later today there will be a panel on that topic during the Therian Convergence, which I am really looking forward to and I wonder if it will change the way I have been labeling myself.
I have switched some labels around -- again. I wonder if this is what it will always be like, but it feels like I am at least circling around the same things now. Something magic, something fox, something dog and something leporid. These are the things I have been for years now, whatever I labeled them as at any given time. I guess I just have too much free time on my hands to try and find the perfect labels, and try on which ones I feel happiest with.
I also had some thoughts yesterday about how voluntary my identities are. I don't choose my experiences, but I can choose how I interpret and label those. I could call myself a shapeshifter only and leave it at that if I wanted to. I could probably use the anymic label if I wanted to. Later today there will be a panel on that topic during the Therian Convergence, which I am really looking forward to and I wonder if it will change the way I have been labeling myself.
