off the forum board

[Blue]

having almost replied to a wrong post by Serenity on the first page in the topic what would you do. Serenity asked what would you do if you ran into another sdb member and that got me thinking since I keep this part of my life a secret to every one I know.

people know I like dragons, but they think its like the same like how my mom likes cows and collect cow items or my brother in law who loves the chargers. no knows the truth beside every one here on the boards about how I feel im in the wrong body. so I was wondering does any one else here share how you feel with anyone else off the boards, and especial some one else that just feels normal.

[albvan]

Well, I'm not otherkin myself, but I do talk to people from SDB off the boards over DevART and Facebook. So, you could say I'm the one on the listening side.

[Serenity]

I mostly keep my believe of otherkin to myself and people on the board, briefly brushing the subject to my father and or some friends every once in a while. In some ways I do feel "trapped" in my own little bubble, not speaking in depth to someone physically about it.

Even in some of my writing classes I've revealed a bit of what I believe in. I didn't go into depth, but just lightly scratched the surface. Mostly, when people write about their religion it was about "God" and what not, so I decided to write a piece about how I felt, being non human in a human body. I got a few odd stares by hey, no one thinks I'm a freak. Well, not an even bigger freak than they already think I am.

Well,if you want to or need to talk to your kin to someone next to you, try writing about it first then reading what you wrote to someone. Or sit down with your closest and best friend, talk about it and see if your beliefs may be in common. If not, they might have an open mind to what you believe in, which most friends do for their friends.
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[Ravenheart]

I used to think i was otherkin. At one point i just needed to tell someone, so we went out of lesson and talked where all girls talk when they need to be secluded.

The toilets of course! xD

Anyway, after i had finished, she looked at me weirdly, raised an eyebrow, and said 'So... you think your a dragon?"
But anyway, that was the hardest hurdle. Afterwards that she just sort of accepted it, and then i grew the courage to tell more of my friends. This led to numerous problems, one friend deciding she must be otherkin too and that she /was/ a vampire, because she liked the taste of blood, before it swiftly changed to werewolf because she decided she liked them better...
I suppose the morale of the story is not to tell people who are not mature enough to actually listen, and not to expect complete understanding. If you do feel you need to tell someone, pick a very good friend, and keep people who know at a minamum.
As it happens, i no longer feel i am dragonkin but i do believe i was reincarnated, and this i talk about openly with almost anyone. People seem to accept it more if its not, well, a mythical creture. Unfortunately, if your are dragonkin or some such other, it makes it much harder to find people who understand and don't think of you as nuts...
I don't mean to discourage you, just warning you about the way you wish to handle things.
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[Ranna]

I only have 1 RL friend who knows about the whole otherkin thing. My family and my boyfriend wouldn't believe any of it, though I have briefly touched on the subject with him.
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[Blue]

"well, I don't know for how long you've been browsing through dragon forums"

This is actual my first. before I came here I did not know such a community existed, or that their were others that shared what I feel.


"As it happens, i no longer feel i am dragonkin but i do believe i was reincarnated"

otherkin, dragon-kin or reincarnated I dont know what to call it for myself really. all I know their is a connection within me to being a dragon.

[Namhias]

I haven't told anyone, and as far as I know, no one has figured it out either. Which is fine, there is a good chance they'd never believe me. I've tried to keep the fact that I'm a dragon hidden from real life.

The idea that someone could posses a soul other than a human one, is just too outlandish for most people. If I'd tell people in the real world about my beliefs, there is a pretty good chance that they'd think I'm crazy. I find this also frustrating, I can never have an in depth conversation with a physical person. However, I am grateful that I get the chance to talk to people about it online.

[Jasriella]

I have only ever told one person not a forum member (well before she was a forum member) about me being dragon-kin. And unfortunately a few months later after a near two year relationship she's my ex-fiance. I decided that if we were going to make it for the long run she had to know and it wouldn't be fair keeping half of myself from her.

Other than that only person I've talked to in person who knows is Solid. Reasons why have been well said by Namhias.
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I am trapped between heaven and hell. My wings carry me upon the winds. Above lies heaven, below hell. Yet I must land in hell to soar in heaven. I am a Dragon!