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Furry Chat => Rants and Advice => Topic started by: [Sov] on September 05, 2011, 06:15:06 PM
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Is it hard for anyone else to accept, or like, know that though they feel like their fursona on the inside, that they're not on the outside? I'm not sure I know how to word this question, but it's like, accepting that I'm human is something I've struggled along with for awhile. Getting into the furry fandom has once again taken me out of that "I've finally accepted I'm human" realm, and made it all crazy again. *sigh*
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I was JUST thinking this 5 minutes ago, lol. I understand exactly what your talking about. I just asked myself, "What is it going to take for me to be happy with the way I am on the outside?" And honestly, I dont know yet. I try to incorporate my fursona into everything I am. I want people to see him instead of me. Some people know who I really am underneath, but just having to work so hard for them to see it gets tiring. It's actually kinda funny...two days ago i saw a shooting star while driving home at 1 am, and I just wished that everyone looked like furries. Even I thought it was a ridiculous request, but I'm beginning to feel like that unless I look like my fursona, I'm going to be miserable the rest of my life...and I know that no matter what, unless I wear a ridiculous costume, I can never do anything about it.
I try quitting the fandom...and sometimes it works, but not for long. Without it I will admit I feel more "down to earth", but before I know it I'm depressed again. I come back to it and find some peace, but it's not all there knowing that what people see on the outside is completely different than what's going on on the inside. What ive been thinking now is that, I dont think we should care what other people see. The friends and people we meet in places like these can see what we are under the skin, and that should be good enough for us. But that emptiness will always be there, we just have each other with the same feeling to share it with, and that makes me feel a little better.
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Perhaps you two should look into the subject of therians and otherkin, maybe it will help make you settle on something to describe how you feel about being animal in a different sense? Check my thread here if you're curious:
http://www.thefurryforum.com/forums/index.php?topic=12207.0 (http://www.thefurryforum.com/forums/index.php?topic=12207.0)
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I know how you guys feel. But you just have to look toward the future in high hopes! If animals are able to evolve properly, and the world doesn't end in the next few million years, furries COULD very possibly exist. I know millions of years seems to be too far ahead to worry about it. But for now everybody just has to accept the fact that they're human for the time being. I know it can be hard.
And if you guys ever need to talk just send me a pm. I will always be here to help you guys. :)
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Perhaps you two should look into the subject of therians and otherkin, maybe it will help make you settle on something to describe how you feel about being animal in a different sense? Check my thread here if you're curious:
http://www.thefurryforum.com/forums/index.php?topic=12207.0 (http://www.thefurryforum.com/forums/index.php?topic=12207.0)
Very interesting. I just like to pretend that everyone is furry. Makes it easier on my mind.
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I am who I am and it's impossible for me to be anything different. That kind of wishful thinking just depresses me too much.
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What kind of wishful thinking, Drake? The evolution?
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Being something different than what I am. Gotta be happy with who you are! Or else you might never be happy :(
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True, true. Make the best of it. ^_^
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I struggle with being human, I never liked to compare myself to humans, I just dont have a good history with them. Im a Horse stuck inside a teens body, and want out. I want my hooves, and stuff. I had simular wishes to how every1 in this world was furry, and I do like to pretend every1 is a furry. And when I look at some1, I picture them as a sertain type, unless I know if they are a furry, and what their fursona is like. The best part about pretending everyone is furry, is that they all are different, and not the same flat chubby faces on each one I see.
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I understand what you mean, but do not relate, actually; I'm like Drake, being happy with what I got. The fantasy of being a dragon is beyond alluring, but if I don't enjoy the life I live now, it would have been a sacrificial dream; nullifying the joy of now for the joy of eventuality. If you love the life you live now, knowing that perhaps someday your dream might come true, you satisfy yourself twofold!
Life is the greatest gift we are given, and if we don't cherish it as it is, we'll never get a second chance to do so. The desire you feel to be an elegant horse is no different than my wish to be a mighty dragon, or any furry, really! Just remember that if you don't love the life you're given, you're forsaking the greatest gift bestowed upon beings. You mustn't forsake this gift. Try your best to live happily, you don't have to love being human, but you sure can love living!
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Mine has its ups and downs, sometimes I injoy it
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Everyone's life has ups and downs. I like the way you think, Sytex. It makes the most sense to me. Thank you for posting.
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Indeed life does; both the ups and downs are part of the thrill! Every day is a new experience, be it positive or negative, you learn something from it and gather that much more knowledge to live through the next part of the story that is your life. I hope you can find a way to be comfortable with your life as is, and good luck to you! You needn't thank me, really; it's my absolute pleasure to help those who ask it.