i identify as soul from cccc, but… i feel like him ALL the time.

i feel like i can’t identify as an irl because it’s used in spaces for schizophrenia, i can’t be fictionkin because i don’t have shifts, and i don’t feel like i coul be transcharacter bc i’m already him

i only used the term irl in my intro because it’s the term that’s closest to what i’m experiencing

what am i??? seriously… :(

  • TheTaintedScripture
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    10 hours ago

    Hi! So I, Saint (the host) of my system, am actually Transcharacter. I have a lot of transcharacter IDs, and I actually mark both my kins and transcharacters on my pronouns page.

    I’ll go ahead and out that I’m usually Kakavasha, but there is one ID I feel that may be too identifying (and I mean IRL, not just online), and I feel this identity constantly, no matter what. My other transcharacter IDs are pretty fluid, whereas this single one is very stagnant and that’s the one I want to transition to most and feel the most dysphoria and euphoria over.

    It’s pretty easy to differentiate from one of my kins, because for me, personally, I am my kin, where my transcharacter ID is what I want to transition to, like that should be me. I also don’t really experience many kinshifts. In fact, there is a phenomenon in the otherkin and fictionkin community known as “permashifted”, where you feel like your kin for “abnormally” long periods of time.

    Of course, everyone can feel similar and still have a different label for their experience. So, you could be a lot of things, but regardless, you could choose fictionkin, transcharacter, or even both! Labels are there for your comfort. Labels are what you make of them.

    — Saint (Shx/Hxr, Doll/Dolls)

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    18 hours ago

    I’m not the most qualified person for this so take this with a wee bit of salt. It seems like your best bet for a comfortable term will be either fictionkin or transcharacter. For fictionkin, you don’t need shifts to be one. This a common misconception, as all you need to be a fictionkin is to feel like you’re a fictional character(from my understanding, I’m not a fictionkin). For transcharacter, it can be used in a past-tense too. Meaning you can be transformed into that character already and you can still be transcharacter, that’s my understanding from trans-IDs philosophy. I hope this helps.