Thanks for sharing that, it was well written and interesting to read, and I hope to see more writings from you when you get the chance/time :).
"I suppose that I believed my body was simply a shell that the 'true me' had to deal with - now I understand that I am just as much my body as I am my mind, and the two 'divided cannot stand'."
*nods* I feel the same, because there was a point upon acknowledging my therianthropy when I felt my body was a "shell" encasing (if not 'imprisoning') my "true self" when in actuality I came to find out my 'true self' is mental, physical, and beyond that (soulistic, spiritual, if such exist). My body is myself, not in whole but certainly in part (and an important part at that), thus it's not a shell containing me. I also experience what you said about not being able to "see" yourself because you instead "feel" it--that's in large part how my therianthropy manifests, not through clear visuals of appearing this way or that, but through feeling, sensation, thought, and understanding with minor to no imagery.
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"I suppose that I believed my body was simply a shell that the 'true me' had to deal with - now I understand that I am just as much my body as I am my mind, and the two 'divided cannot stand'."
*nods* I feel the same, because there was a point upon acknowledging my therianthropy when I felt my body was a "shell" encasing (if not 'imprisoning') my "true self" when in actuality I came to find out my 'true self' is mental, physical, and beyond that (soulistic, spiritual, if such exist). My body is myself, not in whole but certainly in part (and an important part at that), thus it's not a shell containing me. I also experience what you said about not being able to "see" yourself because you instead "feel" it--that's in large part how my therianthropy manifests, not through clear visuals of appearing this way or that, but through feeling, sensation, thought, and understanding with minor to no imagery.