Mordax et al

draconic-discourse:

dovewithscales:

draconic-discourse:

elevengrackles:

therianfactts:

You get angry when people tell you that you aren’t the soul of a dragon trapped in a human body.

:O Oh deer. 

You sure you’re not just projecting your deep frustration with the non-existent otherkin? 

They’re obviously assuming I care enough to be angry. Oh, That’s rich. Also, simply because I’m getting bored of trying to explain things to you, @dovewithscales could you please tell them what the DSM V has to say about Otherkinity and delusions?

I find no end of amusement in humans believing they’re actually important enough for me to care whether they believe in me.

Honey, I deeply, profoundly, don’t give a fuck. I have no desire for your validation of my spirituality. If I was angry, you’d know.

But, since a request was made. Settle in and pay attention children. Dragon mom has a lesson for you.

The Diagnostic and Statistics Manual, or DSM, is the diagnostic text created by the American Psychiatric Association and used as the standard for psych treatment in the US.

in 1952 with the publication of the fourth edition of the DSM (DSM-IV), the section on “Identity Disorders” was reclassified “Identity Problems” because they were considered to be a minor consideration. On May 18th 2013, with the publication of the DSM-V the section was removed, because atypical identities (such as being otherkin) are now understood to be so common as to be considered normal, and are as a rule to be diagnostically insignificant.

The DSM-V also states that the diagnostic criteria for almost every mental illness includes that it must cause the individual distress and/or difficulty functioning in one or more major aspect of their life.

In layman’s terms, that means if a person is happy, able to support themselves, and has healthy interpersonal relationships, then generally speaking they are not mentally ill.

My belief that I am a dragon soul inhabiting a human body falls into the same category as the belief in reincarnation, transubstantiation, the afterlife, and divine presence.

My nature as a dragon is a central aspect of my religious practice, as a Hellene and servant of Hekate. It is not subject to anyone’s approval or validation.

I’ll finish off with a word from an expert:

“As regards the existence of [otherkin] communities, online or otherwise, where like-minded people join each other to exchange experiences and ideas on their affinity with animal or supernatural identities, I can only say that we cannot have enough of those groups. Human experience and behaviour is so diverse, and only so little of it tends to be presented as ‘normal’ in the media, that communities such as these should be embraced and encouraged by us all. In my area of expertise, i.e., psychotic disorders, it is well-known that some 10–15 percent of all people in the general population experience auditory hallucinations, and that close to a full 100 percent experience some sort of hallucination during their lives (i.e., auditory, visual, olfactory, or otherwise), but that only 1 percent are diagnosed as suffering from schizophrenia spectrum disorder.”
— Dr. Jan Dirk Blom, expert in clinical lycanthropy , “Understanding the Otherkin.” The Daily Dot, Feb. 22nd 2015.

Now if you’d like to disagree with the thousands of PhD’s behind the DSM and the APA, feel free to keep digging that hole.

Thank you very much Dragon Mom!
(and funnily enough, I used that exact same quote in my personal conversation with them)