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draconickin asked: How do you cope with your identity as a Swan therian? Have you told anyone outside the internet? If so, how did it go?

Well, I cope about as well as anyone can, I guess~ I try to make my room into as much of a safe as it can be, by having a nest, surrounded by pictures of swans, plushies, etc. And I try to give my self “outdoor time”, and I try to see swans when I can. I still experience pain, emotionally and physically. But, also I’m quite happy in life. It’s difficult to describe: I believe I really am happy in life, but also I experience strong times of hurting. But, I definitely won’t say I’m depressed, or anything like that. Sad and frustrated sometimes, but not depressed.

I have told a lot of people! Friends offline (but, I also met them online first, so, does it count?), my parents know (hard for them not to know, I have been talking about being a bird since I was very young, and they accept it and they are fine with it the same way that they accept that I am autistic, and support me - I think they even believe me, or, my mother does anyway), and one time I mentioned it to someone in my hang gliding class, he thought it was weird but also accepted me, he said “everyone’s a little weird”, so, I thought that went well~