Species dysforia

Type dysphoria - a type of dysfunction, sometimes with elements of dysmorphophobia, combined with the perception that a person's body is the wrong species. Earls and Lalumière (2009) describe this as "the feeling of being inside a wrong species" and "the desire to be an animal." In addition to psychological literature, this term is also found in terran and otherkin environments. Definition and symptoms The term "species dysfunction" is informally used in psychological literature to compare the experiences of some individuals to those present in a transgender environment. Otherkini and tania also use it to describe their own experiences.

In 2008, according to research, 46% of respondents identified furry fathers, responding positively to the question "Do you consider yourself less than 100%?"; and 41% chose a positive answer to the question "If you could be a man in 0%, would you?" These questions were specially designed to outline the similarities with sexual dysfunction, describing it as a "permanent discomfort" with the human body and the sense of imprisonment of "non-human species in the human body", which was confined to 24% and 29% respectively. / p>

The descriptions of people experiencing species dysfunction indicate that such people may even feel over-inflated, non-existent limbs such as phantom wings or claws. This dysforia includes feelings of being an animal or another being "imprisoned" in the human body, which distinguishes it from clinical lycanthropy, where the patient believes that he or she is actually transformed into an animal or has the ability to change that. Literature

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