How to come out as a therian || [& why you shouldn't]

I strongly discourage you all to come out towards your parents, but if you Have/Want to.. I'm here to help..
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NOTE: I'll first give you a lecture why you shouldn't, but I'll also give advice on how to come out it if you really want to. I also wanna reinforce that while I discourage you to come out as a therian, I do eincourage you to express yourself as a therian!
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TIME TABLE:
00:00 - 00:12 Patreon screen & intro
00:12 Topic introducion
00:50 Why shouldn't you come out?
3:02 How to come out as a therian?
3:17 1. Think through, ask yourself
4:02 2. Prepare yourself, have a topic starter
4:39 3. Continue, take your time
4:54 4. Don't make them suspicious
5:39 5. Ask for Their opinion
5:48 6. Slowly encounter "I'm a therian"
6:27 RECAP
7:02 My story: how did I tell my parents?
8:21 I discourage coming out but I encourage expressing yourself!
9:15 Explaination of inactivity & outro
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Custom captions by mel_lazy thanks a lot!
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sigh
I seriously created a premade comment for the Thousands of comments I got 'PD, how do I come out as a therian', especially pointed towards parents.
But I guess it became time I actually made a video about it, no matter how much I did Not want to.
So many are found with that question, and without the proper help or advice they simply end up telling their parents and I saw that in many cases: this went wrong.
So no matter how much I wanna ignore it and tell them: just don't. And no matter how much I didn't wanna make this video, scared it'll encourage more than discourage..
I guess ignoring the issue or writing it off, does not make it go away. The youth of nowedays, but also adults, feel the need to tell others who they are. They often feel the need to come out. So I cannot prevent this happening anymore.
This is why I decided to finally create this video.
Just know, that I personally do Not encourage coming out as a therian, due this not being needed to be a therian and not improving a therians life in any way necessarily.
A gay person needs/wants to come out to be able to publicly be in relationship with the love of their life.
A transgender needs/wants to come out to be able to be who they are in the way they feel they are.
A therian.. hmm.. it's an internal personal identification as an animal and not necessarily a public action of any kind. Some therians like to wear tails and collars or be in packs, however this all can easily be blamed on other factors such as being a furry, liking taxidermy, liking the animal, roleplay, cosplay and so on and 'therian' isn't needed to be said anywhere. Besides that, there isn't much a therian does publicly or Has to do publicly in order to be a therian. Therefore telling your parents you're a therian usually doesn't improve yor life in any way or makes you able to do any other things than otherwise..
Coming out as a therian in most cases only brings negativity such as being thrown out of house, disowning, being made fun of, being called crazy or send to a mental hospital etc.
But if one Really wants to come out, or feels as if their parents would understand and accept and feel pretty safe telling them.. or if they Need to for one reason or another, I'm here to help. As that's part of 'the job'.
And then this video might help!
If you don't feel like watching the entire video please read those few quick tips:
1. Think through! How are they gonna react? What are you gonna do if they are negative about it? Do you really want to and is it worth the risk?
2. Take it slow. Take your time and never push. I took 2 weeks to explain it myself.
3. Don't make it sound super serious, don't make them suspicious. Don't go 'I have to tell you something.. i'm not crazy I swear!' as they'll make the click 'it's something bad'.
4. Occasionally ask them about Their opinion
5. Cancel if things go wrong and have a plan B. An escape.
6. Eventually drop the words therian/theriotype/therianthropy in your conversation and link this to yourself.
8. Negative? Accept. Positive? Accept too, don't push it on them.
I hope this helps!
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SONG CREDITS TO:
Sounds of Karugis By Eqoos
I got permission of owner/creator to use this song.
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WOOF!
PD