Am I considered a therian or is there a more fitting term?
I am definitely not a therian by the most common definition of "being an animal trapped inside a human body" or something like that. I'm definitely a human and want to be a human, but from my early childhood I have identified myself with cats and I have mimicked some of their behaviour. For example, I really enjoy drinking from bowls using my tongue, like cats do(why aren't human tongues like theirs?😭). I like small dark places. I really love being scratched(hope it's the correct word) around my neck and ears like cats, sometimes I like to play with ropes and balls like cats and many other small things. I also just generally really love cats and everything connected with cats.
The reasons I got an idea that it's therianthropy- it's mostly involuntary, it's from the childhood, it has never dissapeared, normal people usually don't do/enjoy things I do and they are too unusual to connect to neurodivergence.
So my question is- is this phenomenon still considered a therian or is it something different I just don't know about? I like being really really precise, especially when talking about who I am.
Thanks everyone🧡