Great question. I'll start by expanding what I mean. I see furry and being a boar to be an overlay like religion and other philosophies give people. A way of understanding that aids the person living to translate the objective reality into an understood reality... a way to reach into that part of one that builds reality from senses and the steps after that to build up to an understanding. The other way being a boar helps is it is a way of honoring myself and giving myself permission to enjoy living. It's a way of playing to engage the world better.

You point about emotions was unexpected. It helps me let emotions flow. I know this dynamic will change as my brain adapts to letting go of notions of who I thought I had to be and feel. I spent so much energy detaching and dissociating. I'm putting that into emotions and letting them flow.

Part of this is work to finally change from stopping at "What am I supposed to do? Have fun and enrich myself because I like it? That's for everyone else to their peril"--- (remember: I used to think dissociating and following the notion of who I must be was the only way to exist.) --- to pausing to check I've got time and energy to do things I enjoy and to enrich myself.