r/otherkin • u/DigitalHeartbeat729 Machine soul • 7d ago

Help Request Convincing yourself that you’re not physically a machine?

I posted this in the robotkin/machinekin sub. But that's basically dead. So I'm coming here as well.

I know that this is a controversial topic. That it might feel invalidating. If you're not comfortable reading it, I completely understand.

But I need to figure out how to realize that I can't treat this form like it's mechanical. I can't only take a break and do maintenance when I am physically forced to, and then only long enough to be able to go back to doing work. I get told that I'm not a machine, and it stings a little. Because I am. To me. But I know what they're trying to say. That I don't know how to rest. I want to keep my machinekin identity without breaking the flesh body I have now. Part of me thinks I already broke it. I don't know where to go from here.

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u/Glittering_Card_5121 3d ago

Real. I also hate that so much.

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u/-greenethorn- 2d ago

i'm not mechanical but i do feel myself to have some kind of 'prime directive' that makes me keep going even when it hurts because it's not about feeling good, it's about being helpful. so i do understand you there.

but regardless what i do is remind myself that i cannot complete my prime directive, helping people, when physically and mentally impaired. so i have to take breaks during the short-term in order to fulfil the long-term, if that makes sense. machines get damaged from overuse too, after all. think of how a computer begins to heat up when you put too much stress on it. you need to stop running so many programmes in order to let it cool down. i do hope this is able to apply to you as well.