Is it normal to feel "raised" by animals?

(Just to clarify, I did NOT grow up with animals as my only source of care. Pretty far from it if you ask me.)

When I was little, both of my parents worked busy jobs. My dad was gone all day and my mom was gone all night. To keep myself entertained, I'd watch my dog, play with my stuffed animals, (And my sister) and watch anything that had to do with animals. I would consider this a big source of my education, being that my school at the time was failing in that category.

The side effects to such a childhood? I began acting like an animal and mimicking what I saw wild creatures do. I wasn't messing around, I was doing it seriously and thought it was normal. I would shake my meat to make sure it was "Dead" and didn't really like eating around other people. If I could sneak my food somewhere, I would. I often buried my food to save for later and look for it when I was hungry.

(To save some reading, I'll put the rest in points)

* Refused to eat any meat that was well done and always wanted it as close to raw as possible.

* In third grade I constantly craved raw fish.

* I often tried to use the bathroom in the backyard.

* I hissed, spat, scratched, and growled to play fight.

* I would have rather walked on all fours than two legs.

* I would chew on grass and try to eat small bugs.

* I felt a strong connection to animals, and turned to them for comfort.

* Whatever my dog was afraid of, I was afraid of.

* Whenever I was injured, I'd lick the blood away and put plants on the injury to help heal it.

* When I got older, I tried to attack small animals like birds and rodents.

* Instead of playing dress up, my sister and I fantasized about hunting rabbits.

* I would often groom my stuffed animals as I saw the mother animals groom their offspring on television.

* I always knew to "Go for the neck."

* I looked up to dogs more than I did humans.

* I pulled my sister's arm out of socket re-enacting The Lion King 2.

Please comment and be helpful, thanks! :)

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Comments ( 19 )
  • Crusades

    This is pretty disturbing.

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    • Dragonista

      Thank you for your input.

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  • Aliceee93

    I was raised by cows.
    Mooooooooooooo.

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    • Tommythecat.

      Meowooooooooo

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      • Aliceee93

        Meeeeeeeemoooooo

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    • Dragonista

      Isn't that special.

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      • Aliceee93

        Indeeeeeeed

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  • ViolenceAgainstTheState

    Humans are animals, though. Most of us are brought up by animal parents who are human. Even those brought up by wolves. The only ones of us not brought up by animals were those brought up by plants (those lucky chlorophyll bastards) and Chelsea Clinton (that lucky chlorophyll bastard).

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  • thegypsysailor

    And now you are a well adjusted adult? Kinda need an answer to this before commenting.

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    • Dragonista

      I'm fine, I do have odd habits that no one around me has, and a unique fighting style. Besides some emotional issues, I think I'm doing well.

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      • thegypsysailor

        Sounds like you have things well in hand, other than the fighting thing, so I've little to say.

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  • college

    Technically everyone is raise by animals (a human is an animal). It sounds like you had a fascination with animals and therefore mimicked a lot of different behaviors of different animals. However, with two working parents, schooling, a sibling, you've had a lot of human influence suggesting that you were far from a feral child.

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    • Dragonista

      Thank you for commenting! I was not suggesting I was feral, but I should have made it clearer.

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  • robbieforgotpw

    I grew up taking dumps in my drawers and was rewarded for doing so

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  • arkbot

    Have you grown anything other than human parts?

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  • ballchan

    one thing for sure,

    you are the type that won't get a damn guilt
    after having sex with a dog.

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  • cheesemeup

    So now you like eating the meat of the species your guardians were? Did you eat your 'parents'? :p

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  • SkullsNRoses

    At what age did this behaviour end? I think the grass/insect eating, blood licking, all-fours walking, growling and looking up to animals is fairly normal for a primary school age child, but the rest of it is pretty odd. Did your parents ever express concern or did they just let you get on with it?

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  • CozmoWank

    As for myself, I was raised by neighborhood dogs. I used to lay around licking my balls until I was about 14... then I found I could get someone to do it for me.

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