You thought a mermaid was a mythical being, right? It no longer is because a group of men and women are now ditching their normal human lives and resorting to a permanent life in the sea as real-life mermaids.
One of them, Caitlin, who is living out dream said she had always felt she was a mermaid.
She said: "I do feel like my tail is a part of me, and I do actually feel like it is a prosthetic limb." She literally sees her legs as a birth defect.
"When my tail is off I feel a little bit awkward. Suddenly I have legs and I don't know what to do with them. I feel extremely clumsy."
Another merperson, Ed identifies as asexual and prefers to be referred to as 'they' instead of 'he'.
Like Caitlin, Ed was inspired by the idea of becoming a merperson as a child, particularly after watching the Disney film The Thirteenth Year.
Merperson Tessie says she was inspired to become a mermaid ever since she attended a magical mermaid school in the exotic Philippines three years ago.
And once she slides her tail on and becomes Mermaid Essie, she claims her worries disappear and the magical feeling of invincibility and power arises.
Tessie, 24, said: "I have a lot of body insecurities, I think a lot of people do. When I am in my tail I don't feel insecure anymore. Because it suddenly doesn't matter what size I am because I am a mermaid and that is what people really focus on.
"When I take my tail off it almost feels like a piece of me has come off, that I am in a weird limbo. It's very vulnerable feeling. It is an odd feeling for sure."
Tessie adds, "I do always see myself being a mermaid forever."
Caitlin included: "Being a mermaid, I don't feel that I'm hiding anything I really do feel like I'm being the true me."
*Another case of being born in the wrong body.You know down here a mermaid is not entirely a mythical being. Pagan worshipers call her the queen of the coast or Ezenwanyi.
That is to say that people actually worship this demonic being. To them, she is no fiction but a reality.
One of them, Caitlin, who is living out dream said she had always felt she was a mermaid.
She said: "I do feel like my tail is a part of me, and I do actually feel like it is a prosthetic limb." She literally sees her legs as a birth defect.
"When my tail is off I feel a little bit awkward. Suddenly I have legs and I don't know what to do with them. I feel extremely clumsy."
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| Tessie |
Another merperson, Ed identifies as asexual and prefers to be referred to as 'they' instead of 'he'.
Like Caitlin, Ed was inspired by the idea of becoming a merperson as a child, particularly after watching the Disney film The Thirteenth Year.
Merperson Tessie says she was inspired to become a mermaid ever since she attended a magical mermaid school in the exotic Philippines three years ago.
And once she slides her tail on and becomes Mermaid Essie, she claims her worries disappear and the magical feeling of invincibility and power arises.
Tessie, 24, said: "I have a lot of body insecurities, I think a lot of people do. When I am in my tail I don't feel insecure anymore. Because it suddenly doesn't matter what size I am because I am a mermaid and that is what people really focus on.
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| Ed |
"When I take my tail off it almost feels like a piece of me has come off, that I am in a weird limbo. It's very vulnerable feeling. It is an odd feeling for sure."
Tessie adds, "I do always see myself being a mermaid forever."
Caitlin included: "Being a mermaid, I don't feel that I'm hiding anything I really do feel like I'm being the true me."
*Another case of being born in the wrong body.You know down here a mermaid is not entirely a mythical being. Pagan worshipers call her the queen of the coast or Ezenwanyi.
That is to say that people actually worship this demonic being. To them, she is no fiction but a reality.
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