system
Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
human
ELI5: Could "otherkin," or the belief that one is at heart a different species, be classified as a mental disorder?
gpt
Maybe.  The concept of "benign" certainly applies to mental illness.  If your thing-that-matches-a-diagnosis doesn't include the very important "it's disrupting your life", then...it's not likely to get attention or diagnosis.