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Does anyone else have phantom wings? >_>

I used to, at one point. (For those who care for description, they were your standard issue, feathery and white. You know the sort.) But then I kind of... stopped having them. To be more specific... I lost something about myself that created them. Call it faith, hope, pride, or whatever you will, but ever since I lost it, I've shut off notice to them.

And I wouldn't have even thought of starting this topic if my shoulderblades hadn't started to get funny prickly feelings when I read a post by Aegis in another forum. <_< I'm not sure what this means (Gaia made me rediscover my spirituality... just sounds too pathetically corny to even be believed) but I figured I'd post about it anyway.

Any similar experiences out there? Feel free to describe your wings, and what they might symbolize to you, as well.

XD I'm so sorry. I keep looking for the post that I read, and I can't find it now. ._. All I remember is thinking, 'Wow, that's really incongruous. I don't even identify much with this topic.' It was just really sudden and spontaneous.

Hm... my spiritual community isn't very large in real life, either. I mostly just have this one friend I tell everything like that to, and we haven't been talking a lot recently about that kind of stuff. So I guess Gaia is kind of a good supplement/replacement. ^^

See, with me... I used to be pretty much aware of my wings a lot, especially in school. Walking down the hall... I don't know if I can explain it, but something about walking the corridors made me get this feeling as though I just wanted to fly straight up through the ceiling, into the heavens, and never come back down again.

So part of the idea of phantom wings is tied, in my mind, to a kind of frustration at the physical world. The expression in it is so limited, and it makes things so easily distorted and misunderstood. And another part of that idea is virtue, selflessness, and compassion. I pretty much figured you had wings, for example, because I know you're an amazing person, even though I don't know much about you.

To be honest... I think that's why I felt them again when I saw your post. Lately, I've been tending to notice the negativity in people a lot. But to see someone who lives and speaks openly and with respect for the light of other people... that's a rare thing. Thus... the pricklies. XD Take it as a compliment. And I'm sorry if I embarrassed you. redface sweatdrop

XD I'm glad that you have been amused. Really, I read all these descriptions of other people's phantom wings - they're all colorful, or draconic, or they have more than one pair, and so on. It always made me feel sorta ...unoriginal! XD But it's not like any of us can help what they look like. That's just what they are. ... or, in my case, were. Whatever. You know what I mean. >.o

Naw, these wings aren't only angelic. They might look more like bat wings, or bird wings, or dragon wings. It all just depends.

Pride can be toxic, yes, but so can lots of other things. I have major faults dealing with self-esteem, and struggle greatly with depression and anxiety. And yet I still have the wings. 3nodding

I deal with the same thing, but mainly for self-esteem. But I have wings as well, though I tell practically no oen about them. They just are sort of there. I don't always feel them, but if I concentrate, I can see them. Mine are sort of a gold or silver, I think. I'm pretty sure they're just white wings tinted silver, though. Medium sized, nothing spectacular, but I love 'em all the same~ 4laugh I'm accually trying to find out how I can turn feeling them on and off. Anyone have any idea how to do that? O_o

I THINK mine might be slightly flecked with gold. Of course, that could have just been the lighting I saw them in. Mine are fairly small, I think.

Oh! Okay, turning them on and off. I don't know how I finally figured it out, and it doesn't work 100% yet, but I just concentrate. I close my eyes and picture the wings coming out of my back and spreading and stretching to feel them. Sometimes, I arch my back as well. To get the feeling to turn off, I imagine them kinda disapearing back into my body, then kinda flex my shoulder blades close together for about thirty seconds to help take away the residual tingling. I hope that is at least vaguely helpful. sweatdrop

my wings are like a raven's, they are black, and large...i usually can tell when they go in or out, but as far as traveling, i love them being there! mrgreen dramallama

The closest I can relate to this was a feeling I got the other day that I talked to Aegis about.

The only way it can be described was as if I was an angel. (I'm not!) That I had forgotten my wings, and couldn't fly. ><

>< Sounds interesting though.

Ive heard of other people having phantom tails or ears or other appendages, anyone got those?