What’s a Copinglink, you may ask? Well.

A copinglink is  consciously created coping mechanism which centers around knowingly, willingly, and actively identifying as (or in some cases, with) the user’s choice of a non-human (or fictional identity, in my case).

**** No, it’s not a delusion.
We don’t believe to actually have the body of a nonhuman/animal, or to exist as a fictional character in that universe. We know we’re not “really” them. If I thought I was physically an animal/nonhuman, or thought that I was a fictional character still living in whatever fictional world/universe, that would probably be unhealthy. But that’s not what this is.****