The cases of Armenia and Georgia offer rich insights into the interactions between liminality, ontological security, and agency. The analysis shows that liminality can generate both reproductive and subversive agency; however, this agency does not operate in a vacuum. Interactions with significant Others can constrain agency, with recognition playing a pivotal role in sustaining one’s feeling of ontological security. While ontological anxiety may drive creative agency in order to adapt and overcome it, ontological insecurity is seen as a deeper and more paralysing state, when the Self’s continued existence is under threat. This study concludes with reflections on its contributions and avenues for further research, including regarding its engagement with the decolonial debate.