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Post by Thylae on Mar 12, 2008 16:52:25 GMT -5
I've noticed a few therians mentioning that their shifts are now deeper or more intense than they were originally (when they first started shifting). I want to know how many of you feel this way, and why you feel this is? Let's get a good discussion going here!
-Sekkada
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Post by slyfor on Mar 13, 2008 13:59:07 GMT -5
definitively, when i was younger, i barely noticed animal behavior, but now, its clearly recognizable as canine/vulpine behavior. not only my M shifts have gotten deeper, but my phantom shifts and dreamshifts have been effected too, though a lot of my dreamshifts are on the blurry side... in fact, my shifts have gotten so much deeper that im confused about whether i identify as a syntherian or a shifting therian, though im gonna wait with considering myself shifting when i have a full mental shift, which hopefully never is gonn happen  |
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Post by Equinuus-Felinity on Mar 14, 2008 10:56:34 GMT -5
I've definitely felt it.
I shift rarely, only every once in awhile when the situation strikes to right note with me, but when I do it is much more intense than I ever remember my shifts being when I was younger. I actually am beginning to think that as a child, I was a con-therian, but I sort of broke it by refusing to accept my therian sides (because no one in my life was accepting them).
I wonder, perhaps, if this change to deeper shifts could possibly be because we are now more aware of our therian sides than we were in the beginning, so we're not fighting them as much?
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Post by WinterWolf on Mar 14, 2008 11:10:42 GMT -5
I wonder, perhaps, if this change to deeper shifts could possibly be because we are now more aware of our therian sides than we were in the beginning, so we're not fighting them as much? I think that it sounds very true, what you say. But then, the reason for the shifts getting deeper could perhaps also be because we learn how to improve the shifts and how we handle the situations. Personally, I've experienced the shifts getting stronger, but that is something that makes it more difficult for me, I could handle it much better when the shifts wasn't so deep. |
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Post by Equinuus-Felinity on Mar 14, 2008 11:16:09 GMT -5
I think I agree with that as well, WinterWolf.
With more experience comes better understanding and the ability to lengthen and deepen shifts. Sounds true to me.
And I share your sentiments about deeper shifts being more difficult. My family is quite lucky that I haven't done something crazy and incriminating yet!
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Post by WinterWolf on Mar 14, 2008 11:21:05 GMT -5
I haven't really done anything crazy either, but I'm afraid I will, someday. And then, it seems like I find it more difficult to fully accept that I'm therian as my shifts get deeper. Two years ago or so, I didn't even know that what I am is called therian, but I accepted those very short and 'light' shifts as a part of me. Now as I am more aware of the shifts I get more confused...
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Post by Equinuus-Felinity on Mar 14, 2008 11:25:23 GMT -5
I know what you mean. It gets to ne a little much, and it's harder to believe.
The thought that I could just be insane and imagining all this about myself has crossed my mind many a time. And the deeper shifts get very frightening, since I have little or no control over what I'm doing.
I'm afraid I might hurt someone, something, or even myself one of these days during a shift, and it makes a part of me wish that I wasn't a therian after all.
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Post by WinterWolf on Mar 14, 2008 11:36:04 GMT -5
I don't really wish that I'm not therian, but I wish I could understand it and not be this confused as I am. As I look back, what I see only makes the confusion worse, because I'm not sure anymore that my theriotype is only grey wolf.
The deeper of my shifts is not so deep that I have no control of them, but they are certainly deeper than they used to be, and comes more often too.
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Post by slyfor on Mar 14, 2008 12:17:17 GMT -5
I don't really wish that I'm not therian, but I wish I could understand it and not be this confused as I am. quoted for truth, though i probably wouldnt mind living as a human either, thats impossible, so i would really want to discover more about my therioside, and learn to "get along" with it better |
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Post by Thylae on Mar 14, 2008 16:20:17 GMT -5
Nice point, Equinuus! I've often thought of the possibility that our shifts get deeper because we accept our therianthropy more. Of course, not knowing my theriotype, I can't exactly "accept" myself fully, if that makes any sense. Although, I CAN accept therianthropy. Okay I'm rambling... -Sekkada |
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Post by brighteyed on Apr 15, 2008 19:44:20 GMT -5
Noted in more detail maybe, deeper I'm not sure. I've noticed the frequency increase after accepting it and actively paying attention to it. As a kid though I did feel the odd shift (well from what I remember) there was one time I said to everyone "I feel my fur and whiskers, don't you see them?". That and feeling a little tail thats all I really remember from childhood and comparing to what I feel now/what detail I observe from my shifts now they are more in-depth as it were. I pay more attention to them whereas before the mildest ones would go unnoticed unless they were very much prominent and seemed to conflict with my physical body/recognised human behaviour (such as the incident where I just _had_ to find out if anyone else saw my fur or whiskers since they felt _that_ strong).
Perhaps there is something to this 'after acceptance' idea, then again it could just be that any little thing is payed with a more scrutinizing eye than what just felt natural and 'uninteresting' before and left alone. So to answer the initial question i guess the answer would be yes.
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Post by felgreywolf on Apr 30, 2008 7:44:18 GMT -5
I have found this out also. though for me, my circumstances are a little different. Lately i've been having a rough spot in life, and i discovered about a year ago that i was lucky enough to be able to induce my shifting at will. So lately, i've been shifted almost constantly... It helps me cope with the problems, getting lost in myself as a wolf. I embrace the shift. I just make sure that I am not around anything that i could hurt/damage/be seen so that i dont regret something i did while in shift. I know that it is more powerful for me because when emotion and stress overwhelm me i burn it away with a really long, powerful mental shift. So i think it has become deeper for me bacause of that. Sorry.. my ramblings.. |
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