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Post by torahanjyuu on Dec 16, 2007 15:59:31 GMT -5
I am very interested in getting some more information about Cameo Shifts. I under basically what they are, but clarification would be great!
I am suntherian (possibly contherian) tiger, but every once in a blue moon, I will "shift" into a completely different personality, different species, and (my bane) different gender.
It really caused me a lot of heartache when this other mentality would take over, because in addition to my species dysphoria, I would being to feel an extremely strong gender dysphoria, too! This really wasn't good, considering that I was in the process of moving to a different state to be near the girl who is now my fiance. I think I've learned to cope (mostly) with these feelings when they arise, but it would still be great to understand a little more clearly what is going on, and perhaps even why it's happening.
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Post by Sherlawk Dragon on Dec 19, 2007 17:34:50 GMT -5
I am very interested in getting some more information about Cameo Shifts. I under basically what they are, but clarification would be great! I have alot of experience with cameo-shifts, heh, I used to do it at will all the time (not so much anymore). There are a bunch of different definitions, explanations, and methods depending on what school you're in (some may even say it is completely impossible, as it does not fit in to their narrow view/explanation of therianthropy), but the basic definitions I would give you are: a) A shift into a species/type that is not one's theriotype b) A shift in which one's theriotype changes to something that isn't c) A shift into, or utilizing a totem animal d) A Shamanic shift when done by a therian utilizing the therian's abilities for shifting into their theriotype. Now, considering the fact that "cameo-shift" is another made up word to describe therianthropy, I can't say for certain that those will apply to everyone's definition, but they work with all of the ones I know. I have also only met a handful who do it or are capable or have done it or know how or whatever you want to say, as it's not that common of a thing, so there may be some outside of the realm of what I know. Ok, now that doesn't sound ANYTHING like a cameo-shift, or at least not one I've heard of. Yes, you do get a different species, and I suppose gender could be part of that, but a personality? That's unheard of. I've never heard of a case where someone shifted and literally became a different person. Maybe their personality or attitude changes a bit, maybe more in cameo shifts, but never do they say they "become someone else". Now, once again, it's a made up word, so the descriptions can vary, and that may be equatable to a Cameo-Shift, just not that I've heard of. If you would ask me, I would say I wouldn't count that as being a therianthopic thing at all, but (as people will know) I tend to be hesitant to connect things with therianthropy often, as most of the time I find, there are other, better explanations (this going along with my "behaviors not diagnosis" philosophy) What you would have to note is if you have different memories, different opinions, different feelings for others. What is different generally? Can you find any reason for it somewhere, perhaps in your mind? Are there other things that come with, or maybe there is something coming in the onset? What does it feel like when you are like that, or when you look back on it? If you answer those questions, it might help you to understand what you're dealing with.
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Post by torahanjyuu on Dec 24, 2007 8:02:57 GMT -5
Sorry I took so long in answering. Life has been crazy the last few days. LOL Hectic schedule at work up to the last day, last-minute shopping that just didn't work out, and a day full of baking yesterday! Ok, now that doesn't sound ANYTHING like a cameo-shift, or at least not one I've heard of. Yes, you do get a different species, and I suppose gender could be part of that, but a personality? That's unheard of. What I meant by a different personality, isn't a different personality in a multiple personalities disorder thing, or anything like that. But rather, it's a whole new way of thinking. Like putting on a pair of funny glasses that changes the way the whole world looks. That's what it's like for me when this other whateveritis takes over. What you would have to note is if you have different memories, different opinions, different feelings for others. What is different generally? Can you find any reason for it somewhere, perhaps in your mind? Are there other things that come with, or maybe there is something coming in the onset? What does it feel like when you are like that, or when you look back on it? First, I think I need to note what the shift is. This will make it easier for me to describe it. Being suntherian, I am always my tiger self; I have chosen "Kaelan" as a name for myself, just as I have chosen "Rhean" as a name for this other thing. Rhean is a hybrid: 90% horse, and 10% tiger. The tiger is because she still partially represents me -- she's not a completely foreign influence like a totem or Shamanic "whatever". I have all the same memories with her, and at times she will even interact with the Kaelan me in my mind about the world (making snide remarks in my head about something I've seen or have been thinking about). When she takes over, though, it is the exclusion of Kaelan -- the tables are not reversed, as Kaelan usually has little to no say about anything. I hope that helps. Over on another site, they're chalking it up to polytherianism, but with a disclaimer to be certain of it before I go claiming it as that.
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Post by wowposter on Nov 14, 2008 10:59:36 GMT -5
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Post by mizuki on May 4, 2013 0:04:14 GMT -5
Hi, I happened to be browsing for more info on cameo shifts as well, and although I tened to be a bit of a lurker on various sites, everything that you're describing sounds a lot like what I experienced last year. It happened a few months after my stepmother and brother turned on me (I confided in them, my.stepmom swore not to tell dad, told him anyway, he confronted me while I was extremely ill physically with a "stomach flu" and they took measures to put me in a mental institution that same night, I made a slight act of resistance by texting my bf what was going on, and they dragged me back home. needless to say, I got my ass out of there, to somewhere where I'd be safe, then after I recovered from my illness, this thing similar to what you describe showed up.
In my case though, the other part of me was my former "unawakened" self who I referred to as Audreanna. I picked up the nickname Zuki a while before fully awakening, but I was a totally different person in terms of the way I viewed the world back then, and it was essentially a clash between two sides of myself. Audreanna was rather unpleasant overall : she was biting, b****y as hell, defensive, icy and felt only wrath and sorrow, or nothing at all, like a robot. Ah was focused on only one thing - day to day survival, and repressed all therianthropic traits/urges, claiming that she wasn't therian at all.
At the time, I felt like I was being torn apart from the inside out and I worked constantly to subdue and control Audreanna. My bf was on the receiving end of most of her "attacks" while I was kind of locked inside my head, able to.watch and hear the words coming out of my mouth, but only occasionally able to actually stop her, and usually only with my bf's help, who seemed to have a similar experience with an entity we called Bakjido. (Saurian for Werefox. interestingly enough, I dreamed of Bakjido in my first dream shift that I was fully aware of. Perhaps it was a warning from the astral?) needless to say, Audreanna and Bakjido were similar creatures, and so they often surfaced if the other did, causing many an argument. I think that they were born of the tramua in our lives, specifically the incident I mentioned above, because of how it affected both of our therianthropy. I thought of them as personality fragments.
So perhaps you have some difficult experiences in your life, or some powerful unresolved feelings that created this situation? I can tell you that once you pinpoint the core issue of the personality fragment, it will be "reassimilated" so to speak, at least that's what happened with me.
TL;DR: I've had the same thing, it will either go away as soon as you take care of the issue, or if it's a "strong" fragment, as mine was, and you can't fight it, to can take you over and destroy your "true self" if you allow it to.
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