http://www.werewolves.com/a-case-of-lycanthropy/ werewolf, werewolves and lycans Sun, 12 Feb 2012 01:20:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.werewolves.com/a-case-of-lycanthropy/comment-page-1/#comment-10554 Jimi Thu, 05 Jan 2012 07:58:58 +0000 http://www.werewolves.com/?p=204#comment-10554 I have schizophrenia and i've also had experiences professionals have likened to lycanthropy. Basically, I felt so dehumanized by social isolation and persecutory delusions that I started feeling less than human, capable of only attending to and possessing life-essential needs (food,water,sleep). I began to proclaim that I was a monkey and imitated one. I did not truly believe that I was a monkey deep-down, only that I was somehow living on a more primal, basic level than other people around me. I took on the role of a monkey out of desperation to communicate my deprivation of more advanced human needs. Of course, it makes alot more sense to me now than it did at the time. I have schizophrenia and i’ve also had experiences professionals have likened to lycanthropy. Basically, I felt so dehumanized by social isolation and persecutory delusions that I started feeling less than human, capable of only attending to and possessing life-essential needs (food,water,sleep). I began to proclaim that I was a monkey and imitated one. I did not truly believe that I was a monkey deep-down, only that I was somehow living on a more primal, basic level than other people around me. I took on the role of a monkey out of desperation to communicate my deprivation of more advanced human needs. Of course, it makes alot more sense to me now than it did at the time.

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