Hi everyone! I'm a new member and I want to ask if I am a werewolf. I'm way hairier than any one else i know, when you touch my arms or legs they feel furry! I love dogs, and no dog has ever harmed me in the slightest. I love meat, I love it more than anything in the world. I've lately been wanting to eat raw meat, but i can't. My mum never buys raw meat, but ready-cooked meat. And where I am raw meat is never on the menu, ever. It's frustrating. And all the time I feel like something inside me is trying to get out. and on the full moon I feel like it is being let out. Then I wake up in the morning with my hands and feet dirty even though they were clean when I went to bed. This only happens on every full moon. I keep suddenly without warning dropping down on all fours and running to places. Even when my fingernails(and toenails)have just been cut, they are super sharp. I was playing with my friend when I accidentally scratched her finger, then her finger started bleeding. She said it had been very painful. And the scar is still there! I've also began to lick myself, I can't stop! Am I a werewolf?

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"Wanking" is on Wikipedia?!?!

I'm a girl SherlawkDragon! I'm not a boy! And I swear all that I said is true. I even have sharp teeth! It's scary. As a condition I only have two incisors. But the rest of my teeth, even the molars, are sharp. I'm not lying! I swear it's true! Instead of being flat, the sides of my molars curve up and they are like two canines connected together at the bottom. They're seriously sharp. I strip all my meat (like spare ribs, drumsticks..etc) completely clean and even then I search the whole bone for more meat. I LOVE IT!!!!

Hey SherlawkDragon are you even a werewolf? If you're so smart, why don't you ask me questions to see if I'm a werewolf? And you're so dumb, when you're a girl you are born with your ovaries fully developed duh. And I wish that werewolf "teenlycan" would start posting again. If anyone knows him please ask him to start posting because I'd rather ask and get advice from HIM. And I have all the things that's happening to me that happened to him. And if I remember, never mind.

Hey shadowfox! Will you be my friend? What you said up there? That's me too except I'm not afraid of bugs at all and I am dying to try rare meat. Except that one day a giant creepy red and beetle just appeared on my arm and I started screaming. I'm not usually screamish of them and even keep them (the small ones) as pets but it was scary. I think I might be a werewolf too. I'm really hairy and just love meat! Any meat I just don't care. I ate 3 spare ribs yesterday and kept going. All my teeth are sharp except for about 6 of them. I've loved wolves for as long as I can remember. I love making little 'dens' and sleeping on them. I keep trying to sleep on the floor at night because I love to. But I always wke up to find that my mum has dumped me into my bed. I growl when i'm angry and every day i want to howl. I love my mum stroking my hair. I'm very social and wake up a lot during the night. I can hear electricity too and I could smell meat from another building. I know because when I went there, there was meat! Please be my friend, I'm kind of new too and everyone one else has been mean and rude to me. By the way, are you a boy or a girl and how old are you? I'll tell you more later.

Hanwolf wrote:

Hey shadowfox! Will you be my friend? What you said up there? That's me too except I'm not afraid of bugs at all and I am dying to try rare meat. Except that one day a giant creepy red and beetle just appeared on my arm and I started screaming. I'm not usually screamish of them and even keep them (the small ones) as pets but it was scary. I think I might be a werewolf too. I'm really hairy and just love meat! Any meat I just don't care. I ate 3 spare ribs yesterday and kept going. All my teeth are sharp except for about 6 of them. I've loved wolves for as long as I can remember. I love making little 'dens' and sleeping on them. I keep trying to sleep on the floor at night because I love to. But I always wke up to find that my mum has dumped me into my bed. I growl when i'm angry and every day i want to howl. I love my mum stroking my hair. I'm very social and wake up a lot during the night. I can hear electricity too and I could smell meat from another building. I know because when I went there, there was meat! Please be my friend, I'm kind of new too and everyone one else has been mean and rude to me. By the way, are you a boy or a girl and how old are you? I'll tell you more later.

Hey Hanwolf! Hope you're well. I think you might of misunderstood what others were saying. They haven't meant to be offensive in anyway, it's just that a lot of people do jump to the conclusion of being a 'werewolf' without really considering other potential routes. A lot of the features you've mentioned appear to be that of an archetypal (if thats a word lol) image of what a 'werewolf' is. There are people on the forum with several different beliefs and personal ideas on what a 'werewolf' is.  So by asking if you're a werewolf and giving traits such as the one you've listed, it does give the impression of the stereotypical 'horror movie' werewolf...which is as it says...a movie...not real.
I'd advise taking a look around the Therianthropy forum and seeing what others have to say, and check out the Therian FAQ too, that helped me a lot. Also try to think of other reasons for the traits and behaviours you mentioned earlier...it COULD be what you see a being a 'werewolf', it could be psychological reasons in some cases, it could be biological in others...take some time to think things through yourself first before jumping to any conclusions.

I hope I've made some sense, and double hope I haven't cause any offense. Feel free to contact me via the email (to the left below my picci ^_^) if you'd like any help searching around. Best of luck!

I can understand that, I do enjoy a good walk in the woods...and tend to do it a lot (I have woods near my house luckily! Yay!). I wouldn't say 'choked up' for me though personally, although I do know that some people do have some strong connection to the wilderness of sorts...in your case the forest/wood.
I think its a matter of self evaluation, to discover things for yourself. You're definately correct in the fact that 'Its a hard thing to explain in words.' I found it very difficult to describe why I felt like I was, it took a lot of personal thinking time, and a lot of reflection...asking myself questions in order for me to really realise I was a Therian, I came to this site asking similar questions to both you and Hanwolf...but in the end it was up to me to determine how I felt.

As I'm an 'outsider' to your feelings, I think it'd be a bad idea for me to try and interpret your feelings and traits you've both listed. I can't answer a question very well unless I fully understand the situation, all factors involved and whatnot...which is kinda impossible. Unless I was psychic (hmm...theres an idea...I'll learn to become psychic...although I don't think its something I can really 'learn' lol) As I mentioned earlier I'd recommend having an exploration  of the Therianthropy forum, by all means have a look at the topic I made a while back...I think it's called 'Your Personal Opinions...' it shouldn't be too far down.

I wish you both the best in your searches, I hope the Cafe can provide you with what you need. By all means feel free to email me if you want help with anything, I'll do my best to help! ^_^ The offer extends to you too shadowfox! Best of luck !

Side note@ shadowfox: I hate bugs too! Bleah! XD

Hanwolf wrote:

Hey shadowfox! Will you be my friend? What you said up there? That's me too except I'm not afraid of bugs at all and I am dying to try rare meat. Except that one day a giant creepy red and beetle just appeared on my arm and I started screaming. I'm not usually screamish of them and even keep them (the small ones) as pets but it was scary. I think I might be a werewolf too. I'm really hairy and just love meat! Any meat I just don't care. I ate 3 spare ribs yesterday and kept going. All my teeth are sharp except for about 6 of them. I've loved wolves for as long as I can remember. I love making little 'dens' and sleeping on them. I keep trying to sleep on the floor at night because I love to. But I always wke up to find that my mum has dumped me into my bed. I growl when i'm angry and every day i want to howl. I love my mum stroking my hair. I'm very social and wake up a lot during the night. I can hear electricity too and I could smell meat from another building. I know because when I went there, there was meat! Please be my friend, I'm kind of new too and everyone one else has been mean and rude to me. By the way, are you a boy or a girl and how old are you? I'll tell you more later.

What do you feel inside? Like forget all the behaviors and just clear your mind. For me, when i stare into the woods i feel like an overpowering feeling of "this is where im suppose to be." (sorry, "choked up" was a bit strong of an expression) I can feel the 'wolf within', as its been said around here, and it just feels right.

(i editted the post above to address the older members)

Last edited by shadowfox (2009-06-30 19:29:57)

Gah, flooded with posts while I spent a day making one again! >!<

TheGremlin wrote:

Hey Hanwolf! Hope you're well. I think you might of misunderstood what others were saying. They haven't meant to be offensive in anyway, it's just that a lot of people do jump to the conclusion of being a 'werewolf' without really considering other potential routes.

Actually, while that was true, I did mean to be slightly offensive, partially because what he's asking is answered in alot of places, and also because I think he's trolling.  Go read his first post here.
The rest of what you said is good advice by the way.

shadowfox wrote:

Would that be directed at me also, sans the offense part? It's not just the superficial things i feel and do that make me think this way. Its just something inside. When i see a forest i just get...choked up i guess. Things like that. Its a hard thing to explain in words.

Yes.  While, as I said, much of what you said could be related, what's more important is how you feel mentally.
By the way, there are other people in the therian community with the name "Shadow Fox", so you might want to change it...

Yes, there is a good deal of common things which may or may not be related.  What I'm particularly interested in is that "affinity with wolves" you mentioned, can you elaborate?

I guess i would say that they just register with me differently than any other animals. Seeing a wolf or thinking of one just makes something inside me step back and reflect. Its another one of those hard to explain feelings.

And completely off subject: Here's something you can try for fun, draw a paw print on your palm, all filled in and whatnot, and just have it there for a day. Its a real...good feeling seeing it.

Last edited by shadowfox (2009-07-01 16:35:08)

I'd draw a pawprint on my hand...but I'm usually around a lot of people most days...eventually someone would notice...my parents would think I'm a bit nuts, my friends would see it as slightly odd but shrug it off. Plus I'd end up making a botch up job of it!

Going somewhat back to the topic. The big 'problem' with seeking advice from others (even if they are Therians themselves) is that a lot of things that could be associated with Therianthropy are subjective experiences. They can't be observed or fully understtod by anyone but the person going through those experiences. It's always useful to know what other people hav experienced when they 'awakened' or had a feeling they were a Therian, as it can help you along the way, or not if its the case. In the end though, its up to the person themself to really figure it out, after all who else can tell you how you feel inside but yourself? (if that makes sense)
It doesn't require a 'long journey of soul searching' or anything like that either in my opinion. Just some self reflection, and recognising the difference between what you WANT to be and what you actually are. There's nothing wrong with being a Therian, and theres nothing wrong to not be a Therian...whichever you are, it doesn't matter all in all...you're yourself regardless!

Wow...that was a nit 'wishy washy' for my usual blabberings. Does it actually make any sense? I blame my lack of sleep last night if it doesn't! ;lol:

Thats very true, so I guess asking people and other Therians in particular does help a great deal. It can help you determine that difference as you mentioned above. The actual answer to the question 'Am I a Therian?' however, is down to the person themse;f. When I first poked my nose into these forums, I decided to put forward a lot of experiences and whatnot I'd been having myself, in hopes of geting some advice on what exactly Therianthropy was, and then wanted to figure out from that whether or not I was/wasn't a Therian. I was terrified of sounding like someone who'd just watched one too many werewolf film and had that stereotype of a werewolf in their head, and wanted to be like that. If that makes sense.

I found that the people here, and the pieces that others have wrote both on here and searching the web were really useful! (some on the web anyway)

Is there any books on Therianthropy? I'd really love to have a source on it that ISN'T web-based.

You said snazzy! I love you! XD

I can understand whatcha mean, I can't say I've experienced any shifting (well, not anything that I can recall anyway!) nor projection and whatnot. I have had the odd dream, being this wolf in a dream, and it'll just happen every so often. Although I too haven't eperienced some of the aspects that can be associated with Therianthropy, I still believe that I am a Therian.