basket case of a werewolf

[Anubis]

ok, you know waking up as a werewolf in the middle of the night is enouf to rattle anyone's cage. theres a lot a ways for a person to go crazy that way. for example lets say that a dude is taught that werewolves are evil all his life only to wake up as one. thinking that he is evil. he could self mutalate him self (cut him self) or comint suisde and fail due to his werewolf regeneritive abilites.
or the fact that he is stuck in two plains human world and the wolf world
and he thinks both like a human and a wolf could bring on a massive case of skysofrinia ( if you know how to spell it, tell me) or a bad case of identity crisis. not being sure of who or what you are is enouf to send any one to the funny farm.

[WolvenOne]

Well a bad case of flea's might do it... or having a pack-full of Peta members.

[Anubis]

Well a bad case of flea's might do it... or having a pack-full of Peta members.

lol, hey thats pretty funny!!

[WolvenOne]

I aim to please. ;)

[Vilkacis]

skysofrinia ( if you know how to spell it, tell me)

I'm assuming you mean 'schizophrenia'?

-- Vilkacis

[Scott Gardener]

The psychiatry of shapeshifting is in my opinion heavily underestimated in most movies. Simply put, most werewolves should be basket-cases, just by sheer culture shock. This is especially so if we follow the formula of the first shapeshift being horrendously painful.

Post-traumatic stress disorder--the same thing as "shell shock" experienced by soldiers in war--happens when one suffers an overwhelmingly catastrophic event. I almost expect this to happen to someone getting lycanthropy, unless he or she is someone like us who specifically wants the thing. And even then, unless it was fairly close to what we daydream about, it would still screw over our heads, too.

PTSD resembles basic depression and generalized anxiety disorder--emotional detachment, loss of interest in day to day events, and a persistant sense of anxiety. But, it also features phobias relating to the specific event, plus sleep disturbances and nightmares, as well as repression of memory, punctuated by periodic flashbacks.

The Howling was one of the few movies to get it right, having Karen White suffering from significant emotional problems just after seeing a werewolf shifting once. The event was so horrific that her mind blocked memory of the event.

Now, turning into one, that's going to take a lot more than a call to Frasier Craine's radio show.

[Doruk Golcu]

Maybe that is why most werewolves we see are slavering rabid beasts? They can't mentally handle the change!

[Wolfhanyou]

Maybe that is why most werewolves we see are slavering rabid beasts? They can't mentally handle the change!

Possiably. So do their human selves shut down to block out what's happening to them and left the wolfish side take over? That would explain why in the old "Wolfman" movies the person couldn't remember what happened the night before.

But that still shouldn't making them into murdering monsters. Wolves usually run and hide at the sight of humans due to generations of persecution from the human race.

[Silverclaw]

Yeah, turn an already mentally unstable person into a werewolf, you'll get plenty of mayham. They may freak out and go on a killing spree. It would be the human side that causes trouble though. They would feel wolf instincts and their own emotions; do things that they later blame the wolf side for. Proably would be a confusing time for them. Though, luckily, I would think werewolves would avoid bitting anybody nutty
Then again, some WWs may enjoy the power they have and want to go out and kill.

[Figarou]

Though, luckily, I would think werewolves would avoid bitting anybody nutty

To late!!!

[Silverclaw]

Oh no!!! What have they done?!!!!

[Anubis]

i can already see the head lines "rubber ducky throwing werewolf terrerises town" ahhhhh run for your lives!!!!