Surely you'd just feel an affinity for, and connection to, snails. I'm not sure you'd pick up all their dietary characteristics etc. For example, I am a wolf therian, but I don't get frequent cravings for raw red meat. Such things are based in the purely physical world and have nothing to do with therianthropy, contrary to the beliefs of a (lot of) (annoying) misguided teenagers.

Wha...? Since when were the terms 'Goth' and 'Vamp' interchangeable? One complies with the features of either one or the other, not both

You mean 'Vamps' ain't those mascara wearing, pale guys that believe themself to be the "Princes of the Night", too bad.

Do therians 'shift' at all (outside of workshifts that is)?
I mean even in a strictly psychological sense that sounds iffy.

If you are one, you'll know.  You'd have a deep connection to that animal.

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And Also, do all therians shift?

No.  Only most reportedly.

Oh, and let's not talk about Vampires, that's a subject for a whole series of threads, and could quickly lead to drama... All we need to know us that Vampires are normal people with a minor condition like us, and we are NOT at war with them.

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?????????my attention span of a gerbil can't understand......

Besides the deep connection, and i know there are topics on this, what else defines a therian, like, how would you know, besides knowing

That is the definition, LycanJayBoy. A Therian is a human with a nonhuman mentality - a nonhuman mind in a human body. Or, if you want to go deeper, as I think is warranted, the underlying processes, whatever they are, that generally produces that situation.

How do you know? Well, there are things about a person that doesn't make since in the usual worldview that suddenly makes complete since when they find out about Therians. It's the same kind of thing that defines a person as Human or as a member of their family.

I see the phrase often but I honestly don't know what "a deep connection to wolves and werewolves" means.

I don't imagine it makes any difference whether you realize what you are before or after knowledge of therianthropy. You could know about therianthropy and slowly come to the realization that it refers to you or someone might tell you about therianthropy and it will ring a bell, but it won't be an exercise in escapism. It'll be an honest recognition that therianthropy explains what's happening to you in your life.

I guess a person could still make a mistake.

Indeed.

Human mentality is primarily linguistic, political, and not very strongly mediated by instinctual factors.

Perhaps these questions could be better answered on a site specifically about Therianthropy?

English, please. It's for.. the others that can't understand you, not me, of course .

But I have another question, how do you 'feel' when you shift? As in, emotions, senses, understanding, and perception. Aswell as attention to details, of course.

(I'm asking because I've had a multitude of responses from different people, but they are, in some way, related. Except for one, his is slightly different because he's a coyote, as in, he doesn't feel wolfish, but mroe coyote-ish. )