Clinical Lycanthropy is a medical disease, psychiatric syndrome, in which a person believes that they are a wolf. The belief leads to a person taking on the personality and characteristics of the animal. Their mind creates the delusion, causing the person to believe they can change into a werewolf. Often, they enter into a hallucinogenic state where they believe they have changed into a wolf-creature. This change leads to aggression and in some cases, violent behavior. Modern physicians believe that Lycanthropes suffer from one and/or all the following diseases:
- Schizophrenia - Hysterical Neurosis - Manic Depressive Psychosis - Psychomotor Epilepsy Today, these individual conditions can and are commonly treated with a combination of therapy and medication. While I am not a psychologist, I can only share with you research I have found on the varying conditions related to clinical lycanthropy. In these cases, neurological conditions and cultural influences also affect the afflicted person. Neurological factors One important factor may be differences or changes in parts of the brain known to be involved in representing body shape (e.g., see proproception and body image). A neuroimaging study[5] of two people diagnosed with clinical lycanthropy showed that these areas display unusual activation, suggesting that when people report their bodies are changing shape, they may be genuinely perceiving those feelings. [Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clinical_lycanthropy] Recorded cases, 12, since 1974 at McClean Hospital in Belmont, MA shows that clinical lycanthropy still exists even the 20th century. [ Paul E. Keck, Harrison G. Pope, James I. Hudson, Susan L. McElroy and Aaron R. Kulick (1988). Lycanthropy: alive and well in the twentieth century. Psychological Medicine, 18, pp 113-120. doi:10.1017/S003329170000194X. ]
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
Bekah JuneBorn in Enid, Oklahoma this native Oklahoman now resides in the Metro of Oklahoma City. Patronizing her local arts district businesses and writing for The OKC Edge when she isn't traveling the South Central part of the U.S. lecturing on all things concerning the occult ArchivesCategories
All
|
Escape into Insanity | werewolves |