WHAT ARE SHIFTS - All shifts EXPLAINED | Therianthropy

[@SapphireStudiosHEHE]

I once had a pretty impressive sensory shift. I could smell and sense the rain. It wasn’t even raining at the time. The only indicator of rain was the grey clouds covering the sky

[@Lezah_es]

That’s so cool omg :D

[@SapphireStudiosHEHE]

@@Lezah_es I guess my fox theriotype has a really good sense of smell :D

[@Icy_cevr]

Sooo cool I wish I could shift I don't even show my face

[@FrozEnbyWolf150-b9t]

This is actually quite common. The smell of rain is called petrichor, and humans can pick it up. This can occur even when it's not yet raining. Rain also brings in a low pressure front, which is detectable through somatic sensations. You might have heard of people with migraines, or older people with certain forms of arthritis, being sensitive to these pressure changes. Of course, I'm saying this as an alterhuman who is already quite sensitive to these things, so it's what I'd consider normal.

[@SapphireStudiosHEHE]

@@FrozEnbyWolf150-b9t rain smells good :D

[@voilocollective]

Remember folks, if you don't shift that doesn't mean you are not a therian

[@Icy_cevr]

??????

[@voilocollective]

@Breez-s8p many therians don't shift at all, or are always shifted

[@Zephyena]

It’s called contherian

[@SkyTheDragonPuppeter]

I might be a contherian, idk

[@Cloudymeows]

@@voilocollectiveno therians are shifted 24/7..

[@Cryogeniccrayon]

I recall my first shift, a phantom shift. I built off of that, and with a lot of research, am happy to be a cat therian. This video is very helpful, I love your content! And I'm glad you bring light to the fact you don't need to shift to be a therian, because often people will portray that the other way.

[@Prince_Paint]

My first shift was a phantom shift too! I’m a cross fox :)

[@PhantomandShadow]

Same my first phantom shift was a wolf

[@Wyta_TidalHound]

I used to think shifts were this big distinctive thing, but in reality they're usually a lot more subtle

[@user-d0g35]

I personally still think the first way most of the time... Not sure if I have them, especially phantom ones

[@DIEKDSE]

Like i cant control my Fox sounds . Even while buying groceries . To be that counts as shifting

[@faunthe-mz4st]

Shifting is such a validating aspect of therianthropy, and I am so happy for this video. It showed us what these occurrences were and that we should be proud of them.

[@taraseomalley8433]

I'm a phantom shifter, and that's my only shift. I always feel like I have fangs. Also, one time in the bathroom my shadow looked like it had cat ears

[@Prideslime12]

I thought that I didn’t get shifts but I now realize I get shifts almost every day. Videos I have seen of what shifts looked like made it seem like what was happening to me was not a shift, but it actually was. Thank you for explaining

[@Firefly_The_Foxx13]

YES I used to think I didn't shift too because I thought you just literally become your theriotype when you shift because of the "caught a shift on camera!!!!" Videos but now I realize that I actually have small mental and phantom shifts all the timeeeee

[@user-d0g35]

It's a little sad for me that there was no mention of the envisage (or self-image) shift. I cannot believe that this type is less known and less common than phantom shift :P (will update this comment in the future, wanna add info about this type of shift)

[@Firefly_The_Foxx13]

People need to know about cameo shifts i think becuase lots of people think that they have another theriotype becuase of one shift (i think i should say that people with multiple theriotypes are valid and im not trying to imply otherwise, just speaking from personal experience!)

[@FrozEnbyWolf150-b9t]

The dream shift is the dominant one for me, and it was what led to my awakening years ago. I'm a lucid dreamer, so I was aware it was a dream at the time I shifted into a werewolf. However, despite it being lucid, I couldn't just turn into whatever I wanted. I seemed to be limited to certain very specific forms, and my abilities were limited to those forms. For example, I can't fly very well unless I'm shifted into a dragon or chiropteran vampire. It's easier to cast spells and walk on the ceiling if I'm in kitsune form. It's easier to hide in the shadows if I'm a black cat. I might have assumed these were cameo shifts, except I already knew I was a shapeshifter, and I was conscious of these traits being existing parts of me. However, in dreams going back even further than that, I was a nanomorphic entity, which would be an AGI. It turns out that's also one of my kintypes, since I have a ton of things in common with the way AI is often portrayed in stories. All of these are technically mythical creatures, as in fictionkin, but fictional creatures are still based on real world animals and people. I mentioned this was years ago. I'm old enough to be considered a greymuzzle by the furry community. Apparently we're more likely to be therians, so that checks out.

[@c0okie.crumblr]

I dreamt today that i was running from a tall man with a hat and a purple outline. When i got close to a hiding spot i started running on all fours and jumping like there was no tomorrow. And the man got away. I think that's a sign, i just don't know of what

[@pinecone_pawz]

I think I had a shift, so I was on the couch watching YT shorts, wishing I had a significant other, when suddenly I felt strong urges to bare my teeth, bark and growl, curl my fingers like claws, and do quadrobics. When I did all these things together I felt right and I felt wild. I've been trying to discover if I am a therian and I would love your help.

[@clownfreakweirdo]

Thank you for the information about shifts, Thorn! They can actually be very fun! 🐺💫

[@itsRen_notRae]

yesterday and the day before I had a shadow shift and then looked back at my shadow and it was gone, idek what just happened and moved on. thx for clearing them up!

[@Gangster_Racoon333]

okay so a year ago i awoked as therian and i had some times that i saw a silhouet of my thereotypes and i tought i was going crazy but there is a logical reason now thanks for explaining! some of my thereotypes have a spyrital past life and some do not so i experience very diffrent shifts when i shift! annyways i really like wathing your videos Thorn!!! ( i absolutely am obsessed with the documentary you made😆)

[@Elegant.mellow]

I usually get shifty when im watching therianopthy videos, but not just quad videos, but more of yours :3 for example, I got a phantom shift while watching this

[@VocaloidPog]

We usually get different shif-types confused so thank you for this video :D

[@P1x130np4ws]

I was wondering what a cameo shift was before i didn't know what it was. Than i had a cameo shift and my friend told me i wasnt acting like my therio types

[@Hearts4_Maria]

I get phantom shifts pretty often almost daily, but I've got a question. I once expirienced something and I'm not quite sure if it was a phantom shift or something else. So I was doing some quads in my room and then I jumped on my bed. I sat there (I was sitting like a cat btw) and I was looking around. Then I looked down on my hands and I literally got confused for a second because I was sure that I was going to see *paws* and not *hands*. That was pretty confusing for me bc it was the first time I expirienced something like that. So was that a phantom shift or something else? It happened a while ago I think in April or May and I'm still so confused I wanna know what that was! (Sorry if my english is kinda strange, I'm trying my best bc english is not my first language)

[@TherianBoy250XX]

Earlier today I was out front practicing my quads but when I left I literally left on all fours and just pushed the door open and grabbed my phone with my mouth

[@JojoHutchinson]

i feel ears and a tail a lot

[@Zephyena]

Phantom shift

[@stikydakitty]

You've worked so much on all your videos. Thank you for spreading such good info

[@Luna_the_fluffy_fox]

9:14 idk but that happened once and i was like is that a shift or am i delulu. So thanks

[@plutopawzzz]

I experience a lot of phantom shifts especially with my ears 🦌🐾

[@Evoligirl]

I had a shift in school and I think huh why am I here where is the forest for a short moment I am a fox therian ❤

[@ЄвгенаКострич]

I just got a cameo phantom shift of some kind of bird and I thought „huh? New thereotype“ Now I know about them both. Tysm

[@dawnsnout]

This video is really helpful, thank you for reuploading

[@Snowy_Coyote]

Thanks for making informative videos like this! They are so helpful!

[@smalltrashgoblin5033]

Thank you for explaining this

[@Happyfrogsrobotics]

My first shift happened yesterday I was asleep and I had a dream. I was a black wolf running across the land when I woke up I had a little tingle down my spine must be a shift

[@WhosSocks]

I dont shift that often but when i do theyre always fun, thank you!

[@PhantomDawg99]

Thanks for making it clear that you don't have to have shifts to be a therian. Non-shifting therians are all still valid!

[@Mon_lEliatrope]

i have perception shifts a lot. sometimes I look in the mirror and I go like the 'wait what' meme because I don't see a dragon in the mirror😶‍🌫️. also I sometimes get shadow shifts, but during the day when the sun shines bright? so I kinda don't know if it's a shadow shift? like, I look at the ground and see my shadow with dragon wings then a second later they aren't there anymore (and I get sad 🥲)

[@EmilyMorrison-md6ul]

Fun fact if you look into a mirror for to long you will start to hallucinate

[@Midnight66900]

I remember that my ears would twitch or my head would move quick because I heard something that I would say to myself, "I have dog ears" because I can hear sudden movements. but idk if I'm a Therian or not because I grew up in a very religious household so idk myself completely, i never always felt human, tho I would call myself a "character" or an alien. I mostly say alien tho a lot because I don't understand normal human interactions like making friends etc but recently my persona is dog ears or a tail or just the whole dog persona.

[@Firefly_The_Foxx13]

I shift either like once every few weeks or every day lol

[@UrFavKandiKid]

Tbh I know physical shifts can’t actually be real but honestly something I wish it was :3

[@TikaaniRiver]

I was sad that i don’t get shifts but now I know what shifts are exists and i really had 56 shifts and one was not long ago

[@Richard.Loiseau]

This videos are really helpful❤

[@KoraM-w1l]

I get phantom shifts a lot I feel tails a lot though when I’m happy,(I’m direwolf and arctic fox therian)❤

[@Polaris_the.icewing]

Remember everyone, not all therians get shifts! Just because you dont get shifts doesn’t mean you're not a therian

[@korrafey1044]

Soo i have phantom and mental shifts sometimes apparently. They seem to be triggered by adrenaline or fatigue. I've no idea about theriotypes.

[@yurfavskzfan]

i watched this when i was first discovering, ty!

[@Always_Arlenn]

Boost! Thx for informing us, Thorn!

[@Moonkia_Octopus]

What does it mean if you had a dream you where wearing black cat paws (what i mean by black cat paws is like your wearing like furrsuit paws)

[@Moonkia_Octopus]

I think I get crazy dreams 0_o

[@Luna_the_Eurasian_Wolf]

Nothing

[@Moonkia_Octopus]

@Luna_the_Eurasian_Wolf thanks for the help :3

[@Maddie_On_Paw]

I recently had a dream shift when I dreamed of being in the woods and I put a wolf sticker on then I slowly turned into my theriotype a wolf I sa2 a tail and I was shocked I was so sad when I woke up😢 ( is it a dream shift?)

[@R3N_TH3_3M0]

my first shift was a deeam shift! wow thats really cool-

[@pinkender11]

Thank you for all the information!

[@Galaxy_7575]

Thank you for the information!!! Great video

[@sunset.sakura3335]

Thanks so much for this information!

[@torischannel5887]

It was doing quads then i took my tail off for a while but i felt it was there then turn our but it wasn't there

[@BBQ-rat]

I have the bi-location one a lot,I keep seeing a forest that is familiar and I feel like I’m there but still where I am,it creeps me out,also,can you make a vid on what to do when your shifty?

[@Maxie-kc8lx]

i had my first dream first dream shift two nights ago!

[@OmegaChickenNugget-u5q]

This was really helpful! Boosting!

[@PippaTheRat]

I am trying to do lots of research to find out if I am a therian. This channel is incredibly useful, and I am trying to watch basically all of your videos Thorn. But, if ANYONE has any websites or youtube channels or ANYTHING that I can go to, to find out more about therianthropy, please tell me :3

[@StrawberryWilliams-nq2js]

One time my cousin maybe had a shift but I am not sure what happened was she was doing quaddrobics in her yard and then she started to hear wolf's Howling from different Directions she tried to look for it but she couldn't find it And then she heard a car Honk and then it stopped we are not sure but we need Help figuring out if it was a shift or not

[@shelbym.6862]

I need help with shifting :/ Adult (24) wolf therian here. My only two phantom shifts happened in 2017 at the same time. I used to have mental shifts often as a teen, but now I rarely have em unless I am actively thinking about my wolf theriotype. I’ve had one envisage or shadow shift sometime between November-January. It was triggered voluntarily. I haven’t tried to trigger one since then. I’ve never had a sensory shift but I do dream shift kind of often?

[@kalico-wcueee-p7h]

Idk why but I LOVE a pretending to have an injured front leg or hind leg while doing quads cuz….idk? Is it something to do with my therianthropy cause I am still relatively new to the therian community/alterhuman community, ect, or is it just my own weird temptations?

[@LALNDJP]

I feel like I have Bi-location shift one day I was in my stepdad’s car and I just saw myself in the house as a cat

[@Imsocoquette_]

I mostly have phantom shifts, i had mental shift once

[@RavenTheWolf9]

Very informative! Thanks again for making such helpful videos, you're a true gift to the alterhuman community. /gen

[@sera_pawless]

Cameo shifts also sometimes happen to other heart or other alterhumans. Cuz we still identify as a human but for me I do experience shifts. But these mostly get triggered by sounds or things like that. Like I had phantom cameo shift ears. Just checking if this is true?

[@Ghost-the-soul]

I think I had something like a mental shift because I was behaving like my theriotype and I felt more like it which caused this behavior but I still knew what I was doing and I even got up a few times and the shift ended when I looked in the mirror and saw myself and not my theriotype and then I don't know if it was a shift if so please someone write it and if not please someone write it too

[@AuroraBorealis-s4x]

Are there some kind of half shifts or is this normal?: I had just recently one where I kind of had a mental shift, but there was still some kind of human left in me. So I had some kind of voice in my head that said, wow you are shifting and, I’m not even sure if that was a human thought or not…or if I just imagined the shift…

[@gaysilver-r7i]

Do day-dreams count as a dream shift?

[@Kkiittttyy.]

I need some help with something that I’ve been wondering and I feel like here would be a great place to ask. So basically on night I was just trying to go to sleep when suddenly I just saw all my surroundings as a forest and when I looked at myself I saw a gray cat with white paws and a white tail tip, it really felt like I was in the forest. Idk what kind of shift this would be or if it is a shift so some answers could be nice Side note: when this happened, I was listening to a playlist (I like listening to music while falling asleep) and the songs that I can kind of remember it happening were all kind of- cat like kind of??? It’s a bit hard to explain but if that helps then yea

[@GariOtaku]

this really helped out! thank zou

[@sunset.sakura3335]

Thanks so much for this information

[@jessicajoanis7329]

But I think we can agree we wish we could!

[@mozblii]

Ik it’s personal but I’m so confused rn, I have shifts, and just recently too! But I don’t identify as that being/animal?

[@Tired_Therian]

Shifts are (almost) always fun, I honestly feel a bit bad for theirans who don't experience them

[@PancakeArtPerson]

I don’t have shifts but according to my therain friend I might have had one I was watching a stray cat and then out of nowhere I went down on all four and started watching it Was it a shift?

[@CrystalDwelling]

most likely XD

[@Luzazure]

Idk if it's autism or sensory shift, or if i am aways shifting

[@MazikeenStarlight]

Sadly cant shift but this is cool to know!

[@fyrerainy]

Thanks for the info!

[@ConriWolf28]

Personally I rarely experience shifts. I usually get urges instead. This is still an interesting video though

[@Breeze_0xcy-Rijlony]

In which shift you Will at least some point i would have my theriotype's color vision or at least mixed with it's color vision and mine? (ask me if i need to be clearer)

[@Luna_the_Eurasian_Wolf]

Sensory shift

[@nono_Playlists]

Why am I scared of shifts

[@JulieMonias]

l was five years old when I shift to a black fox 🖤🩶🤍

[@blue_Creates]

Commenting to boost🐾💙

[@framesteal]

great info!

[@Phalacrocoraxaves]

I get so many phantom shifts

[@jaynematthews9702]

😊

[@dreamerwolf5255]

Not all alterhumans shift and that’s totally valid too!

[@CosmicCrystalwitch]

Thank you for the info 😊