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Beach Video of Woman's 'Therianthropic Mental Shift' Goes Viral

A video of a woman on a beach crawling on all fours, wagging and behaving like an animal went viral after she described the episode as a "therianthropic mental shift," the term self-described therians use for a temporary animal identity. Psychologists attribute the behaviour to identity play, online community belonging and the dopamine of going viral, not to any species change. The clip has drawn millions of views and split reactions between ridicule and defence of the subculture.

Source: Beach Video of Woman's 'Therianthropic Mental Shift' Goes Viral — Bored Panda

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