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S: (n) schizophrenia, schizophrenic disorder, schizophrenic psychosis, dementia praecox (any of several psychotic disorders characterized by distortions of reality and disturbances of thought and language and withdrawal from social contact)
Originally posted by Pellevoisin
I knew a woman who believed she had been bitten by a werewolf. Every full moon she would go through an elaborate ceremony and have herself locked in an iron cage she had bought from a zoo that was closing. She could tell such fascinating tales of her journeys around the world, and on any normal day would just be another grannie at the market.
Originally posted by muzzleflash
Although I do agree that some humans have this disorder where they think they can turn into animals (but can't), I have seen it before.
Despite its lycanthropic nomenclature, it more generally applies to people believing that they transform into animals.