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October 14th 2011, 09:31 PM
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KrisKnox
Peasant He/Him United States
The site's resident Therian (Dire Wolf, Dragon) 
Sometimes. If I'm calm and focus hard enough, I can induce a shift. Different types of shifts require different levels of concentration. If I induce a Phantom Shift, it takes less focus than if I were to attempt an Astral Shift. I cannot control Mental shifts, however, since they mostly happen under certain circumstances. To put it another way, I have two minds that think almost exactly alike. One is the Human mind, the mind that was dominant for a majority of my life, until I Awakened. This mind is in a few ways fractured due to how I was treated in fifth grade and after. While I am intelligent and have great self control, I often go berserk whenever I have too much stress or anger. I black out and don't remember anything that happened while I was berserk. Sometimes it's a few random moments, other times it is simply being in one place, then suddenly in another. From the moment when I am getting angry, my mind shifts to the Wolf so that I can remain in control of my actions long enough to overcome the situation, or defend myself. I do not know which mind is in control when I do go berserk, or if it is another mind entirely (Like Odetta and Detta Holmes in Dark Tower 2: Drawing of the Three). What I do know is that both minds are very similar and that I remain in control with either.
But there are still differences. My Human mind is more aloof and relaxed, if I have too much tension build up, I tend to laugh like a lunatic. My Wolf mind, however, is very serious and is more aggressive. If there is a lot of tension built up, I tend to be rude.
The shift doesn't happen only when I am angry or close to losing control, sometimes it's random and for no reason. Something akin to 'letting the beast out'.

I'll list all kinds of shifts that I know of and have observed:
Astral- Changing forms in and on the Astral Plane.
Phantom- Feeling a phantom limb of a certain type of animal.
Mental- Changing mindsets in the Physical and Astral Planes.
Spirit/Aura- Changing the form of the soul or aura on the Physical Plane.
Physicial- An impossible type of shift. Many have tried and have obviously failed.
Lucid- Changing shape in a Lucid Dream. (Lucid Dreams are dreams that you control. I often have lucid dreams where I am hunting or am in the form of a Werewolf.

There may be other types of shifting that I am not familiar with or have not heard of before or just plain forgotten.