There are a few different types of shapeshifting. The most common of course is that like what happens to the werewolf – where the body actually goes through a metamorphosis and actually changes into a different configuration. It is typically a painful process that involves the entire structure of the being changing – bones, skin, structure all take on a different shape. A second type of shapeshift is when a being can just switch between two bodies without having to go through a physical transformation at all.
Interestingly, there is third type of shapeshift which involves another layer of skin and flesh growing on top of the existing person or animal. This type of shapeshift is called the “fold over”. It is said that it is typically a pretty painless process as the actual configuration of the being does not change. In a sense, it is just a “second skin” that spreads atop the original.
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thats y i use illusions painless lol its a illusion that i look human lol its funny
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When i change, i can feel it, but I am not in terrible pain. When my spine changes, it squezzes together from the ends and then the pressure is realeased and it lengthens into my tail. That is probably the worst part
I hate it when I change and my ribcage broadens in my cest, its just plain painful!
have yet to consciously change.
(just to clarify) I was born as a werewolf but in my earlier comment i was talking about when i change BACK to my werewolf form
The only part that bothers me is it feels like my head got cut off
the worst part is when i change in a small enclosed space it really hurts
heheh that sounds good enough for me ^^
i tried it in a cage once it hurt till the cage exploded
ehhe the cage what????!? still… pretty good though ^^ darn this headache it won’t come offf. ^^
my most painful part… is the formation of my skull, the muzzle forms is true pain
lol It is sort of painful but hey what are you gonna do, but i have to agree with llyon the skull is the most painful part.
I’m used to shifting, I happen to be a black bear (its all in the name) so I agree with the worst part being the skull.
I guess it kinda hurts when you change, but it’s a sweet, aching pain. Like when you wake up in the morning and stretch your legs. When I change, I can feel the muscle rippling under my skin and my spin extending into a tail. It’s a really wonderful feeling, in my opinion. Us Loup-Garoux are extrodanary creatures.
Chaaa Lmao Thats juss all B* i try that nuthing will happen
i did this once down the hill nuthing happed 
i used a different way by gettin curse 
its lot better
I shapeshift all the time.. One day I was a unicorn.. The next I was a Princess fairy from Fairytopia.. Then When I get mad at my mom I go in the tax guys shape.. i use my form for all good.Thankyou
Hey there’s a better way,
to go into a Werewolf 
Juss go into the bush at night by your self and get these look for a stump an find a copper knife or any kind and stab the knife into the stump an jump over it Three times and.But this have to be done by night in full moon before spring 
and say a few words but you have to close your eye’s when jumping over the stump an howl like a Werewolf 
it Totally Work’s Trust me it dose 
Just Email me edited an i can tell you all the info about it 
thanx
you guys no that vamps a weres are not in war if you allredy now that dont say anything and i didt no anything obout pain.and all i noo is p-shifting and m-shifting 1more thing whats the difrents butwen a werewolf and a lycan?
I can feel it when I change back into my wolf form(I was born a werewolf) but it’s like a really good pain if that makes any sense.
There is actually another type… just thought I should mention… there is a type of shamanistic shapeshifting some Native Americans would take part in (I know, it’s not really shamanism, but that is the word it is most commonly known by) that is for the most part, spiritual, and physical changes don’t actually take place, but it’s very trance-like. So there’s #4 for ya. =)
i was born human, but lycanthropy has been in me for the past 5 years.
my transformations have always been painless.. but thats because they are 99% mental. the only physical change is the huge adreneline rush and my agility increasing a ton.
i can p-shift but only my teeth, eyes, spine, skin, finger nails and toe nails.
HELP!!! MY EYES AND TEETH WON’T SHIFT BACK, WHAT DO I DO?
yes I have 7 wolfs and my sister has 17 and sometimes I lay with them and
play with them but I still a man in body but in spirt I am a wolf and a eagle.