Lotinalo Syndrome
Skelas took her sister Smiz̀nos̀, now fully in wolf form for weeks, to the Osnlil doctor Nlekoo Nasinamu. Skelas knew the doctor was the only one who could help her sister.
Nlekoo did a full examination of Smiz̀nos̀, but could find nothing physically wrong with her. So she contacted the young shifter via a mind link.
"What is wrong, child?" the doctor asked.
"I'm afraid of the hunters! They've taken my friends, and I'm sure they will take me. But they cannot find me if I'm a wolf, if I run with the wolves."
Through time, and with the aid all of her abilities, Nlekoo was able to convince Smiz̀nos̀ that should be safe in human form, as well.
Lotinalo Syndrome is a mental condition that causes shifters to wish to remain in their animal form more and more, until that is the only form they will use.Causes
Typically caused by anxiety or stress over being found as a shifter.
Symptoms
The patient will find that being in their animal form is more comfortable than in their human form. They feel that they are safer from the outside world and are less likely to be discovered in animal form.
Gradually, the patient will spend more and more time in animal form, even to the detriment of relationships with others, as shifters typically cannot use language while in animal form. Finally, the shifter will prefer to be with animals of their base form over other shifters or humanoids.
Affected Groups
Any shifter can be affected. However, it is most likely to be triggered when one feels strong anxiety about being found out as a shifter by non-shifters.
History
First documented (and named) in a wolf shifter by the osnlil doctor Nlekoo Nasinamu around 540 CT. However, it is likely that it existed undocumented from nearly the start of the Shifter Purges.
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