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Therian: a Specialist Explained Why Behind the Viral Phenomenon “There Is Suffering”

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The Therian phenomenon, which went viral on TikTok and other platforms, aroused curiosity, debate and also concern.Although for many it is a game or a form of youthful expression, specialists warn that in some cases it can hide something deeper: emotional suffering and lack of containment.In dialogue with LN+, the psychoanalyst and psychiatrist infantojuvenil Francisco Guerrini analyzed the rise of these communities and explained why it is key t…

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The Therian phenomenon, which went viral on TikTok and other platforms, aroused curiosity, debate and also concern.Although for many it is a game or a form of youthful expression, specialists warn that in some cases it can hide something deeper: emotional suffering and lack of containment.In dialogue with LN+, the psychoanalyst and psychiatrist infantojuvenil Francisco Guerrini analyzed the rise of these communities and explained why it is key t…

·Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Viral videos of teenagers imitating animal behavior rekindled the debate on identity and mental health. Specialists clarify that therianthropy is not recognized as a disorder and that, by itself, it does not involve a disease. In recent weeks, the word therian began to multiply on social networks and to settle in public conversation. TikTok and X circulate videos of young people who walk on four legs, wear masks of wolves or foxes and reproduce …

Through the social networks, a flyer was viralized with the invitation “Join the herd!”, in reference to what will be the first therian meeting in Alem, scheduled for Friday, February 20, at 17 in Plaza 20 of June. The call would have been promoted by a group of young people who “identify” themselves with non-human animals, and quickly charged repercussions among those who see it as a legitimate expression of youth diversity and those who questi…

In a recent release of ‘Modo Fontevecchia’, journalist Matías Rodríguez Ghrimoldi addressed the ‘Therians’ phenomenon, a trend that has gained global visibility and generates doubts among teenage parents. Under the title ‘My son returned Therian’, the columnist presented a guide based on scientific literature to understand this community of people who identify with animals.

As the amazement grows around their community, a group of therians explained their identification "as animals", distinguished it from self-perception and, despite the fact that one of them attacked a girl in Córdoba, they denied offending: "We don't go out to bite people." In dialogue with the youtuber Angie Velasco, one of the young women belonging to this new social group clarified that they respond to "social codes" and "behavior" and stresse…

Buenos Aires, 12 February (NA) – The "therian" phenomenon began to settle in society after people appeared who say they feel a psychological or spiritual connection with an animal and, although they do not consider themselves to be physically like the same, some claim to have affinity with traits of their personality or with their instincts. To this now it is added that they began to circulate on social networks a tendency that indicates the typ…

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INFOZONA broke the news in on Wednesday, February 11, 2026.
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