Análisis fenomenológico y clínico de la identificación transespecie (therianismo) como mecanismo de adaptación disociativa en adolescentes: un estudio contextual en la Guatemala posmoderna

Abstract

This article seeks to address the phenomenon of therians from a humanistic perspective, analyzing it as an symptomatic representation of the identity crisis experienced by adolescents in a era of digital hyperconnectivity. A diagnostic distinction is established between subjective variables and the clinical line, considering identity theriantropy (subjective) and clinical lycanthropy (psychotic). This article examines the function of the «animal Self» as a defense against relational trauma, the disconnection and misinformation that social media provides to adolescents, as well as affective orphanhood within the Guatemalan context.

Furthermore, the article offers a reflection on the «moral panic» observed among the Guatemalan population and authorities responded in an alarmist manner to the emergence of this phenomenon, evading analysis of its underlying causes and overlooking the profound social anxieties of a society immersed in global crises that result in the persecution of resistant subjectivities. The article concludes by emphasizing the need for a clinical approach capable of distinguishing between identity exploration and severe pathology, promoting spaces of affective attunement in contrast to a world of institutional censorship that fosters intolerance rather than understanding.