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** Also used more conventionally within the series: Angua frequently worries about the psychological effects of becoming a wolf, fearing that if she stays in wolf form too long, she will forget how to be human.
** Shown with her father, in particular, who is slowly forgetting how to be human. Mentioned also that the human/reasoning side becomes less powerful the longer they're in Werewolf form, while the senses fade in human form.
** Angua becomes mode-locked in wolf form while directly exposed to the light of the full moon. A curtain is shown to prevent this, but she makes a comment about having to sleep in a dog basket for a week every month, suggesting that keeping the curtains closed might not work all the time.
** Borrowing can also cause this, in a way; if a witch borrows an animal's mind and stays there for too long, she'll forget she was ever human and it'll take a powerful witch to bring her back.
* An unusual variation occurs in the ''[[Switchers]]'' series. The titular shapeshifters [[Growing Up Sucks|lose their powers at 15]] (which is to say, Midnight on the morning of their fifteenth birthday) and are stuck as whatever they happen to be at the time. This issue is directly and pointedly addressed in the second book, appropriately entitled ''Midnight's Choice''.
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