Morph Therapy and Morph Cures

[Terenia]

If there were some way to modify the morphing power it might work with fewer consequences. Like, for example, if it was modified so that you only could acquire one animal, but no more. Then there could be a records committee that tracked who morphed and who had what morph, etc.

[Brad the Brit]

thats too nice you would heal after the morph....

but i would too

[ThinkAgain]

That defeats the purpose. Yeah, there's healing. But also flying to save fuel, or fish to stop drowning, etc. (Read my massive epic post on the first page, I don't feel like retyping stuff).

[Brad the Brit]

or useing a sloth form to get to sleep quick...

[ThinkAgain]

*Falls asleep*

*Wakes up nothlit*


Since you need to be awake to control a morph, that point is moot lol...

[Brad the Brit]

i could live with being a sloth.

[ThinkAgain]

Yeah, barely moving at all, rarely eating, and having to risk your life once a week to come to the ground to do your "business".

What a lifestyle.

[Brad the Brit]

thats my life now!!

but they are strangley good swimmers

[ThinkAgain]

By swimming, I think you mean "not drowning"

They're too physically slow for anything amazing.

Still, this thread has gone WAY off topic. I know it's my fault too, but this needs to stop.

[Brad the Brit]

ok sorry we will stop

[Tim Bruening]

The idea of using morphing for a) therapy and b) to cure diseases/disabilities is touched on near the end of the Animorphs series. This seems like a pretty decent overall concept for several reasons.

1) If you suffer from depression or any other mental disability you have the option of 'escaping' your state of mind (albeit, many people may "pull a Tobias" as a result).

2) Injuries could be morphed away easily. This probably would not hold true with viruses and infections, though. I think they would act similar to clothes (or to Marco's rabies virus) and stick with the morpher.

3) Many people who are in situations that could result in death would be able to be saved by morphing, so long as they do so in time.

I do sense some problems with this, however. For example, we already view handicapped people in a negative light at times. If we lowered the population of handicapped dramatically, what would that mean for those who are permanently handicapped?

If a permanently handicapped person decided to 'trade-out' bodies, what are the moral implications?

If we are able to cure many people of disability and near-death experiences, how would that affect things like population?

Just a few thoughts...

I have wondered if an alcoholic could escape alcoholism by morphing a non-alcoholic.

[Sorunome]

I don't think so as drugs also create some mental addiction, and that isn't changed during morphing.

[Dylan]

Your Mind stays from morph to morph.
Also, didn't you already ask that?