I'm laughing to myself - when I read the title of the thread I thought you meant it literally rather than metaphorically! Now that would be an interesting case if you had friends who wanted literally to become sheep. I know sex change is possible, but species change???
Anyway, I wonder if this is rather a lack of full maturity rather than a real desire to be sheep. When we're babies we're 100% dependent, so to become a 100% responsible adult requires a complete transformation. Many of the organisations we're part of (family, church, business, government) make it harder by encouraging us to retain some (or a lot) of dependency.
It's a rare individual who can fully raise themselves above that and take complete responsibility for their own lives.
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