Cotard delusion

Syndrome when it grabbed my attention when I read Anil Ananthaswamy’s book titled The Man Who Wasn’t There. The stories that were described in his book allowed me to gain an inside look on people with this rare disorder that ruins one’s perception of self. Cotard’s Syndrome or Cotard Delusion is a mental illness that leaves the patient believing that they are, in broad terms, dead. They may feel like they don’t exist or never existed, are missing organs or parts of their body, are putrefying, and paradoxically are immortal. These delusions can lead the patient to dying of starvation like the first recorded case made by Jules Cotard or they can soon overcome…

The Walking Dead Syndrome Imagine living in a distorted reality; where you aren’t actually aware of being a fully functioning human individual who is alive and breathing. This is what Cotard’s Delusion does to those affected with it. Being an exceptionally rare syndrome, there is not much known about it besides the few individual studies recorded over the years. Cotard’s Delusion is a mental illness where the person who has contracted this syndrome delusionally believes that they’re either…

Cotard’s syndrome, or the “walking dead syndrome”, is a mental disorder in which the sufferer believes they are dead, their bodily organs have been removed, and/or their soul has been removed. This delusion was named after its founder, Jules Cotard, in 1882 after describing it for the first time due to a case report of a 43-year-old woman. However, it has been discovered that there have been cases that were reported in the 1700s. Cotard’s syndrome is affected by the temporal lobe and fusiform…

accepts and now splits his time between teaching at Princeton and “breaking codes”. He meets Alicia, a student of his and eventual wife, when she approaches him about solving one of his problems that he posed in class. She asks him on a date, and that is the start of their romance. Fast forward some time again, and they eventually get married. One night following, Alicia and Nash’s marriage, Nash experiences the first massive delusion of his schizophrenia, which manifests as a high speed chase…

Ever heard of the nursery rhyme, 'A-Tisket a -Tasket'? I haven't. Not until I met him. Tisket was the name he always introduced himself as. At the time, when anyone asked why 'Tisket', he would give you this look of amusement or boredom and tell you to simply, "Look it up." It made no sense, but then again neither did he. Of course, we could have looked up his picture in one of his old school yearbooks, or simply asked his parents but the mystery was fun. I mean, not many people used a nursery…

Jackson Reynolds had not always been a bad man, but after some considerable personal effort he most certainly had become one. Jackson was an imposing figure standing six feet two inches tall, topped with coal black straight rather slightly too long hair. His skin seemed perpetually tan and gave him somewhat of a Mediterranean look with his ice blue eyes. The kind of eyes that you couldn’t help but stare into, but the kind of eyes that sent a chill up your spine if you looked too long. This…

A Dreamer’s Nightmare The play “The Death Of A Salesman” conveys the tragedy of the American Dream. Willy Loman’s high hopes and blind ambition lead to despair and suicide. Similar to most ambitious self seekers, Willy Loman struggles to identify himself as a middling salesman and alters reality in order to fulfill his unrealistic version of the “American Dream.” The “American Dream” can spark ambition and perseverance in people with high moral values and ideals. It can also destroy a person…

Which is considered a mental illness. Many people who have this disorder have intermitted and disorderly thinking followed by language and behavior included under this disorder. Many people who suffer from schizophrenia are variously referred to as "split minded" ones who suffer from this experience normal behavior, but only momentarily, then are soon disturbed in other areas this is when schizophrenia starts to occur or take place. These symptoms invade complex and persuasive delusions these…

Voices Controlling Macbeth When dealing with a mental illness people encounter a mental block, difficulty to manage emotions, and have trouble making decisions for themselves. Schizophrenia and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) are both similar and difficult to diagnose. While diagnosing schizophrenia is challenging, Macbeth seems to have all the symptoms that accompany this disease. Hallucinations, delusions, and disorganized thinking is related to schizophrenia while PTSD includes…

Isolation, by prohibiting the development of an individual’s perception of reality, harms one’s ability to mediate emotions and distorts their view of rationality. The main disadvantage of isolation: the loss of expression with society. Interaction with others creates a sense of belonging, intimacy and support for an individual. Without the imperative social skills, one’s decisions would be inane, and they’d be incapable of expedient reasoning. Throughout Golding’s Lord of the Flies, Kesey’s…