10 mysterious mental disorder which is capable of our brain

According to statistics, every 4th person on Earth suffers from one or another mental or behavioral disorder.

The website decided to consider the most unusual of them, to once again prove just how mysterious the human brain.

Syndrome Quasimodo





The Quasimodo syndrome, or dysmorphia, is a very dangerous mental disorder known Intrusive thoughts of greatly overstated or even imaginary physical defect. Patients constantly look in the mirror, trying to find a perspective in which the alleged defect is not visible; refuse to be photographed, but would not capture a flaw in the picture; excessive care for appearances; have problems with personal life because of this defect; self-esteem; feel awkward in society, knowing that others notice the "defect" and laugh at him. Familiar?

The absurdity of this syndrome is revealed in the silent short film "Contracuerpo".

Erotomania





Suffering from erotomania believe that someone they love, and often one who has a much higher social status (e.g. a celebrity). The patient believes that his imaginary admirer shows his attitude through particular characters, secret signals, telepathy and encrypted messages in the media. To overcome this disorder is very difficult: even if the alleged lover just says "no", the patient erotomania patient interpretered this as part of a secret strategy, hiding their secret relationship from the public.

The theme of this syndrome is addressed in the film, "Illusion of love" (the character Marion Cotillard).

Capgras Syndrome





In this syndrome the patient believes that someone from his family or he himself was replaced by a double. The patient may say that bad things, the authorship of which is attributed to him, he didn't commit, and his double, who looks exactly like him. This disorder is often accompanied by schizophrenia.

Feature film the Double, loosely based on the novel by F. M. Dostoevsky, reveals the essence of this disorder.

Syndrome Fregoli





In this case, the patient believes exactly the opposite: under the guise of others, strangers in fact hiding someone close to you, who constantly makes himself up and changing their appearance with the aim of prosecution.
Syndrome first described in 1927: one young girl believed that she was being persecuted by two actors from the theatre where she was often taking the form of people she knew or met.

This theme is partially revealed in the animated movie "Anomalisa".

Syndrome Adele





Adele's syndrome is an obsessive condition in which a person experiences the pathological affection. Doctors recently recognised syndrome of mental disorder, is seriously threatening to health and life, equating it to gambling, alcoholism and kleptomania.

The symptoms resemble major depression, but can be much more dangerous: the pursuit of human self-deception, false hopes, voluntary offering of a sacrifice, ignoring the advice of friends and family, reckless behavior and loss of interest in other topics and classes.

About the syndrome and the girl after whom the disease was named, can be seen in the movie "History of Adele H.".

Cryptomnesia





Cryptomnesia — this kind of memory impairment when people can't remember when it was an event, in a dream or reality, did he write the poem or did you just remember once read. In other words, forget the source of particular information, and people can not determine the idea to him or to another person.

This syndrome often occurs the phenomenon of "jamais vu,"the opposite of "deja vu", when suddenly there comes a feeling that a familiar place or person seem completely unknown or unusual, as if seen for the first time.

The photo fragment from the film "Science of sleep".

The syndrome of Alice in Wonderland





In this syndrome the patient changes the perception of the surrounding objects and space: he can perceive them as significantly smaller or larger or to realize that they are far away, but in a strange way very close. The worst case is when a person has a wrong perception of own body: cannot understand its shape and size. Neither eyes nor any other senses patients are not damaged, the changes apply only to the psyche.

Obsessive-compulsive





Or obsessive-compulsive disorder — scientific. Patients with this mental disorder appear Intrusive disturbing thoughts that are impossible to get rid of the head, or "rituals" — special actions, which, as it appears, he is forced to perform. This man understands the absurdity of their actions, but their failure leads to incredible anxiety and, ultimately, to the constant observance of these rituals.

A vivid example of a person suffering from this disorder, is the hero Leonardo DiCaprio in "the Aviator."

Paraphrenic syndrome





Paraphrenic syndrome is a combination of fantastic delusions and grandeur. Delusions of patients always accompanied pseudohallucinations, there are "false memories". Patients consider themselves masters of the world, ascribes to himself the immortality, of divine origin, claiming to have written under pseudonyms books of great writers, and the like. People with this diagnosis externally become very arrogant and mysterious.

Split personality





Split personality is a very rare mental disorder in which the personality splits, and it seems that the body of one person has several different personalities. These individuals can have different gender, age, nationality, temperament, mental ability, worldview and even illness. The causes of this disorder are severe emotional trauma in childhood: psychological protection, the child begins to perceive what is happening with it as if it were happening to some outsiders.

The most astounding story of multiple personality occurred in the USA in the late 1970's. When you arrest a rapist Billy Milligan was found out that his head live 24 personality. To read about this history in the book of Daniel Keyes.

The protagonist of the film "Split" also suffers from such disorder.

Photos on the preview Cross Creek Pictures


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