but think you are different sex and you're sane... trans living lives matter
Posted on 05/31/2016 8:21:14 AM PDT by BenLurkin
People with the condition are known to have any of a number of delusions that range from believing they have no organs, blood or body parts to insisting they are actually dead even though they are very much still breathing. In even more rare cases of what is also known as walking corpse syndrome, people with the condition consider themselves immortal. Although walking corpse syndrome is considered extremely rare, its exact prevalence is unknown. One Hong Kong study involving 349 psychogeriatric patients suggests the condition afflicts about 0.57 percent of the population. Another study conducted in Mexico in 2010, which involved 1,321 patients, found that 0.62 percent of the population had the rare mental health disorder. Perhaps unsurprisingly, this syndrome is often found in people with mood or psychotic disorders and medical conditions.
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The blooming stage is known as the time patients develop hallmark symptoms of walking corpse syndrome, such as denying they have certain body parts or that they even exist. These symptoms worsen in severity during the chronic stage and interfere with patients’ ability to go about their daily lives. They are known to begin to neglect their own hygiene and self-care, to harm themselves, and fail to recognize their own faces as well as those of others.
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Therapy along with antidepressants and antipsychotics have been shown to help control the symptoms as well as electroconvulsive treatment. In fact, a 2008 case report claims most cases of walking corpse syndrome are more responsive to electroconvulsive treatment than to pharmacological treatment. However, more research needs to be done on this condition because scientists are still in the dark about the cause of this disease and how to treat it.
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Obama would want them to join the Marines.
Excellent
We call them “Liberals”.
but think you are different sex and you're sane... trans living lives matter
Depends on what kind of job you have along with the people with whom you work and the portion of the public with whom you have to interact every day. With certain jobs, you’ll feel like the walking dead in short order.
“Delusions”? Who are we to judge? I say get them a nice coffin, invite them to the funeral, and then bury them six feet under. What right do we have to question their self-identification as dead?
Also known as John Kerry disease.
Watching too much TV. Its not real the walking dead.
Well, now tell my husband!
He cannot be approached when the show is on.
Me not a fan.
But....VOTE TRUMP for gosh sakes....
In even more rare cases of what is also known as walking corpse syndrome, people with the condition consider themselves immortal.
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But Keith Richards is immortal.
“I heard you were dead.”
“I heard that, too. Then I found out I was just in Nebraska.”
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Bob Hope started it.
Yes, but which rest rooms do they choose?
About 3/4 of Americans are infected with it too..
Smart phones have a similar affect.
Is this still in the DSM IV? If so, why does the APA continue its hate and intolerance?
BenLurkin you speak my language.
Thanks for the laugh!!! Especially after the long weekend honoring our Fallen Heroes.
: )
Is that you, Little Bill?
When the medical practice we use upgraded their computer systems, the “diagnosis” field defaulted to Walking Corpse Syndrome.
Dead is going to take offense at that, I suspect.
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