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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I ran out of sick days, so I called into work dead. Does that count?
Oh crap! Another protected class.
Be Nice!!!!
I like living in Kansas!
;-P
The dead can not insist about anything. Next they'll insist "Dead" signs be added to restrooms. Though why would the dead need to pee?
Transdead rights! Taxpayers should provide cold storage drawers for them to lie in.
to vote Democrat
I saw what you did there.
I dunno - these days I just say let 'em use the ladies' crapper and call it good...
I had that for a while. I couldn’t stop coffin!
I snapped out of it when the bill from the funeral home came.
“Rumors of my fake death have been greatly exaggerated.”
More likely, they're the cause.
Acid can do that. I remember thinking, “I just killed myself. And so, while I’m waiting to die...”
It’s a peculiar feeling.
Reminds me of a girlfriend I once had. It didn’t last long.
Perhaps they are in transition and have not had the operation yet?
And here I thought that the zombie stuff was just Hollywood.
There are so many jokes about Kansas but then there are about other states as well. I’ve driven through Kansas several times. Took me several weeks to do it. LOL
Excellent
You spent a week in Kansas one day? ;-P
I visited a BF who was attending college in Manhattan. We toured this military base where Custer and Patton had base housing and some other interesting stuff. Then back on the interstate heading west - now I know why the speed limit is 80mph.
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