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10 bizarre brain disorders that totally mess with your perception of reality

Published by Business Insider on Sun, 07 Feb 2016


Imagine being able to feel everything another person is feelingtheir pleasure and their pain' Or being convinced, despite all evidence to the contrary, that you're dead'These are just a few of the strange brain disorders that have plagued a rare set of people over the years. Oliver Sacks' classic book "The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat" introduced us to some of the strangest brain disorders people suffer from, but that's only the tip of the iceberg.Here are a few of the most bizarre mental conditions out there.RELATED:A scientist who studies psychopaths found out he was one by accident ' and it completely changed his lifeSEE ALSO:What 9 common drugs including caffeine, weed, and booze do to your brainCotard's Syndrome: This disorder makes people think that they're dead.Mr. B was a 65-year-old retired teacher with no family history of mental illness, when he suddenly began having sad moods, stopped being able to feel pleasure, slept and ate less, and developed feelings of worthlessness. He later started having delusions that his organs had stopped working and his house was going to fall down. After an attempted suicide, he started believing he was dead.This man suffered from a condition known as Cotard's syndrome (or Walking Corpse Syndrome), in which a patient thinks he or she is dead. Counterintuitively, in more than half of cases, these patients also think they are immortal. Treatment for the condition can include antidepressant or antipsychotic drugs, or electroconvulsive therapy.Prosopagnosia: Some people can't remember others' faces.The writer and neurologist Oliver Sacks recounts the story of a man who "mistook his wife for a hat." He suffered from a condition where he couldn't recognize faces, known as prosopagnosia, or face blindness. (Sacks himself has a moderate version of the condition.)Depending on how severe the case, a person may have a hard time recognizing just familiar faces, telling strangers' faces apart, or even telling a face apart from an object. Some people with prosopagnosia can't even recognize their own face. The condition is usually caused by stroke, but as much as 2.5% of people may be born with it.Mirror-Touch Synesthesia: This disorder makes people feel what other people are feeling.On an episodes of the NPR show, Invisibilia,a woman who wished to remain anonymous reported that when she sees people being hugged, she feels like she's getting a hug herself. When she sees someone get hurt, she feels pain in the same place as they do. And she can't watch people eat, because she feels like they're shoving food in her mouth.Amanda suffers from a rare condition called mirror-touch synesthesia that makes her able to physically "feel" what others around her are feeling. Although she was born this way, other people have acquired the ability after having a stroke, or a limb amputated (which can lead to sensations in a "phantom" limb). The first case of this condition was reported in 2005, and there have only been a handful of other reports since then.See the rest of the story at Business Insider
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