Mental illness is one of the most difficult experiences for the patient and his family, especially if the patient does not know that he suffers from a psychological problem, and believes that what he is doing is a personal problem.
In recent years; The interest in mental illness has become greater and more comprehensive, as we began to hear regarding many things that we used to deal with as personal characteristics of the child or the person in front of us.
An example of this is ADHD, as mothers in the past believed that their children were “naughty” and unintelligent, and that this was one of their characteristics, and following talking regarding ADHD recently by some celebrities and doctors, and the dramas that dealt with it, it became different.
Aside from well-known and common mental illnesses such as schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and others, there are some diseases that we have not heard regarding before and may shock you when you know them.
Moving Corpse Syndrome or “Cotard Delusion”
One of the strangest mental illnesses, in which the patient feels that he is dead and is a moving corpse, or he may feel that there are no certain organs in his body, and it is usually preceded by severe depression and psychological problems.
This disease was discovered by the French neurologist Jules Cotard in 1880, whose name was given to the syndrome, and the French doctor spoke when he discovered the disease regarding many cases.
On one occasion, he narrated the story of a girl who had it who believed that she did not have a number of organs in her body, such as the brain, abdomen, and intestines, and reached a stage where she believed that she did not need food because she did not have intestines and stomachs, and she died due to lack of eating.
Symptoms of Cotard’s syndrome
Not wanting to live or showing any interest
The patient with this syndrome loses the sense of reality
Lack of attention to personal hygiene and neglect.
The patient is constantly terrified
The patient does not recognize his face
Witzelsucht . Constant Joke Syndrome
Can you believe that a person who is obsessed with telling jokes, whom you may consider a normal person and loves to laugh, may have a mental illness, and it is called the continuous joke syndrome?
This very strange disorder is caused by damage to the frontal lobe in the orbitofrontal cortex of the brain, and may be the result of a cancerous tumor.
Symptoms of Constant Joke Syndrome
Gossip regarding incomprehensible stories
Dullness and indifference in understanding or explaining jokes
Excessive sexual activity
Not responding to reactions
making sexual jokes
He never realizes he’s wrong
Androphobia
This disorder affects only women, during which the patient suffers from fear of adult men, and reaches the point of fear of being in any room where there is a man.
Girls may develop this strange disorder because of a traumatic childhood experience, especially if the experience was related to a man, such as harassment or rape.
Symptoms of male phobia
Panic attacks
excessive sweating
dry mouth
Feeling short of breath
Syndrome Boanthropy
One of the strangest mental illnesses, in which the affected person believes that he is a bull or a cow, as he begins to act like them, by making sounds and eating grass from the ground.
The book of Daniel’s prophecies “The Book of Daniel” presented the story of King Nebuchadnezzar suffering from this disorder, as he believed that he was a cow, and went to the pastures in order to eat grass.
This disorder causes hallucinations; The patient believes that he is an animal, specifically a cow or a bull, which causes him to have physical problems, as he only eats grass; Which affects his health.
Trichotillomania syndrome
The patient with this syndrome tends to pull his hair continuously or pluck it, and it may cause hair loss and baldness, and the patient is not satisfied with that, but may reach the eyelashes, eyebrows, mustaches, and body hair in general.
This disorder affects the shape of the person due to the loss of hair in the areas that have been plucked, which makes it more difficult for the patient to be among people and live normally.
This disease may lead to isolation of the patient and to stay away from any gatherings so that he is not exposed to ridicule from people because of his appearance or his behavior.
