Brain disorders are everywhere. You can be young, old, happy, or sad – whoever you are, wherever you come from, and whatever you have experienced, a mental illness can hit you. Some disorders are well-known, such as OCD (Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder), Schizophrenia, Bipolarity, Compulsive Lying and Anxiety Issues, among others. But some, are weird, in a way that we would never imagine their existence.
1. Alien Hand Syndrome
This neurological disorder causes a patient’s hand to take on a life of its own and act of its own accord. It is also called Dr. Strangelove Syndrome.
2. Cotard’s Syndrome
This is when a person believes that he or she is dead despite those around them, telling them they are not. Some also believe they do not exist at all.
3. Boanthropy
Boanthropy is a delusional disorder where a person believes oneself to be a cow or an ox.
4. Autophagia Syndrome
It refers to the condition of having an impulse to eat yourself, or parts of yourself.
5. Fregoli Delusion
It is a disorder in which a person believes that different people are in fact a single person who changes appearances.
6. Alice in Wonderland Syndrome
It is a neurological condition in which a patient’s sense of body image, space, and/or time are distorted, resulting in such things as confusing the shape and size of one’s body parts.
7. Foreign Accent Syndrome
It is a condition where the sufferer speaks their native language as if they had a foreign accent.
8. Stendhal Syndrome
It is characterized by a physical and an emotional anxiety up to the level of a panic attack, dissociative experiences, confusion, and even hallucinations when an individual is exposed to an experience of great personal significance, such as viewing art.
9. Trichotillomania
A disorder that causes the sufferer to feel the urge to literally pull their hair out; scalp hair, facial hair, eyelashes, even pubic hair.
10. Hybristophilia
This is when a person is sexually attracted to people who have committed some form of outrage, such as cheating, lying or a crime.
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Yasmeena El Sabeh
Lebanese, 19 years old, Oxford summer school student (2011), Cambridge summer school student (2012), College Protestant Français graduate (2013), Double majoring in Journalism and Political Science, LAU Model Arab League journalist, reporter & social media coordinator, LAU Model United Nations public relations officer, Moderation & Justice Academy for Leaders trainer, London School of Journalism summer student (2014), Young Diplomats Forum London (2014), Shoutout UK correspondent, NooSoos accredited writer, NewYork Times talent community member, Writers Cafe writer, recently published in The Daily Star.
