#cotard’s syndrome

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I love you people with mental illnesses considered “scary” by society. People with personality disorders, BIID, cotard's syndrome, DID, OSDD, schizophrenia, etc. You aren’t “scary.” You all deserve love, support, and to be happy.

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Munchausen, Cotard Syndrome, BIID

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“Cotard’s syndrome, also called “walking corpse syndrome,” is a condition wherein the patient believes they are dead, dying, missing parts of their bodies, or don’t exist.

Some people with Cotard’s syndrome may stop speaking or eating since they believe they’re dead.”

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TransCotards tips (From a CisCotards)

Convince Yourself You Are Dead

Play into the delusion of your death, convince yourself you’re rotting. Convince yourself there are maggots eating you, dirt covering your body, fungi consuming you. You are dead in your own mind, and the reality can’t change that. I constantly feel the maggots in me, my skin falling off, my heart stops beating, and I can’t do anything about it. Try to think about death as much as you can and convince yourself you are one with it.

Convince Yourself You Have No Organs

I have convinced myself I don’t bleed, don’t digest, don’t feel, don’t even sweat. My body is dead, I don’t need those functions anymore. Try to convince yourself your organs are gone as well, and that you don’t need them.

Stop Eating As Much

The week I developed Cotards I stopped eating. Thankfully, I was at a hospital and was made to eat. If you’re dead, you don’t need to eat to stay alive, because you’re dead. Still eat, though. Do this in moderation and do it safely.

Isolating

Dead people don’t socialize. Neither do I, as I am dead. I don’t need to talk to people, nor can I as a corpse.

Emotions

Again, dead people don’t feel things, that includes emotion. Try to limit your emotions, if you ever feel empty inside, embrace that.

(If I missed any symptoms, don’t hesitate to let me know. Remember, you are valid, no matter what you identify with.)

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— sorry if its bad or confusing , its my first time creating something like this !

— reverse cotards syndrome / rcs

rcs is a syndrome in which a dead person has the delusional belief that they are ( still ) alive !

symptoms ; ;

1 - experience of emotions : this describes the unusual experience of individuals who even after death feel emotions .

the emotions may be felt differently , strangely , confusingly , or in extreme ways . people with rcs may not know how to describe or understand what they are feeling , and may not know how to express it .

2 - physical sensations : this symptom describes the false sensation of physical things , such as feeling the wind passing by you , feeling cold , being touched , etc .

usually the false sensation comes along with : feeling blood passing through your body , heart beating , organs working etc .

3 - hunger : people with rcs often feel hunger , whether it is false or " real " , but when they try to eat , they throw up the food .

4 - constant memories : rcs usually comes with constant memories of life when alive , which can be just in the mind , feeling and / or seeing physical things , like people who are not there , old smells , etc .

5 - denial of death : individuals with this syndrome strongly deny that they have died , pretend and / or believe that their memories of death , burial or others are false and created by their own mind .

6 - automated movements / routine : rcs makes the person , even without realizing it , follow the same routine they had when they were alive .

7 - repetitive search for things that make you feel more alive : wearing a certain type of clothing , some makeup or product , way of acting , some object that makes you seem more alive to the point of interfering with your daily life and / or coexistence with other people .

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Cotard's syndrom

-the affected person holds the delusional belief that they are dead, do not exist, are putrefying, or have lost their blood or internal organs.

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I provide affirming care for Cotard's Delusion.*

*I kiss the people suffering from it because I'm a necrophiliac and think it's cute that they're dead.

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a comic about not being a person.

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(Too tired to make ID)

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[taw-k]

Has anyone else explored the idea of Loki briefly experiencing Cotards syndrome, Cotards delusion, walking corpse syndrome. Because it's really interesting considering how many times he's come close to death and how every time he's woken up after it he's been in an awful situation (Thanos, alone on Svartalhfeim). I feel like sometimes he wonders if he really did die and this is Hel or something.

[mildlyannoyingtheaterkid]

Self-ish, Will Wood

Jesus Christ, this album is so fucking powerful. Every song somehow intertwines with one another. One common theme is the 'Hand me my shovel, I'm going in!' chorus in the two songs leading up to it. The repetitive nature of this really built it all up, and I LOVE how the chorus of every song works with one another. They all have a common sound.

Another theme in this album is mental illness. Capgrass syndrome is a rare mental illness that leads you to think that a loved one or friend is an imposter. Cotards syndrome is another name for "walking corpse syndrome". This is yet another rare disorder in which the patient believes they are dead or not existing, and are (hence the name) a walking corpse. There is many more references in the other titles of his songs that I could get into but If you're really curious you can look them up.

Those two songs I mentioned both relate to the illness.

Mr Capgrass: "Damn, I thought you're not your imposter!" "somebody to replace yourself" etc.

At the beginning of Cotards Solution (live) on The Real Will Wood album, Will introduces the song as "This is a song written by a dead guy."

Among these, the album also delves into a lot of religion. 'Give me that old time religion' in Song with five names and part of the name of the song itself 'Checkmate Atheists!" In 2012, a variety of different religions are mentioned. "My dreams were shattered like a stained glass window, Jesus in Pieces! I believe I threw a brick right through Him" in 'Hand me my shovel' etc.

This is personally my favorite album. The songs hold so much meaning and the whole thing is so fleshed out. I could make this essay go on for 10 pages if I wanted to, but I'll save you the time. I didn't even mention Dr Sunshine is dead.

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Vent art that accidentally turned into a light study 👍👍

Probably strange out of context but ehh I don’t wanna bother with that rn

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"Cotards"

three variants of pale yellow, blue-grey and grey

[clusterrune]

i wanted to share what cotard's syndrome is like for me, how it feels and effects me day-to-day, so i thought adding such in it's own chapter would be the best way to do so.

for me, i believe i am either already dead or dying, depending on the day. some days i believe im dead, that mu body is a corpse and my stiff joints and back, the arthritis in my joints and limbs, etc, are the result of rigor mortis setting in, my limbs starting to part from my lifeless body. i often feel as though none of my organs work, the magority of them already decayed and gone or rotting. 

other days i feel like im slowly dying, dificulty walking or functons and mobility in general is due to my body shuttng down for the last moments of breath. my pulse speading up or slowing down could either assure me im still alive a while longer or further the idea im not real or about to die. sometimes feeling my pulse could trigger thoughts like "living things have a pulse, but m not living and i have one, so im clearly not a normal human".

i'll believe my body is only still managing to function or move or do anything at all because dead or not...

continue reading this chapter in my new book, understanding cotard's.