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Experts say that 1 in 4 people will suffer from a mental or neurological disorder in their lives. Some of those disorders are well-known, others are so rare and specific, that even professionals may find it difficult to diagnose them.

We will try to figure out how to spot some unknown and misunderstood mental illnesses.

1. Alice in Wonderland Syndrome

How to Identify 8 Strange Mental Illnesses

Symptoms:

  • Patients with Todd Syndrome are usually young people in their 20s who are suffering from brain tumors, strong migraines or are in the beginning stages of Epstein-Barr virus.
  • They will start to perceive distortion in the size and color of their surroundings, seeing objects as larger or smaller than their actual size, even including their own bodies.
  • Sometimes confusing colors.
  • Disorientation.
  • The condition is rare and temporary, so another sign could be that it would stop in a matter of time.

2. Factitious Disorder

How to Identify 8 Strange Mental Illnesses

Symptoms:

  • People with this disorder deliberately make themselves ill.
  • Constant and eager visits to see a doctor and receive treatment at the hospital or through prescription medicine.
  • Patients will often make up stories that involve never-ending symptoms that will help them go from doctor to doctor.
  • They have a thorough knowledge of medical terminology.

3. Alien Hand Syndrome

How to Identify 8 Strange Mental Illnesses

Symptoms:

  • Reports of a hand or limb which suddenly has a mind of its own moves as it pleases, and even becomes violent toward the patient by trying to grab their neck, scratch them, or take off their clothes.
  • Patients feel alienated toward their hand or limb to the degree that it could drive them to hurt themselves.

4. Dissociative Identity Disorder

How to Identify 8 Strange Mental Illnesses

Symptoms:

  • People with DID appear to have more than one identity. They have different names, personalities, and genders.
  • There is a random switch from one identity to the other with no warning, after hours or years.
  • There are episodes of amnesia.
  • Patients don’t realize what is going on with their condition, which makes it hard for them to live a normal life and causes struggles in their family, social, and professional life.

5. Stendhal Syndrome

How to Identify 8 Strange Mental Illnesses

Symptoms:

  • Dizziness and fainting
  • Disorientation and confusion
  • Sudden high levels of anxiety
  • An abrupt increase in their heartbeat
  • Hallucinations

6. Cotard Delusion

How to Identify 8 Strange Mental Illnesses

Symptoms:

  • Patients show the belief that they’re dead, ghosts, don’t exist, are already in a putrefying state, or have lost all their blood flow and organ function.
  • Since they believe they’re gone, they stop eating or drinking any amount of food or water because they think they don’t need nutrients.
  • Depression
  • Signs of social alienation

7. Visual Agnosia

How to Identify 8 Strange Mental Illnesses

Symptoms:

  • Patients exhibit confusion between what they see and what they believe they see, so they can mistake a doll for a dog, for example.
  • Trouble recognizing places and faces that should be familiar to them.

8. Wendigo Psychosis

How to Identify 8 Strange Mental Illnesses

Symptoms:

  • Signs of depression and neurosis
  • Chronic loneliness
  • Aggressive and violent behavior

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