Cotard SyndromeZombies are real, but not like the ones in stories on the big screen. Real zombies and vampires are ordinary people who suffer from a mental disorder called Cotard syndrome. Cotard syndrome is a rare mental disorder. People with Cotard syndrome have a delusional belief that they are already dead. This syndrome is also known as walking corpse syndrome. These delusions can range from believing that the person is dead, that they are rotting, that they do not exist, or that they have lost blood and organs. This mental disorder was first reported in the 1880s by Jules Cotard, who described a delusion he called "delirium of negations." Cotard syndrome is primarily a certain type of depression.Dr. Jules Cotard, was a French neurologist of military origin, famous for describing this mental condition in the 1880s. Dr. Cotard died in 1889. Cotard syndrome is named after him. He described these delusions as some serious forms of chronic anxiety. Dr. Cotard describes some of the six major symptoms, which are melancholic anxiety, ideas of damnation and diabolical possession, i.e. demonopathy, disposition to suicide or self-harm, analgesia, hypochondriac ideas of non-existence or destruction of organs or the entire organism. body, soul, or God, etc.Cases reported with Cotard syndromeThe first patient, a man attempted suicide by electrocuting himself due to depression. After the incident, he told his psychiatrist that his brain was dead, but his body was alive. That he no longer needed to eat or sleep. However, he recognized that his mind was alive, but could not understand if his brain was dead how his mind could be alive. Yet he continued to insist that his brain was dead. Psyc...... middle of paper ......s amount and it puts a lot of stress on your kidneys, because the body can't break down the lithium chemicals as well. Mood stabilizers help put someone with severe mood disorders to sleep. People with Cotard syndrome are usually disoriented and depressed and need mood stabilizers to avoid harming themselves or those around them. However, among all drugs listed for most mental disorders, electroconvulsive therapy has the most positive effect on Cotard syndrome. syndrome. This is commonly called electroshock treatment. Patients receive seizures electronically to relieve their psychiatric illnesses. Women are more likely to undergo electroshock treatment because they are more likely to fall into depression. Electroconvulsive treatment is usually given as a last resort for most major depressive disorders, such as Cotard syndrome...