Mental disorders have always fascinated us: it's funny how our brain is capable of making us see a totally different reality. This is the case of Capgras Syndrome or Sosias illusion, a rare disease about the one that knows little more. Those who suffer from it are convinced that any of your relatives, friends or close friends has been replaced by a double, an imposter identical that impersonates this person.
It might seem that the sick do not recognize the face of the individual but really if they do it. They will simply believe that those people have been replaced by someone with a perfect costume. It has been concluded that this disorder arises from a connection problem between visual recognition and memory affective For example, who suffers it may believe that his father is an imposter, because he will not associate the emotional memories of their relationship with him and he will reject it.
However, they don't know how to give a reason either consistent why that person is not who says to be. They are unable to explain who has replaced it, Or for what reason. And even if the idea is absurd, they will see everything kind of signals that will make them believe that It is true.
Capgras syndrome suddenly manifests, causing his surroundings to be surprised at this attitude. The affected person begins to avoid and reject the person who has supposedly been supplanted, causing your personal relationships and family members deteriorate. The first to identify this rare disorder it was the french psychiatrist Jean Marie Joseph Capgras in 1923, which defined it as the "illusion of the doubles ”.
The first case he diagnosed was that of a 53-year-old woman who believed her husband and his children had been replaced by imposters Even she thought she had between two and three doubles, which were part of a plot to steal your identity and become With your inheritance. But there are more documented cases. In 1995 a man and his wife suffered a car accident, after which the husband began to suffer a series of flashbacks in which she had failed to survive.
From there he began to believe that his wife she was a double who had supplanted her wife dead. It is not known exactly what causes this disorder, but what we do know is that it is usually accompanied of other diseases, such as schizophrenia or depression Capgras Syndrome has been portrayed in several movies and television series, like Perception, Scrubs or Criminal Minds. It is also mentioned in the Japanese manga MPD Psycho, whose story introduces us to a killer with multiple personalities.
Just imagine, tiktakers, that suddenly one day you wake up in the morning believing that someone is not who he seems to be . . .
