Graham Harrison, 57 years old was diagnosed with a rare zombie condition
known as the Cotard Delusion or the Walking Corpse Syndrome. He already believes that he is dead despite
of a failed suicide attempt. He tried to
electrocute himself and thought that his brain has been fried in doing so.
The Cotard Delusion is known to be a very rare case that only affects
around a hundred of people all over the world.
It is the delusion of someone that they are already dead, even though
they are still breathing. Most of them
like the case of Mademoiselle X died of starvation because they believe they no
longer need to feed since they are already dead.
Graham Harrison, formerly working as a water contractor, woke up from a failed
suicide attempt. He was so shocked that
he was able to walk because he believes that he no longer has a brain. He was so annoyed about the fact that he can
still speak or perform a task since he has a firm certainty that his grey
matter is already missing due to Cotard Delusion.
Graham constantly went to the local cemetery because he thinks that the
cemetery is the perfect place for him to be.
The police would often arrive at the cemetery to pick him up and return
him home.
Some doctors found his Cotard Delusion case amusing and subjected him to different
neurological test. They found out that
his brain response is too low that it is similar to a person in a vegetative
state. One of the doctors who have an
experience in scanning brain for 15 years was amazed and said that this is the
first time that he witnessed such a case.
Graham Harrison underwent years of psychotherapy and drug treatment. With the help of his family and the people
who cared for him, Graham was able to regain back his health.
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