I’m probably not the only one who has woken up to the harsh light of the morning and thought blearily, “Ugh, I feel like a corpse” (especially when the night before was … let’s say, celebratory). But ...

Cotard's syndrome, a rare and intriguing neuropsychiatric condition, is principally characterised by nihilistic delusions in which individuals believe that they are dead or non-existent. Although not ...

It’s the stuff that makes fans of “The Walking Dead” and other zombie enthusiasts keep coming back for more – only it has happened in real life to writer Esme Weijun Wang, who for nearly two months ...

Cotard syndrome is a specific nihilistic delusion named after Jules Cotard, a French neurologist. Cotard first described the condition in 1880, which he called le délire de négation (negation delirium ...

One of the strangest and rarest mental disorders that has been studied academically is Cotard’s Syndrome (CS), and also known as the Cotard Delusion, the Nihilistic Delusion, and the Walking Corpse ...

Journal of Beckett Studies, Vol. 17, No. 1-2 (September 2008), pp. 169-186 (18 pages) Ackerley, C. J. and S. E. Gontarski (eds) (2006), Faber Companion to Samuel ...

One of the strangest and rarest mental disorders that has been studied academically is Cotard’s Syndrome (CS), and also known as the Cotard Delusion, the Nihilistic Delusion, and the Walking Corpse ...

I don’t think I’m alone when I say that I can look up a list of symptoms on WebMD and effortlessly convince myself that I have Dengue Fever. Oh, rashes, headaches, and joint pain? That’s totally me.

As creepy as it sounds, this disease is real. Multiple patients have reported believing that their brain is dead, their organs are rotting, or that their heart doesn't beat. It may sound freaky, but ...

A San Francisco woman came to a bizarre conclusion a few years ago: After weeks of feeling out of sorts, she decided that she was dead. Yup, dead. In 2013, Esmé Weijun Wang informed her husband that ...