The belief that one is already dead is known as Cotard’s syndrome, named after the French neurologist who first diagnosed it. In the 1800s, Jules Cotard described the syndrome as a type of depression characterized by anxious melancholia and delusions about one’s own body. Esmé Weijun Wang is among the few people who experienced the […]
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The Silent Suffering and Stigmatization of Mental Illness
Mental health is not something we’re open to discussing in America. We speak about mental health most when a beloved celebrity has suffered tremendously and reached the point of choosing suicide. At these times, I’ve noticed how even more taboo it is to speak about mental health in the black American community. It could have […]