Episode 111: Get In The Sun Rocket

Jul 30, 2020

Amanda and Sarah get clinical for an episode on strange, rare psychological conditions. Sarah delves into Cotard's syndrome, a disturbing mental disorder that causes the afflicted to think they are dead or purifying, as well as a quick look into various doppelganger-type syndromes. Amanda tackles body integrity identity disorder (BIID), where patients obsess over amputating healthy limbs, believing it will improve their lives. Other subjects covered include a candid mental health discussion and bankrolling the revolution. 

Recommendations:

Amanda recommends the found footage film Exhibit A and the podcast All Killa No Filla. 

Sources:

New York Post (The strange condition that has people hacking off healthy limbs)

US National Library of Medicine National Institutes of Health (Apotemnophilia, body integrity identity disorder or xenomelia? Psychiatric and neurologic etiologies face each other)

 

CNN (Understanding the rare condition that makes people want to amputate their own limbs)

 

Wikipedia/BID

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