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7 Bizarre Brain Disorders You've Probably Never Heard Of

The Huffington Post   Jordan K. Turgeon   First Posted: 06/24/11 05:14 PM ET   Updated: 08/24/11 06:12 AM ET

A hand that spontaneously buttons and unbuttons your shirt against your will. The inability to recognize your own mother’s face. The belief that you are, in fact, dead amongst the living.

Might sound strange, but these are all symptoms of individuals reportedly suffering from some of the world’s most bizarre brain disorders and syndromes.

Alien Hand Syndrome
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Also sometimes referred to as the Dr. Strangelove Syndrome, this condition causes a patient's hand to take on a life of its own and act on its own accord.
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Stacey Jones
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08:22 AM on 06/29/2011
The Alien Hand disorder reminds me of the movie "Idle Hands".
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getalong
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09:52 PM on 06/28/2011
I vote for foreign accent syndrome. That's a fun disorder.
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caprawalie
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02:28 PM on 06/27/2011
How about stupidosis?
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TheSardonicAtheist
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12:13 PM on 06/26/2011
House covered the Alien Hand Syndrome on the last episode of Season 5.
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IdeatoEmpire
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10:21 AM on 06/26/2011
Here's seven brain disorders you have heard of:

Palin
Gingrich
Bachmann
Santorum
Beck
Pawlenty
McCain
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john649
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10:55 AM on 06/26/2011
add Limbaugh and make it an even eight
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playsindirt
So much dirt, so little time.
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10:11 AM on 06/26/2011
Palin probably has Capgras Delusion when she looks at Bachmann.
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JScott
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09:39 AM on 06/26/2011
I dunno if it's related to brain but wasn't there a lady in France who's brain could not process seeing movement, her life was a series of still pics, she couldn't drive obviously and when pouring beverages she had to pour a little bit at a time into the glass.
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Super Sarcastic
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09:22 AM on 06/26/2011
They forget to mention CBD..... (Conservative Brain Disorder)
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MsMcgee
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11:42 AM on 06/26/2011
Yes of course. And CBD is actually caused by yet another underlying condition which most male conservatives suffer from known as DSB, or (Deadly Semen Backup). This is what causes the brain disorder. The symptoms of DSB mirror those of the female condition known as PMS.
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Arion
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08:43 AM on 06/26/2011
Another neat one involves handwriting that gets microscopic and ecstatic spiritual states. It's so rare i don't think it has a name so far.
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robphilnz
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02:05 AM on 06/26/2011
I'm pleased to be able to recognise in myself some new conditions. I felt that some of my family and friends were no longer really listening to stories about my other 438 fascinating health problems.
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Exexecution
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01:52 AM on 06/26/2011
Bizarre brain disorders

#1 social conservative syndrome
#2 Libertarianitis
3# Teabagosis

Recommended treatment: double lobotomy
Prognosis: very poor
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Spiggy
If I can get you to think then I have succeeded.
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02:24 AM on 06/26/2011
Beat me to it....F & F
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jcolvin325
Personal attack = Concession speech.
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09:30 AM on 06/26/2011
I clicked on the article specifically to see the children that would post thingss like this...thanks for being predictable. You add so much to the health conversation.
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WeCanDoMore
Enjoying a fact based reality.
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10:20 AM on 06/26/2011
nah, they are right. How else can you explain this bizarre, unfathomable, flip flop, fact defying behavior? It is paranoid to say the least,
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john649
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10:57 AM on 06/26/2011
well, this is actually pretty accurate. never before have we seen such extreme and outrageous behavior devolving within the american political system.
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ChicagoBob
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01:03 AM on 06/26/2011
These are nothing compared with some of the things that are wrong with me.
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i the ys
eternity takes no time at all
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12:47 AM on 06/26/2011
I noticed that republicanism didn't make the list. Oh, it's because it's not that rare.
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Smithn
Different strokes for different folks.
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12:33 AM on 06/26/2011
I forgot to recommend "The Man Who Thought His Wife Was a Hat". It's about the inability to recognize faces.
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Smithn
Different strokes for different folks.
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12:30 AM on 06/26/2011
Paranoic::Birtherism The inability to see Hawaiian paper eveb after Judges tell you your nutso.
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