The walking dead does in fact exist. However, it is not the flesh eating zombie that many think about when hearing the term ‘walking dead.’ Instead, it is a rare and serious mental disorder also known as Cotard’s Syndrome. “In 1880, Jules Cotard (1840-1889) described the syndrome that bears his name as a constellation of false nihilistic beliefs, often in the form of self-negation.” (Ramirez-Bermudez, Aguilar-Venegas, Crail-Melendez, Espinola-Nadurille, Nente & Mendez, 2010) Throughout time there has been many controversies regarding what causes this disease. Cotard’s Syndrome was finally divided into three groups in 1995 as psychotic depression, Cotard’s Syndrome Type I, and Cotard’s Syndrome Type II. “Cotard formulated a new type of depression, characterized by anxious melancholia, ideas of damnation or rejection, insensitivity to pain, delusions of nonexistence concerning one’s own body and delusions of immortality.” (Debruyne, Portzky, Peremans & Audenaert, 2011) Cotard’s Syndrome Type I consisted of hypochondria, nihilistic delusions, and little to none of the depression stages. Cotard’s Syndrome Type II had symptoms of anxiety, auditory hallucinations, and delusions of immortality, depression, nihilistic delusions, and serious suicidal behavior. Those that develop Cotard’s Syndrome usually had an underlying cause most often being bipolar disorder. People who are most effected by Cotard’s Syndrome, are mostly women. Ages don’t necessarily matter, however studies have shown that persons of a late age are more likely to develop Cotard’s Syndrome on top of bipolar or serious depression. Due to having another disorder diagnosing someone with Cotard’s Sundrome can be quite tricky. A CT, or Computed Tomography, can be used to di... ... middle of paper ... ...cy is shortened. If a person does get treated, the life expectancy is normal, but the person who suffered from Cotard’s Syndrome believes that they were in fact once dead. Works Cited Ramirez-Bermudez, J., Aguilar-Venegas, L., Crail-Melendez, D., Espinola-Nadurille, M., Nente, F., & Mendez, M. (2010). Cotard syndrome in neurological and psychiatric patients. 22, 409-416. Retrieved from http://neuro.psychiatryonline.org Debruyne, H., Portzky, M., Peremans, K., & Audenaert, K. (2011). Cotard's syndrome. 2(1), 67-72. Retrieved from www.slm-psychiatry.com K, D. (2013, Oct 31). [Web log message]. Retrieved from http://sites.psu.edu/gearycal137/2013/10/31/Cotards'syndrome/ Freedman, J., & Duckworth, K. (2012, July). Ect. Retrieved from http://www.nami.org/Teplate.cfm?Section=About_Treatments_and_supports&Template=/contentmanagement/contentdisplay.cfm&contentID=142939
James Parker essay “Our Zombies, Ourselves,” informs readers that the zombie has almost outranked the vampire, and why they’re so popular. This undead monster originated from a Caribbean folk nightmare and was adapted over time by, the Halperin brothers, William Seabrook and George Romero and numerous others. Much like the vampire, zombies owe their fame to the progressiveness of technology, allowing them to consistently invade various media forms. The zombie has infested countless tv shows, movies, video games, and books, throughout the 21st century. Zombies themselves are soulless corpses who were regurgitated back into the world of the living. This making them rejects from the underworld, this presents the zombie as rejected yet inexpungable. What makes the zombie so popular, however, is that symbolizes everything that is rejected by humanity. “Much can be made of him, because he makes so little of himself. He comes back, He comes back, feebly but unstoppably” (Parker). The zombie represents humanity itself as well as what is rejected by humanity. Much like individuals today, the zombie is burdened by life’s demands, converting to nothing but a rotting, groaning human shell that stumbles through life without a purpose. The zombie is symbolizer of the real world, and all things irrepressible, whereas the vampire is a symbol of an alternate world and all things
As said in the previous discussion regarding the second chapter of Better Off Dead: The Evolution of the Zombie as Post-Human, zombies and their culture are examined and broke down in order to understand their motives for the progression of zombies globally. Through different perspectives from individuals based around the world, the discussion of the zombie culture debates over the idea that zombies have not just evolved within the narratives that have brought them to life, but they have evolved in such a way that ultimately transforms the narrative itself. However, in this specific chapter, “They are not men…they are dead bodies!”: From Cannibal to Zombie and Back Again, Chera Kee breaks down the introduction of zombies into mainstream consciousness,
Creutzfeldt-Jakob is a fatal, progrossive and incurable neurologic disorder which affects the brain in a destructive way. Globally, it attacks one person in every one million people. Specifically, at United State there are more than 300 cases per year. However, it is extremely complicated to diagnose, so the number of cases might get higher in the future. CJD (Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease) symptoms usually occur in later life for women and men whose ages are between 60 and 70. This essay displays a definition of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease based on its identity, causes, symptoms, risk factors and treatment.
The idea of a zombie is made up and it comes from nzambi, the Kongo word for the spirit of a dead person. In states such as Louisiana, or the Creole culture they believe zombies represent a person who has dies and brought back to life with no speech. Kings psychological argument on how we have an urge to watch horror movies because it helps to re-establish our feelings and feel natural again. Klusterman’s sociological essay helped us see the comparison of zombies and humans in real life. In conclusion zombies are not real, they are make believe but help bring a sense of normality to
This rare genetic disorder has multiple alternative names. The shortest one is referred to as CFC syndrome, but the other two are just as long as the original term for the disorder. They are known as Cardio-facial-cutaneous syndrome and Facio-cardio-cutaneous syndrome. It was first construed in the year of 1986 by J.F. Reynolds and associates at two places; the Shodair Children’s Hospital in Helena, Montana and the University of Utah. Its explanation was concluded from the examination of eight unrelated patients who all shared many of the same characteristics. They all had psychological disabilities and analogous aberrations in their appearance of their face, hair, skin, nails, and heart.
There are many possible reasons why a child may grow slowly, including: hereditary factors (short parents), diseases affecting the kidneys; heart, lungs or intestines; hormone imbalances; severe stress or emotional deprivation; infections in the womb before birth; bone diseases; and genetic or chromosomal abnormalities. The Turner Syndrome (known as Ullrich-Turner Syndrome in Germany) is a congenital disease. A German doctor named Ullrich published his article in 1930. American doctor Henry Turner recognized a pattern of short stature and incomplete sexual maturation in otherwise normal females.
In the article, “A Zombie Manifesto: The Nonhuman Condition in the Era of Advanced Capitalism” by Sarah Juliet Lauro and Karen Embry, the authors’ evaluate the idea of the zombie and its connection to capitalism and post-humanism. According to the authors, the zombie represents much more than just a fear, it represents a loss of oneself to many different things, primarily to a capitalist society. The authors have come to the conclusion that humans have a fear of what they cannot control, and that is why the zombie is so big in entertainment. We see zombies everywhere, in movies, books, tv shows, fundraisers, marathons, and so much more. They have been around for decades, but recently they have become very popular. The authors believe this is
The Walking Dead is a post-apocalyptic television series that mainly focuses on a particular group of people who struggle to maintain life in a world where the dead now walks amongst the living while trying to remain sane. The television show begins with the series’ protagonist, Rick Grimes, who, recently in a coma, awakens to find himself lying alone in a hospital that has already been overrun by zombies. After being saved by a main character known as Morgan Jones, police officer Rick Grimes comes to realization of the world he is now living in and sets out to go look for his possibly dead family which he refuses to believe that they have have died and become what the living dead are known as: walkers. Rick finally manages to find his family
There are many possibilities where a human can be turned into a “zombie”. Disease, disease has been with humans as long as humans have lived on this Earth. When we look throughout history, we can see the evolution of disease. In England during the Middle Ages, the Bubonic Plague is a perfect example. It hit the British pretty hard, taking them absolutely by surprise.
The Walking Dead, a television show about surviving in the zombie world, is based on the comic book with the same name created by Robert Kirkman. In this show Rick Grimes, a sheriff's deputy, awakes from his coma and finds himself in a hospital. He soon discovers that while he was in a coma the world had become infected, turning humans into flesh-eating zombies later called Walkers by the characters. As Rick sets out to find his family he encounters many other survivors such as Glenn, Daryl, Carl, Maggie, Carol, Sasha, Hershel, Beth, and Michonne, among many others who have died along the way. Rick and the survivors have been through a lot throughout the show, such as having to move from place to place to avoid being eating by walkers. After walking a longs way, they finally find shelter in an old prison where they now live. Although The Walking Dead shows a lot violence, it sends many positive messages to the viewers that teach them about survival, religion and betray and how each of these can be beneficial in the real world
“The Walking Dead”, is a show about survival during a zombie apocalypse. The main character Rick Grimes, was a former sheriff who awoke from a months-long coma to find his world completely shattered. After reuniting with his family he becomes the leader of their small group, in which they strive
The Walking Dead is a TV series shown on Sunday nights on the AMC channel. This series is about the way people survive in an apocalyptic world where everyone who dies, comes back to life, not as a person, but as a “walker”. The story begins with Rick Grimes, a sheriff in a small town whom wakes up in a hospital after the apocalypse. Rick’s mission, after the apocalypse, was to find his wife, Lori, and son, Carl, and to keep them safe from harm. Rick and other characters in the story, go through an intense amount of emotions, physical and psychological battles, and as the AMC website put it “in the quest to find a permanent, safe place to call home, one question will haunt them: After all they’ve seen, all they’ve done, all they’ve sacrificed,
First, I would like to offer my credentials, validating my endorsement of Dr. Carter. With a Bachelors degree in both Chemistry and Biochemistry from the University of Michigan, I earned my doctorate in Neuroscience from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, in 1979. Subsequently, I accepted a Postdoctoral Fellowship at Harvard School of Medicine, in the Department of Neurobiology, where I studied for three years before becoming Professor of Neurosciences and Neurology at Case Western Reserve University.
→Bartter’s Syndrome, or hypochloremic metabolic alkalosis, is a disorder involving a set of three other closely related disorders. These rare congenital Bartter-like syndromes share many pathophysiological simularities, but differ in the age of onset and the location of genetic problems in the nephron (Guay-Woodford).
Undead? Extremely unlikely. Disease? Completely possible and quite true. There also isn't just one disease that could cause this. There are quite a few diseases that can cause the Hollywood “zombies”. Rabies is one that we all have heard of. You can become so delusional that you develop zombie-like aggressive. Sleeping sickness is another disease. Sleeping sickness causes neurological disturbances. It can cause poor motor condition, confusion, sensory disturbances, and changes in behavior. Leprosy is another disease that