The syndrome is incredibly rare, and the majority of what doctors know about it are based on a handful of case studies like Graham’s. Very few people with Cotard’s syndrome have been diagnosed, and even fewer studied. “He acknowledged that his abilities to see, hear, think, remember and communicate proved that his mind must be alive: he could not explain how his mind could be alive if his brain was dead, but he was certain that this was the case,” the case study says. Now living a sort of half-life, stuck between being alive but having a dead brain, Graham’s trips to the cemetery served as the closest connection he could make with death.Īccording to his case study, when Graham went to the doctor, he explained that “I am coming to prove that I am dead” and said that he didn’t need to eat or sleep.
He had been suffering from severe depression and several months prior attempted suicide by bringing an electrical appliance into the bath. His visits would last so long that the local police would find him there, among the gravestones, and bring him back home. They believe they are dead, and they go through life convinced of the fact that they have already died. People with Walking Corps Syndrome, also called Cotard’s syndrome, feel as though they are dead. Walking Corpse Syndrome isn’t the name of a new zombie television show: it’s a rare and very mysterious disorder.
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