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Have you consideredcotard's syndrome? It's a rare delusional disorder in whicha person believes he or she is dead. Are you talking about the killer or me? - The killer, of course.- Well, of course. Um... she couldn't see the victim's face. Or she was trying to uncover it. The inability to identify othersis associated with cotard's. It's a misfiring in the areas of the brainwhich recognise faces and also in the amygdala, whichadds emotion to those recognitions. Even those closest to herwould seem like imposters. So she reached out to someoneshe loved, someone she trusted. She felt betrayed, became violent. She can't trust anything or anyoneshe once knew to be trustworthy. Her mental illness won't let her
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Have you considered cotard's syndrome
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It's a rare delusional disorder in which a person believes he or she is dead
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Are you talking about the killer or me
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The killer of course Well of course
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Um she couldn't see the victim's face
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Or she was trying to uncover it
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The inability to identify others is associated with cotard's
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It's a misfiring in the areas of the brain which recognise faces
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and also in the amygdala which adds emotion to those recognitions
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Even those closest to her would seem like imposters
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So she reached out to someone she loved someone she trusted
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She felt betrayed became violent
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She can't trust anything or anyone she once knew to be trustworthy
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Her mental illness won't let her
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Movie Summary
Explores the early relationship between renowned psychiatrist Hannibal Lecter and a young FBI criminal profiler who is haunted by his ability to empathize with serial killers.