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Fractured Reality: Distortions of Perception pt. 1

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Fractured Reality: Distortions of Perception pt. 1

Fringe Beyond Limits

Jun 30
Fringe Beyond Limits

Fringe Beyond Limits

Jun 30
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This episode of Fringe Beyond Limits explores rare psychiatric and neurological conditions that fracture perception and identity. Through documented cases—like Cotard’s walking-corpse delusion, face-distorting prosopometamorphopsia, clinical lycanthropy, C...

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This episode of Fringe Beyond Limits delves into rare psychiatric and neurological conditions that distort perception and identity, exploring how the brain constructs our sense of self and reality.
00:00
Hair loss and listener banter
04:09
Rare psychiatric conditions distort perception of reality
09:04
Brain scans showed extremely low activity in self-awareness regions.
17:39
Diagnosis is challenging due to patient hesitation and intermittent symptoms.
27:08
Delusions challenge our understanding of identity and reality.
37:15
A single consciousness fragmenting into many people.
38:04
A person denies ownership of a body part due to brain damage.
46:23
A severed emotional link creates an imposter belief.
56:52
The condition shows how the brain constructs reality
1:05:53
The condition traps individuals in their own body.
1:07:42
Depersonalization makes reality feel unreal

Chapters

Opening Banter and Wilson Jokes
00:00
Strange Minds Explained
04:09
Walking Corpse Syndrome
05:23
Faces Warped Unnaturally
14:50
Becoming the Wolf
23:44
The Disguised Stranger Delusion
30:31
When Body Ownership Fails
38:03
Loved Ones as Imposters
46:22
Shrinking Into Wonderland
53:52
The Crawling Parasites Delusion
1:02:45
Detached From Self and World
1:07:36

Transcript

Speaker 1: All of us strands are in real danger, and whatever it is, it's closing in. It started with just a few lost hairs here and there, but now more and more of us are disappearing every day. A way to stop the shedding. Pantene Abundant and Strong. Go ...