Vampire syndrome

In a report full of creepy details, doctors in Turkey described a case that was said to be "vampire syndrome."

A married 23-year-old young man suddenly found himself liking human blood, after starting to use a razor to slash his hands, chest, abdomen and lick the bleeding blood from those cuts. By the time they felt that they could not live without fresh blood, and this need became more and more urgent like being unable to live without air, this person turned to finding more abundant supplies, according to the report. Journal of Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics.

'Vampires' on, with their identity and whereabouts kept secret, have examined many times after stabbing and biting people to get blood. He even forced his father to have many times to buy blood from the blood bank to satisfy his thirst. Treating doctors say their patients are not from vampires, nor are they craving human blood from birth. It seems that psychological trauma is too great, which has pushed the subject into the current state. First is a 4-month-old daughter who is seriously ill and dies; then the patient witnessed the murder of his uncle and another massacre, in which his friend brutally murdered another person, then severed his head and genitalia.

After these bloody events, the subject started to babble alone, asserting that being haunted by an imaginary partner, constantly forcing himself to commit criminal acts and even instigating urging him to kill himself. The patient also suffers from a sudden forgetfulness, often discovering himself somewhere but not sure why he is there. According to the report, it seems that due to 'turning to another' personality, the patient cannot control the 'bloody' behavior, regardless of who is his victim, and then forget to go on a journey. Crime has just caused.

Lead researcher Direnc Sakarya - Denizli Army Hospital in southwest Turkey - said his group had agreed to diagnose that the patient had a multiple personality disorder (DID), a stress disorder. Post-traumatic injury (PTSD), chronic depression and alcohol abuse. According to experts, this is the first time they have discovered a psychological transformation into vampires accompanied by DID. The most famous case of multi-personality disorder belongs to an American named Shirley Mason (1923-1998), nicknamed Sybil, who was diagnosed with 16 different identities after being abused by a mother. substance and sex. However, in the case of Turkey, there has never been a problem of being estranged or abused as a child.

After six weeks from receiving this dysphagia, doctors said that the human blood intake had been reduced, but the multiple personality disorder remained the same. It is unclear whether the subject is physically damaged when switching to an abomination habit, but the human body is not suitable for blood digestion. Swallowing a small amount may be harmless, but daily bleeding can push the patient into an overload of iron (also called haemochromatosis), leading to destruction of internal organs, or infection of road-borne diseases. blood.