Comments on: ZOMBIES AND PSYCHOLOGICAL TRAUMA http://zombieresearchsociety.com/archives/5021 Thu, 23 May 2013 18:22:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Matt Mogk http://zombieresearchsociety.com/archives/5021#comment-6332 Matt Mogk Wed, 09 Jun 2010 00:33:47 +0000 http://zombieresearch.net/?p=5021#comment-6332 The biggest problem with comparing the fictional reactions of people in World War Z (which was taken directly from Matheson’s vampire novel, I Am Legend, btw) is that Cotard Syndrome is not caused by trauma. It is a mental disorder that isn’t associated with any outside factors, but rather occurs because of some physical malfunction in the brain. And it is extremely rare.

It is highly unlikely that people in a zombie outbreak would believe they were zombies and/or act like zombies. Very entertaining story though!

]]> By: Morgan http://zombieresearchsociety.com/archives/5021#comment-6331 Morgan Wed, 09 Jun 2010 00:23:07 +0000 http://zombieresearch.net/?p=5021#comment-6331 It’s a perfectly viable psychological disorder, especially in the event of a massive zombie outbreak. It would be quite similar to the Cotard Delusion, where the afflicted individual believes that they’ve died. They refuse to eat or participate in normal activites because, well, they think they’re dead. In a world infested by zombies, the psychological dangers are just as real as the physical ones.

]]> By: Szanth http://zombieresearchsociety.com/archives/5021#comment-6330 Szanth Tue, 08 Jun 2010 22:10:01 +0000 http://zombieresearch.net/?p=5021#comment-6330 S’true. World War Z said there were a certain number of people who were so traumatized by the experience that they acted like zombies and believed themselves to be zombies, even though they weren’t.

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