Abnormality Unleashed: 10 Fascinating Cases of Human Behaviour

Jane: The Woman Who Thought She Was a Bird

Jane suffered from a rare disorder known as zoanthropy, which made her believe she was a bird. She spent most of her time in trees, flapping her arms and chirping. Though the disorder took a considerable toll on her psychological and social life, she eventually learned to accept and live with her abnormality.

Jim: The Man Who Loved Inanimate Objects

Jim had a peculiar disorder known as objectophilia, which made him fall in love with inanimate objects like bridges and fences. Ironically, Jim was an engineer who designed structures like bridges that he later found irresistible. Though its exact cause is unknown, objectophilia has harmed the psychological and social health of its victims who often find it challenging to cope with discrimination against them for their abnormality.

Karen: The Lady Who Ate Only Chicken McNuggets

Karen suffered from an eating disorder known as Selective Eating Disorder (SED). SED caused her to prefer foods high in fat, sodium, and sugar. Her love for Chicken McNuggets turned from a preference to a compulsion to the point that she consumed virtually nothing else except McNuggets.

John: The Man Who Could Replicate Any Painting

John was diagnosed with Savant syndrome, which gave him an extraordinary talent, termed as hyper-realistic replication skills, which allowed him to recreate paintings of famous artists such as Vincent van Gogh and Monet with extreme precision from memory.

Graham: The Man Who Never Slept

Graham was suffering from a rare disorder known as Fatal Familial Insomnia. The disease left him unable to sleep, ultimately leading to his death after nearly unheard-of 11 months without sleep.

Kenton: The Man Who Can Recognize Every Sound produced by Practically Every Animal and Plant

Kenton inherited a gift from his father that allowed him to recognize almost every sound produced by practically every animal and plant. It is said that he can distinguish different bird’s chirps, recognize tree species from their rustling leaves’ sounds, and distinguish between different types of grains by hearing their crunching sounds.

Chandra: The Woman Who Had No Memory

Chandra’s most notable characteristic was her inability to recall events or tasks following the next 15 seconds, giving her a condition is known as short-volatile memory loss. The condition is permanent and was caused by damage to the brain’s hippocampus.

Ben Underwood: The Teenager Who Could See Sonar

Ben lost his eyesight at two years old, and by clicking of his tongue, he could echolocate his surroundings almost to near-perfect vision. His trick gained him popularity on TV shows, made him re-conditioned for the orientation and mobility instructor, and even skilled in ball games.

Akosua Agyapong: The Woman Who Could Taste Sounds

Akosua randomly acquired the neurobiological condition termed Synesthesia, a very rare neurological condition that caused neurological pathways to integrate causing her brain to associate specific tastes with tastes. For instance, hitting an object dripped ice-cold water, and she could taste fish against lemon zest.

Christopher: The Man without Fear

The Man without Fear, popularly known as Christopher triggered his condition by a pituitary tumor when he was 7. The tumor caused him to develop a fear of humiliation or rejection. He walks around Japan (his home), disregarding the dangers or situations, just like narrowly escaping a rushing Shinkansen Train traveling at 150mph or walking on sharp broken glass pieces.

The unfamiliar Is full of mystery and gloriously weird

Abnormality is a fascinating and enlightening aspect of human beings, and its quirks show us that human beings are not predictable machines tied to cookie-cutter personas but infinite expressions that reveal unknown secrets of the human mind-body-soul interconnectedness. What might appear strange to some could be an embodiment of human feats and possibilities. Who knows, someone could possess an extraordinary, quirky feature that could come in handy in troublesome circumstances besides the pleasure of it. Precisely, there is awesomeness in strangeness.