Wednesday, June 6, 2012

Does this exist, or is this a unique mental disorder I invented?

So, I have *no* idea why this was going through my mind. But I had to write it down.
Considering *how* many mental disorders there are, I figure this *has* to be one, but I have not yet found one in my searches.

So here is a description:

Basically, for every object the person see's, they *have* to give it a name. So, as soon as they focus on something specific, in their mind they hear a name, and when they recognize that object again, they will remember that name. The person likely cannot choose the name that their mind gives the object.  So this means that while they should be able to remember what their friends name are, in their mind they will always hear the original name whenever they recognize their friend. It is like you recognize a face, or remember any other object by it's image, it's just they associate a proper noun to it.


So for this person, every door in his house, his cups(if he can distinguish them apart), his tv, the doornobs, have names.

They are not actively *remembering* these names, they simply *know* when they see the same thing again.

It's like this:
You walk into a denny's, you have to sit in a waiting area, and you notice a scratch on the wall. You look at it while you wait.

Then 2 days later, you go to the denny's again, and sit in the same place, you will certainly remember the scratch as the one you looked at before. A person with this disorder is the same, except when they remember it, they also hear "Jeff", or whatever name their brain gave the scratch originally.

So, for anyone reading this what do ya think?

Possible names for this syndrome:


  • Adam and Eve Syndrome Taken
  • Earthsea Syndrome # seems to be good. Maybe you guys can think of a better one.



2 comments:

  1. Doesn't sound like any disorder I've ever heard of- maybe associating things with names just makes them easier to remember, and it's a subconscious decision to remember those things, no matter how minor.

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  2. It seems to sound a little bit like : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ordinal_linguistic_personification

    Except they don't see the objects with personalities, just names.

    It might be possible with a type of it.

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