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#93972. purcy
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What is Clerambault's syndrome?
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neelie_447
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Erotomania is a rare disorder in which a person holds a delusional belief that another person, usually of a higher social status, is in love with him or her.
Erotomania is also called de Clérambault's syndrome, after the French psychiatrist Gaëtan Gatian de Clérambault (1872–1934), who published a comprehensive review paper on the subject (Les Psychoses Passionelles) in 1921.
 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erotomania
Mar 26 08, 7:40 PM
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randomguy55
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Erotomania, also known as Clerambault's syndrome, is a rare disorder in which a person holds a delusional belief that another person, usually of a higher social status, is in love with him or her.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erotomania
Mar 26 08, 7:40 PM
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Erotomania, or de Clerambault's syndrome, is a 'delusional romantic preoccupation with a stranger'. It's more commonly recognised as stalking. Someone suffering from the condition believes, quite wrongly, that another person is in love with them. They may have never even spoken to that person.
Erotomaniacs usually focus their attention on those with high social status, quite often celebrities or public figures. They also go for people who have shown them kindness or helped them in some way – for example, a doctor. And they do more than innocently daydream about the object of their desire. They fabricate a whole relationship with that person, going in to great detail. They believe that they will be with that person one day and won't accept rejection. Simply unable to recognise that the person doesn't share their feelings, they assume that someone else must be manipulating the person they love or doing something to prevent them being together. (For example, they might think 'His wife made him get that restraining disorder, he really wants to be with me.')
More women than men have erotomania, and those affected tend to be lonely and have social difficulties. They've usually grown up with a poor sense of self, and sometimes come from an abusive background. Erotomaniacs tend to have difficulty with intimacy. They can't attain it in reality, so seek it in fantasy. Often having experienced loss, they feel safer attaching themselves to people who are unattainable, preventing any further loss.
http://www.channel4.com/health/microsites/0-9/4health/mind/wwr_manic.html
Mar 26 08, 8:55 PM
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