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Cotard Syndrome is a rare neuropsychiatric disorder in which individuals believe they do not exist, that their body or organs are absent, decayed, or even dead. This syndrome is also known as the “walking corpse syndrome” or “delire de négation” (negation delusion). It was first described in 1880 by Jules Cotard, based on the case of a 43-year-old woman who claimed her brain, nerves, stomach, and intestines did not exist and that she herself was dead. Symptoms and Characteristics The core sympto