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  • Made in America (Series 1) – Issue 18 – Anosognosia

    Anosognosia is the inability to grasps the concept of one’s own sickness. A sufferer has another mental disorder, let’s use delusional disorder, but is unaware that they suffer from delusional disorder. Even if others tell them, they reject it as false. It can vary over the course of a person’s life, they can be more…

  • The Black Side of Paradise 8. Aldous (conclusion)

    Aldous wrote this letter to Beatriz after the incident at the tree lighting. He was too afraid to give it to her in person and left it in the black box theater in a place that he hoped she would find it. Beatriz never read it. Dear Beatriz, All I can do is thank you…

  • Made in America (Series 1) – Issue 17 – Secrets and Lies

    Maria does not love the IBF basement, but she doesn’t hate it either. She has experienced a sense of calm or completion since her arrival, as though the urgency that had brought her all the way to the secret facility had melted away. It was true that she had received a lot of reassurance that…

  • The Black Side of Paradise 7. Aldous (continued)

    When Aldous first saw the woman named Beatriz who would seize his heart and affections, he was cursing at the actors of the black box theater for leaving so much garbage. He was lost in the work of cleaning when he heard her voice. “That’s my job.” She said and when Aldous looked up at…

  • Made in America (Series 1) – Issue 16 – Skepticism vs. Delusion

    The inability to distinguish between reality and imagination is called Delusional Disorder. There are different classifications. The Erotomanic type presents as delusions of love; a person with this type believes that another person is in love with him or her. The Persecutory type presents as delusions of imminent threats or harm; a person with this…

  • Gerry Caudle; Delusional Disorder – Eakran’s Experiments (One-Shots)

    The IBF basement is home to patients who undergo top secret experiments to provide workable cures or further insight into brain and mental disorders that plague portions of the population. There is a patient in the basement by the name of Gerry Caudle who has suffered from realistic delusions for much of his life. He…

  • The Black Side of Paradise 6. Aldous

    Aldous loved his new name. And he loved that other people judged him for using such a pompous sounding name that was so obviously a rip off of the writer Aldous Huxley. But he was in college and it was easy for him to adopt a new persona in a new city. Even though he…

  • Made in America (Series 1) – Issue 15 – Devotion

    “How can I help you?” Maria asks. She is excited at the idea that she could help Dr. Cousins who had been treating her like a threat since her arrival at the institute.  “What?” Cousins asks. “You said when you came that you needed my help. What can I help you with?” “Oh, right. I…

  • The Black Side of Paradise 5. Bradley (conclusion)

    What makes a man capable of empathy? Is it something that we acquire at birth? Or are there experiences in life that teach us that there is a benefit to acknowledging the feelings of other? Bradley was not a sociopath, or he had never been diagnosed as such, but all of his life he had…

  • Made in America (Series 1) – Issue 14 – Multilayered

    Dissociative personality disorder has its skeptics; those who refuse to believe what can’t be easily seen or proven, measured or quantified. Skeptics complain that a person could be pretending, simply adopting new personas on a whim for various motives. These skeptics bare a shocking resemblance to climate change deniers and conspiracy theorists who think that…