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An American neuroscientist has developed a rare condition that leaves him paralysed when he feels the emotion of love.
Matt Frerking, 39, from Portland, Oregon, is left immobile if he even has a romantic thought or sees others showing displays of affection.
The affliction has been diagnosed as a combination of the chronic sleeping disorder narcolepsy with cataplexy, a sudden weakening of the muscles which renders the person temporarily immobile but still aware of their surroundings...
Originally posted by Big Raging Loner
I believe it could be worse though, he could be devoid of the ability to love altogether, now that would be a real tragedy.
Originally posted by Big Raging Loner
The neuroscientist paralysed by love
www.telegraph.co.uk
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An American neuroscientist has developed a rare condition that leaves him paralysed when he feels the emotion of love.
Matt Frerking, 39, from Portland, Oregon, is left immobile if he even has a romantic thought or sees others showing displays of affection.
The affliction has been diagnosed as a combination of the chronic sleeping disorder narcolepsy with cataplexy, a sudden weakening of the muscles which renders the person temporarily immobile but still aware of their surroundings...