Alien hand syndrome

There are also many B-movies that feature evil severed hands, like The Crawling Hand and The Beast with Five Fingers.

But there is a condition called Alien Hand Syndrome, and it's more horrifying than any cinematic thriller can depict it.

Because it's real.

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There are tons of weird diseases and disorders in this world, but have you ever heard of one where a person's hand attacks them involuntarily? Unfortunately, it exists, and it's known as alien hand syndrome.

It's one of the rarer neurological disorders, and it can be both dangerous and terrifying when it strikes.

And as you can imagine, this can often get a person into socially inappropriate situations.

It's also called the Dr. Strangelove syndrome, since the title character in the Stanley Kubrick movie infamously loses control of his right arm.

Foreign accent syndrome is exactly what it sounds like.

The person suddenly speaks in an accent they're completely unfamiliar with, and most cases are from a stroke, head trauma, or a brain tumor.