"In what the French call folie a deux, there is a patterned situation whereby two individuals--one of whom is psychologically stronger--become so involved with one another that the stronger of the two greatly influences the other's belief system (often a delusion of some kind)."
-Frederick E. Pope from 'The Psychic Infection of Heaven's Gate'
From The American Heritage® Medical Dictionary =
"A condition in which symptoms of a mental disorder occur simultaneously in two individuals who share a close relationship or association."
The literal English translation is "Madness shared by two."
-Frederick E. Pope from 'The Psychic Infection of Heaven's Gate'
From The American Heritage® Medical Dictionary =
"A condition in which symptoms of a mental disorder occur simultaneously in two individuals who share a close relationship or association."
The literal English translation is "Madness shared by two."
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