Woman Having Mental Breakdown Can’t Be Cured, Until Her Doctor Asks Her To Draw a Clock

At just 24 years old, Susannah Cahalan was admitted to the hospital for “insanity,” and was about to be in the middle of what felt like a loosing battle.

Until one day, when one doctor looked a little closer at her symptoms and realized her erratic behavior was the result of a very rare disease that others failed to notice…

Life Was Good

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With a job at the New York Post and six months into a new relationship, 2009 was looking to be a year full of bliss for Susannah Cahalan. However, the young woman’s future was about to take a shocking turn that would change her life forever.

Random Sensations Surged Her Body

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Unfortunately, Cahalan’s future looked anything but blissful as she began to experience random, unexplainable sensations throughout her body. She had no idea that her life was about to be put on hold for an illness that she wasn’t aware she had.

She Began Searching For Explainations

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As a mysterious sensation took over her body, Cahalan wondered if her strange feeling was caused by bedbugs and decided to call an exterminator.

However, this was quickly ruled out when the exterminator found zero evidence of an infestation in her home.

She Suffered From Paranoia

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As time went on, Cahalan became plagued with paranoia, hallucinations and seizures. These episodes became so frequent and severe that the 24-year-old couldn’t go to work anymore.