Any body come across this before ?

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watchman's picture
Any body come across this before ?

"Christian tourist who went missing in Israeli desert may have had 'Jerusalem Syndrome' ...

https://www.christiantoday.com/article/christian-tourist-who-went-missin...

I was vaugely aware of this as it was mentioned in a "Simpsons" episode ...... but had no idea it was a real thing .....

"Jerusalem syndrome is a group of mental phenomena involving the presence of either religiously themed obsessive ideas, delusions or other psychosis-like experiences that are triggered by a visit to the city of Jerusalem."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerusalem_syndrome

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mykcob4's picture
Never heard of it but it isn
ZeffD's picture
He seems to have mental
Old man shouts at clouds's picture
Lovely description of the
Tin-Man's picture
If ever I should get some
chimp3's picture
Fascinating!
Cronus's picture
I've had something similar

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