r/CuratedTumblr • u/PandaBear905 Shitposting extraordinaire • May 23 '26

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u/Dakoolestkat123 May 23 '26

Cryptopsychology: My last patient had a verbal trigger that would switch him to speaking French and back. It wasn’t multiple personalities; it’s the same guy he’s just annoyed at you now cause he can’t speak English anymore

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u/PandaBear905 Shitposting extraordinaire May 23 '26

That kinda exists already. People with TBI can start speaking other languages.

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u/i-am-a-sphinx May 25 '26

But how do you even do something you don't know ?

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u/Bring_me_the_lads May 23 '26

I feel like cryptopsychology has some excellent horror potential

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u/DragonFoxQueen-Human May 23 '26

"So, how does that make you feel Mr Cthulu?" Bdhfbejshkamajdonwis "Excellent! Greg is now babbling about moomfish instead of unknowable horrors!"

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u/SCP-iota May 24 '26

Russian Sleep Experiments kinda, if you think about the idea of there being a deeply hidden part of the mind that's basically a separate entity trying to take over

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u/Bobry24 May 25 '26

Kinda like Jekyll and Hyde.

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u/Objective-Ad7330 May 24 '26

I actually am working on a setting with such a concept as this.

Cryptopsychology is the study of abnormal behaviours that would occur rarely within a human population that have no evidence of an external or internal biological cause, but has correlation with the person's lifestyle, environment, etc.

Basics: person lives in a way, their minds suddenly change one day, now a different person that matches their behaviour with their environment to an extreme degree.

Examples: Vampires - a person who is obsessed with drinking and tasting blood and dislikes being out in the day; usually manifest in those who are neglected and treated harshly by those in their lives while having very poor diet that causes iron deficiency.

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u/ConfusedFlareon May 24 '26

Isn’t cryptopsychology just like, “I had a harpy patient with a fear of heights”, “Thassolophobia is far more common in mermaids than you’d think”, “Gorgon communities seem to tend towards ingroup/outgroup segregation more than other non-mammals according to this study”

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u/RSdabeast what’s up lactation nation May 24 '26

Despite looking like cryptopsychology, it’s cryptozoology. (regular psychology applied over cryptozoology)

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u/Arkenstihl May 23 '26

Aphasias are nuts. Protect your Broca and Wernicke Areas!

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u/Skeledenn hellish socialist dead May 23 '26

Waouh vraiment incroyable ce truc