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The Glass Delusion of King Charles VI

7 Jul 2025 1 minute read 0 comments Aura516

  In the late 1300s, King Charles VI of France began to suffer from a bizarre mental illness now known as the “glass delusion.” He genuinely believed that he was made of fragile glass, and that any physical contact could cause him to shatter into pie...