Alien Hand Syndrome may be a diagnosis if your hand moves by itself.

Alien Hand Syndrome may be a diagnosis if your hand moves by itself.

Stanley Kubrick’s 1964 film, “The Artist,” is a must-see. “Dr. Strangelove” — spoiler alert — you’ll remember that the main character’s right hand would perform strange behaviors (via theJournal of the American Medical Association Neurology). Alien hand syndrome — sometimes called Dr. Strangelove syndrome — occurs when the hand performs actions against the will of the person.

According toHealthlineThe alien hand might grasp the object with its other hand and not let go. These actions are intentional but not willful. Sometimes the alien hand can work against the person. An example of this is a woman whose alien hand unbuttoned her shirt after she had buttoned it with the control hand. BBC). “I’d light a cigarette, balance it on an ashtray, and then my left hand would reach forward and stub it out,” Karen Byrne told the BBC. “It would take things out of my handbag and I wouldn’t realize so I would walk away. I lost a lot of things before I realized what was going on”

According to WebMD, alien hand syndrome has been treated with certain drugs — like clonazepam and botulinum toxin injection — as well as cognitive behavioral therapy. You can also find solutions outside of the box, such as giving an alien hand a task. One man prevented his alien hand interrupting his sleep by giving him a task to do. “wearing an oven mitt to bed” (via WebMD).

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