Doctors told about a man with Groundhog Day syndrome

Recent medical reports have described a unique case involving an unusual perception of time by a person. Let's recall the 1993 comedy fantasy film Groundhog Day, where the main character (played by Bill Murray) gets stuck in a time loop and his every day repeats over and over again, as if he is stuck on the same calendar page. It turns out that such a phenomenon is not only within the fictional world of cinema, but can also occur in real life.

The medical report describes a real case of an elderly man in his 80s who claimed to experience the same day over and over again, but it happened for completely different reasons. This man's life turned out to be entangled in a network of repetitive events, as if a gravitational force was pulling him to the same moments in time.

"Wherever I go, there are the same people on the side of the road, the same cars behind me with the same faces in them... the same person gets out of cars in the same clothes, with the same bags, says the same things... nothing new," he said.

The situation became so serious that one day he even turned to the manufacturer of his e-book to complain that the device persistently showed him the same pages, as if time was stuck on the same part of the story. Another time, he turned to a TV repair specialist, as the same programs passed before his eyes every day.

However, unlike the movie hero Bill Murray, this man is not stuck in a time loop. Doctors, having studied his case, came to the conclusion that his strange experience was most likely a complication related to Alzheimer's disease.

This rare condition, known as Deja Vu with confabulation of memories (DVRC), causes confusion in the perception of time and memory in Alzheimer's sufferers. People experiencing DVRC may mistakenly perceive current events as a repetition of past events, and details and circumstances may be distorted or confused.

Every man's day became a frightening repetition, where everything around seemed static and predictable. He was deprived of the opportunity to enjoy new experiences and meetings, as everything around him seemed familiar and fixated. This caused him to feel alienated and helpless before repeated events.

Unfortunately, despite the search for a solution to the problem, scientists and medical specialists have not yet been able to find an effective way to alleviate the symptoms of DVRC. Alzheimer's disease is still a complex and insufficiently researched problem for science and medicine.