stackyFACTSWaking up and deciding your left leg is an intruder. Somatoparaphrenia is a subtype of body delusion where an individual completely rejects ownership of a limb, often attributing it to a stranger. They will try to throw the 'foreign' arm out of bed, usually falling out in the process.
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