Fregoli Syndrome is a very rare psychological disorder in which a person experiences delusions that lead him or her to believe that a single person is actually multiple different people. It is a delusion misidentification syndrome, also known as a DMS. The condition is named after the famed Italian actor: Leopold Fregoli. During his stage performances, he would make abrupt changes to his appearance.In 1927, a 27-year-old woman's case was analyzed by a team of top psychiatrists; the case notes suggested that the woman was being pursued and persecuted by two different actors whom she frequently saw on stage during various theater performances. She believed that she was being heavily pursued by these actors, and that they had taken on the form of people she actually knew or had met. She was given the diagnosis: Fregoli syndrome.
