Paris syndrome
Sign in to savetourist experience of being overwhelmed by visiting Paris
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Within Vinony's link graph, Paris syndrome is referenced by 340 other articles, and connects out to Paris, hallucination and France.
It sits within the topics Culture-bound syndromes, Delusions and France–Japan relations.
Its subject is documented across 36 Wikipedia language editions.
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- tourist
- health specialty
- psychiatry
- symptoms and signs
- depression
- has cause
- adjustment disorder
- possible treatment
- symptomatic treatment
- time of discovery or invention
- 1991-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview
Paris syndrome (in Japanese: パリ症候群, Pari shōkōgun) is a sense of extreme disappointment exhibited by many individuals when visiting Paris, who feel that the city does not live up to their expectations. The condition is commonly viewed as a severe form of culture shock. The cluster of psychiatric symptoms has been particularly noted among Japanese tourists, perhaps due to the way in which Paris has been idealized in Japanese culture.
The syndrome is characterized by symptoms such as acute delusional states, hallucinations, feelings of persecution (perceptions of being a victim of prejudice, aggression, hostility from others), derealization, depersonalization, anxiety, as well as psychosomatic manifestations such as dizziness, tachycardia, sweating most notably, but also others, such as vomiting.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Paris syndrome” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.