Hyper-Cerebral Electrosis

[Felix Culpa]

Hmm, well it would seem that you have no idea what Hyper-Cerebral Electrosis, or HCE, does to you.

 

In simple, your brain is overloaded with electricity and explodes from pressure. It normally occurs in the highly intellectual who do multiple brain-related and stress-related activities in a day, such a balancing a checkbook by hand, reading large books, and playing chess.

 

A Russian chess players head exploded during a chess game, splattering blood, skull fragments, and grey matter upon the surrounding players, his opponent, and judges.

 

HCE is a real condition. It stems from years of over-use of the brain, and soreness and pain in the cranial area, along with discomfort in the eyes. It involves an overload of electric power in the inside of your brain "overloading" the circuits, thus making it explode.

[Jericho]

Pics or it doesn't exist.

 

EDIT: Also, link to scientific studies concerning the subject or it doesn't exist.

[Dark]

I could Wikipedia it, as I don't trust The One (sometimes). But I won't.

 

A Russian chess players head exploded during a chess game, splattering blood, skull fragments, and grey matter upon the surrounding players, his opponent, and judges.

 

I lol'd so hard.

[bury the year]

It's an urban legend that stemmed from the real-life exploding head syndrome which, contrary to its name, does not make your head explode.

[Felix Culpa]

MOSCOW -- Doctors are blaming a rare electrical imbalance in the brain for the bizarre death of a chess player whose head literally exploded in the middle of a championship game!

 

No one else was hurt in the fatal explosion but four players and three officials at the Moscow Candidate Masters' Chess Championships were sprayed with blood and brain matter when Nikolai Titov's head suddenly blew apart. Experts say he suffered from a condition called Hyper-Cerebral Electrosis or HCE.

 

"He was deep in concentration with his eyes focused on the board' date='" says Titiov's opponent, Vladimir Dobrynin. "All of a sudden his hands flew to his temples and he screamed in pain. Everyone looked up from their games, startled by the noise. Then, as if someone had put a bomb in his cranium, his head popped like a firecracker."

 

Incredibly, Titiov's is not the first case in which a person's head has spontaneously exploded. Five people are known to have died of HCE in the last 25 years. The most recent death occurred just three years ago in 1991, when European psychic Barbara Nicole's skull burst. Miss Nicole's story was reported by newspapers worldwide, including WWN. "HCE is an extremely rare physical imbalance," said Dr. Anatoly Martinenko, famed neurologist and expert on the human brain who did the autopsy on the brilliant chess expert. "It is a condition in which the circuits of the brain become overloaded by the body's own electricity. The explosions happen during periods of intense mental activity when lots of current is surging through the brain. Victims are highly intelligent people with great powers of concentration. Both Miss Nicole and Mr. Titov were intense people who tended to keep those cerebral circuits overloaded. In a way it could be said they were literally too smart for their own good."

 

Although Dr. Martinenko says there are probably many undiagnosed cases, he hastens to add that very few people will die from HCE. "Most people who have it will never know. At this point, medical science still doesn't know much about HCE. And since fatalities are so rare it will probably be years before research money becomes available."

 

In the meantime, the doctor urges people to take it easy and not think too hard for long periods of time. "Take frequent relaxation breaks when you're doing things that take lots of mental focus," he recommends.

 

Although HCE is very rare, it can kill. Dr. Martinenko says knowing you have the condition can greatly improve your odds of surviving it. A "yes" answer to any three of the following seven questions could mean that you have HCE:

 

1. Does your head sometimes ache when you think too hard? (Head pain can indicate overloaded brain circuits.)

 

2. Do you ever hear a faint ringing or humming sound in your ears? (It could be the sound of electricity in the skull cavity.)

 

3. Do you sometimes find yourself unable to get a thought out of your head? (This is a possible sign of too much electrical activity in the cerebral cortex.)

 

4. Do you spend more than five hours a day reading, balancing your checkbook, or other thoughtful activity? (A common symptom of HCE is a tendency to over-use the brain.)

 

5. When you get angry or frustrated do you feel pressure in your temples? (Friends of people who died of HCE say the victims often complained of head pressure in times of strong emotion.)

 

6. Do you ever overeat on ice cream, doughnuts and other sweets? (A craving for sugar is typical of people with too much electrical pressure in the cranium.)

 

7. Do you tend to analyze yourself too much? (HCE sufferers are often introspective, "over-thinking" their lives.) [/quote']

 

i don't care much for your memes and pics. These just don't happen out of peoples minds.

[Lemniscate]

Found this quote on a medical help site just now:

There is absolutely no medical foundation for the HCE syndrome. This is total nonsense, and nothing for you to worry about or take the least bit seriously.. It does not happen. It does not exist.

 

And so you don't think I made this up.

[Dark]

I am still skeptical about HCE, as it sounds quite stupid to say the least, but I'll try to get on topic.

 

Do you ever overeat on ice cream, doughnuts and other sweets?

 

Yes, I do. So that might be a problem.

[Felix Culpa]

It says plainly that 3 or more symptoms, but whatever. If you're head exploded, it would be one less mouth for the world to sustain.

 

I just made this thread on my common interest. I do not need the criticism of other people. I believed that it was false, because what is the chance of someone's head exploding out of stress, besides metaphorically? Yes, doctors say it can't happen. But some say it can.

[Dark]

There is obviously no proof. But I'll play along.

 

What is the chance (assuming you had 3 of the questions answered yes) that your head would explode due to HCE?

[Felix Culpa]

Probably less than 10%. Honestly, besides the fact that I don't really care, it is interesting to consider.

[Dark]

How exactly would your head explode? I don't understand this too well. The electrical charges get high enough where the brain cannot handle it and simply... explodes?

[Milk-Chan]

Yeah that sounds extremely sketchy. I mean, I've heard more sense in someone's head exploding, in cartoons.

[Dark]

Yeah that sounds extremely sketchy. I mean' date=' I've heard more sense in someone's head exploding, in cartoons.

[/quote']

 

You can make anything happen in cartoons. :/

[Xing]

I've played chess. My Mom balances the checkbook by hand. And everyone in my family - BUT ME, I don't like reading often, but I do read large books - reads large books.

 

Hey! I haven't seen guts anywhere!

 

I doubt it.