Amogus
Amogus (ඞ), also known as imposter syndrome, is an extreme mental disorder characterized by its deadly symptoms and virality. Victims of the syndrome are prone to recognizing an increasingly wide array of items as the iconic crewmates from the hit 2018 video game Among Us, triggering potent laughing fits and consuming the thoughts of the victim. Amogus was first discovered in 2018, but was initially undocumented owing to its rarity at the time. Repeat outbreaks throughout 2020 and 2021 have led to a massive increase in the frequency of the syndrome. The syndrome is believed to date back to around 1 million BC (pictured).
Signs and symptoms
People with Amogus typically produce laughter when exposed to an object that bears any resemblance to the astronauts from the hit 2018 video game Among Us. Serious victims typically produce more uncontrollable and potent laughter, and a wider array of objects are able to trigger it. On occasion, the laughter may become so extreme that the victim starts suffering from hypoxic hypoxia. These episodes of laughter, no matter their severity, may be preceded or succeeded by the utterance of words like "Amogus", "Mungus", or "Sus", or some combination of the three. Several of these symptoms can be involuntary, and other victims are able to laugh genuinely while infected, making diagnosis more difficult.
Untreated, Amogus may eventually develop into its final stage, which will leave the victim functionally braindead and rid of all other thoughts besides Amogus. Since the 2018 discovery of the disorder, these outcomes have since become rarer, but are more common in children, whose normal behavior may be mistaken for the disorder.
MRI brain scans of victims who have succumbed to Amogus have been shown to have brain maps appearing like an Amogus itself.
Causes
It is currently unknown what exactly causes Amogus. One of the most accepted theories is that playing Among Us for excessive amounts of time may alter pattern recognition skills and introduce Amogus to the victim. However, this explanation does not account for cases that predate the game, so some experts speculate that Amogus may be caused by an unknown brain parasite. Conspiracy theorists like David Icke have proposed that Amogus may actually be the form of an ancient god, revealing itself to the minds of people who have exhibited Imposter Syndrome, but experts have refused to evaluate these aspersions.
Amogus is also a viral disorder. It can be introduced to victims even completely unaware of the 2018 video game, and may also be introduced to a person when laughter from a person with Amogus is heard. The only known prevention from contracting Amogus is noise-cancelling headphones and blindfolds. Touch is only a carrier when an item might resemble a 'crewmate'. Few individuals are known to be completely immune to Amogus, that of which are agelasts.
Diagnosis
Studies show that nearly all people react to items that resemble Among Us characters. However, few may laugh without contracting the disorder, but others will laugh and contract it. It is also possible to detect the stage of Amogus a victim is at by monitoring their incoherence while speaking, and viewing the intensity of the laughter. A person can reasonably be deduced to have Amogus if they appear pained while laughing or even state they do not find it funny anymore.
Treatment
Hydrogen cyanide has been rigorously tested and proven to shut down brain activity, thus curing the patient of Amogus. Inhalation of hydrogen cyanide at a concentration of higher than 2000 ppm will have the most immediate effect for disabling the disorder, however, as a side effect, all brain activity will be shut down along with it, rendering the victim braindead.
Other treatment styles involve the binding of the jaw and removal of the vocal chords, the removal of the eyes and ears, and brain surgery removing the entire limbic system, or all or some of those combined. Only agelastic people are capable of providing care and treatment to Amogus patients.
Prognosis
If no care or treatment is given, Amogus develops into its final stages and consumes the entire mind of the victim, rendering them substantively braindead. However, Amogus as a cause of death has not been observed yet, though victims who have had Amogus who died have died due to unrelated health reasons.
Epidemiology
In 2020, the first major outbreak of Amogus was observed, affecting millions of people worldwide, particularly those with access to the Internet. This seems to be closely linked to the popularity boom of Among Us, and the popularity boom is believed to be the cause of the epidemic. The epidemic once again recurred in 2021 after Among Us continued to sustain its popularity.
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