The Capgras Shift

A clinician relocates to provide psychological support to communities displaced by a newly created reservoir and encounters a steady stream of traumatized patients. One patient insists that close relatives have been replaced by identical impostors, prompting careful clinical attention and puzzlement. The narrative blends personal observation, case histories, and conversations with an expert to trace the phenomenology, emotional fallout, and possible psychological and neurological explanations for misidentification delusions, offering a mixture of memoir, clinical reportage, and theoretical reflection on identity and perception.