The Glass Man

In The Glass Man the life of a young man falls apart after he learns he was adopted. He suffers a form of mental breakdown and begins to believe he's turning into glass.The conditionThe idea may sound far fetched but 'glass delusion' is a state of profound anxiety that was relatively common in the Middle Ages.King Charles VI of France was a sufferer and had iron ribs sewn into his clothing to protect himself in case of a fall.There are accounts of sufferers only being able to travel when packed in straw, or being unable to sit down because they believed their buttocks were glass and would break.The condition is now associated with severe depression.