Psychiatrists are studying a condition which has come to be known as "Truman Syndrome" based on the 1998 Jim Carrey film, "The Truman Show."In the movie, Truman Burbank's life is a reality show being filmed and broadcast 24/7 about which he is oblivious.
In psychiatric circles, patients have come to believe that their lives are also being filmed and broadcast.
According to the AP:
"The question is really: Is this just a new twist on an old paranoid or grandiose delusion ... or is there sort of a perfect storm of the culture we're in, in which fame holds such high value?" said Dr. Joel Gold, a psychiatrist affiliated with New York's Bellevue Hospital.
Within a two-year period, Gold said he encountered five patients with delusions related to reality TV. Several of them specifically mentioned "The Truman Show."
Personally I think it's much ado about nothing. It doesn't bother me that there are people filming and broadcasting my life as long as I get paid for it.
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So you're saying, the truman show wasn't about me?
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