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To some, The Truman Show is real

Discussion in 'Anything goes' started by Drip, Nov 24, 2008.

  1. Drip

    Drip Active Member

    Unbelievable story here. Check it out.
    NEW YORK (AP) _ One man showed up at a federal building, asking for release from the reality show he was sure was being made of his life.

    Another was convinced his every move was secretly being filmed for a TV contest. A third believed everything — the news, his psychiatrists, the drugs they prescribed — was part of a phony, stage-set world with him as the involuntary star, like the 1998 movie "The Truman Show."

    Researchers have begun documenting what they dub the "Truman syndrome," a delusion afflicting people who are convinced that their lives are secretly playing out on a reality TV show. Scientists say the disorder underscores the influence pop culture can have on mental conditions.
     
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