To some psychiatric patients, life seems like TV

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To some psychiatric patients, life seems like TV
By JENNIFER PELTZ, Associated Press Writer Jennifer Peltz, Associated Press Writer 2 hrs 16 mins ago

NEW YORK – 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...http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081124/ap_on_re_us/truman_syndrome

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1. Sounds like 99% of the people living in Los Angeles!

Is it possible to have THAT many delusional people in
one city?
YES, it is!
I have seen it up close and personal.
It aint pretty.

BHN

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2. Anyone ever seen Being There?

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3. One of the BEST films ever made, IMHO.

The book is terrific too.
BHN

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4. I started feeling like Chauncey "Chance" Gardiner on the lead up to the election

:7

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5. Pfft. It shows what a culture has on mental conditions.

This has to have been the mistake of news writer Jennifer Peltz, who must believe she's in a movie where she plays a reporter.

[CreekDog]

6. what if you think this without being a patient?

oh my. :hide:

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7. Maybe better get a check up from the neck up.

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