Blog 4: Truman Syndrome

Truman Syndrome is believed to be is a culture-based delusion. The people who suffer this psychological delusion believe they are in a television show or are being monitored like Truman Burbank in the film "The Truman Show". These people basically think the world they live in isn’t real. They even go as far as at times believing people and events are fabricated all together. They become enraged and lash out at certain people and things. This makes the condition dangerous. These patients usually make direct reference to the film “The Truman Show” and other movies and books like it. I can see how a person could “feel” there life is staged and everyone is in on it but I don’t understand how someone could actually “believe” it. Sometimes life can feel rehearsed and fake. A sane person knows that your whole life can’t be a show or staged with actors and cameras everywhere. Truman Syndrome affects the person so much at times that they have to take antipsychotics and antidepressants. They even go to therapy sessions. A person suffering from Truman Syndrome once went, as far as to almost committing suicide because they wanted to be released from the “reality show". This syndrome appears to link pop culture and mental physical conditions. I used wisegeek.com and cnnhealth.com to look up this condition. I believe they are reliable because they basically mentioned the same exact thing about the condition. The Truman Syndrome could also be just a new twist on an old condition.