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I spotted an interesting article today about a fantastic new syndrome. It’s the latest form of delusional behaviour where sufferers are convinced that their lives are being played out in front of an audience. A sort of reality TV show if you will.
Now here’s the interesting bit. It appears that internet users are particularly prone to displaying symptoms of this syndrome and are passively encouraged to become more and more involved with their online persona to the extent that they come to believe that this is what they are REALLY like.
One example of this is where they transform total strangers, whom they have never met, into close personal friends. In effect they become ”friends” with a total stranger, based on the image the stranger has portrayed online, and claim to “know” this person – sometimes intimately.
Sounds familiar??? Could it be that you are suffering from Truman Show Syndrome???
Is this your subtle way of telling me that we do not have an intimate relationship :shock: [/b]
I was reading this in a New York paper yesterday. Apparently some guy went to a federal building in Washington and demanded a release from the reality TV show he was convinced he was in.
Well it’s made it over here then as my post was condensed from the Daily Telegraph …. not the Daily Mail you note !!!
That reminds me of the recent story about the couple divorcing because one of them was having an *affair* online using that Second Life community place. If the computer is causin g such strife just sell the damn thing. :roll: :lol:
You’re not saying people pretend to be something they’re not just because they’re online are you :shock:
Pete !!! How could you say such a thing !!! Of course the internet = real life ……. er …….. doesn’t it???
Phew thank God for that cause obviously i know all my bestest mates on here intimately
@pete wrote:
Phew thank God for that cause obviously i know all my bestest mates on here intimately
You know me intimately??!! :shock:
*well it,s about time too* :lol:ok i did think of a reply .. go on Peter i thought you can do it .. you can… then i :oops: :?
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