Wednesday, October 13, 2010

2.2 Truman Syndrome

                Is the “Truman Syndrome” a new disease or just a fake assumption? The Truman Syndrome is where some one feels trapped inside a different world, or an illusion. Like the movie “The Truman Show”, Truman Burbank was being followed 24/7 with hidden cameras everywhere without him knowing. He was living in a fake world that was to perfect. He did not notice this until one day he realized that everything that was happening, was constantly and then he started putting the pieces together and realized what was going on.
   In the passage “Life imitates art as “The Truman Syndrome” diagnosed”, the article states that there are people who feel like they are trapped inside a different world. Some people believe that “the Truman syndrome” does exist, but other people and researchers do not believe it. A psychologist from the article named Vaughan Bell says that he had a patient who actually thought he was in the movie “The Matrix.” The article also states that one man thought he was being filmed for a TV contest while another thought his life was a staged set world like the movie "The Truman Show" and he was the main star. Many people who have a disease or something that is wrong with them take different kinds of medication. These medications can affect the way you think and can interfere with your brain and mind. Some people who think there stuck inside a different world are considered "crazy", and not taken serious. 
   I do believe that movies can mentally change a persons view of life and thinking but many people just are experiencing a mental disease. Like some horror movies, after a person watches a horror movie or even scientific movie, it frightens people and then they are afraid of what was happening in the film. Some people even get scared that it might happen to them. 
Therefore, the "Truman Syndrome" is a disease. Whether some one maybe be born like that or it develops after watching a certain film, being that there are people who experience that just like some scientist have researched. You may call them crazy or delusional but its just a case of the "Truman Syndrome."

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