Blog 4 (Truman Syndrome?)

I do not feel that the Truman Syndrome is a real condition in the way it has been described in my readings (wisegeek.com, Wikipedia.org, and cnnhealth.com). Of course that might be because to the best of my knowledge I have never met a person who thinks in that way, but I feel that you do have people who think that all eyes are on them for a number of different reasons.

1. Could be that they are just looking for attention because their a bit insecure, so they my themselves look a certain way by wearing certain style or brand of clothing, do something that is really –out –there with their hair, or just carrier themselves in a certain way…. For example I work at Barnes & Noble, and we have a woman who comes in who is already tall, has bleach blonde hair, wears big dark shades(at night) and the way she walks around you would think she is some type of German super model and she is always being difficult on purpose because she waits until there is a line and then she will complain about one of the bills we gave her is to ugly and wants another one she stands there with a big small on her face looking at other customers stare at her and talking about her. There have been times where she had to be escorted out because her behavior got to erratic.

2. A person who is extremely paranoid and mentally unstable and thinks that people are watching them just because they make eye contact or a person happens to look at them while they are talking to someone else, or on their phone.

3. Another reason the one that I’m come across the most, would be a person who suffers from drug abuse. They commonly think that everyone is watching, and talking about them (nine time out of ten people are).

In all there are legit mental conditions that cause people to think that they are being watched, but when it comes down to the Truman Syndrome it’s all about attention.