I submit that reality television is the documentary of our time… the difference being a lot less ken burns and a bit more Dr. 90210.
The other day I read an article in the New York Times about some psychologist in Podunk, Sasafras who noticed a trend of more and more cases of patients coming in with paranoia about how they felt their lives were being taped/broadcasted on some Truman Show-like mass scale. Many spoke of how they felt that everyone was in on it and it was ruining their lives. The doctor shared his findings among his network of colleagues only to find that his patients were not unique and there were cases like this popping up all over the country.
Fascinating.
Now, I’d be lying if I claimed similar thoughts never crossed my mind, but to the extent of needing psychological help for it is far from where my strange but level head was.
However, I leave you with this… When I do watch reality TV (and yes, I do and you do too), I wind up comparing my life to the lives of others and for this, I may need psychological help.
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