truman syndrome

This syndrome can basically mean or add up to a person being paranoid. Although sometimes it may feel like you’re being watched most likely were not. The reason they call it the Truman syndrome or delusion is based upon the movie that came out, of a guy being born into a reality show without knowing [the Truman show]. There’s many thing that make the syndrome worst, for example having cameras almost everywhere we go. We are basically being watch in our every move but some people seem to think it’s just them. After the move People with seemed to think they were being filmed. It has harmed a lot people. While doing my research I was reading a couple of articles, of patients that have thought they were the center of attention.One of them mentioning that its happen to more than 1. Ny1post.com; “Psychologist brothers Joel and Ian Gold, who are writing a paper about the illness, have treated five men, all between the ages of 25-34, for the disorder. Although it may be hard to believe, in can actually be true. Especially with all these reality shows and all these channels a lot of people seem to find things like this interesting.

Although Truman was real, his surrounding weren’t. Being born to be a star and not know it was Chirstoff plan. He was filming him since birth. There’s a big difference between reality TV and the Truman show. Unlike “the bachelor” “survivor” or “the real world”, Truman didn’t sign up for this life, he was put into it. He was free of danger and protected. Although he got to do whatever he wanted most of it was set up, his wife, friends, job even his mother was in it.

This kind of life style wasn’t right, and I think he realizes it at the end. When he finds out that everything isn’t true, he somewhat rebels. Chirstoff tries to convince him to stay.He say’s, "I have given Truman the chance to lead a normal life. The world, the place you live in, is the sick place. Sea haven is the way the world should be”. Truman wasn’t living a normal life, his life was planned, he was away from reality. Everybody in there was living a fake life. I don’t agree with what Christof said. Yes, sea haven was beautiful, nice beach, beautiful houses, but it isn’t a life I would like to live. Just like Truman I would make the choice and leave. It’s kind of uncomfortable finding out that you’re being watched for so long, like any human being there’s always a curious feeling to want to find out the truth. In my opinion I think he will find it better in the outside. He can associate himself with real people, Most of them knowing about him , since he was on TV for so long.He can expericence real humans not people just acting , for example the lady he met inside , the one trying to free him from the reality show. It was kind of wierd how he was so interested in her and not his "wife". Fake feeling in my opinion will never be fully shown like real ones.

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The allegory of the cave, like most things philosophy, can be deciphered in many ways. Plato was a Greek philosopher and mathematician who left his mark in history. His philosophy was based on people not really living life just following. If you have lived your life in front of a wall and haven’t experienced nothing else, that’s all you would know. Being tooken out of the cave the person would feel out of place and not know what was going on. In the story they was all chain together, the closest they ever got to reality was seeing their shadows. When someone from the group broke out of the chains and experienced “the fire” no one else believed since the wall was all to their knowledge. No matter how much he tried to convince them. when you break thru and go thru experiences rather than just listening and being afraid of everything it can make you , you. Parent can be an example. They are always trying to protect their kids. But if you experience something beside safety, you can know what the difference is. Don’t have to be chained to everybody’s way of life and believes. Another example can be religious experience. As a priest preaches about how life should be lived and what you should believe, what should be done and what shouldn’t be done. This is a form of being “in the cave” since your experiences are limited.

i am not a cyborg . . .

A person that can’t live without technology can be called a cyborg. Although most human interact with technology, either it being cell phones, computers, metro cards, etc. Only a few can live without it. This reason is because most technology makes life easier. I would say I’m not a cyborg . Until I realized I do use metro cards, cell phone, and computers, everyday. Can I live without it? Yes. Or at least every human being can say this but can they mean it?

The physical attachment that humanity has with the most basic technologies makes them cyborgs. People who can’t walk depend on wheelchairs, most of them being mechanical, making them more independent. Diabetes people can be considered cyborgs since the mechanicals parts enhance the body’s natural mechanisms through the feedback. Or even the simple thing as a amputated leg. Each day technology becomes more advanced to make everything a little better. Even making an artificial legs move like real ones. Things such as in health issue involve technology so how can we say were not cyborgs . or aleast close to being such.

When you visit someone’s house it’s rarely a house you enter that you see no type of technology. A plasma TV, laptop, the newest cell phones, a house phone that tells you whose calling. The parts of entertainment involve electronic devices, since going to play tag isn’t as fun as before. My life revolves around it. If everything shuts down my life wouldn’t end. Just make life a little harder, or worse. But after a while you can live without it. , or at least I can say I could.