Montreal, Quebec, psychiatrists Joel and Ian Gold believe they have identified five patients between them who are deluded to the point where they are certain they are starring in reality TV shows or movies about their lives. In the well-established Capgras delusion, a patient believes that his immediate family has been replaced by look-alike actors, but the Golds’ five patients believe that their every movement is being broadcast around the world (and have named the disorder the “Truman Show delusion” after the 1998 movie starring Jim Carrey), according to a July National Post story.

Unclear on the Concept

Unrealistic Expectations: In July, Josef Fritzl, the man who imprisoned his daughter and her children for 24 years in a dungeon in their home in Amstetten, Austria, told his own jail’s officials that he needs daily exercise outside because he hates being cooped up in his cell.

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