My Truman Show Delusion Experience: A Walk on A Path

My Truman Show Delusion Experience: A Walk on A Path

This is not fiction, but fact. I am having a Truman Show Syndrome experience and this is my account of it. You might like to read this account if you are interested in some of the following.•Occasional attempts at humor and a few curse words.•The Truman Show Delusion/Syndrome, the theory that culture can shape madness, can shape mental illness•Maintaining mental health as a public health and safety issue•Understanding Buddhism from the author’s middle-class American perspective, with a focus on delusion•Some psychologists’ views of conspiracy theory thinking•Delusional thinking, considered from both Western psychology perspectives and Eastern mystical perspectives•Mania and depression, from the point-of-view of the author as a Truman Show Syndrome sufferer•The brain’s “Suspicion System”•The brain’s Systems 1 (impulsive and immediate) and 2 (thoughtful and rational)•The effects of cognitive priming, availability bias, confirmation bias, etc. on decision-making•Mystical experiences, like kundalini and some beliefs in God•Some introductory Western philosophical standards, like Plato, Nietzsche, etc.•Truth and reality