His character as a photo developer exhibited a creepy mental illness. What is the mental illness called when a lonely person fixates on certain people & becomes obsessed with them in unhealthy uncomfortable creepy ways?
“Parasocial Relationships” is the term I’m used to - but don’t think that’s a condition used to describe a person that experiences them.
An extreme version of parasocial relationship
not really a parasocial, usually involves some form of codependancy in the affected person. i would more attribute parsocial as an obssesed fan stalking/ forming a 1 side relationship with a public figure.
I was working a photo lab when this movie came out and corporate was alarmed because it was bad publicity. We had talking points to reassure customers regarding privacy etc.
I was working in a photo lab when it came out as well. The movie accurately portrayed (imo) how uncomfortably close to how involved one could feel when dealing with long time customers, even in a high volume lab where we rarely dealt with the customer. We’d see first dates engagements, weddings, kids being born, and so forth. Plenty of stories of ‘I saw Customer at the mall, had to stop myself from waving and saying hello and asking after Event’.
It’s not really much different from today’s social media and how involved some get in the lives of people they’ve never met or don’t even know they exist.
It made me double take on Robin Williams. I’d always seen him as Mork from his early career. I expected him to be over the top and funny, so watching him be serious and frankly disturbing was as confronting as the movie itself.
The Fischer King came out a decade earlier, let along Awakenings, Goodwill Hunting… even Good Morning Vietnam was overall a very serious movie.
How often did you use it? Did concerned people ask about it?
I think one customer brought up the movie one time lol
If it doesn’t have a name, I claim it as my own.
I know
from now on then, it’s called 30p87 Syndrome
Seems like a highly fictionalized version of unregulated Borderline Personality Disorder
Edit: sorry to the people with BPD I offended, but would yall not call this a hyperfictionalized example of a Favorite Person? Emphasis, hyperfictionalized.
Characteristics of the Favorite Person Relationship:
Idealization: The person with BPD views the favorite person as perfect, trustworthy, and capable of meeting all their needs.Emotional Dependence: They become heavily reliant on the favorite person for emotional support, validation, and a sense of security. Fear of Abandonment: The person with BPD fears that the favorite person will leave them, which can lead to frantic efforts to maintain the relationship. Splitting: The person with BPD may alternate between idealizing and devaluing the favorite person, seeing them as either perfect or worthless. Unrealistic Expectations: The person with BPD may have unrealistic expectations of the favorite person, which can lead to disappointment and conflict.
Not ever expression of mental illness has a specific name. There is a DSM used to diagnose common patterns. It would probably be described by combining the names of his diagnosis.
Thank you. I think about that a lot because one reason I can’t use social media like Instagram & Facebook, my brain reacts in such a way that I start obsessing about people I see on there, I dream about these people all night & think about them all day even though I haven’t seen them in decades. It really messes with my head and it’s not normal, it’s not healthy. So for my sanity I delete everyone & everything from social media and live in the real world,
(And I have a feeling that people who feel the same way I do but don’t fight against it, are the ones who become stalkers.)
I’m wondering what this mental illness is
I am seeing my psychiatrist in 2 weeks so I will ask them about this. Over the past 30 years my medical records have all kinds of words on it like “bipolar 2, cyclothymia, ADHD.”
I’ve tried all the medications but they’re all pretty rough, I only feel the bad side effects but not the benefits, so for the last 20 years I choose not to be on any medication but I exercise and eat healthy and that seems to do best for me.
I think I am a sane person living in an insane world, social media is not healthy for anybody’s brain, but as all things in life, the healthiest most popular beautiful people are the ones who thrive in that social media environment.
I prefer to live in the real world and eat healthy and exercise and get lots of sunshine.
Stalker
I think I saw that a long time ago, we should check it out again.
Another great Robin Williams movie is called ‘The Final Cut’ which has become even more relevant than when released
My favorite Robin Williams movie was The World According to Garp. 💖✈️🏠
Ok I’ll keep going…
and What Dreams May Come I’ll give it an 8/10. Meaningful & deep but a couple weird details I wouldv left out of I was in charge of it.
Same with Patch Adams but 9/10
Dead Poets Society 10/10💯‼️
Insomnia was pretty good, too.
