


In fact, screenwriter Andrew Niccol's direct inspiration for the original script may have actually come from his own lived experience - and his own paranoia (via Independent). So, basically, "The Truman Show" just gave people an easy way to describe their own paranoia-laced struggles. people have felt controlled by whatever the technology of the day happened to be" (via Business Insider).

He goes on to explain that the condition evolves with technology, citing how, "Throughout history. According to Gold, the movie didn't necessarily give rise to this form of psychosis: It's always been around. Many patients pointed to " The Truman Show" as a way to describe what they were experiencing, leading New York-based psychiatrist Joel Gold and his brother Ian to coin the term "Truman Show delusion" (also sometimes referred to as "Truman syndrome").
