Truman Show Patient Investigated 9/11

The Truman Show delusion describes a belief that one's life is a staged reality show, although medical authorities do not recognize it as a separate diagnosis in the DSM. After 9/11, one patient traveled across the country to New York City to determine whether the Twin Towers had actually fallen, believing the televised attacks might be an elaborate plot twist in his personal storyline.

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