Today when I saw little Johnny sitting wide eyed in front of the TV watching Ben 10, not aware of munching away the corns, I was thinking of what he told me of aliens yesterday ...
There was this picture of the alien force . XLR8, Heatblaster and the like...which he was downloading from the net. I just happened to pass by and peeping on to the screen , got irritated by the look of those ugly aliens who didnt even have a face you could look upon....
But the shouts of exhilaration that kept coming from this little guy as he went on downloading one picture after the other, went like this....
" Oooh ! Awesome ! Look at Omnitrix ! Look how handsome HeatBlaster looks..."
God !! I was thinking of the little boy who once jumped out of the terrace of a multi-storeyed building just to show his friends he could do like SUPERMAN !!
I really did feel that there needs to be given a little awareness to these kids on this aspect ..... and maybe channelise their interest in some other , if possible.... But this is not just the case of little ones...
Teens and college-goers too go through problems like, idolising a sweaty rock star rushing through the stage in a frenzy....or a politician, a film star...it could be anyone from Obama to Bin Laden even !!
Many of these guys would wake up every morning thinking of Soorya or wonder what John Abraham was doing that day ? Or what Thamanna would be having for breakfast ?
But let me get my point across......if someone keeps thinking of some celebrity too much... this could be the beginning of a psychological condition called
CELEBRITY WORSHIP SYNDROME...or
CWS ....which is also called
MAD ICON DISEASE !!
Lots of people especially little children suffer from CWS. They may be obsessed with someone whom they like so much .....most likely, some cartoon figure.. I've seen many little friends of Johnny getting addicted to Ben10 , the best cartoon character of this century, who fights against enormous alien forces ...
Sadly these aliens who look horrible to elders look so pretty in the eyes of these little ones....
It is true that one in at least three people seem to be obsessed with some public figure so that they become sufferers.... who are so taken with their idol that the obsession affects their daily life....
Many a time there appears to be a clear clinical component to attitudes and behaviours associated with celebrity worshipping, especially in children.
These kids tend to have an intense personal type of mental /emotional relationship with their idol or grow a special kind of bond with their celebrity . They turn out to be real problem makers as they are introverts, and are impulsive and antisocial with troublesome intensive traits.
They stick posters everywhere on their bedroom wall, suffer from hallucinations of their favourite celebrity being their soul mate and develop a special bond with their celebrity emotionally .
But guys !! I suppose we all agree at least to this one statement of the great celebrity and philosopher of all times...... Jesus !!! "Thou shall not make unto thee any graven image "
Let us be careful not to give in to these practically useless characters and let not these silly idols make those real true idols to stay in the shade !!
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Celebrity Worship Syndrome is the newest name for Fan Association Members , I suppose ? This disease is not new but has existed since time immemmorial? We have heard of our grandfathers being fans of shivaji ganesan and MGR? But the little kids getting addicted to cartoon figures and wanting to do whatever these good-for-nothing fellas do, is something hateful. And it needs to be mentioned that a lot of cartoon programs on TV have the worst of english possible. Especially CHotta Bheem and the like where it is rather THANGLISH and not ENGLISH they speak! This disease needs to be looked into !
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