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?
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.
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.
An extreme version of parasocial relationship