This false belief can be extremely irrational considering there are chances that the latter usually does not even know about the existence of the former.
It’s usually self-contained, and need not be dangerous. But the person can cause harm to others (or themselves) in extreme cases – like that in Goldberg’s character.
“Erotomania isn’t specifically categorised as a disorder or illness, rather, it may be a symptom of an underlying psychiatric illness like schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder, bipolar disorder, or Alzheimer’s,” Choudhary tells FIT.
According to research, it is a rare condition, and its lifetime ubiquity is 0.2 percent. But, Choudhary says, this could also be because clinical practitioners may often miss signs of it in their patients.
Dr Umang Kochar, Psychiatrist, New Delhi, says, “a person with erotomania will continuously want to speak about the person they have been obsessing over.”
It is considered normal to experience bouts of obsession and develop para-social…
