When you wish upon a star

摘要

Shock, horror! Hold the front page! A new disease is tearing through the western world. It seems that nobody is immune. You might not even know you are affected, and as the experts struggle to understand who is at risk there seems little hope of stopping the spread. OK, that's a tad over the top, but according to a recent survey of more than 600 people, around one-third of us suffer from CWS, otherwise known as Celebrity Worship Syndrome. You may think taking an interest in the antics of the rich and famous is a bit of harmless fun, but you couldn't be more wrong. Psychologists are starting to suspect that worshipping celebrities is the top of a slippery slope that leads to depression, anxiety and psychosis. If you can't keep your nose out of Vanity Fair or Hello! magazine, you could already be headed for big trouble. Perhaps you are having an identity crisis or are in search of a secular god. Or maybe you have become so alienated from the real world that you find it easier to form imaginary relationships with celebs than with normal people.