" Dear agony aunt, I am a 16 year old boy whose deeply in love with Angelina Jolie. I have like a zillion posters of her....... "
" Dear xyz aunt, I'm a 16-year old girl who has a huge crush on Brad Pitt, and this is serious love. Please help !!!! "
Sounds familiar ?? More than it should ? Agony columns over the world are filled with such desperate letters........
But have you heard of what this strange problem of nursing affection for an actor or celebrity is called ?? It is called celebriphilia. It is an abnormally intense desire to have a romantic relationship with a celebrity. In mild cases, a celebriphile might be content collecting posters of the celebrity or at the most, send a fan mail or start a fan club.
But in extreme cases, he/she may head towards becoming a stalker. It is felt that there is no specific diagnosis for this disorder, but there should be, since celebriphilia is so widespread a phenomenon.
So guys beware if ur at risk of celebriphilia , amild ones fine but the extreme one - !!!???