I will marry only Virat Kohli or else never! Know what this craziness is called medically

What is a parasocial relationship?

You must have heard about crazy fans of a film hero or cricketer-footballer. You must have also heard that fans wish to marry their favourite celebrities and claim that they love these celebrities. This is a parasocial relationship.

Geetanjali Sharma, relationship counsellor at DGS Counselling Solution, says about this, ‘When you develop a relationship with someone who is known to people on a large scale, it is called a parasocial relationship.’

‘Such a relationship can be with a politician, a film star or an influencer. But the biggest thing about such a relationship is that the celebrity is not aware of the relationship.’

‘This is a one-sided relationship that you have formed by being influenced by someone. But on the other hand, you are not important to the celebrity, he/she does not even know you. In many cases, people even associate themselves with fictional characters.’

Why and when do young people fall in love with stars?

There is no doubt that most of the fans of celebrities are youngsters. In such a situation, mostly youngsters become a part of such relationships.

According to Geetanjali Sharma, ‘The foundation of such a relationship is laid in childhood. A child likes a star at an early age. Gradually he/she starts getting influenced by his/her words and in his/her teens he/she gets into a parasocial relationship with that celebrity.’

Experts say that ‘parasocial relationship is not limited to love or girlfriend-boyfriend relationship, rather a person can consider a celebrity as his/her best friend or can also see him/her/her as his/her/her own sibling.’

‘But this relationship is made by the person himself, about which the stars themselves are not aware. Relationship expert Dr. Ishita Mukherjee says, ‘This kind of relationship develops in teenage. But people between 20 and 30 years of age can also get into such relationships.’

Somewhere there was a ruckus over love, then someone’s matter got settled

Recently, a crazy fan of Salman Khan reached his/her farmhouse in Panvel to marry him/her. She created a lot of ruckus over her desire to marry him/her. Ultimately, she had to be arrested. One such girl had proposed marriage to Kartik Aryan during an event.

However, we have seen many such cases where the love of fans blossomed. Like Shilpa Shetty’s husband Raj Kundra used to be her big fan. It is said that RJ Anmol became a fan of actress Amrita Rao at first sight because of her simplicity. Later, love grew between them and they got married.

Is it a relationship or a mental illness?

Many people also consider it a mental problem. Does it cause any kind of problem? Regarding this, Dr. Ishita Mukherjee says, ‘As long as you feel the kind of love from someone that makes you feel good, then it is called a parasocial relationship.

If you feel happy or inspired by seeing someone, then such a relationship is not bad. But when you start desiring to possess that person, then that relationship starts turning into a mental problem.

Geetanjali Sharma explains, ‘The problem in such a relationship starts when you start feeling depressed, lonely due to that one-sided relationship or you become ready to go to any extent to get that star.

We divide parasocial into three categories. One Entertainment SocialSecond Intense Personal And thirdly borderline pathological,

In entertainment social, a person has a relationship with a star up to entertainment. In intense personal, a person has more feelings for that star in his/her heart.

The third borderline is pathological, in this the person has no control over himself. he/she is ready to do anything. he/she does not even shy away from committing any crime. Such a person needs treatment.