Times Reality Show Contestants Got Super Candid About The Effects Of Overnight Fame, Pressure From Producers, And Other Behind-The-Scenes Nightmares

Noting he started working with a therapist that specializes in reality TV contestants, Archuleta continued, "You’re basically a character on a TV show, and parts of it are worked so that it fits the TV show — but they’re using your personal life. So, you become this character, but it’s with your own name, parts of who you actually are, but other parts that are portrayed in a way that you’re not actually. Then everyone feels like they know you, and they know what you are, and they know how to treat you, and have certain expectations. … This was years ago, right? But there’s still certain things about us that we still had certain little tics that we’re paranoid about certain things. … Eight, nine, 10, 11 years later, we’re still kind of stuck in some of those patterns of thinking."