Am I the only person in the industrialized world who doesn't watch TV?

I do not watch TV. I have never seen a single episode of “American Idol” in all the years it’s been on. I don’t know anything about “Dr. Who” past or present. I actually lived for about 9 years without a TV at all. Now I have one for my kids to use and to watch the occasional DVD on.

I watched TV a great deal as a child. There were many shows I would watch after school, and I loved them. Saturday morning cartoons were a ritual for me.

Something changed for me as an adult. I can tell that it changed abruptly around the time I was diagnosed bipolar, but many things changed rapidly at that time. Perhaps this is just another symptom of the disease—this inability to sit comfortably and watch a show.

Granted, much of what little I see, I don’t like, and I turn it off. However, I have almost a phobia of the TV. I simply don’t like it.

Am I alone in this?