Do a show regarding psychosis and conspiracies.
There are two main aspects to it:
I often obverse people and their theories who are actually psychotic, but the community is so hinged on mysterious stuff, that warning signs are ignored.
Psychosis comes in different forms and shapes. There is the typical "I am Jesus and have to save the world" variation. Or "the government is influencing my thoughts".
The apparent problem is that certain parts of government actually develop technologies to drive peoples thoughts. But that does not mean, that everybody who claims such stuff (say, on youtube), is actually a target of the individual. Very often, one can pick up hints of a psychosis easily.
Not as brutal as psychosis is the plasticity of some peoples minds: they simply believe what is presented to them, especially when supplemented with a seemingly logical explanation.
I feel that a solid education regarding mental health would benefit conspiracy theorists.
Alex Jones is such an example. Do you feel that he is mentally sound and sane? Well. Interestingly, that does not automatically invalidate everything what he is saying. But people need to understand clearly that there are complex personalities around in the truther community.
There are two main aspects to it:
- the typical degradation of conspiracy theorists being mentally ill,
- conspiracy theorists who are actually suffering from a psychosis.
I often obverse people and their theories who are actually psychotic, but the community is so hinged on mysterious stuff, that warning signs are ignored.
Psychosis comes in different forms and shapes. There is the typical "I am Jesus and have to save the world" variation. Or "the government is influencing my thoughts".
The apparent problem is that certain parts of government actually develop technologies to drive peoples thoughts. But that does not mean, that everybody who claims such stuff (say, on youtube), is actually a target of the individual. Very often, one can pick up hints of a psychosis easily.
Not as brutal as psychosis is the plasticity of some peoples minds: they simply believe what is presented to them, especially when supplemented with a seemingly logical explanation.
I feel that a solid education regarding mental health would benefit conspiracy theorists.
Alex Jones is such an example. Do you feel that he is mentally sound and sane? Well. Interestingly, that does not automatically invalidate everything what he is saying. But people need to understand clearly that there are complex personalities around in the truther community.
