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Originally posted by blowfishdl
A mental illness defines an extremely wide variety of issues that one can be experiencing. The most prevalent for this arguement is paranoia. Whether factual or fiction many stories on here incite paranoia. Therefor, conspiracy theory websites contribute to mental issues.
The arguement to whether or not the mental illness is pre-existing is similar to punching a brick wall. Nobody wins. The point is that they do exist. Anyone that says mental illness' are fiction should be evaluated themselves.
It's right there in plain text. Abnormalities in the perception or expression of reality. I would most definitely argue that that is an attribute to believing some of the crazy things that get thrown out here. "It most commonly manifests as auditory hallucinations, paranoid, or bizarre delusions", as though reading about ghosts, cover-ups, 9/11 conspiracy, people living in inner earth, Nibiru would not further promote such mental inconsistency?
I would sincerely advise the opposing force to ABC's conclusion to not only fact-check back with ABC regarding their fully capable research team, but to also do their own research regarding the situation of individuals with mental illness'. The case seems plain as day to me that ABC hit one right on the nose (personal attack deleted).
Originally posted by themamayada
OF course they are contributing to mental health issues - the conspiracy websites are opening and enlightening our minds to the retched truth instead of all the sweet bubble-gum filled propanganda lies that the mainstream media wants us to believe.
Originally posted by ConservativeJack
it's all created so that WE (the smartest people) are tricked into thinking we can't serve in Government or that our Government his helplessly corrupt and so we subconsciously don't expect ANYTHING because we think Government has been compromised (via royal families, aliens, and masons)
Originally posted by Frith
Originally posted by ConservativeJack
it's all created so that WE (the smartest people) are tricked into thinking we can't serve in Government or that our Government his helplessly corrupt and so we subconsciously don't expect ANYTHING because we think Government has been compromised (via royal families, aliens, and masons)
Who then is creating these stories to keep the smartest people from getting into government concerns? You saying its a private industry conspiracy to keep people from working with government or what?
Originally posted by americandingbat
Originally posted by blowfishdl
A mental illness defines an extremely wide variety of issues that one can be experiencing. The most prevalent for this arguement is paranoia. Whether factual or fiction many stories on here incite paranoia. Therefor, conspiracy theory websites contribute to mental issues.
Do you really think this argument stands up?
Paranoia exists, stories about paranoia exist, therefore stories about paranoia cause paranoia?
MacDonald cautioned that not everyone who believes in a conspiracy plot is mentally ill. They just may be suggestible or just suspicious of authority.
For the healthy in mind, MacDonald said, "it's a wild card about whether this is going to improve people's state or not. It may turn out that the value of the community is greater than the destructive nature of the narratives that are spun out of them.
"But on the same point, this is a domain that didn't need more wild cards," he added.
Whether or not conspiracy theories harm people who are susceptible to mental illness is a matter of debate among psychiatrists.
"Most people with major mental illness don't believe in conspiracy theories," said Dr. Ken Duckworth, medical director of the National Alliance of Mental Illness.
And yes, I really do mean to argue that it is possible no additional delusional belief or behavior is caused by conspiracy websites – that the people who do have delusions fleshed out by things they read on the internet would have delusions no matter what – just different delusions.
Originally posted by Xcalibur254
Not true. In psychology one of the most used models, at least with dealing with schizophrenia, is the diathesis-stress model. This states that a person may have a predisposition to a certain mental disorder, but it does not manifest until certain environmental factors come into play, generally a stressful situation.
*snip*
Whereas if they had never come on a conspiracy site they may have never been put under any kind of stress like that. Remember the article says contributes to, not causes.
Icke was laughed out of the public eye in the early '90s when he started wearing only turquoise and explaining that voices had sent him on an important mission to save the earth.
Decades later, Icke has written books, has fans in 47 countries and can gather a crowd of 2,500 people in a city simply by posting a date for a lecture on his Web site.
Icke was laughed out of the public eye in the early '90s andb]Decades later, Icke has written books,
The Internet has always been a forum for fringe ideas, but success like Icke's, and subcultures built on paranoid theories like gang stalkers, points to an understudied corner in psychiatry: Who are the people who believe such theories in the quiet of their homes, and what does such behavior mean for a person teetering on the edge of mental illness?
Originally posted by blowfishdl
reply to post by angel of lightangelo
The Internet has always been a forum for fringe ideas, but success like Icke's, and subcultures built on paranoid theories like gang stalkers, points to an understudied corner in psychiatry: Who are the people who believe such theories in the quiet of their homes, and what does such behavior mean for a person teetering on the edge of mental illness?