• @EatYouWell@lemmy.world
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        11 year ago

        People who are severely mentally ill are far more likely to form negative conspiracy theories that they would have never believed when medicated.

        I mean, do you think that all schizophrenics who think the government is tracking them through their teeth fillings actually belive that?

        If you’ve ever known someone with a severe mental disorder like bipolar or schizophrenia, then you’d know that they’re not themselves during an episode.

        Hell, even neuro-typical people experience this to a degree. Ever been at a railing with a huge drop and suddenly get an urge to step off? That’s called the Call of the Void, and it’s a pretty common phenomenon.

        The way a person acts during a mental health crisis is not indicative of the kind of person they actually are.

    • @CeruleanRuin
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      1 year ago

      Some kinds of mental illness can cause horrible human syndrome.

      My grandpa was a nice, sweet guy until he got old and developed a degenerative neural disorder that ate holes in his brain and made him an awful person to be around for the last few years of his life.