Comments by "Ida Larsen" (@idalarsen2540) on "Experts Say Misinformation Is Destroying Our Mental Health" video.

  1. Extreme depression CAN make it easier for some people to fall into psychosis and believe all sorts of things, but not nessecarily, of course. There are so many other factors playing into this phenomenon, or what not. I've fallen into psychosis before (drug induced psychosis, for that matter), it's incredibly frightening. One major issue about it, is that you personally HAVE NO CLUE that you're even the least bit psychotic. That's the danger. If I'm psychotic and let's say I were to believe that the grass was blue and the sky was green, if anyone were to tell me otherwise, that it's in fact the opposite, I would think that THEY are crazy. That THEY have lost their mind.. and this is exactly what we're seeing with the right wing fringe and such. What becomes even more dangerous, is the repukelikkkunts legitimazing this thinking on a massive scale. They see it on the news channels they trust, they hear it from the politicians they trust etc., which only furthers the problem. It's a lot harder to break out of when you have half the country, including what are SUPPOSED TO BE trusted sources from top to bottom legitimazing the paranoia. See, if I believe the sky is green and the grass is blue and nobody enforced that lunacy, if everyone around me stayed consistent in telling the actual truth that the opposite of what I think is real, it would make it way harder for me to continue believing what I believe. BUT, if half the country, from people in media, politicians, friends and family kept saying that the sky is in fact green and the grass is in fact blue, OF COURSE I would think those saying otherwise was crazy. Because then, it's not just my own psychosis speaking and confirming my beliefs, but so many others we are supposed to be able to trust as well. The absolutely evil going on, is that these supposed to be-trusted sources KNOWS they're lying. They're aiding in keeping people paranoid and afraid. They know that they can keep people hooked onto them and support them by confirming a non-reality to be true. They don't care about the consequences. Now, simply believing that the sky is green and the grass is blue ain't really dangerous, it's just false. The danger is that the non-truths they enforce ARE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. Like with delegitimazing masks, vaccines and the true dangers of covid, continuing to spread election lies causing severe distrust in ALL institutions meant to protect us etc. That's A WHOLE LOT more crazy and dangerous than believing that the sky is green and the grass is blue, but the principle is the same.
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  2. Absolutely same here. Extreme depression CAN make it easier for some people to fall into psychosis and believe all sorts of things, but not nessecarily, of course. There are so many other factors playing into this phenomenon, or what not. I've fallen into psychosis before (drug induced psychosis, for that matter), it's incredibly frightening. One major issue about it, is that you personally HAVE NO CLUE that you're even the least bit psychotic. That's the danger. If I'm psychotic and let's say I were to believe that the grass was blue and the sky was green, if anyone were to tell me otherwise, that it's in fact the opposite, I would think that THEY are crazy. That THEY have lost their mind.. and this is exactly what we're seeing with the right wing fringe and such. What becomes even more dangerous, is the repukelikkkunts legitimazing this thinking on a massive scale. They see it on the news channels they trust, they hear it from the politicians they trust etc., which only furthers the problem. It's a lot harder to break out of when you have half the country, including what are SUPPOSED TO BE trusted sources from top to bottom legitimazing the paranoia. See, if I believe the sky is green and the grass is blue and nobody enforced that lunacy, if everyone around me stayed consistent in telling the actual truth that the opposite of what I think is real, it would make it way harder for me to continue believing what I believe. BUT, if half the country, from people in media, politicians, friends and family kept saying that the sky is in fact green and the grass is in fact blue, OF COURSE I would think those saying otherwise was crazy. Because then, it's not just my own psychosis speaking and confirming my beliefs, but so many others we are supposed to be able to trust as well. The absolutely evil going on, is that these supposed to be-trusted sources KNOWS they're lying. They're aiding in keeping people paranoid and afraid. They know that they can keep people hooked onto them and support them by confirming a non-reality to be true. They don't care about the consequences. Now, simply believing that the sky is green and the grass is blue ain't really dangerous, it's just false. The danger is that the non-truths they enforce ARE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. Like with delegitimazing masks, vaccines and the true dangers of covid, continuing to spread election lies causing severe distrust in ALL institutions meant to protect us etc. That's A WHOLE LOT more crazy and dangerous than believing that the sky is green and the grass is blue, but the principle is the same.
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  3.  @matthewrider5906  How on earth is that a relevant question?
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  4. Extreme depression CAN make it easier for some people to fall into psychosis and believe all sorts of things, but not nessecarily, of course. There are so many other factors playing into this phenomenon, or what not. I've fallen into psychosis before (drug induced psychosis, for that matter), it's incredibly frightening. One major issue about it, is that you personally HAVE NO CLUE that you're even the least bit psychotic. That's the danger. If I'm psychotic and let's say I were to believe that the grass was blue and the sky was green, if anyone were to tell me otherwise, that it's in fact the opposite, I would think that THEY are crazy. That THEY have lost their mind.. and this is exactly what we're seeing with the right wing fringe and such. What becomes even more dangerous, is the repukelikkkunts legitimazing this thinking on a massive scale. They see it on the news channels they trust, they hear it from the politicians they trust etc., which only furthers the problem. It's a lot harder to break out of when you have half the country, including what are SUPPOSED TO BE trusted sources from top to bottom legitimazing the paranoia. See, if I believe the sky is green and the grass is blue and nobody enforced that lunacy, if everyone around me stayed consistent in telling the actual truth that the opposite of what I think is real, it would make it way harder for me to continue believing what I believe. BUT, if half the country, from people in media, politicians, friends and family kept saying that the sky is in fact green and the grass is in fact blue, OF COURSE I would think those saying otherwise was crazy. Because then, it's not just my own psychosis speaking and confirming my beliefs, but so many others we are supposed to be able to trust as well. The absolutely evil going on, is that these supposed to be-trusted sources KNOWS they're lying. They're aiding in keeping people paranoid and afraid. They know that they can keep people hooked onto them and support them by confirming a non-reality to be true. They don't care about the consequences. Now, simply believing that the sky is green and the grass is blue ain't really dangerous, it's just false. The danger is that the non-truths they enforce ARE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. Like with delegitimazing masks, vaccines and the true dangers of covid, continuing to spread election lies causing severe distrust in ALL institutions meant to protect us etc. That's A WHOLE LOT more crazy and dangerous than believing that the sky is green and the grass is blue, but the principle is the same.
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