Delusions like “mind control”, persecution anxiety, and the internet
Posted: 13 November 2008 12:43 PM   [ Ignore ]
Five Star Member
Avatar
RankRankRankRankRank
Total Posts:  8140
Joined  2005-02-06

Interesting article in The New York Times about the role of internet in creating communities of people who believe they are the victims of mind control and stalking by the government.

The article discusses the pro’s and con’s of the formation of these internet communities: do they feed the delusions of these people, or do they help?

Identified by some psychologists and psychiatrists as part of an

 Signature 

The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man - George Bernard Shaw
The power of accurate observation is commonly called cynicism by those who have not got it - George Bernard Shaw

Profile
 
 
Posted: 13 November 2008 12:49 PM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 1 ]
Five Star Member
Avatar
RankRankRankRankRank
Total Posts:  8418
Joined  2006-02-28

*checks crystal implants and anal probes for abnormalities*

I’m ok.  confused

 Signature 

Life is what happens when you are busy making other plans. - John Lennon
You can twist perceptions, reality won’t budge. - Rush

Profile
 
 
Posted: 19 November 2008 10:30 AM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 2 ]
Five Star Member
Avatar
RankRankRankRankRank
Total Posts:  1318
Joined  2007-05-06

The extent of the community, Dr. Bell said, poses a paradox to the traditional way delusion is defined under the diagnostic guidelines of the American Psychiatric Association, which says that if a belief is held by a person

 Signature 

So I can just type anything and it will show up here?

Profile
 
 
Posted: 19 November 2008 10:56 AM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 3 ]
Five Star Member
Avatar
RankRankRankRankRank
Total Posts:  8418
Joined  2006-02-28

So, the statement, “I reject your reality and substitute my own” is factual?

 Signature 

Life is what happens when you are busy making other plans. - John Lennon
You can twist perceptions, reality won’t budge. - Rush

Profile
 
 
Posted: 19 November 2008 12:51 PM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 4 ]
Five Star Member
Avatar
RankRankRankRankRank
Total Posts:  5373
Joined  2007-03-14

Apparently it works fine for a whole lot of people.

 Signature 

Before you criticize someone, you should walk a mile in their shoes. That way, when you criticize them, you’re a mile away and you have their shoes.

Seen on a tshirt - “If life gives you melons you may be dyslexic”

When life hands you lemons make apple juice. Then laugh while life tries to figure out how you did it.

My blog
My Website

Profile
 
 
Posted: 19 November 2008 12:52 PM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 5 ]
Five Star Member
Avatar
RankRankRankRankRank
Total Posts:  8418
Joined  2006-02-28

Fine ... there are a whole lotta delusions I want out of my reality - STAT!

 Signature 

Life is what happens when you are busy making other plans. - John Lennon
You can twist perceptions, reality won’t budge. - Rush

Profile