Mental illness and 9/11

[Thunder]

most debunkers do not exhibit paranoia, delusions, or homocidal or violent fantasies towards public officials. that is why we are not mentally ill.

 

[dafydd]

most debunkers do not exhibit paranoia, delusions, or homocidal or violent fantasies towards public officials. that is why we are not mentally ill.

All debunkers do not believe that the planes that hit the Twin Towers were holograms.

 

[T.A.M.]

But I presume you agree there are a significant number of people involved with 911 Truth who could benefit from quite dramatic medical intervention. I would include here, 911 Truth knowledge sources such as Jeff Hill.

What I would say, and this is as a medical professional, is that the pervasive, and as far as I can see unjustified, paranoia that is common in many "truthers" leads me to believe that there would be a higher then average (compared to the general population) number of individuals suffering from various personality disorders within the group who identify themselves as the truth movement.

On an individual basis, of course, a full history and physical would be in order before an official diagnosis is made.

TAM

 

[T.A.M.]

most debunkers do not exhibit paranoia, delusions, or homocidal or violent fantasies towards public officials. that is why we are not mentally ill.

This is important. For instance, I do not feel there would be any increase in mental illnesses in those who believe we have been visited by aliens, or by those who believe in Bigfoot.

However, I think there would be an increase in said illnesses in the population that believe the moon landing was a hoax, and the anti vaxxers.

It is the paranoia that is the key...the unfounded paranoia.

TAM

 

[Scott Sommers]

Thank you T.A.M. This is what I was wondering about. I agree that 911 Truth appears to be quite different from other logically similar belief systems. Maybe I'm wrong there, that they are logically similar. Anyway, I can't shake the feeling that it is the content of 911 that seems 'interesting' and attractive to certain types of disturbed individuals. The idea of a body of knowledge created by and for a subculture whose members are disproportionately mentally ill is very strange. These are not institutionalized individuals and their knowledge is being used in an entrepreneurial way.