I'm not crazy...I'm just a little unwell

[Ambrocious]

OK, I haven't posted here about my "mental" status yet and maybe this is a mistake asking help from people here (got a few people who would just love to use this against me) but Im here asking for your help and so please, don't make fun of me ok?


Well...I'm extremely paranoid. But I have a good basis to be paranoid, it's not like it's for no good reason. Watching videos such as these will stir up ANYONE into a slight form of hysteria:

TerrorStorm [Made In 2006]

ENDGAME: Blueprint For Global Enslavement [Made In 2007]

The Obama Deception [Made In March 2009]

Fall of the Republic [Made In October 2009]

OK, so now that you know my method of madness, can anyone please just tell me...what I can do to just feel better? Obviously I need to kind of get away from those videos a bit but their not fake information vids either.

Guys...I guess I just kind of need a friend or something. Please help.

 

[Seasoned]

Let all of this go. Stay away from the news. Have some fun in life. We are not alive long enough to have the kind of angst you are having. The world is in constant motion, ever changing. Stop feeding your paranoia.

 

[Royal Heart]

I was where you are now and what I found helped to shake me loose were videos about cosmology: astronomy, space, et cetera. I saw vast and beautiful universe out there, I saw how some stars utterly dwarf our own and I couldn't help but think that even if this world were to go to shit, the universe would still be breath-takingly beautiful.

 

[Audio Tech]

When you watch those videos, they can be damn depressing. I saw all of them too. And then there are good videos about the fractional reserve banking system.... which kind of got us all to this point to begin with.

HOWEVER, you must realize that there are things in your own life that you CAN control, and those that you simply CANNOT. You have to learn to dismiss the things that are beyond your control and just focus on what you CAN do. The rest takes care of itself.

I'll give a great example: No one wants to date me because I won't have sex the same day. It makes me feel like crap, but I won't change my mind on this. I'm Paranoid that I may never find that someone to share my life with.

So what I do instead, I take care of myself, do things I enjoy and stop thinking of being lonely. I cannot control the assholes out there, but I CAN control my own life. Realizing this is not MY problem makes my life much better. So I live my life instead to the fullest and let come what may.

Or.... I could go into depression, stay home, quit shaving and be in general miserable and keep thinking I'll always be alone. I think NOT. I truly think that not knowing me is someone ELSE'S loss, not mine.

So Paranoia and depression are only states of mind based on how you look at a situation. It takes practice to counteract either one, but you can learn to do so.

 

[Corny]

I'll give a great example: No one wants to date me because I won't have sex the same day. It makes me feel like crap, but I won't change my mind on this. I'm Paranoid that I may never find that someone to share my life with.

Not sure what kind of people you date or attract - but those people interested in spending their life with someone don't necessarily expect you to have sex with the same day you meet.

 

[AverageJoe]

Stop watching those videos, but if you're still worried that they could be true, get your "news" from a less emotionally charged source.

Watch the start of the Obama video, and notice how they play music in the background and play the audio clips very rapidly. They're using "tricks" to play with your emotions, and that's adding to the paranoia. Sure there's some truth to it, but if you were just reading the presented facts on a sheet of plain paper, you probably wouldn't think too much of it.

So instead of watching YouTube, try reading.

If you're still paranoid, you can always try self-help books or therapy. Try something CBT based.

If you're still paranoid, find a shrink.

 

[Fire]

Try something CBT based.

Assuming you are not suffering from a more serious disorder, this. Cognitive therapies can be highly effective at dealing with anxiety, especially in cases like yours where your mind has become dominated by persistent negative thoughts.

Part of the process will involve ditching the conspiracy stuff, which will undoubtedly be very difficult as you have invested a great deal of yourself into it and the fear you feel is extremely compelling. Please understand however that even if the content of these videos is true, neither obsessing over it nor proselytizing has been at all productive. Indeed, I would argue that it has been terribly counterproductive, consuming your thoughts and causing you serious emotional distress.

For these reasons, I would again recommend that you should seek the care of a professional. As someone who was once crippled by fear and irrational thinking, I'm telling you it is possible to get your life back.

Good luck.

 

[gholumboy]

I have found that paranoia and depression go hand in hand. The depressed person so often seeks out the doomsday scenario and frequently drags in religious legend as a means to anticipating an end to their current life.

I admit having read some of your posts and wondered, but this step of being public with your problem is a very positive one in my opinion and gives you an excellent opportunity for some serious retrospection and introspection.

Hopefully you will develop the technique to step out of your body and look at yourself positively and realise that the physical attributes you have and the mental skills you were born with are assets beyond gold and are to be used for your benefit and those that you love.

 

[Ambrocious]

I have found that paranoia and depression go hand in hand. The depressed person so often seeks out the doomsday scenario and frequently drags in religious legend as a means to anticipating an end to their current life.

I admit having read some of your posts and wondered, but this step of being public with your problem is a very positive one in my opinion and gives you an excellent opportunity for some serious retrospection and introspection.

Hopefully you will develop the technique to step out of your body and look at yourself positively and realise that the physical attributes you have and the mental skills you were born with are assets beyond gold and are to be used for your benefit and those that you love.

I whole heartedly agree with you, thanks man! I can look at this great wealth of information that I have as a liability or an asset. It is hard to handle sometimes and that's why I made the original post. I took a little break and I'm doing better now though.

I was correct though about the people that would have liked to use my original post against me, it's funny how I guessed that someone would try and defame my character and my sanity and my sincerity of my goals to show people those videos. I'm just looking for a friend or a few good friends to chat with, friends that won't stab me in the back.

Thanks gholumboy for your encouraging words!!!

 

[Ambrocious]

Just for the heck of it...

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WziA88-n02k]Unwell[/ame]

 

[White Eagle]

Thanks to Corny I found this thread.
After reading this I want to apologize to you. I'm one of the guys that has given you a hard time about this subject. I didn't know you were having these troubles. I knew you were paranoid but wasn't having the problems. Everyone above has given you some good advise. I couldn't add to that other than ask you to stop referring to Alex Jones and Infowars in every post you make. This is not helping your situation.
I am one who reads as much about conspiracy theories as I can. The only one that I can find there might be some substance is on 9/11 at the Pentagon. The hole in the side of the building is not big enough to be an airplane. There were rolls of wire right before the hole and they were undisturbed. The street lights were still standing. There were no engines laying around. There were no suitcases scattered about. There were no parts of a plane laying about. However, this is still a theory.
You want to get to where you are not paranoid. My suggestion: Remove all references to Alex Jones, Infowars, all the movies about Obama and the rest. Stop all your references to them.
I'll bet you get to feeling better.
Just my theory. But know that I apologize for the past, however, to keep you thinking about this thread I will remind you of what you want to accomplish. That is not being paranoid so don't think I am jumping on you. That is what paranoia does to a person. I think I'm right about that.