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Lately my husband has been reading alot of conspiracy theory things. Really crazy stuff, he is on the computer all the time looking up this garbage.He was on a site this summer that my 6 year old saw and told me about, it had unborn dead frozen babies in jars and rich people trying to take over the world. I yelled at my husband and said he cant let the kids see this stuff. The group that had the video online is called something like the " bradelebog" group or something close to that.
How the government is trying to take over and how Bush passed some crazy laws that anyone can be arrested for being suspected of being a enemy traitor or something like that. I try to ignore what he tells me but it is getting so ridiculous. Last week when he got home from work I was in the driveway and when he got out of his car he looked at the sky and said "The airforce sure has been busy, look at all those chemtrails" i looked up and said "whatever" I figured it had something to do with his new paranoia. Yesterday my adult daughter told me when my husband was driving her over to our house he pointed out chemtrails and said the government is spraying chemicals in the air to control us. He just bought 2 new books last week on government conspiracy.
My question is, do people feel this paranoia is normal or is he going over the edge? I am wondering if I should call a therapist or something. I do not want to be married to a crazy person.I know that schizophrenia can start out with being paranoid. I dont know what to do. Any suggestions.
I'm trying not to laugh because it sounds like your husband is a little obsessed. I don't think he's paranoid, he's just gotten hooked on reading about conspiracy theories to the point that he's probably starting to believe them.
My suggestion is to ask him to ease off on his studies and try to find something more productive to do with his time. I'm not sure sending him to a therapist would help. Might make things worse.
I have asked him to avoid his conspiracy theory topics but everyday he is looking them up. Our neighbors think he is losing it since he always talks about these odd things. It is getting very annoying when your talking in a group of people and your husband starts talking about how the govrnment is trying to control us. Maybe he is having a midlife crisis or something.
If you constantly think about your husband being paranoid, doesn't that make you paranoid about his paranoia?! And in that case who is really paranoid? haha, j/k.
And it's not paranoia if the whole world really IS out to get you! Who knows! lol
ugh yes he sounds paranoid but a lot of other mental illnesses can have paranoia as a symptom.
I heard schizophrenia is genetic....so if it runs in his family then yes you should get him to see a psychiatrist or clinical psychologist (not a therapist) There is nothing a therapist can do to cure schizophrenia....it requires medication
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Originally Posted by asitshouldbe
Lately my husband has been reading alot of conspiracy theory things. Really crazy stuff, he is on the computer all the time looking up this garbage.He was on a site this summer that my 6 year old saw and told me about, it had unborn dead frozen babies in jars and rich people trying to take over the world. I yelled at my husband and said he cant let the kids see this stuff. The group that had the video online is called something like the " bradelebog" group or something close to that.
How the government is trying to take over and how Bush passed some crazy laws that anyone can be arrested for being suspected of being a enemy traitor or something like that. I try to ignore what he tells me but it is getting so ridiculous. Last week when he got home from work I was in the driveway and when he got out of his car he looked at the sky and said "The airforce sure has been busy, look at all those chemtrails" i looked up and said "whatever" I figured it had something to do with his new paranoia. Yesterday my adult daughter told me when my husband was driving her over to our house he pointed out chemtrails and said the government is spraying chemicals in the air to control us. He just bought 2 new books last week on government conspiracy.
My question is, do people feel this paranoia is normal or is he going over the edge? I am wondering if I should call a therapist or something. I do not want to be married to a crazy person.I know that schizophrenia can start out with being paranoid. I dont know what to do. Any suggestions.
If you constantly think about your husband being paranoid, doesn't that make you paranoid about his paranoia?! And in that case who is really paranoid? haha, j/k.
And it's not paranoia if the whole world really IS out to get you! Who knows! lol
I know someone in my family that fell into some of that hysteria. Felt the public schools
(government/politicians/etc) were all in cahoots to robotize children to become a certain
type of worker.
Became fearful of any type of government involvement surrounding her children. Even
down to the immunization policies.
There may be some truth to some of the stories. It is good to have some awareness.
I know I became a bit paranoid when I was told of some of the things here in the U.S.
that most are unaware of, like who really is running the country (was informed that many
times it is the very, very rich that calls the shots and makes the decisions). And there are other
policing organizations more powerful than the FBI and CIA that is on a "need to know" basis
and we REALLY don't need to know.
To me it just sounds like he is really into what he is watching/reading. When he comes down from the 'high' of what he is absorbing, he'll burn himself out and will be fine. Therapy will do nothing except waste money and give the Therapist some good entertainment value and something to talk about to his/her spouse over dinner. If I were you, seriously, I would be giggling over it. It is kind of amusing and what you are describing does not hold the traits of schizophrenia. I knew a schizophrenic and this does not fit.
The stuff he is into now is really quite fun. I've read a lot of that stuff and listened to Art Bell and it amuses me to no end. I wouldn't worry. It is most likely a phase and will pass eventually. Besides, it's just plain fun to believe in aliens. I like to think there is an entire planet filled with tulips of every imaginable color.
Seriously, JeepGirl is right on this one. He doesn't sound paranoid, but just caught up with some new ideas. Therapy won't do a thing other than help the therapist pay for his or her child's orthodontics.
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Maybe he is having a midlife crisis or something.
haha, j/k.
