Psychologists’ research on conspiracy theories offers insight into why people believe in them, as they have been a constant hum in the background for at least the past 100 years. People can be prone to believing in conspiracy theories due to a combination of personality traits and motivations, including relying strongly on intuition and feeling a sense of antagonism and superiority. Popular conspiracy theories include alien contact, the assassination of John F. Kennedy by multiple shooters, and the cover-up of the dangers of genetically modified weapons.
Conspiration theories can tell us a lot about what’s going on in our societies and how. They are commonly defined as explanatory beliefs about a group of actors that collude in secret to reach malevolent goals. A combination of cognitive biases, social influences, emotional maturity, and family dynamics can contribute to an individual’s belief in conspiracy theories.
Conspiration theories are everywhere, and people’s first instinct when engaging with conspiracy believers is often to try and debunk their ideas with factual and authoritative evidence. Recent events, such as the election of Donald Trump, the U.S. Capitol riot, and several conspiracy theory-inspired mass shootings, have prompted more people to be aware of the dangers of conspiracy theories. The approach to patients with conspiracy beliefs should be similar to dealing with psychotic disorders.
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100% on the reality check. I was bigger than I’ve ever been and miserable and my husband lost his cool one day and just told me I’m miserable because I’m not healthy so I’m putting him being healthy down and it stung and I was upset in the moment but quickly realized I needed that. Now I’m 40lbs down.
On the Ice Spice thing, maybe she’s just not a Christian. It might not be her normal to pray and everything. It’s very common to giggle and fidget when you’re uncomfortable, lots of people do. I’m not Christian and whenever we do any Christian prayers in my country (New Zealand), i dont usually join in or say Amen or anything. I dont even usually sing the English version of our National Anthem bc i dont believe in it. In fact I often use our Te Reo Māori (our native language) prayer phrases instead of Amen during a Christian karakia (Māori prayer) and pray to the Māori Gods instead of Jesus. I’m not trying to disrespect or throw shade, I’m just participating in a way that feels right to me. And considering we all have legal and human rights protections to practice our religion or beliefs however we wish, I don’t see how this is a problem. Just bc she doesn’t do things the way you would, doesn’t mean she should be slammed. As for the supposed devil horns, it looked more like she was fidgeting than anything to me, but even if she was, that’s within her rights and isn’t hurting anyone else. She can believe what she wants and practice it how she wants so long as she doesn’t harm anyone else. Getting your own feelings hurt by something that you weren’t even present for and does not affect your life at all, is a choice, and no one else’s responsibility but your own. I simply choose not to care, or not to engage, and if not, then I’m choosing to get butthurt (which is fine, it’s my choice)
Shane I hate to break it to you but I do think Ryland is being entirely sincere about how he sees you when it comes to your weight. He’s always being honest, trying to reassure you and I feel he is genuine. The problem is this is your own insecurity that you’re projecting onto him and creating friction in your relationship. I get it bc I’m a chubby girl myself. But, you gotta realize this isn’t Ryland that has an issue with your weight he loves you unconditionally I sincerely believe. But, you may have unresolved trauma about your weight which is difficult to get past I struggle with it too. Ryland wouldn’t be married to you if he didn’t find you very attractive. He loves you. But, this thing about your weight I’ve seen you go on and on about and it really seems to bother you. No matter what Ryland says/does it’ll be taken out of context by your own projections. Just because he noticed you lost weight doesn’t make him anything more than human. It’s normal to notice that. I’m sure you’d notice something like that too but if he makes the slightest remark you are offended by him. I think this is something you need to address and resolve within yourself and talk to your therapist about maybe? Just my own analysis. I don’t think it is good for your kids to always see you two bickering about this because all I see is Ryland constantly trying to reassure you and I don’t think he means any malice. He’s just a blunt and brutally honest type. In a world of fake ass ppl try to learn to appreciate it more because you have a good guy.