• schnapsman@feddit.org
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    4 hours ago

    Apparently in the US the voices are more likely to tell you to do violent things. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/263513488_Differences_in_voice-hearing_experiences_of_people_with_psychosis_in_the_USA_India_and_Ghana_Interview-based_study

    I wonder though about the step from hearing to acting. Like real people tell me to do stuff and I don’t do it. It shouldn’t be that hard to hear voices and be like “oh you silly, I’m not gonna do that”.

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      I wonder though about the step from hearing to acting.

      I once auditory hallucinated a single syllable as I was waking up, like someone speaking loudly, almost shouting from right in my face. That was disconcerting enough. There’s a visceral element to it that’s not just a conversation with an uninvited guest.

      Despite the hallucinations themselves by no means implying insanity, it’s easy to imagine them wearing you down psychologically if they’re a regular occurrence. Anecdotes about them range all the way from harmless to anxiety inducing sensory overload.

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    12 hours ago

    It was God. I don’t believe in God but I truly believe God sent that man to be his messenger on earth.

    Those that do claim to believe in the Lord, surely cannot refuse this as to do so would be denying faith. How is this any different to Moses, Noah and others who have heard the word of God and acted. Who are we to stop this man in his holy quest least we be smited by the Almighty ourselves!

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    14 hours ago

    Why would you attempt this in a stolen vehicle? Has bro never heard of “don’t break the law while breaking the law”?

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    18 hours ago

    Were those voices “literally everyone”?

    Give him a Xanax and sent him home

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    19 hours ago

    I don’t understand these people who are like:

    Officer: “How’s it going?”

    Guy: “I’m here to do crimes! Wanna see my guns??”

    It has happened a few times. Maybe he’s looking for a free flight back to Venezuela…

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      17 hours ago

      voices told him to kill

      I feel like i can understand why someone who’s hearing voices might not behave 100% rationally.

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      19 hours ago

      Also this is what this administration’s DHS is saying after this administration’s Secret Service arrested him, so… 🤷

      Oh, and they also take pains to say he is an “illegal alien” that entered the U.S. in March of 2024. So you know what THAT means. Biden had OPEN BOARDERS!!!1111

      Honestly, probably just a case where someone needs access to mental health care and I’d like to believe that the DHS is telling the whole truth here. But everything about this administration and the conservatives are so terrible and so suspect.

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          I used to be especially amused that the people that would spell borders improperly would also say “the country is full” and when asked, “is it really? Have you even driven through some of this country?” they’d get all huffy and suggest that “well, the illegals can all move in with YOU and other liberals!!!” [1]

          Thus bringing their misspelling full-circle, unwittingly…

          [1] Game, set, match, liberals! Consider yourself completely PWNED. LOL. LMAO, even. I’m not even slightly exaggerating, I’ve had several conversations that went pretty much exactly like that and the conservatives believe that is “winning” a “debate”.