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- Jun 28, 2021
Say I had a friend who was in the military, who was ostensibly Christian, and has always been sort of paranoid in general and into conspiracy theories/mysticism type stuff. Around the time of COVID he got into crypto and that has slowly consumed him, blending with the conspiracies and mysticism into incoherent nonsense he babbles about constantly. He's even adopted that QAnon bullshit.
It really ramped up the last couple of years or so, I really started noticing it about a year ago but others who know him said it's been about a couple years now. He's in his mid 30's, a little early for a midlife crisis but he's unsatisfied with his life, so maybe that factors in.
Everyone thinks he's nuts now, but as a person who doesn't take everything I observe at face value and looks for alternative explanations or ulterior motives, I think that the relatively sudden shift in his behavior could be intentional, though for what reason/s I can only speculate.
I'm usually pretty good at telling if someone is lying, and he gives those tells, but if he's truly lying then he's going ALL-IN on the act, because his shizo babble is non-stop. I don't think he's dangerous, for what it's worth, and he's still maintaining his responsibilities, so it's nothing yet worth considering an intervention or whatever over. But I want to know what to look for in schizophrenics specifically, maybe if there's some kind of tests or something.
It really ramped up the last couple of years or so, I really started noticing it about a year ago but others who know him said it's been about a couple years now. He's in his mid 30's, a little early for a midlife crisis but he's unsatisfied with his life, so maybe that factors in.
Everyone thinks he's nuts now, but as a person who doesn't take everything I observe at face value and looks for alternative explanations or ulterior motives, I think that the relatively sudden shift in his behavior could be intentional, though for what reason/s I can only speculate.
I'm usually pretty good at telling if someone is lying, and he gives those tells, but if he's truly lying then he's going ALL-IN on the act, because his shizo babble is non-stop. I don't think he's dangerous, for what it's worth, and he's still maintaining his responsibilities, so it's nothing yet worth considering an intervention or whatever over. But I want to know what to look for in schizophrenics specifically, maybe if there's some kind of tests or something.
