I often think of that (possibly apocryphal) factoid about the differences in the experience of being schizophrenic in America vs other countries, where supposedly the voices you hear in the US are much more unfriendly and threatening on average. Typing it out, it definitely sounds like reddit urban legend slop, but I also wouldn’t be surprised if there was something to it. As fucked up as our atmosphere is, our noosphere is the real horror show
I remember reading this somewhere too myself, probably on reddit like you. I’ve had mental health problems for half my adult life and I’ve been around others who do too, I can totally see someone who hears voices having them be menacing if they live in the imperial core given our entire ecosystem of media and news is on blast airhorns of we’re gonna kill you or you’re about to die horribly.
It would probably depend on the person and their symptoms. My voices have mostly been threatening, but when I get delusions of conspiracy and such, it’s on a literally cosmic level. When I’m psychotic, I’m rarely concerned about the state of the US apart from worrying something is coming for the whole earth. But different people’s symptoms come up differently. Experiences are probably too varied to be generalized like that very easily.
Gee, I wonder why we have so many people with mental illness when the reality of being an american is being gaslit and psyop’d 24 fucking 7?
I often think of that (possibly apocryphal) factoid about the differences in the experience of being schizophrenic in America vs other countries, where supposedly the voices you hear in the US are much more unfriendly and threatening on average. Typing it out, it definitely sounds like reddit urban legend slop, but I also wouldn’t be surprised if there was something to it. As fucked up as our atmosphere is, our noosphere is the real horror show
I remember reading this somewhere too myself, probably on reddit like you. I’ve had mental health problems for half my adult life and I’ve been around others who do too, I can totally see someone who hears voices having them be menacing if they live in the imperial core given our entire ecosystem of media and news is on blast airhorns of we’re gonna kill you or you’re about to die horribly.
It would probably depend on the person and their symptoms. My voices have mostly been threatening, but when I get delusions of conspiracy and such, it’s on a literally cosmic level. When I’m psychotic, I’m rarely concerned about the state of the US apart from worrying something is coming for the whole earth. But different people’s symptoms come up differently. Experiences are probably too varied to be generalized like that very easily.
Good point, I don’t think I’ll keep sharing it with credibility. Thanks for telling me a bit about it