Do you guys actually believe this stuff?

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Apparently you don't think the "you guys" here on this forum are like most people... we must be some special people... but wait, that only confirms our pathological obsessions... Well, sorry to inform you, we are just like most people.

Your defense mechanism is showing.

I really wish you had chosen a handle. I feel like we're conversing in a coffee house and you won't tell me your name

I'm just a student (literally, too young to be a professional) who believes it is his responsibility to understand. I pursued this particular avenue of learning because of my experiences. What I've seen far more often than people getting committed to wards are people just losing touch with reality in their day to day lives, these people I noticed often would viciously defend notions of transcendence, a relationship with the paranormal/aliens and the divine nature of their experience. So I attempted to understand these people, I read their books explored their worldviews and mythologies and thus am here.