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Partners just been really dark.

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Namechange32564 · 18/07/2020 09:41

My partner is 36 and has a good job. He's smart. He is abit of a conspiracist. (Have I spelt that right) I have rolled my eyes at him many times. I have also laughed at him and told him to stop watching the stuff he watches.

Lockdown and coronavirus has brought alot of different things to the surface. People have different views on where the virus started. What lockdown is about. What the vaccine is about. What the government is trying to do etc.

You could get quite disheartened listening to some of it. I don't know what to believe or not to believe. I am worried for our childrens futures. I am abit unsure about this vaccine when it is out. I also can see we are becoming more monitored and traced. I've had chats about different views with different people. It's good to listen and not bury your head in the sand. I do agree the mainstream media only report certain things. There's flaws to things too.

Anyhow this morning we were talking about taking our kids to a farm next week for a little morning out. My partner's off work so it will be nice to do a couple of simple things to go back to some sort of normality. We were just saying how sad we are for ours kids. The freedoms we had are not there for our kids anymore. The simple things we used to do are now more complex. I said to my partner that I wish I knew when our kids would be able to be normal again. When we can all be the people we were and not have to worry about viruses and going near people. The days we can touch things without fear. I wonder if it will be months or years or never again. I don't mean it dramatically. Just childhoods are so short and whilst kids adapt it should not be like this for them.

Anyway to the point! My partner said it won't get any better. We will all be dead in ten years. I said to him that's a little bit over the top. He said people need to open their eyes. They want to population down. We are being controlled. They want us down to 500 million. I said do you are saying our kids will die aged 12 and 15. He said people need to start fighting back.

A psychic (I know not everyone believes) said on a Tele thing that she predicted coronavirus and she said a war will break out in 2030. She said viruses will be our new biggest killer. We watched this in January! I remember at the time watching her predictions and she had predicted the virus in November last year.

Anyhow he's gone up to bed said he's tired. I'm sat here feeling pretty deflated now. I know he watched things. I don't watch anything but try and live day to day in "my own world" as I know there are higher powered people who ultimately can destroy lives and start wars etc. But if you focus on that you can't enjoy your life.

Just hearing him being so defeated about the future. It's making him unwell isn't it.

Am I being completely blind or is this going to get really nasty. It hurt the most that he says he regrets bringing our kids into this world.

I was just hoping this virus was just a temporary issue and not one thats the start of the end of life.

Omg please don't be horrible about my partner but please tell me what to think and do about it?

OP posts:
Hangingover · 18/07/2020 15:51

I've recently had comments such as he's in the top 0.01% who have opened their minds and seen the truth

This is the root of the conspiracy theory I think. I don't think it even matters what the issue is it's more of a mindset. OP can you direct him to some straightforward information from scientists? The podcast Science Vs. is all about fact checking and debunking and it's extremely accessable, I like it a lot.

Hangingover · 18/07/2020 15:59

Also if he or you are interested in hearing what actual experts think about the end of the world there's a Stuff You Should Know podcast episode about existential risk. Suffice it to say his theory about population control doesn't feature.

UnaCorda · 18/07/2020 21:10

He is abit of a conspiracist. (Have I spelt that right?)

No; it's "a bit", not "abit".

Northernsoullover · 18/07/2020 22:35

Things like vaccines and them being rushed you can actually find out about how they work.
Look on Google scholar or public health England, NHS. I listen to epidemiology podcasts and I have learnt that the reason that a Covid-19 vaccine can be produced so quickly is that work had already been carried out on SARS vaccine and also that testing is done in stages. Due to the urgent need for the vaccine some of the testing stages are being done in tandem. They aren't being skipped or hastened.
There is a podcast called This Podcast Will Kill You. Look for an episode on Covid-19 vaccine and it explains the process a lot better than I can.

Zaphodsotherhead · 18/07/2020 23:40

People like this always believe they are in the top 0.01%. They want to think they are 'special'. The only ones to see behind the curtain. The only ones who 'really know what's going on'. Because they want to be different. They really want to be special, because often, in real life, they have nothing.

Gohackyourself · 19/07/2020 06:51

I’d just like to add that in a way they are being brainwashed too.The theory mongers are also out there spouting nonsense to further their egos/likes whatever.You watch one and they feed you to links sponsored by others to listen to their videos/thoughts so in itself it’s a propaganda machine just like the people they are moaning about.
In reality it sounds like he’s struggling with mental health.You stated he normally sees his therepist every month, so there’s already an issue he is trying to resolve, she weaned him off antidepressants........ all before one of the biggest crisis of our time came along.

I would suggest to him a 2 week news/social media block, have some mental respite from constantly watching it all.call a Gp and discuss antidepressants again.

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