Why I started believing and how I stopped
There were a few reasons that made me want to believe this stuff:
- I felt like everyone around me was wiser than I was, so by believing the conspiracies and researching them tonnes, I could know more about the world than my family/friends.
- I couldn’t come to terms with a break-up that I’d had. Believing that there are cannibals all around who are killing kids masked how I was really feeling about the break-up by providing something (seemingly) more important.
- I was desperate for there to be more to life than the boring life I was living. Believing that there was this satanic underworld that used to be hidden from me until I started reading conspiracy theories made life more…exciting. Weird ... Read even more
