I live in a heavily lefty area and I have parents who have conservative traits and values and worked hard but they are completely brainwashed by the media, NPR playing on a little radio in their kitchen all day, refuse to believe that the media all puts out the same narrative, claim any and every bit of evidence I show them is fake even after mainstream media admits it later, won't let me visit them because I won't wear a mask, actually voted for biden, They waited in line till 2 Am to get a covid shot and would probably turn me into the nazis if the news told them to report Trump supporters. I realized that this is like stockholm syndrome, Here is some info; WHAT IS STOCKHOLM SYNDROME?
Stockholm syndrome refers to a psychological condition that develops in a person who has been kidnapped or held captive involuntarily. People with Stockholm syndrome show positive feelings towards their kidnapper and may even establish a personal relationship with them. Experts on the subject suggest that it is an unconscious defense mechanism that the victim develops as a form of survival instinct. Stockholm syndrome also refers to situations of domestic abuse and other situations.
HOW TO TREAT STOCKHOLM SYNDROME.
1.Treatment. To treat Stockholm syndrome it is important that the person sees a specialist doctor or a psychologist, to develop a strategy that enables them to overcome this situation. Involving health professionals is essential in these cases.
(this one wont help us but the 6 others may).
2.Do not insist. People with Stockholm syndrome fail to see the complexity of the situation. Do not try to convince them of what may happen or try to force them to change their mind. Just talk to them and calmly explain your point of view. You need to avoid pushing them further away from you in order to help them.
(many of us, myself included learned this the hard way but it may not be too late)
3.Show them affection. Try to show your love and support. You must convey trust so that they do not see you as an enemy.
(this may be very difficult after harsh words have been exchanged but focus on the people in your family first.)
4.Try to keep in touch. Often in this situation, the person tends to isolate themselves, so it is important to try to maintain communication. But try not to make them feel overwhelmed.
(I've already started doing this, I check in a couple times a week and don't steer the conversation unless they try to talk politics, I just let them talk it out, no matter how stupid I think it sounds and if they seem to want me to respond i trun it back around, "what do you think that means?" "tell me more" "how does that make you feel?")
5.Keep calm. Often, this situation generates a feeling of helplessness. The important thing is to remain calm to avoid pushing the person away. Staying calm is the greatest help you can give. Be patient, they will listen to you if you convey trust and understanding.
(I have messed this one up, I have lost my absolute shit a couple times)
- Search for further information on the subject so you're sure what you're dealing with. Often, local health centers offer advice on the issue and may help to resolve this situation.
( I don't trust the mental health care industry at all because they are part of the establishment that is doing this and they are almost exclusively lefty psychopaths themselves plus they push poison drugs on people for profit and keep them coming back instead of curing them but we can use our research skills to study this and expand our understanding, we can't let them gatekeep us from believing that we can understand things like this, if you are here, you're probably smart enough and then some.)
7.Listen. If they feel they can trust you, they will talk about their situation. When this happens, you should control your feelings. Don't show you're angry or infuriated if the person with Stockholm syndrome defends or identifies with the abusers. Listen to them, and when you think it's necessary, give your opinion. However, be careful about the way you do it and how you say it, so as to avoid them becoming defensive.
(this one kind of re-hashes some of the other points, it goes back to staying in touch and not flipping your shit when they parrot nonsense.)
My conclusion for now is that we are going to have to be "the bigger guy" and after all the hard work we have done before we woke up and are doing now and all the grief and injustice, we have to still be the bigger guy and try to armchair-shrink our fellow Americans back to life. I won't let pill pushing, over-schooled, under-educated, so-called professionals gatekeep me from believing I can do this.
What do you think? source ( https://health.onehowto.com/article/how-to-treat-stockholm-syndrome-7546.html) This is just a rough outline, I didn't really research this yet but I'm going to start now. Anyone with mental healthcare experience's opinion would be valued.
Yes 9/11 was the initial one for me too. But like you, it was something else that really did it. To me it was Barack Obama going back on all his promises. And the double tap to my brain as all my fellow liberals weren't as angry as I was about it.
That's because of their lack of intellectual honesty and consistency.
What makes you and me capable of the move from normie to redpilled is the willingness to honestly challenge our belief system.
Some people like my partner have much to lose by accepting that their ideas and morals are inconsistent because their identity is bound up with leftist ideas such as equality of outcome and belief in the goodness of big government.
Can you imagine the bravery needed to throw away those comfort blankets? I'm glad I'm not them!
Right from the beginning for me it was all about searching for the truth but in the beginning I was too arrogant, thinking I already knew the truth. After 8 years of George Bush Jr and 9/11, I was very arrogant and just KNEW that the Republicans were evil and obviously the Democrats were good. Very arrogant, but it didn't last long. The moment Barack Obama backed down on his promises it smacked me in the face immediately. But what staggered me most was everyone else (I was in college at the time) STILL supporting him, not caring at all about it.
I look back at a few arguments I had in my dorm. There was this kid there trying to redpill me. I was anti-gun, pro universal health care. Arguing my point so arrogantly and yet I was completely ignorant. I wonder where that kid is these days.
That kid did good, he planted some seeds in your mind. I recently called the father of a school friend out of the blue after many years to thank him for planting seeds in my mind. Now I plant my own where I can. There must be many who are quietly on the journey you have taken because the cognitive dissonance needed to believe the MSM is so strong. Those people waking up is the largest part of the plan I believe.
Edited to add:
The normie belief system is fragile because it is not consistent and cannot survive in the presence of other ideas. that's why MSM and social media bias and censorship is so very important to the globalists, just as is was to the communists.