Mass Psychosis: How an Entire Population Becomes Mentally ILL 

But hey….At least we’re in it together. Collective madness tends to happen in cycles. This is obviously a deep topic with many layers that could easily go on for hours, but I tried my best to condense it under 20 minutes. If you like this type of content, leave a comment for the algorithm and give a like and share it around. Let me know what topics you would like us to delve deeper into next time. Much love

"It is no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society." Jiddu Krishnamurti

ive been feeling like society is in a mass psychosis for awhile, glad more people are starting to talk about it, big ups to you mate!

2 things that are helping me right now is watching my thoughts and giving back to people as much as i can

"The Industrial Revolution and its consequences have been a disaster for the human race"

The lockdowns really kicked off a downward spiral. It seems like a lot of people completely lost touch with reality & never came back in that time frame.

i feel like misplaced anger within individuals acts as a catalyst for dangerous collective groupthink. i think the anger originally occurs for a valid reason, like if someone was abused by their parents, but they were unable to express their anger at the time, which caused them to keep their anger inside. they say internalized anger causes depression, and when the anger is externalized, it sometimes occurs as a random outburst of anger directed at someone who doesnt deserve it. but the other place suppressed anger can go is into groupthink, where the group finds an enemy to blame and unleashes their hate onto them. the whole time this is happening, its always being done under the guise of virtue. it reminds me of the alan watts lecture i listened to where he emphasized that we should beware of virtue

I always appreciate Tom’s consistent use and reference to the Simpsons throughout his RU-vid career

Hi Tom!! Just discovered your channel and WOW! Thank you SO much for putting your thoughts into videos that I can play in the background and listen to, and feel a little more okay in life. I see these things, and wonder why it isn’t talked about more. But then you mentioned how someone that’s perfectly balanced will be seen to the majority of the world as boring, and it makes perfect sense. I’m excited to watch the rest of this video, and dive into more of your content. I watched your advice you gave, around what you wished you would have known leading up to turning 30 and I feel like I’m just behind what you were talking about in that video. I need to go back and comment on that one too but I just wanted to say thanks so much for sharing your insights, and making the world feel a little less confusing and lonely for people like me who are having a hard time grasping this reality and what’s happening. You’re beautiful! I’m so happy your video popped up in my search! Have a great rest of your day!

lol I’ve been diagnosed with schizoaffective disorder but this thought of every one around me slowly loosing touch with reality almost more so then I have in some ways I’m glad to see this video conforming I’m not the only one thinking this down internally…

If there's one thing I've learned from my MSc in Psychology, it's that we all believe ourselves to be way more rational than we actually are. We rationalize the decisions that we've actually made based on an unconscious process or a feeling.

I followed you for a long time. Back when I was 18 and your content was much more based around psychedelics. I love the fact that your producing content like this now.

Think of FEAR as False Evidence Appearing Real, which is true 99% of the time.

The greatest crime against humanity is society.

The toilet paper freak out during COVID was ridiculous!!! 🤦🏻

And psychedelics are not gonna save the world

Damn this is such a great explanation, absolutely great video Tom. You’ve come a long way

I don’t have this defect and it’s maddening to watch. 2021 made me almost lose my mind.

You're looking good tom, im the guy that asked you to play Sublime back in your live stream from back in the day!!! I miss you man, please upload more. You taught me alot, and are a big reason why i got into psychedelics in the first place. However, i also must say.... To anyone who has truly done a psychedelic, wishes they HADN'T of done it.

Is the world really as bad as the internet wants us to believe it is? Isnt that just fear?

Much needed perspective at a juncture when mass madness is becoming a new normal. Amazing observation.

Need more of this type of topics on this channel for sure!

Very well put mate! I can see that you only came to these conclusions after looking deep inside yourself.

Simpson's can be back referenced for almost any situation

Every single human needs to see this! Thank hou so much for creating this, just brilliant 😌

You seem to be in a far better mental space these days bro. Proud of your progress to integrate the shadow and overcome fear

there is a theory that ergot poisoning also played a part in the delusions experienced in regards to the salem witch trials

The Fight Club breakdown was truely needed at this moment in my life. Thank you, Tom.

When you brought up Y2K it took me back remembering how crazy it was

As someone who has been suffering from sever anxiety and depression (among other things) since childhood, it kinda feels... validating that others are going through the same thing. Don't get me wrong, I wouldn't wish this on anyone, but especially when it's someone who told you your whole life that you're simply overreacting to get attention. You know. "I told you so". Maybe I'm a bit evil for this.

Awesome video! It's great to see someone say it out loud.

True, what we feel is something we take way less serious than what we think even if in the end our feelings will always be the deciding factor especially if we are trying to deny that. That’s maybe the reason why we end up running in circles so much. The sad thing is we really lost the ability to consciously feel and that’s why our feelings become our own predators hiding in the subconscious.

"And think about it, not everyone is a critical thinking person." Yep, I think that's the problem...

People have been like this since the 1940s the worlds been under a spell

Paul Levys book Wetiko talks about just this. Great book.

Love your videos mate, good on ya

exactly groupthink is dangerous

Thanks for Makin me Feel understood and less alone dawg

Well summarized the shadow and the impact on society as mass psychosis 👍

The hammock guy was not mental, he was genius

Really interesting video, thanks Tom!

This is a really strange and incomplete representation of why the witch hunts happened. I'm a bit disappointed with the amount of research that has gone into this video. You touch on a lot of rather huge topics and draw simple conclusions from them. If we were to talk about world war 2 for an example there's a lot more than just unrest that lead to the rise of fascism. Historical context is always relevant when we want to draw conclusions from historical events. It cannot be understated how important ideology is when we talk about world war 2. It's also incredibly important to understand it's relationship to world war 1 and the Treaty of Versailles. Imperialism, nationalism, capitalism and the fear of communism. These are all key in understanding the development of world war 2. If you want to understand history you need to see the development over time. Look I get your overall worry here, it isn't exactly unreasonable to think that we are heading toward a breaking point in history. I would advice you not to draw big conclusions from historical events without taking the time to study it properly. These conclusions are really hard to draw especially if we're talking about now or into the future. Saying that it's mass hysteria is kind of an unhelpful and frankly radical way to phrase the complicated challenges we face in society today. Every now and then you draw a conclusion that is correct but you end up missing the bigger picture entirely. An example being when you talk about modern division strategies. It's a very real strategy that is being used politically today, but why and by whom? There's state funded studies on polarization all over the world. It's mostly influence from foreign intelligence agencies, and as they state themselves they seek to inflate what is already there. You go into a lot of complicated fields in this video to build this argument. I don't expect you to list every detail of everything you mention. Every limb added is however muddied by loaded words and misused technical terms. It's like the limbs aren't added for support but simply to finish the thought and narrative you had to begin with. Isn't this kind of ironic towards the points you touch on in the video? Though as an artistic expression it's quite impressive if you see it that way I suppose. Scathing criticism aside, if you read this I hope you have a good day regardless. As someone who has had to study a lot one thing I always try to keep in mind is the perception of how much we know. There's even the saying in psychedelics for this. Be careful with unearned knowledge. Buddhism is such a great practical and helpful philosophy because there's a focus on understanding through practice. The pursuit of knowledge leads to more questions than answers. I still think there's value in exploring these thoughts and narratives at the end of the day.

This is just straight up facts. Love the work man

@3:42 - Collective delusion? Interesting to hear that here as I've been using it for many years now. It just seemed to fit the overarching psychosis in certain quarters.

Tom looks like a wise janitor spitting truths to middleschoolers in this video.

FIRST, TOM FOR THE ALGORITHM

Very cool tow watch your journey over the years, keep up the great work man

Despite what many people believe - aspects of mental illness are absolutely contagious. We have documented examples of this throughout history. We're living in an age when the prevalence of mental illness is simply staggering. We as mental health professionals previously referred to shared delusions as folie a deux.

Tbh I think the narratives holding social cohesion together are breaking down, as they have previously. In the past it may have been religion, in our current epoch its the invisible hand, meritocracy etc.

what ive been thinking about is how we could deal with people with bigoted beliefs. it seems to me that conservatives and those stuck in organized religion are not good or bad people but stuck in belief systems that keep them enslaved. what upsets me is seeing all these people who think violence is a good response to bigotry. you just can't fight fire with fire...i hope us liberal hippies will learn this eventually

Great video!

I had to tell myself "do not become a statistic" i no longer have a gun nor a desire for one. Also 1 hour gang sign here ✍️

Very well done mate

Spreading mass hysteria talking about mass hysteria be like

What's your opinion on psychosis treatment with psychedelics and MDMA? I've been looking into therapeutic treatment of psychosis and related illness and it seems to be promising to some.

Love these types of videos!

One of your best one mate. You so wise

I don't like the kinds of excuses people make for their sins. And I hate their pride in all their sins. I was always doing what I said I was doing: looking for love. There was no shame or dishonor in that, and nothing to regret. I was always as sure as a king.

I understand, we have to learn to communicate and understand eachother

Earth is flat is what tom is saying and i agree.

Great video!!

With G.O , they take mind control to another level.

Myron his clip hahah

Have confidence in yourself and stay true to what you know, go against conformity and identify those who agree with you.

Yes and if you read the comments of most people in the wion news or in the 'el salvador prisons' you already know how sick the people in this world are.

Great video

People are herd animals! If you differ from the norm or swim against the current you are an easy target! I experienced it myself!

theres no such things as ''dark side''.theres only fear,and wrong perceptions,and they go together. when we are stressed are perception narrows.

Well even the start of this video is sobering 😅

This is important but im sorry, without my adhd meds i dont have the attentiom span.

Shadow integration is interesting but best to examine only ones own otherwise it just becomes a new form of projection. 😂

Blame the government

Whatifalthist has a great video on this: The coming psychological black death

Very interesting topic

Another problem with our world today is algorithms. I guarantee 90% of the people who could really benefit from this video will never find it or see it.

Did you see Sora AI or Google Veo? Imagine text to video becoming so realistic in few years that its no longer possible to discern fake from real news in internet. So if a city gets nuked, you wont know it for sure from news because video AI will generate media showing that city still exists.

Mushrooms will save your face

Collective madness never occurs because when it does, none dares say so. 🤪🤪🤫

Well boosters actually happened. Trillions printed half of which ended up in the hands of few. All for an untenable hypothesis

yep . . . absolutely am amazed everyday by how easily people DONN any mindset or identification that comes their way. they'll even PAY MONEY to wear a hat that is poison they were sold, the intention of which was only ever to bring about their doom. it's ridiculous, & 'clogs' things up societally . . . so i would say the gold to draw from this is to process thru & DROP that identification.

I think some of this video is not correct. I dont repress my shadow. I recognize it as limiting and then trancend it. Maybe this video is a projection of my shadow but i disagree with most things. I feel like this is just a justification for hate for some reason. The world is pretty crazy these days but all we can do is love. Were not monkeys anymore. Ive been seeing so many videos about comparing humans to monkeys. Did monkeys perform miracles and defeat death? No. We have the capability of going beyond our shadow and having an alchemical process of love. I also dont understand why some of your viewers dont like psychedelics when they have done so many good things. I never done them but from what I hear, they add up to rhe experience i have of unity and understanding. Then again what do I know. This is just a stream of consciousness There are many ways to get clarity. Overall epic video, maybe i just didnt get the point fully. I do wish to have some change in the world so we can communicate better I have a vision of people communicating and sharing ideas in a clear and concise manner. Divided we fall. In union we grow. I dont want to seek mean im sad now because i feel like i sounded too mean. I love everyone

This video has way too less views.

What about Malana Cream 😂

Roosh Valizadeh, "After a long period in society of women having unlimited personal freedom to pursue life as they wish, they have shown to consistently fail in making the right decisions that prevent their own harm and the harm of others. Systems must now be put in place where a woman’s behaviour is monitored and her decisions subject to approval of a male relative or guardian who understands what’s in her best interests better than she does herself."

What are your credentials to be covering this stuff? Im just curious. Aka whod you talk to if youre not already credentialed?

Its all referred to as mass formation

Where'd he get that jacket...?

in this video you will see Toms dark side !! he is the one who is watching this stuff and letting those ideas enter his mind.. start there TOM with you !

World has gone to 💩 since Covid

id call it a forced consciousness expansion. just enjoying the ride/beating. tuning in and freaking out if you will.

Its called 5th generation warfare

Interested in a cure?

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why did h3 catch a stray 😆

COVID nine teen❗

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Go east .. the west is falling. I warned ya

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