Around 450 million people currently suffer from such conditions, placing mental disorders among the leading causes of ill-health and disability worldwide.” ("Mental disorders affect one in four people.") All of these people are affected by these disorders that affect your mood, thinking, and behavior. The large amounts of these cases make it difficult to diagnose someone’s condition accurately. People who tend to believe in conspiracy theories most of the time are labeled as having schizophrenia or …show more content…
Mentally unstable people can become aroused when hearing about a conspiracy theory due to not having control of their minds and emotions. Limited exposure to these theories is recommended for people with these conditions. Conspiracy theories can exacerbate their symptoms, making their manic or depressive symptoms even more severe. If these people read or listen about conspiracy theories, they can often believe they happened to them. Psychotic episodes can be the cause of people with bipolar disorder to believe they witnessed or were involved in a conspiracy theory. An example “the person believes they were abducted by aliens”. People then tend to hold on to these misconceptions of false events, not recognizing that they never happened in real