How Many Bitcoiners are Mentally Ill?

[Bitcoin Sperg]

This. Bitcoin is the only hope to scape the bankster mafia. If we have a mentally retarded population in the first world that will stick suck banker cock for some decades, at least outside our borders people will find use on BTC.

For most people on the planet today, the world already is shit. If it's not to you, congratulations now check your privilege. For the billions of poor, global capitalism is sucking the life from them.

Not so long ago the average person would believe that the loss the Divine Right of the King, and subsequent (ongoing) slow death of religion would be "the world going to shit". All the fruits of the age of reason would have been forsaken if the nobles and priests of the middle ages could have prevented the failure off Divine Right.

They could not prevent progress then, just as the banksters (our modern "nobles") can't stop bitcoin or the slow death of capitalism in our generation.

Just briefly glancing through here it seems like anywhere from 15-25% could be diagnosed as morbidly paranoid, with 5% of that as full bore schizophrenia. There's also a great deal of mania in this forum, with the other subforums exhibiting mania/depression or both depending on the subject. It's difficult to parse through a forum but it just seems like an unusually large number of posters here are suffering from some combination of narcissistic/victim personality disorder, either resulting from social isolation, autism spectrum diseases, substance abuse (perhaps bitcoin's primary use) or PTSD.

Has anyone elucidated the link between bitcoin and mental illness? How many people here got involved in bitcoin because you couldn't function in the normal economy, or in society at large? I'm seriously asking because the idea of a currency that specifically draws the unstable members of society is fascinating from a social psychology perspective. There are certainly a very high number of sociopaths leading the bitcoin community (which explains the continuous scams and thefts of the beta member resources). Anyway if there are any normal members here you might want to commission a social worker to survey this forum for potential suicide/homicide risks or a psych researcher to try to and determine what factors of the bitcoin system are selecting for dredges. Cheers!  

[gargantuar]

Bitcoin sperg, you don't belong here.  I imagine if you were to read the article I posted it would float right past your dozen or so brain cells on its way out your other ear.  Clearly we are not your people.  Shill or otherwise, find YOUR folk and thrive.  The internet makes it possible to draw together small communities of people separated by great distances (e.g. badger rapists that caters to people interested in coitus with reluctant badgers).

I think there are many angry people in our community but they are angry for good reason.  Apply your pontifications and analysis to what I have written.  List your qualifications for diagnosing any of us, run through the NPD criteria regarding yourself (reading your original post makes it pretty clear you suffer from this as well as projection). And finally, where am I in the DSM, you self-important shit?  Or do you even know what the DSM is.

[GigaBit]

Takes one to know one I guess... 

It's like people going around calling everyone thieves are themselves typically the greatest ones of all.

I am totally insane, by liberal standards but guess who's winning this Bitcoin Mining game?

You have to be insane to some degree to do well in this business, same applies with Gold mining; we do shit most would find insane.

Normal people who don't belong in this industry usually become trolls, trying to make more trolls; it's some fuck fest I want no part of.

I'm out of my fucking mind, an anti-social misanthrope but I'm happy and live like a king.

I also suffer from MS and take a lot of drugs but I guarantee you my mechanical & tech IQ is way up there; however my socialist IQ is very low.

Don't like it, how I live, one of my associates will get you a phone book and you can call the affirmative action office.

Psycho Miner Pride 

[MichaelBliss]

Just briefly glancing through here it seems like anywhere from 15-25% could be diagnosed as morbidly paranoid, with 5% of that as full bore schizophrenia. There's also a great deal of mania in this forum, with the other subforums exhibiting mania/depression or both depending on the subject. It's difficult to parse through a forum but it just seems like an unusually large number of posters here are suffering from some combination of narcissistic/victim personality disorder, either resulting from social isolation, autism spectrum diseases, substance abuse (perhaps bitcoin's primary use) or PTSD.

Has anyone elucidated the link between bitcoin and mental illness? How many people here got involved in bitcoin because you couldn't function in the normal economy, or in society at large? I'm seriously asking because the idea of a currency that specifically draws the unstable members of society is fascinating from a social psychology perspective. There are certainly a very high number of sociopaths leading the bitcoin community (which explains the continuous scams and thefts of the beta member resources). Anyway if there are any normal members here you might want to commission a social worker to survey this forum for potential suicide/homicide risks or a psych researcher to try to and determine what factors of the bitcoin system are selecting for dredges. Cheers! 

Epic post.  I would only caution that the "bitcoin community" IS NOT the bitcointalk community!

[acquafredda]

I am worried about the drug use, but more drugs are bought with fiat then ever will with Bitcoin.  Traces of drugs are even on US dollars as well as most likely most fiat currencies.  So it seems to say fiat is used more for drugs then Bitcoin.

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2009/aug/17/cocaine-dollar-bills-currency-us

I'll second that

[BitUsher]

While modern psychology and psychiatry relies upon more clinical trials these days, there still remains plenty of classifications which are very unscientific and decided by committee rather than through science. This would place psychology in a transitional stage between a soft science like sociology/womens' studies and a hard science like physics/chemistry.

Mental Illness exists as a continuum and what one could classify as a disorder another could classify as a personality trait.

I would agree with you that there certainly are going to be a higher amount of sociopaths/psychopaths drawn to bitcoin (as with the early internet) because they are willing to take risks with newer technologies that afford them a competitive advantage. This could be equally stated about psychopaths/sociopaths being drawn to other positions of power like politics and CEO positions.

A good book to read is "Snakes in Suites" which reflects a enlightening perspective upon CEO's in fortune 500 companies:
http://www.amazon.com/Snakes-Suits-When-Psychopaths-Work/dp/0061147893
 

[coinableS]

I prefer the term mildly autistic. And so what?

[inBitweTrust]

Just briefly glancing through here it seems like anywhere from 15-25% could be diagnosed as morbidly paranoid, with 5% of that as full bore schizophrenia. There's also a great deal of mania in this forum, with the other subforums exhibiting mania/depression or both depending on the subject. It's difficult to parse through a forum but it just seems like an unusually large number of posters here are suffering from some combination of narcissistic/victim personality disorder, either resulting from social isolation, autism spectrum diseases, substance abuse (perhaps bitcoin's primary use) or PTSD.

Has anyone elucidated the link between bitcoin and mental illness? How many people here got involved in bitcoin because you couldn't function in the normal economy, or in society at large? I'm seriously asking because the idea of a currency that specifically draws the unstable members of society is fascinating from a social psychology perspective. There are certainly a very high number of sociopaths leading the bitcoin community (which explains the continuous scams and thefts of the beta member resources). Anyway if there are any normal members here you might want to commission a social worker to survey this forum for potential suicide/homicide risks or a psych researcher to try to and determine what factors of the bitcoin system are selecting for dredges. Cheers!  

One could make a very convincing argument that most people overly rely upon various defense mechanisms and psychological coping techniques to mask the true horrors that represent reality.

I don't need to believe in any "fringe" conspiracy theories(as if the popularity of an idea had anything to do with its validity.) to justify a healthy amount of skepticism (or paranoia, if you prefer) based upon what is openly admitted. Read some Noam Chomsky or Christopher Hitchens and your eyes will be opened straight away.

I had many colleagues call me a tin foil hat nutter 10 years ago when leaks started coming out regarding NSA crimes and my healthy skepticism drew conclusions that now have all been vindicated and those detractors now have a case of Historical revisionism and claim of course the NSA was doing all those "activities" that is what their central role is.

[gargantuar]

Just briefly glancing through here it seems like anywhere from 15-25% could be diagnosed as morbidly paranoid, with 5% of that as full bore schizophrenia. There's also a great deal of mania in this forum, with the other subforums exhibiting mania/depression or both depending on the subject. It's difficult to parse through a forum but it just seems like an unusually large number of posters here are suffering from some combination of narcissistic/victim personality disorder, either resulting from social isolation, autism spectrum diseases, substance abuse (perhaps bitcoin's primary use) or PTSD.

Has anyone elucidated the link between bitcoin and mental illness? How many people here got involved in bitcoin because you couldn't function in the normal economy, or in society at large? I'm seriously asking because the idea of a currency that specifically draws the unstable members of society is fascinating from a social psychology perspective. There are certainly a very high number of sociopaths leading the bitcoin community (which explains the continuous scams and thefts of the beta member resources). Anyway if there are any normal members here you might want to commission a social worker to survey this forum for potential suicide/homicide risks or a psych researcher to try to and determine what factors of the bitcoin system are selecting for dredges. Cheers!  

One could make a very convincing argument that most people overly rely upon various defense mechanisms and psychological coping techniques to mask the true horrors that represent reality.

I don't need to believe in any "fringe" conspiracy theories(as if the popularity of an idea had anything to do with its validity.) to justify a healthy amount of skepticism (or paranoia, if you prefer) based upon what is openly admitted. Read some Noam Chomsky or Christopher Hitchens and your eyes will be opened straight away.

I had many colleagues call me a tin foil hat nutter 10 years ago when leaks started coming out regarding NSA crimes and my healthy skepticism drew conclusions that now have all been vindicated and those detractors now have a case of Historical revisionism and claim of course the NSA was doing all those "activities" that is what their central role is.

Inbitwetrust, you are an order of magnitude more intelligent than the posturing OP.  She is likely not worth any time.  It is easy to dissect her post to reveal grammatical errors, uninformed and indefensible statistics, and hand-waving.  Many in the list of disorders the idiot posts in her first paragraph are mutually exclusive and have little to no comorbidity.

[Lauda]

If we were to get diagnosed with anything, it would be higher intelligence than the average 'sheep'.

[acquafredda]

If we were to get diagnosed with anything, it would be higher intelligence than the average 'sheep'.

I totally agree.

 

[gargantuar]

If we were to get diagnosed with anything, it would be higher intelligence than the average 'sheep'.

+1

In case anyone missed it, I believe many here would benefit from reading this article:

http://www.davidsongifted.org/db/Articles_id_10554.aspx

An understanding of the above article is perhaps a necessary (but not sufficient) component of self-actualization for those with the vision and ability to see the significance of what we are witnessing (Bitcoin).  The RawDog style of the OP and the comical use of the fancy "elucidate" word indicates he/she will not benefit from the above article.  But some the rest of you (posturing OP excluded) might be edified.  Read the article.  For your children, perhaps.

[calme]

Our coins aren't worth much anymore, but at least we are extremely intelligent.

[tvbcof]

Our coins aren't worth much anymore, but at least we are extremely intelligent.

LOL!  +1

[cbeast]

The trolls are less about casting aspersions and more about schadenfreude nowadays. It used to be they attacked Bitcoin with accusations of drug trafficking and terrorism. Now they attack investors personally as if they feel they can somehow hurt them. It's sad how the days of Something Awful raids have devolved into such petty cries for attention. The trolls here have nowhere else to go. They don't have a forum that wants them. Buttcoiner's don't want them because they they don't suffer fools either. Shibe's don't want them because they don't have the chops to keep up. The admins must pity them because they allow newbies to come directly into the forums with no forewarning. They become easy prey for the sociopaths lurking in the shadows. Fortunately experienced Bitcoiners, like the honey badger, don't care what they do because Bitcoin Abides.

[Brooker]

Bitcoiners aren't mentally ill, though I'm sure there are people with various mental illnesses here. I also think there's a lot of trolls but those people are more sad than having an illness. They obviously feel inferior so seek out personal glory on the net.

If we were to get diagnosed with anything, it would be higher intelligence than the average 'sheep'.

lol. And then they'd probably 'diagnose' you as a conspiracy theorist or something. Seen it happen many times.

[coinpr0n]

I am worried about the drug use, but more drugs are bought with fiat then ever will with Bitcoin.  Traces of drugs are even on US dollars as well as most likely most fiat currencies.  So it seems to say fiat is used more for drugs then Bitcoin.

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2009/aug/17/cocaine-dollar-bills-currency-us

SR-induced mental instability.

[rpietila]

lol. And then they'd probably 'diagnose' you as a conspiracy theorist or something. Seen it happen many times.

So many of the past decades' "conspiracy theories" have now been admitted by the conspirators (the elected or non-elected authorities of western countries). If anything, the thought that similar activities would not be going as we speak, even if they are sometimes denied by the perpetrators, should be classified as clinical gullibility, and people denying them should be exposed to some serious training in common logic.

Otherwise such people (the ones that deny the ongoing stuff derogatory labeled as conspirationist) will present a danger to the ones whose worldview is based on proof, logic and truth.

[jubalix]

I think if you're at all capable of grasping bitcoin, the whole concept, in the first place, there's little damn chance you're at risk of being mentally ill. The required level of intelligence to understand bitcoin, the foundation of bitcoin, the blockchain, the point, the nuances of economics, and the dynamics of bitcoin is not a sign of a weak mind susceptible to mental illness.

The idiots in comment sections who continually call people names, troll these and similar forums hollering bitcoin's end times and have nothing else to do but post over and over day in and day out trying to warn everyone against it, it's in its "death throws" as one put it in a comments section earlier - now those ones are soft in the head and could probably make do with a visit to a psychiatrist.  

this....especially as we have been non educated about what currency is, that is Fiat is just given as a fait accompli.

In 2004 I gave a lecture to my fellow law of banking elective takers in a top 20 law school in the world, and their eyes glazed over when I started to explain Fiat to them, CRR, FRB etc...hell I had to phone the central bank just to confirm everything I had said was right. Satoshi has now put that squarely in the discourse.

FRB/Central banking is not always bad, but it is almost always corrupted without competition. Competition to the state monopoly is a facet of BTC.

[Beliathon]

The field of psychology has always been deeply political* in nature, the DSM is extremely political. Not so long ago you had "female hysteria" and "homosexuality" classified in there as mental diseases. Still today you have farcical diagnoses such as "oppositional defiant disorder" which roughly translates to "a disobedient child more intelligent than one or both of his/her parents", or the simple result of shitty parenting.

Psychiatrists, at their core are glorified behavior cops. You'd never see a child brought in to a psych because he was TOO obedient for his parents liking. If we lived in a society that was concerned about fascism (in a post 2001 America, we should be!), you would see that happening. You will only ever see a child brought into a mental health professional because he was too DISobedient.

Speaking as an American here, ask yourself, reader, why are we so terrified of disobedience, but not at all bothered by pandemic hyper-obedience, even in the face of a society bordering on collapse?

“Disobedience, in the eyes of any one who has read history, is man's original virtue. It is through disobedience that progress has been made, through disobedience and through rebellion.”
― Oscar Wilde

http://mhkeehn.tripod.com/ughoae.pdf -> ctrl + f "social engineering"

* Political bias is the disease of all the softer sciences. Only pure mathematics escapes such politicization.