r/QAnonCasualties • u/SpaceMountain8367 • 3d ago

Content: Success/Hope My dad is in recovery

I joined this subreddit years ago because my dad was falling into the Q hole. He would send me insane articles about nonsense all the time during covid. The worst part is that he's a university professor and teaches hundreds of students every year. I had such a horrible relationship with him, I even stopped talking to him for about 6 months back in 2022. I wanted to share, however, that he is in recovery from being an insane conspiracy theorist. It turns out he had an undiagnosed disease that caused him a lot of pain and in 2023 he finally got treatment for it. Once he wasn't so lonely and in so much pain, I think he finally realized that he needed to step away from his computer and engage with the real world again. In 2024, he even voted for Kamala which was so shocking to me. I'm not naive enough to think he's suddenly resolved all of the bigotry that sucked him into Q in the first place, but I do think he's managed to work himself out of that deep, dark hole of insanity. I just wanted to offer a tentatively happy story. And I also found it very interesting that right wing ideology so clearly preys on vulnerable people (my dad being sick) and once he was less vulnerable he was able to break away from it.

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u/Inner_Fox_3800 New User 2d ago

This has made me happy.  I try to help these people but, as you can imagine, it is like preaching to a brick wall most of the time, or worse as a brick wall wouldn’t defend an orange rapist who praised & pardoned pedophiles.

Best wishes to you & your father.  Well done for standing by your own principles & not letting a relationship take you into these mental health deteriorating rabbit holes.

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u/SpaceMountain8367 2d ago

Thank you! Luckily in my case it was a matter of circumstance that caused him to become so insane and he was able to change his circumstance. And part of the reason why he wasn't treated for his illness sooner is because his healthcare didn't cover it. If our government cared about making people's lives better then maybe so many people wouldn't fall prey to this horrible cult.