Is Glenn Beck slipping into actual mental illness?

[phantom power]

But there’s a chance here that Beck has slipped into bona fide madness. This may longer be an act. Or, at least, the line between act and reality may have blurred to the point that Beck can no longer delineate the border.

What’s he’s describing is basically an internal mental process where this kind of border is disappearing.

“This is the biggest show ever,” he warned. “That’s all that’s happening right now. This is a show. We’re watching a script and a play play out in front of us. None of this stuff is real. Those riots in Baltimore. That wasn’t real … At some point, there will be a straw that breaks the camel’s back, and it will set the whole country on fire. And what happens? We will cry out for police help. The police will be overwhelmed. The DOJ will say, ‘We’re going to take over policing, we’ll coordinate it from here.’ And you’re done. It’s lights out, republic.”

It’s this perception that basic reality is not the real story that concerns me. He’s been spewing paranoid beliefs for a while, so that alone is not out of the ordinary. But this doubt about the basic reality of what he’s seeing with his eyes is new. And it’s accompanied by him taking the paranoia up several notches.

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Now, I don’t want to contribute to the paranoia here, but the reason people may not hear Beck’s voice much longer is because he probably needs to take a break from broadcasting and get some serious psychological help. I know that he’s one of the nation’s greatest charlatans, and it’s possible that he knows exactly what he’s doing. But I think he is showing signs of mental and emotional crisis. The voices he says are in his head may actually be there.

“We’re being set up, guys. We are absolutely being set up,” Beck said. “And I don’t know — this is what I pray every night: ‘I don’t know how to do this, Lord. I don’t know what you want. I don’t know — I don’t know what you want.’ I can’t wake up anyone. Oh, if I had the voice of an angel. I can’t wake anybody else up. They’ve smeared me. I’ve helped them smear me. I don’t have any credibility. Nobody is listening. I can tell you what’s coming. I’ve told you every step of the way. I know what’s coming next.”

In any case, this is not the kind of thing people should be listening to. If he’s not crazy, he’s certainly acting crazy enough that it’s irresponsible to profit off it. The government shouldn’t yank him off the air, but someone should. If not his friends and family, then maybe the station directors.

http://www.boomantribune.com/story/2015/5/9/9413/37713

[shenmue]

1. Oh, he's paranoid all right

[dixiegrrrrl]

9. He may be starting to be believe his own bs...

but his babble is much the same as it was years ago when Jon Stewart used to skewer him.

The piece in OP was someone's attempt to slam Beck.
And truly, one dies to have actually hear his words, his tone, his language more than to read it.

I have had the dubious pleasure of evaluating people for insanity in my career....and heard a lot of "word Salad" from certifiable loonies.

Beck and Palin both use a technique of political babble, logic free utterings with key words and idea tossed in to buzz shock their listeners.
Then these low IQ listeners obediently attend Reich Wing rallies, where they are sometimes interviewed by people like Stewart's cast,
who quite easily point out that the followers do not have the faintest idea of what they are talking about, nor any awareness of history, the constitution, or the economy.
But they DO go out and vote.

We need more stringent voting laws.

[sufrommich]

2. He's morphing into Alex Jones. nt

[chillfactor]

3. LOL!

much truth to your post

[leftofcool]

4. Slipping? That ship has already sailed.

[Brainstormy]

6. Agreed

Beck has been exhibiting signs of serious mental illness for a long time.

[libdem4life]

11. True. I think that's part of the Job Description, however.

[awoke_in_2003]

15. No doubt. nt

[dembotoz]

5. to maintain his empire he must skew x number of points to the right of mainstream

GOP

Gop moves to the right as seen by the candidate clown bus...ole beck needs to maintain his rep so he must careen
Ever further to the right as well
This all about the $$$$

[Kalidurga]

7. I am not sure if he is slipping

or if he is skipping happily along whilst listening to the voices in his head.

[Gothmog]

8. Beck was not crazy before this?

Beck is a nut case

[world wide wally]

10. Well, his job in reality is almost done anyway.

He, along with Alex Jones, Limbaugh, Hannity, Mark Levine, and all the other RW nut jobs have essentially destroyed civil discourse, the Republican party, and the USA as well as lowering the collective IQ by about 20 points.
I guess it's time to go graze on the funny farm and enjoy all that money now. (I think that farm is in Texas)

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

12. Is water getting wetter?

[backscatter712]

13. The cheese slipped off his cracker years ago. n/t

[cbayer]

14. Glenn Beck is an act.

He's not crazy, he just plays crazy. Trying to make the case that he has a mental illness just feeds his machine.

[awoke_in_2003]

16. I sometimes think that

about him and Limbaugh. They are making lots of money because they know how to play on the fears of old white men.

[cbayer]

18. Yep, and they both do it pretty effectively.

They thrive off this kind of speculation about them and seem pretty bullet proof when it comes to personal attacks.

[malaise]

17. Serious question

Has he ever slipped out of madness?