Is it normal that things like this give me a panic attack...?

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Today I came across a comment linking "Heaven's Gate"'s site. I looked it up and read about it and the comet these people were so focused on. (for those who don't know about it: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heaven%27s_Gate_(religious_group) )
It was fascinating and bizarre and creepy...I got really into it, but the more I read, the more unsettled I became. How could these people be so delusional? And such a thing as a comet was what started their plans for suicide. And how they went about it as well - imagining what it must have been like...I had to stop. When I read things like this, I tend to question everything about myself, in this case things like: is my mind weak enough to succumb to something like this? Or, thinking about how reality is what we perceive it to be and this was just their perception...one of many...is mine any better?

All these things begin bothering me and I have a little existential crisis. IIN? :/

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  • Ace09
    9 years ago

    Yeah I get like that too, like the ppl who blow up a whole lotta other ppl (including themselves) with suicide vests.

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