# I think I'm in a computer simulation and I think I may need help. **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [November 3, 2019, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-im-in-a-computer-simulation-and-i-think-i-may-need-help/842936 "2019-11-03T02:53:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Pardel-Lux](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pardel-lux/32/20182_2.png) [@Pardel-Lux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pardel-Lux)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2019, 11:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-im-in-a-computer-simulation-and-i-think-i-may-need-help/842936/41 "2019-11-06T11:55:54Z")
> [@DSeid](#): > > No, but [it](https://www.sane.org/services/help-centre) was easy to find. Nice. Only \*\*Melbourne \*\*does not come across as somebody who could act as rationally as you, so I will take your link and say to **Melbourne** : If you are in Australia and think you need medical help, please contact [here](https://www.sane.org/services/help-centre). People who need help have to get it easily, especially when they seem confused. ---
**Author:** ![tricoteuse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tricoteuse/32/4334_2.png) [@tricoteuse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tricoteuse)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2019, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-im-in-a-computer-simulation-and-i-think-i-may-need-help/842936/42 "2019-11-06T14:29:07Z")
> [@Pardel-Lux](#): > > Nice. Only \*\*Melbourne \*\*does not come across as somebody who could act as rationally as you, so I will take your link and say to **Melbourne** : If you are in Australia and think you need medical help, please contact [here](https://www.sane.org/services/help-centre). People who need help have to get it easily, especially when they seem confused. 😕 Melbourne isn’t the one who thought he was a computer simulation. He started this thread because someone did and their thread was closed. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2019, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-im-in-a-computer-simulation-and-i-think-i-may-need-help/842936/43 "2019-11-06T14:32:45Z")
> [@tricoteuse](#): > > 😕 Melbourne isn’t the one who thought he was a computer simulation. He started this thread because someone did and their thread was closed. He started this thread because he was sympathetic to the other poster because he has been psychotic in the past. ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2019, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-im-in-a-computer-simulation-and-i-think-i-may-need-help/842936/44 "2019-11-06T19:29:44Z")
I agree with the thread being closed. There’s times that some posters don’t know when to lay off the snark. Being snarky in a medical advice thread should warrant at least a mod note if not a warning, in my opinion (not a mod) ---
**Author:** ![Pardel-Lux](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pardel-lux/32/20182_2.png) [@Pardel-Lux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pardel-Lux)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2019, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-im-in-a-computer-simulation-and-i-think-i-may-need-help/842936/45 "2019-11-06T20:05:23Z")
> [@tricoteuse](#): > > 😕 Melbourne isn’t the one who thought he was a computer simulation. He started this thread because someone did and their thread was closed. Oh! Right, my mistake. Sorry. ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2019, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-im-in-a-computer-simulation-and-i-think-i-may-need-help/842936/46 "2019-11-06T23:23:03Z")
I’m with almost everybody that the closing of the thread was the right call. Just like **Melbourne** , I have experienced some psychotic episodes (three to be precise, one with a lot of aftermath and two resolved with minimal care by my family and my psychiatrist) in my life, but I’d say that posting here in this state would be one of the worst ideas possible. Call your family, call your closest friends, a help line, your doctor or an ambulance, but don’t ask amateurs and unknowns for help. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-im-in-a-computer-simulation-and-i-think-i-may-need-help/842936.md?page=2)