[pilgrim]

Merlin,
That's exactly how I feel. My head does be swimming trying to wade through the sludge of disinformation in order to get at the seemingly intuitive truth. Wondering am I going loopy, but talking to others of likemind, sensible grounded people, brings me back to the fact that I have not changed except for the increased knowledge and awareness of what is going on in the world.
It's how I deal with this knowledge that drives me to despair sometimes, simply because I can't turn round to family or friends and discuss it with them, for obvious reasons.
Feardia and I met up last week and it was a bit of fresh air just to talk naturally with someone that understands the situation. I've known Brendy for years, but it was only a few weeks ago that we discovered we were on the same wavelength regarding this. Like Mopbucket said, it's hard to have a normal conversation with people because all this important stuff is flying around in your head, but people want to talk about football, soaps, work ,etc. So do I, but I also would like to talk about the important stuff first and then more mundane topics, because unless you have other distractions then it would drive you nuts.
It's great that you're meeting up someone, then you know what I'm talking about.., the relief of having a normal conversation face to face with someone on the same wavelength. Keep it up and we'll speak later.
All the best, Tom.