So I have a friend who has some problems and won't go to therapy. I guess he isn't ready. But I was hoping to get a bit of a better understanding as to what's going on and I don't know if anyone else here has some experience with these issues, either with themselves or others, who might be able to offer some help. Either as to how to approach him in these situations or other such things.
So here's some of the issues:
-Extreme black and white thinking. Everything is either wrong or right. No inbetweens. Ever.
-Grandiose thinking about himself. He thinks he has this special mission to prevent the world from turning in to literal hell. He often calls himself the "last moral stand." He believes he has much more influence over situations than he does (like the situation below).
-Very extreme thinking in general. He thinks with the whole Brexit thing going on, that if they don't leave, the world will literally end and we will be in a post-apocalyptic wasteland type of situation. I am not exaggerating. It is causing him considerable stress and anxiety.
-Anger issues and trouble controlling those anger issues. Will lash out at anyone who doesn't agree with him.
-Thinks most people in the world are hedonists, something which upsets him greatly and he believes he needs to "save them".
-Mood swings. Will be angry, lash out and insult, and then become very ashamed and apologize but cannot stop himself from lashing out again.
He has literally said thing like this:
"It really feels, all the time, like it's me against the world. That all I can do is just sit by and watch while civilization is destroyed around me. And I live in fear of the day where they'll come with guns and tanks to silence my voice of dissent. It'll happen."
And he 100% completely believes them. He believes he will be literally killed because he disagrees with certain opinions like abortion.
"I'll have to watch as my children have to live in a society where Christian values are outlawed, where stealing from your neighbor is a way of life, where sex and vulgarity are common virtues, and where murder and rape are as commonplace as air and water."
"Where I see that enmity to life, to freedom, to human rights, I must do whatever in my limited power to cut it out."
It's getting very extreme and I don't know how far he's going to end up taking this. It's delusional and he's so scared of all of these end of world scenarios and I just... don't even know what to do with this. Any idea what could be going on? Any advice?
Thank you!