TLDR; My Dad is falling for insane conspiracies, how can I stage an intervention?
I (18F) am losing my Dad (47M) to INSANE conspiracies and I have no idea how to talk to him out of it. It is taking over his life, and I am genuinely concerned.
A little but of context: my Dad was a cool guy growing up. Loved to hike, he was a brewer, a nurse, and had a political view that was about kindness. I think it began to change a little when my Mom divorced him- although this was 15 years ago atp- but even around 2015 he was still pretty normal. Obviously he started to go down the Trump train a little in 2016, but that was more just because he believed in fiscal conservatism.
Flash forward to now, I was building train tracks with my baby brother, and out of nowhere he starts telling me that Dems are pushing for abortion rights in order to eat fetuses??? I had no clue how to respond so I kind of just ignored him and nodded a little… because, what? Anyway, he continued telling me about it for the next 30 minutes, no matter how disinterested I presented or how uncomfortable I presented myself. He truly thinks that the illuminati are taking over the world and stealing babies from hospitals to drink there blood. This is farther than just Republican, this is crazy.
How do I even begin to stage an intervention???? Or do I just have to watch him go down this rabbit hole that is leading him to be paranoid about literally everything.