Mainly associated with online conspiracy theorists and conservatives from small towns.

To lose grip of reality while chatting online.

To Stockwell is to be so permanently on the edge of mental oblivion that they become hysterical at the slightest thing that seems to contradict their crazy beliefs.

Somebody Stockwelled out may fly into a rage, typing message after message citing Alex Jones articles and any other online nutcase with similar crazy opinions.

They may deny the existence of basic facts even when confronted with them. Generally they'll act like obnoxious idiots just because someone else had a different, fact based opinion, possibly derived from a library. Which to someone Stockwelled out, is clearly not as valid as the mis-spelled online drivel they've scratched up from the poison pit of online conspiracy websites.

The two states of being are as a human being, or a hungry ghost. Semi-regularly you need to ask yourself which you are. Sometimes it is human. Others, alas, it is hungry ghost.

The hungry ghost seeks validity outside of themselves. Someone pining for an indifferent ex is a hungry ghost. Someone who arrives alone at 6:30 on Saturday night to a pub is probably a hungry ghost. Obsessive checking of mobile phones, chat sites or networks are clear signs that one is a hungry ghost.

The best thing to do is just stay home and ride it out. Read a book. Find some good clean fun.