RE: I'm insane! Ask me a question! (Or six, or seven!)
May 3, 2010 at 12:20 pm
(This post was last modified: May 3, 2010 at 12:23 pm by Caecilian.)
Having spent quite a few years working in the mental health system, I've come across a lot of people who actually were insane.
What do I mean by this? What is insanity, anyway?
Well, in my view sanity/ insanity is a matter of 2 things: to what degree you see reality as it is, and to what degree your bizarre/ delusional beliefs and/or experiences (if any) impinge on your ability to function. Really insane people often believe very strange things, usually of a paranoid nature. They also have experiences of things that don't exist (e.g. auditory hallucinations). And because of the strange things that they believe and experience, they are unable to function very well at all.
So...
Saerules: You're a deeply weird person, and that should be taken as a compliment. But I see no evidence that you're actually crazy. Quite the opposite, really.
EvF: The fact that you're on medication means that you may have once been insane. It doesn't mean that you're insane now, or indeed that you'll ever be insane again, as long as you continue to follow medical advice. Your posts reveal you to be a rational, painfully honest, and very intelligent human being. Crazy you ain't.
EDIT: Have just read your last post (posted while I was writing). You definitely used to be insane. But you definitely aren't insane any more.
Now if you if want to meet some really crazy people, who are truly out of touch with reality and thoroughly fucked up by their delusional worldview, go visit a fundie website.
What do I mean by this? What is insanity, anyway?
Well, in my view sanity/ insanity is a matter of 2 things: to what degree you see reality as it is, and to what degree your bizarre/ delusional beliefs and/or experiences (if any) impinge on your ability to function. Really insane people often believe very strange things, usually of a paranoid nature. They also have experiences of things that don't exist (e.g. auditory hallucinations). And because of the strange things that they believe and experience, they are unable to function very well at all.
So...
Saerules: You're a deeply weird person, and that should be taken as a compliment. But I see no evidence that you're actually crazy. Quite the opposite, really.
EvF: The fact that you're on medication means that you may have once been insane. It doesn't mean that you're insane now, or indeed that you'll ever be insane again, as long as you continue to follow medical advice. Your posts reveal you to be a rational, painfully honest, and very intelligent human being. Crazy you ain't.
EDIT: Have just read your last post (posted while I was writing). You definitely used to be insane. But you definitely aren't insane any more.
Now if you if want to meet some really crazy people, who are truly out of touch with reality and thoroughly fucked up by their delusional worldview, go visit a fundie website.
