What is insanity?

Discussion in 'Mental Health' started by Pellinore, Apr 14, 2009.

  1. Pellinore

    Pellinore Member

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    I kind of wonder what insanity really is? not just in definition.

    i think many people have it at some point of their lifes that they feeling like loosing their minds. and what does insanity feels like? is it some feeling of being disgusted with yourself? a non-stop wirlwind in your brain that makes you want to grab a knife and tear the blood out of your sick body? loosing your cool and loosing your perception of reality?

    i don't know, what the hell is insanity?
     
  2. lovejah

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    basically look around in america, everyone's going off the deep end, that's insanity. you know why, well we all got to heal ourselves so there is no definate answers.
     
  3. McLeodGanja

    McLeodGanja Banned

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    Well, accordinf to R D Laing, the late Scottish psychologist, there is no such thing as schitzophrenia, if that can be considered to be the same thing as insanity.
     
  4. psychedelic goddess

    psychedelic goddess ♥Messenger of Love♥

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    insanity can be seen as the inability to function in the "real world".....it can also be termed "maladaptive behaviour"

    i used to argue with my abnormal psych prof about maladaptive behaviour though, as it's all relative to set and setting
     
  5. rambleON

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    doing the same shit over and over expecting different results.


    example; you.
     
  6. Pellinore

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    yea, i do the same stupid shit over and over, but i gave up on expecting results by now, too much disillusion. does that still makes me insane?
     
  7. rambleON

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    naw, i think you know the difference between normal and crazy...crazy people don't know that they are insane/crazy.


    peace, home b.
     
  8. Lounge_Act

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    Ambition without virtue is in my opinion the best way to describe it. Basically when you are motivated to be an evildoer
     
  9. Crowes

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    There are just varying degrees of insanity, and you get classed as insane when you go too far form the 'normal' degree that is shared by the average human.
     
  10. Brainsturbator

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    Insanity is a term people use towards people they don't understand. Example: If I tell someone I was meditating and suddenly saw a lady singing to me, they would call me insane because they did not experience it. Either that or a liar.
     
  11. MovedOn

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  12. Some call me Jim

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    i think mcKenna is quite dangerous to the schizophrenic delusional mind, but i embrace that danger!
     
  13. Deranged

    Deranged Senor Member

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    insanity...pretty much your brain dont work right.
     
  14. Deranged

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    unwise. i got into the occult right when i started losing it, when i was about your age, and the shit fed my delusions.
     
  15. scarlett_tunic

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    .. losing grasp of reality. yeah, that's happened to me. and i did think i was going insane.
    :confused:
     

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