Greetings all,
DAVID said: "Something to ponder.....It appears that in all of the posts on
this
subject - the writers believe there is a "thing" called
insanity.
Except for me. Am I insane for not believing in
something that all
the other posters believe to be real? Or if I'm right,
are the
posters insane for believing in something that doesn't
exist? Again I
contend that insanity does not exist. Just differences
between
people. But to make life a little easier, we have
created labels."
I partialy agree with you on this subject, David. I believe, when you are
born you can not possibly be insane. You simply develop into a person who is
classed as "insane" by that dogmatic book, DSM IV. The reason way people
change from sane when they are born and "insane" when they grow older might
not have to do with their actual genetic make up but by the conditions they
have lived by. Therefore insanity is not fixed to a person for life. They
can get to learn how to change their conditions they live by. An interesting
fact I have heard is that psychologists themselves have a high rate of
suicide. Certanily that could be an insane act even if they have never been
classified insane in the first place. According to DSM IV which I borrowed
from my mother, almost everyone in this world has a mental illness of some
kind. I would tell you that the people defined insane by the DSM would most
likely out number the sane!
DAVID: "Insanity is just another way of saying "they" are different
from
"us." "
My next point is that we should define "sanity". What makes a person sane
or does sanity really exsist?
I will let you ponder with this idea.
Thank You,
Geoff
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