Geoff,
Don't be daft! - almost everyone I have observed has been born 'insane' ! -
some of us get the chance to attain 'sanity' (="acceptance"), some of us
don't. Almost all of us never quite perfect it. It's usually only a problem
if we find ourselves in the position of power/responsibility over others.
cheers,
ppl
p.s.- as a psychologist, it's my considered opinion that the reason for the
high suicide rate amongst psychologists may more likely lie with the nature
of those attracted to the discipline in the first place! - but what would I
know?
----- Original Message -----
From: "Geoffrey Balasoglou" <bala5@ihug.co.nz>
To: <moq_discuss@moq.org>
Sent: 27 April 2000 11:53
Subject: Re: MD The Definition of "Insanity"
> 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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