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I truly did not know what side to pick on this debate. I don't know that I can honestly say that
clinical insanity is contagious, however if we look at families with mentally ill members, we will
see there is a propensity for mental illness in other members in the family. This is, of course,
nature vs. Nurture. I don't think one can say either genes or environmental stress is totally to
blame for one going insane. If you walk with the lame, you start limping. I have a friend who is a
great person, but very insecure. She is insecure to the point that her husband is not allowed to
look at pretty women. She uses the Bible to back this up...says it is lust. I found that, when I
spent a lot of time with her, I put more stock into what she had to say than when I stepped back and
realized that I couldn't listen to the rantings of someone that needed to grow up and learn to love
herself. I guess I did, to a point, allow her (don't think I would call it insanity) somewhat crazy
thinking to influence my usually normal way of thinking. On my own, I would never come up with
anything remotely close to the things she said. If we are talking about severe, clinical
depression. I believe that, if one is a care giver and spends enough time around a depressed
person, they too will feel down. It is difficult to watch someone who is negative and not take on
some of the negative feelings. On the other hand, people with psychosis who hear voices, have
violent tendencies, etc...I do not think those people can have a true impact on other's mental
health aside from making them uncomfortable and, yes, making them wonder if something like that
could ever happen to them. For most of us, no, it won't happen to us. |
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Yes.
People who care what others think of them are insane: Because conformity, is what crazy-sheeple do
best: Follow the crowd off the cliff of reason into the world of the Politically-Correct: Which is
really a desert of destruction of The Individual.
There is only one Correctness: YOUR OWN MIND: Just make it up. Stick with your values and opinions
in the face of heat and Derision = Verbal-Abuse/Bullying.
And in the end, win the Contemptuous one's respect.;-)
That Aretha Franklin got it right.
R_E_S_P_E_C_T.
Hold yourself, always, as your own Sacred Value.
Take your stand.
Then, even if you lose, you will always be able to hold your head up, and keep your own
self-respect: And that, is half the battle.
Any man with his Self-Respect intact, is a Whole Man.
No one can bring down a man who is like that. ;-) |
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Yes, look at religion |
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Being around a person that is so unsure about things constantly can be contagious...it makes you
think about things more and more..you see yourself slowly becoming that person..i think that is
contagious |
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I wish Insanity were more contagious. People take everything too seriously. Those who "think outside
the box" or those who are able to have fun without worrying what others think are called "Insane." I
think that Normality is contagious. Everyone trying to "fit in" to the same picture. A picture that
somebody else drew. |
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In an insane world Insanity is normal .... |
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Insanity is often the logic of an accurate mind overtasked. |
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No for one insanity doesn't actually exist. One person may think that another person is insane for
killing 10000000 people while the person him/herself thinks that he/she is doing the right thing by
killing all those people. Insanity is just a opinion that the government likes to define and
control. Now what you are suffering from is suggestive opinion in which someone tells you that you
are insane and you begin to believe it yourself. |
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I believe that we each make conscientious decisions throughout the day and that those decisions come
up in our lives in unsuspected ways.
It is impossible to be in control of every aspect of your life. In a sense, i truly suppose the
definition of insanity is ever fluctuating but it seems to me that what is at the heart of insanity
is an element of unrest coupled with the inability to agree. This doesn't seem to be able to be
contagious as much as it seems to be a personal discipline. I would imagine there are people who
would sympathize with people with this particular case of disparate longing to triumph but i don't
believe it infects people who truly cannot be swayed toward it. Furthermore, i believe people who
can be cured of it were more than likely lied to about a certain aspect of what convinced them they
were fighting for something worthwhile or ultimate. At the same time, i both wonder what convinces
me of my own resolution with this definition of insanity and am quite sure i am somewhat crazy. On
the other hand, i do not align myself with anything that demands i must be aligned with it.
Perhaps, insanity is too personal to truly debate in such a public forum. |
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19 Feb 2008 01:47
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