2006-09-14 14:57:46 · 13 answers · asked by Big Boss 1 in Social Science ➔ Psychology
Well I've alway heard that crazy ppl don't know they're crazy whereas ppl who are sane sometimes think they are when they are experiencing extreme emotional distress. So in other words if you think ur crazy ur still good but if you're sane and ur the only one who thinks so you might wanna worry.
2006-09-14 15:04:17 · answer #1 · answered by smd945 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
A person becomes insane when they qualify in the DSM IV (the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual for Mental Disorders, fourth edition) under the particular disorder they have. In the case of schizophrenia, which exhibits signs of hallucination and delusions, these are some of the criteria that are commonly associated with that particular disorder. Disorganized speech is another criteria commonly associated with that particular disorder (which makes people appear "crazy") however there are many others in which one might exhibit those symptoms. See the site below for a DSM reference or go to Wikipedia.
2006-09-14 15:23:25 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
In response to the person who cited the DSM-IV. True, that to qualify for a particular disorder you have to meet the criteria in the DSM-IV, but I don't think "insane" is a listed affliction, so I don't really think that answers the question posed.
I would say that a criteria for almost all (every, I think?) mental disorder listed in the DSM-IV, however, is that the symptoms negatively effect your life (either professionally, personally, socially, etc.).
In one of my classes a student debated with a professor about whether very religious people could be considered delusional (delusional is when you believe something to be true regardless of any/all evidence to the contrary and no logical arguments could ever dissuade you -- essentially). The professor said that religious people are not "delusional", because being apart of a socially recognized religion does not negatively effect your life (in this case, the person was extremely christian). The student persisted and asked, "But doesn't it negatively effect the person's life considering that very religious people often forgo many opportunities that they could pursue if it were not for their extreme religious beliefs. Why is it that this person is deemed "normal" by psychologists, but someone who believes in a God who talks to him every night that is part raven part dog, is not?" Well, the professor said, "If the half raven half dog person's beliefs do not negatively effect their life (i.e. they still have personal relationships, they still can work, etc.) then they wouldn't be deemed to be delusional either." I still think there is a case that could be made for ascetics (people that forgo all worldly pursuits) being delusional under the DSM-IV, but no one would like that (plus their life truly isn't as negatively effected as someone who is homeless because of their delusions -- 1/3 of the homeless population is schizophrenic -- or don't bathe, etc.
Anyway, all of this is to say that in the final analysis, you're insane when society says you are. That's why delusions negatively effect your life: because your wife leaves you, or you boss fires you, etc. They do that because they don't accept your different way of thinking. Inuit tribes think "crazy" people actually experience a closer relationship to God and are to be revered. I would say that no one in an Inuit society could ever be deemed to be "insane."
2006-09-14 19:04:10 · answer #3 · answered by deadwoodfan 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
asked the mad man? and whom did deem him mad??
That would be a question of ages.
Indeed I think a sane man can commit great atrocities so we cannot judge according to the acts alone!
Whom then would have the right to judge?
That would be another question of ages.
In my OPINION one can become insane in find their way back to sane-ness as well.
So then how can we truely know?
A question such as this can only be answered on a individual case basis I would say. Show me the man (or woman) and I will try to humble give you an answer.....otherwise we may forever rock mankind with our foolish generalizations!
:) Have a good day.
2006-09-14 15:07:20 · answer #4 · answered by Little Wifey 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
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2006-09-14 15:32:43 · answer #5 · answered by NANCY K 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-11-07 08:43:06 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
you cross the border to insanity when your perception of reality becomes detached from what reality actually is and you're not aware of it. a person on lsd who hallucinates is aware they are hallucinating and therefore sane, a person with schizophrenia who hallucinates is not aware they are hallucinating and therefore insane.
2006-09-14 15:16:27 · answer #7 · answered by nerdyhermione 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They become too phsychotic (I know I have bad spelling) and take it out on others. Mental frustration.
2006-09-14 18:00:55 · answer #8 · answered by tick tock goes the clock 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When we remember we are all mad, the mysteries of life disappear and life stands explained. - Mark Twain
2006-09-14 15:06:41 · answer #9 · answered by Insomnia 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
when they consider themselves sane
2006-09-14 15:42:02 · answer #10 · answered by Carol R 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋