are crazy or insane people aware of their mental condition?

Question

are people who are mentally ill aware what is abnormal about them??? or do they just accept it because everyone else tells them so..

what i mean is do they recognize it independently??

Answer 1

probably not, let them be

:> peace
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Answer 2

My mom is schizoprenic, and my little sister is a rapidly cycling bi-polar. When they start to lose it, they think that they are getting saner and saner, not more and more erratic and insane. Just the fact that a sane person says 'I think I'm going crazy,' is evidence of their grasp of reality. My mom and sister are aware of their mental condition, they take meds, feel better, and convince themselves they have no need for meds any more. Then when they start doing things like nailing doors shut because they think that children are running through the house, or driving around all night at top speed because they are being chased by people they can't see, or that people are communicating with them through the street signs, it is impossible to convince them that it isn't happening the way they think it is. It's more than real to them, and they think I am the one with a problem. Awareness of their condition is completely lost to them at times like this, it only comes later after they have been hospitalized involuntarily that they realize that their illness clouded their view of reality. Even then, after a few weeks or months, it all starts over, because no matter how much they are told they have a problem, the nature of their illness convinces them that they are not crazy, and the things that they think are happening, no matter how bizzare, are really whats going on.

Answer 3

I'm bi-polar, i'm very aware that I am different from other people, I have a hard time having a relationship with other people. No one told me I was bi-polar, I figured it out by myself. I would be in a lot of trouble if it wasn't for the medicine I take, I have a son who is bi-polar, schizophrenic, when he is having an episode he's very aware that he is sick, and he hates it, yet, he knows he has to go through the hallucinations, parinoia, until he gets better and that takes three weeks. During that time we all suffer with him. That is the way things are. And we live with it the best we can. Being aware that we have episodes where we do things that aren't wise, helps us to control ourselves. but there are times when we just can't.

Answer 4

The definition of insane is to do the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. It sounds as though we are all insane then seeing that we are creatures of habit who keep doing the same thing and we keep thinking it's going to change next time around. We we recognize that we are insane? That is to each his own.

Answer 5

Many people do realize that their behavior/thoughts are different and abnormal, not all do though I'm sure. Remember that mental illness doesn't mean that these people are not smart.

Answer 6

I think untreated, severely mentally ill people may not know they are sick. The rest of us nutbags are well aware :)

Answer 7

they MUST accept it. I feel horrible for some of those people who really are OK but the psych's tell them they are crazy.

Answer 8

mental illness is big business and the drug company's are making billions i think we hear what they want us to hear the voice inside your head is a drug company

Answer 9

they are, sometimes..a friend of mine working in a mental hospital was once asked this question(by me) and told me, that they are aware, and cry about their condition...it's pretty sad....

Answer 10

Bi-polar ones know

Answer 11

aren't we all a little crazy and insane....look in the mirror