which is worst and why?
2007-08-23 13:44:23 · 4 answers · asked by @NGEL B@BY 7 in Social Science ➔ Psychology
I'm both
2007-08-23 14:21:15 · answer #1 · answered by Flowers 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
in connotation, mad and insane are meant in the same manner. but allow me to define both. when you say mad, the person does things that are morbid, weird, and sometimes harmful in nature, and the person is quite "conscious" about it. on the other hand, when you say insane, the person is already out of his sanity, and therefore has developed a disorder. the person is now suffering from an abnormality. hence, "unconscious", in some manner, of what he is doing. hope i helped you. ^_^
2007-08-23 14:28:49 · answer #2 · answered by Timawa 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Depends whether you're the one with the condition, or the "other" that has to live with it. My psychiatrist daughter tells me my ex-wife is mad, but not insane. The difference is that she may be irrational, unpredictable, nasty, and unbearable as "mad" - but sadly not certifiable as "insane". As the poet says "All the world is mad, 'cept thee an' me - and even thee's a little queer!" But some are even queerer than others, are they not!
2007-08-23 14:53:43 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
mad -insane same thing just a diff way of saying it.
2007-08-23 13:50:19 · answer #4 · answered by panthor001 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋