Am I Insane?

[silfur]

I was thinking about sanity today, mine and others, and decided after some musing that perhaps we're all as delusional as we need to be in order to live with ourselves. Some may be more insane than that, but really how can anyone be less?

Comments

[kyhwana]

Well, the clinically insane people are people who aren't insane enough in order to live with themselves.

[kyhwana]

Replying to myself here.. Are you still sane? :)

[dotter_can]

Interesting thought. There's one old saying, not sure where it came from, that insanity is a way of coping with reality. Either way, I think Gnarls Barkley was right.

to quote a wise man

[nevwyn]

Your not going crazy Arthur, your going sane in a crazy world!

[giza]

You're not the first person to think this. Check this out:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Depressive_realism

The basic premise is that people with depression have a more accurate perception of reality, such as understanding the illusion of control and certain biases.

That whole article is a bit sobering, actually.

[d_bandit]

You have to be maginally insane to survive in this crazy world. So much to deal with, a truly sane person would be driven to insanity in no time. :(