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Posted: 4/22/2009 6:27:01 PM | | What drives some people to the point of madness - based on the events of their life - while others rise above it - then to proceed to suceed beyond their dreams? I mean - "There but for the grace of God (go I)". The human mind is so delicate - if not nurtured and protected some simply slip into a realm that is unescapable. We all experience things that may upset us and depress us for a time - the blessed walk away unscathed. How does one stay sane in an unsane world? | |
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Posted: 4/22/2009 6:36:54 PM |
What drives some people to the point of madness
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Posted: 4/22/2009 6:48:18 PM | | Choosing not to believe thoughts that drive you deeper and deeper into despair. Eventually when circumstances change those people bounce back. | |
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Posted: 4/22/2009 9:39:10 PM | | Betwen the shift work, cold, and deisel engines combined working on oil rigs make people crazy or just plain loopy,... Lead smelters can turn a whole town upside down | |
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Posted: 4/22/2009 10:07:33 PM | I tend to think that people are wired differently, it has nothing to do with being 'blessed' in my mind. You can place people on a continuum in regards to their sanity. Most of us lie somewhere in the middle, where we tend to be 'alright', but serious events may sway us to uncharacteristic behaviour. People very high on the continuum are extremely resistent to negative influences, and may not be swayed much, if at all. People very low on the continuum may very easily succumb to erratic behaviour, or be vulnerable to psychosis.
At least, that's my take on it. | |
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Posted: 4/23/2009 12:57:59 AM | | I'm starting to think that genetics play a huge role on our coping mechanisms....cultures/countries that were subjected to harsh treatment have somehow created resilient genes that are passed down...my theory as odd as it may be ...is this...those that carry the resilient gene may be lucky on one hand but are more prone to only adapting around anything or anyone that can constantly feed their negativity..perhaps this is why they may seem 'sane' because they're in their familiar environment..they naturally just adapt. | |
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Posted: 4/23/2009 4:50:37 AM | | well it all stems from the trauma in our lives. some cope better than others. Drugs religion philosophy and all that search for truth stuff that make you disassociate yourself from your environment and others will definitely make you crazy. k maybe philosophy isn't so bad, but I wanna start an arguement with someone. Leading an unbalanced life will also do it. | |
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Posted: 4/23/2009 5:15:40 AM | Define madness.
When I think of madness I picture somebody who is completely delusional and living in a giant hallucination. That's madness.
People who decide one day that they just don't care any more aren't mad. They just don't care anymore. They'll tell the boss where to go , go home and punch the dog next door that barks at all hours of the night , set the mattress with the protruding coils on fire in the bath tub , and pour sugar in the ex's gas tank (not that it will actually do much mind you) They are obviously angry but they're not actually insane.
When it becomes obvious that the stresses in your life aren't worth the benefits of tolerating them , sooner or later most people will ask themselves "Yeah...why DO I give a crap what "-------" thinks anyway ?" For example , your job might pay you some incredible salary with all the trimmings but if that means you only get two hours of sleep a night five days of the week , it's just a matter of time before you decide to quit. Some things won't let you quit them though so that's why people 'lose it'. "Madness" in this sense is simply an emotional correction. It's an effort to balance it all out by venting in some way. Too many people chirping "Me ! Me ! Me!" in our ears everyday without allowing us to do likewise and it's inevitable that we'll eventually tell them to shut up and try a little "You ! You ! You !".
I guess if people never actually get it all off their chest , they might wind up with a nervous breakdown or something and that could conceivably be considered 'madness' but even then , it's not trying-to-bite-the-air looney-toons madness. It's just another expression of the correction mechanism I alluded to earlier.
That's my take on it anyway and of course , I have nothing but my own experience to draw on so naturally I could be completely wrong. Still...if I had to guess at what madness is and how people get to that point , that's how I'd define it. | |
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Posted: 4/23/2009 5:15:52 AM |
How does one stay sane in an unsane world?
Pray to the Beyond that your neurochemicals remain in balance. Educate yourself about how to keep them in balance, as far as a well human is able (certain foods boost serotonin, for example). | |
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Posted: 4/23/2009 5:25:14 PM | If the world is insane, then the sane people are abnormal and so, by definition, would be the "crazy" ones.
If the "blessed" walk away unscathed, then some entity blessed them. This precludes predestination and an "elect" chosen by a deity. In that case, those people are running, as you say, on the grace of god, and the rest of us are up a creek without a paddle.
Some people are chemically unbalanced; their depression, bi-polarism, etc., is inherent in their genes. In that case, I suppose those people are cursed by the same deity that blessed the other.
Sometimes, you just can't win. | |
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Posted: 4/23/2009 6:59:14 PM | | Genetics - lack of support - choices - continuums - drugs - lack of venting - chemical balance - all valid points - all influencing factors. Madness can be seen in many forms - way more prelavent than ever before. Probably because people don't hide their 'madness' in the closet anymore! There is also a pill for everything! The news is filled with lunatics - crazies and people on the edge all the time - some never seek help - some never recover and their 'problems' seep out - affecting others! Scary stuff! | |
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Posted: 4/23/2009 7:49:00 PM | Some comedian made a joke about how everyone, on the highway, going slower than we are is a ****ing moron. And everyone going faster than we are is ****ing insane.
I wonder if the universe views our standards of mental stability in the same fashion. | |
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Posted: 4/23/2009 11:06:53 PM | Genetics definitely play a role. Some people can take a lot of stress and deal with it, others not so much.
Though everyone is unique, they're not that unique. Many people share similar personality traits, even among family members. A son or daughter can show similar personality traits that the mother once had, often giving the mother a clue as to how much trouble the child will be (if their mothers tell them they too were quite a handful).
I'm sure when it comes right down to it, the health of the brain is in question. Chemicals used to transfer information across the vast and complex network that is your brain are definitely what make you. Change hormones, or even limit certain chemical interactions, and you can change dramatically. You can become violent, extremely depressed, confused and anxious, nervous, all kinds of things.
Take beer for example, look how depressed it makes some people, how violent it makes others, or how stupid it makes the majority of people. What it does is stops a chemical from transmitting in your brain, either that or blocking it (not sure at the moment). Anyway, this chemical imbalance causes a lot of the side effects caused with being drunk.
Staying awake for long periods of time can have the same stress and effect on your brain, if you stayed awake long enough, you'd appear drunk. | |
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