Would you consider yourself as being insane?

[newave3]

Yes, quite coo coo here. I am a few fries short of a Happy Meal.

 

[eternaltroubador]

Are you bat shit crazy?

i do believe im getting there. i dont experience psychosis or anything like that, but when my anxiety gets bad it feels like i have very little control over my thoughts, sometimes even my actions, and i dont have the strongest grip on reality in those situations. Earlier today i was crying in what i guess youd call a rec room in the dorm building im visiting my girlfriend at currently. there was no one in the room, but plenty of people were walking right outside and could see and hear. the shame i should have been feeling did not even register because of the intensity of my emotions and thoughts. that isnt something i think most people would describe as sane. public outbursts like that were very rare for me. i think as my anxiety has gotten worse, ive gotten less self awareness when its at its high notes.

 

[one.way.out]

I don't think I'm insane for wanting to kill myself, but I am insane for other reasons.

 

[LeGuitarist]

100%, partially for wanting to kill myself when I have a good life compared to most people, but mostly for other reasons

 

[everydayiloveyou]

I think to be really insane, like beyond-help-bat-shit crazy, you need to lack a ton of insight.

The fact that we are aware that something's wrong with us, enough to register onto this site and sometimes even identify our specific problem, means we're a lot less "crazy" than many other mentally ill people, and likely not at all insane.

There are people living in filthy hoards who are convinced that they *need* a shirt covered in rat poop. There are people living on the streets by choice, because they really believe that their cousin is conspiring to poison their HVAC system, so they cannot risk living in a home. Then there are the people who are so sure that conspiracies are true that they commit crimes to save themselves, others, or to prove a point. And none of those people will think that anything is wrong with themselves or their lifestyles, or that they need help at all.

We're all kinda crazy just by being on SS, but that's insanity.

 

[Dear Agony]

It depends. What some people would consider insane, others wouldn't. To some people the simple act of attempting against ones own life is insanity. But if you mean in a way of not being connected to reality, unaware of what's happening to me, then no, I am not insane. I am very well aware I am mentally ill.

 

[LittleJem]

I used to believe all the hallucinations I had on Cannabis - erm that I would make world peace!!! I didn't tell many people. I now see it as my brain's desperate attempt to make up for the suffering of depression. I don't believe in any hippie bullshit anymore.
I am unstable, grumpy, suicidal and I don't want to be here. All of that is perfectly rational and perfectly sane.

I think to be really insane, like beyond-help-bat-shit crazy, you need to lack a ton of insight.

The fact that we are aware that something's wrong with us, enough to register onto this site and sometimes even identify our specific problem, means we're a lot less "crazy" than many other mentally ill people, and likely not at all insane.

There are people living in filthy hoards who are convinced that they *need* a shirt covered in rat poop. There are people living on the streets by choice, because they really believe that their cousin is conspiring to poison their HVAC system, so they cannot risk living in a home. Then there are the people who are so sure that conspiracies are true that they commit crimes to save themselves, others, or to prove a point. And none of those people will think that anything is wrong with themselves or their lifestyles, or that they need help at all.

We're all kinda crazy just by being on SS, but that's insanity.

You know my mother?! (She hoards...she told me she is rather attached to her stuff!).

 

[pole]

not insane, but i am sort of overly aware and always in this state of hypervigilance which drives me insane a lot of the time.

 

[Bedrock48]

Yeah, I'd say so. I have a number of hallucinations of all five senses I experience pretty frequently (except when I'm medicated, thank god for meds). Shadow people watching me from the corners of rooms and watching me sleep. Roller-coaster mood swings too. I don't think it's exactly a "normal" human experience, whatever that is.

At least I've gotten a lot better at hiding it, blending in with the normies and trying to enjoy their company as much as I can.

Edit : How could I forget the immortality complex which really complicates being suicidal and finding a way to ctb

 

[FuneralCry]

No, but this existence can drive me insane a lot of the time. I consider my desire to die perfectly rational, I see life for what it really is. I see myself as very sane, wanting to escape decades of potential suffering. I deserve better than what this life has given me.

 

[Heartaches]

I doubt it but sometimes I feel I'm going into a downward spiral I can't scape from. I feel conscious and unconscious about my actions at the same time. I don't feel like the same person most of the time even though I am. Sometimes I feel I'm not even living. I ramble about many things for no reason, I tend to be impulsive and sometimes just suddenly have an extreme burst of emotions for, again, no reason.

I'd probably be considered very weird or "sick" than downright insane. I stick out from almost everything like a sore thumb. I don't follow conventions. I don't think I'm special, just very fucked up on the inside.

Every day I feel I lose a little bit of myself.​

 

[fight_club]

Yes. I have severe BPD and have been hospitalized numerous times. I'm a nutball!

But at least I'm not boring

 

[Fadeawaaaay]

Mentally weak. Poor resilience.

 

[downndone2]

No but I was for months in 2019 due to severe medical illness and effexor withdrawal. I ruined my life in 2019 and been depressed/anxious ever since. "Batshit" crazy is an awful saying too. Mental illness can be quite unbearable for many. I had some really bad memory loss when my shit went down but I remember many things and can recall having no control over what I was doing.

 

[Nolan96]

Everyone else certainly would. So many layers of bizarreness and dysfunction. The fact that I'm not more worked up over it than I am would probably just make them think I'm even crazier.

I don't really think of myself as insane though. Just deeply unhappy and pessimistic about the future.

 

[waitingforrest]

Yes :D

 

[olkf]

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[Frog]

Are you bat shit crazy?

Crazier than a shithouse mouse.

 

[Kismet]

I definitely have problems. The older I get, the more I realize that I'm the problem. I wouldn't say insane but more just disturbed i guess