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Is Insanity Viewed In Today's Society?

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INSANITY is everywhere, and everyone experiences it in some form. I use INSANITY as a driving force in my life to push through the pain and struggles. INSANITY expresses many feelings, whether it bad or good. How is INSANITY viewed in today’s society? What are the intensities of INSANITY? INSANITY is “Condition of being insane; more or less permanent derangement of one or more psychical functions, due to disease of the mind.” (Webster’s Encyclopedic Unabridged Dictionary of the English Language.) This definition describes people who suffer from mental illnesses and are deemed insane by society standards. Some would argue that things considered to be INSANITY are not insane. INSANITY is used to explain something others do not understand. …show more content…

This quote could also mean over analyzation can cause INSANITY. This quote could explain how anyone can achieve INSANITY through emotional trauma or stress for long periods at a time. People who tend to overthink things are more than likely to drive themselves to INSANITY. A person can only take so much before succumbing to INSANITY. Chuck Palahniuk once said “I would say any behavior that is not the status quo is interpreted as INSANITY, when, in fact, it might actually be enlightenment. INSANITY is sorta in the eye of the beholder.” This is an example of how INSANITY is viewed in today’s world. INSANITY can be looked at as something beneficial or enlightenment. It shows a person’s deepest emotions and thoughts which could lead to creativity or motive to become stronger. INSANITY is not always a negative drive for the best kind of people are the ones considered …show more content…

The March Hare is a representation of INSANITY of hares during this time. In Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland the March Hare believes he stuck in March and that is the cause of his INSANITY. Hares act very excited during March (their mating season) their behavior is odd during this time and hares can be seen boxing, jumping, and chasing each other wildly. Hares also believed to be linked to witches as familiars being considered as tricksters and signs of delusions. The first record of the brown hares acting mad was in 1500 a poem called Blowbol’s

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