Why Do We Use Crazy

He differentiates between madness as a clinical condition and a mystical madness. He further supports his argument with Elie Wiesel distinctions of the two. Clinical madman isolates himself from the world while mystical madman brings the Messiah in him (112). Patterson further discusses the notion of madness before the creation of human and

When we first got this stimulus, everyone focused on the common idea of madness as an illness and based at mental institutions, as madness is socially constructed and everyone differs to different people, we decided not to follow that path as there are many people who doesn’t fit the set meaning of insane but are still regarded as insane and this also made us question ‘who is insane/sane?’.

There is a fine line between sane and madness that everyone can teeter on in some point in their lives. Sometimes this is the result of a broken relationship, a loss of a job, confusion about the future, anger, or can be a result of countless other events or reasons. This theme of insanity is present in countless pieces of literature due to its relatability to everyone, not just people with a diagnosed mental illness. People tend to do crazy things and act crazily without being completely insane. Along the same lines, when people linger in their crazy actions and start to do it purposefully, it can lead to something that is real and more permanent. Hamlet’s madness, in Hamlet by Shakespeare, is a complex idea that is constantly developing throughout

The question of what it means to be labelled ‘psychologically abnormal’ is examined closely in Rosenhans study of ‘On Being Sane in Insane Places’. This study highlights the usefulness and consequences of being diagnostically labelled.

“Hamlet”, like all of the Shakespearean tragedies, leaves questions unanswered when it comes to the main characters' true thoughts and mental health. When it comes to the novel “Freaks Like Us”, skillfully authored by Susan Vaught, the reader is quite clear of what the protagonist, Jason “Freak”, is enduring when it comes to his clinical Schizophrenia which means he has the propensity to show schizophrenic symptoms of “withdrawal, apathy, hallucinations, or delusions.”(Veague 1) The term “crazy” is thrown around a bit too overzealously in today's vernacular. What does it mean to be truly crazy? According to the dictionary a crazy person is described as senseless, impractical, and totally unsound. Sounds like Prince Hamlet could easily be accused

When defining madness, people often point toward the words crazy or delusional, but when I think of madness, I think of a state of chaos and disorganization. To many characters in the book Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel, chaos is a part of life, especially after a man called the prophet is introduced into their lives.

Madness is seen in many displays in most of Wiesel’s works. The first madman appears in his first literary work, Night. He appears as Moishe the Beadle, a poor drunken man who becomes Eliezer’s master to teach him the Kabbalah. He also appears in several works and he is often seen as a visionary who could foretell truth and future. Wiesel later met several madmen, whereby he assumed that they speak of wisdom and possess a clear vision and knowledge of life. In a seminal paper, Wiesel states that he likes madmen and he writes so that he does not go mad (Why I Write). He sees that madmen have a clear vision and a deeper understanding in life.

The author illustrates how being naive can lead to an individual to becoming insane.

What is crazy? Most people are not quite sure if crazy might be a mental disorder or if it could simply be someone who is different than the majority of the people in their community. A man named Jay Gatsby might know a thing or two about being crazy as he had a lot of the character traits of someone with narcissistic personality disorder in The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald. An individual with this personality disorder is extremely selfish, with a showy view of his own talents and wealth. It is someone who believes that he is special and can only be associated with other special or high-status people.

In order to understand how insanity affected these artists’ works, the ways they developed it must first be examined. The first signs

Diary of a Madman starts off with a prologue that ends with the sentence “Ive got good reason for my fears (pg240)”. This sentence strategically prepares the reader for questioning and reasoning within the remainder of the story. The idea of reasoning and distinguishing sanity from insanity is very blurred in both of these stories. When madman continues to speak about reasoning and the study of humans I come to the conclusion that he is one that studies humans, therefore he is seen as an outcast. Society labels a knowledgable human being as a “nerd” instead of a professional. Diary of a madman can be read closely as a research journal which makes me challenge the idea of madman being insane and his perception of reality.

Men have called me mad, but the question is not yet settled, whether madness is or is not the loftiest intelligence--whether much that is glorious--whether all that is profound--does not spring from disease of thought--from moods of mind exalted at the expense of the general intellect. Those who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night - Edgar Allen Poe

Many factors hinder a truly effective study of and conclusion to the relationship between genius and insanity. For instance, who determines a genius? One can measure neither creativity nor madness, for these two factors are purely objective and up to the discretion of the individual carrying out the test (Simonton; Weisberg 362). In addition, the measures of genius and madness may simply depend on the culture and time period; Galileo, the famed astronomer who proved the Copernican theory that the planets revolved around the sun, a presently obvious but at the time completely heretical idea, was deemed a madman by the Roman Catholic Church (Ludwig 12; “Genius or Madness?”). The issue remains and probably will remain dubious; nevertheless, through much investigation and research, many credible speculations have surfaced that may explain the phenomenon.

How an individual behaves within a group is defined by the limitation of the society. Formerly, the terms ‘eccentricity’ and ‘madness’ were used almost synonymously to describe anyone whose behaviour was peculiar, unpredictable and out of the ordinary. In the late 1800s of Japan, eccentricity was defined by an Asianist called Arthur Waley as nothing more than the complexity of humanity, which will always be found bothersome and irritating. It was also determined as serious thought disorders or personality disorders because some early theorists mistakenly thought of it as a psychological “missing link” between

A mad genius: a person that has an extraordinarily high IQ, and is often overly “eccentric”. Scientists, and historians have been debating for years if there is a link between madness, and intelligence. Many Scientists have been proclaimed as a “mad genius.” This list includes Nicola Tesla, who is “the man that created the 20th century.” While he may be extremely intelligent, “he suffered from an extreme case of OCD, and germephopia. He also would refuse to touch anything round” (Bayne) . Tesla is the reason that I am writing this essay. I have always been a fan of him, his work, and his insanity. So is there a link between genius, and madness, or is it just a matter of chance?