“I’ve recently begun to believe that mental disease is something we have some control over”
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I’m with you, if a person truly is sick and has no control they will act out their insanity regardless of circumstances. All those who seem to act like a fruitcake only when there is no danger to them in doing so are merely indulging. Ever notice that most people who claim to be unable to control their temper have no trouble controlling it when facing someone who can break them in two without strain?
Ever notice that most people who claim to be unable to control their temper have no trouble controlling it when facing someone who can break them in two without strain?
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*Grin*
I’m with you, if a person truly is sick and has no control they will act out their insanity regardless of circumstances.
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My point is a little different though. I believe that the person who “acts out their insanity regardless of circumstances” may have contributed to their own insanity. Picture a tiny stream. Over the years it gets deeper and deeper . . . that’s how I picture habits forming. So the person who reacts in an “insane” way just lets their mind run in that groove until it becomes so deep they can’t escape from it. Create their own prison, their own artificial reality so to speak. Something like that.