That's the point. When you can't tell the difference… is that a good sign or bad? Because true psychosis often comes with the assumption that the problem is everything else, not yourself. So, you never redress it when it is in fact yourself.
But when a behavior or attitude or belief, that when exhibited in a single individual is called "crazy", but is carried by an entire population… are they a true reflection of a new paradigm of truth? Does the fact that they are unified in the attitude what creates the truth? Or is it a trap for all involved…
Those are separate issues, really. However concurrent.
It's all very interesting to ponder, isn't it? Yourself versus society, society as a collective whole, aaand the sort of accepted beliefs that govern them. On top of being swept away from your own world and deposited in a new one, with completely different societal norms.
Except that doing that often makes your own madness worse.
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But when a behavior or attitude or belief, that when exhibited in a single individual is called "crazy", but is carried by an entire population… are they a true reflection of a new paradigm of truth? Does the fact that they are unified in the attitude what creates the truth? Or is it a trap for all involved…
Those are separate issues, really. However concurrent.
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It's all very interesting to ponder, isn't it? Yourself versus society, society as a collective whole, aaand the sort of accepted beliefs that govern them. On top of being swept away from your own world and deposited in a new one, with completely different societal norms.
Except that doing that often makes your own madness worse.
[A chuckle.]
I would imagine so, anyway.
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[that's not entirely unwelcoming]
This isn't "again". It's "always".
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