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Re:Spanish climber emerges after 500 days in cave by vlunkr on Friday April 14, 2023 @03:42PM (#35573764)
> If anything, the way people treat themselves and others in ordinary life, the kind of mental gymnastics and self-inflicted anguish in "normal" society is the insanity.

This is just "What if the people in mental hospitals are the sane ones, and we're all crazy?" with fancier words.

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Re:Spanish climber emerges after 500 days in cave by hinkley on Friday April 14, 2023 @04:49PM (#35574550)
Realizing that other people have tethered their sense of self and sanity to a poorly chosen tether is a dangerous moment.

It's well documented that this can end in severe depression (existential dread) or even suicide.

If you don't have a firm grip on yourself to begin with, I could see how it could end in insanity just as easily. Probably a little different cause and effect model though.

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