Ask HN: How do you deal with mental illness?

Re:Ask HN: How do you deal with mental illness? by ram1024 on Tuesday December 23, 2008 @09:59AM (#407576)

the rest of us are fine, but thank you very much for asking

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:Ask HN: How do you deal with mental illness? by ryanwaggoner on Tuesday December 23, 2008 @10:09AM (#407586)

I'm not sure that you are...

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:Ask HN: How do you deal with mental illness? by KevBurnsJr on Tuesday December 23, 2008 @10:36AM (#407633)

"Insanity is the only sane reaction to an insane society."

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:Ask HN: How do you deal with mental illness? by okeumeni on Tuesday December 23, 2008 @11:32AM (#407718)

Insanity in the context of this quote is not mental disease.

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:Ask HN: How do you deal with mental illness? by KevBurnsJr on Tuesday December 23, 2008 @03:45PM (#408084)

To me, insanity refers to a judgment of the rationality of an observed behavior.

Who is to say whether an exhibited mode of behavior deemed by the observer to be irrational is the product of a mental disease or the rational course of action given a more complete understanding of the world?

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:Ask HN: How do you deal with mental illness? by time_management on Tuesday December 23, 2008 @10:11AM (#407591)

Thanks for this delightful and helpful comment. I'm very glad to hear it.

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:Ask HN: How do you deal with mental illness? by ram1024 on Tuesday December 23, 2008 @11:44AM (#407735)

i am ever so pleased that you enjoyed my mundane utterance.

and check out that downvoting! apparently this place is rife with crazies. butthurt ones...

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:Ask HN: How do you deal with mental illness? by time_management on Tuesday December 23, 2008 @11:47AM (#407738)

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=407608

[ Parent | on HN ]