05-26-2014, 12:09 AM
MY COMMENT:
Boy, suddenly I feel very sane and I'm grateful for that!! Actually, this is a fantastic video for self-analysis. These extreme examples of people who are nuts can help one to determined whether or not they have qualities of character that are not quite sane. You compare yourself to the patients and then to the staff and then determine whether or not you're nuts.
Notice how the staff are very detached from the situations. They smile and laugh often and refuse to take any of the insanity of the patients personally. That is a good way to face life. Being detached and realizing the problems of others are THEIR problems and not yours helps to keep one detached and unaffected by the insanity of the masses.
It obviously takes a very special kind of inner-strength to be around such whacked out people day after day and not become whacked out yourself. So, studying the attitude of the staff, in contrast to the nuts, gives one lessons on how to live successfully in a world full of mad people.
Personally, what I see rather consistently, in the crazies, are people who are absolutely certain their view is valid. Once a person is absolutely certain he or she is crazy it's like an anchor is cut loose and they go floating out to sea with no course and no sense of where they actually want to go.
I feel my recent determination of only believing what I can personally verify as true is very useful to be truly sane. Blindly believing authority figures, at face value, just doesn't work for me anymore. I've been tricked too many times.
Also, always being ready to find I am incorrect about ANYTHING I currently believe is proving very useful as well. These crazy people are obviously stuck in a mindset and the drugs given to them help them become comfortable in that mindset. Once they stay stuck long enough chances are that particular mindset is where they will spend the rest of their lives. Now, I can understand drugging someone who is violent, but making people feel comfortable in an insane mindset, by giving them drugs, is not the answer!
Boy, suddenly I feel very sane and I'm grateful for that!! Actually, this is a fantastic video for self-analysis. These extreme examples of people who are nuts can help one to determined whether or not they have qualities of character that are not quite sane. You compare yourself to the patients and then to the staff and then determine whether or not you're nuts.
Notice how the staff are very detached from the situations. They smile and laugh often and refuse to take any of the insanity of the patients personally. That is a good way to face life. Being detached and realizing the problems of others are THEIR problems and not yours helps to keep one detached and unaffected by the insanity of the masses.
It obviously takes a very special kind of inner-strength to be around such whacked out people day after day and not become whacked out yourself. So, studying the attitude of the staff, in contrast to the nuts, gives one lessons on how to live successfully in a world full of mad people.
Personally, what I see rather consistently, in the crazies, are people who are absolutely certain their view is valid. Once a person is absolutely certain he or she is crazy it's like an anchor is cut loose and they go floating out to sea with no course and no sense of where they actually want to go.
I feel my recent determination of only believing what I can personally verify as true is very useful to be truly sane. Blindly believing authority figures, at face value, just doesn't work for me anymore. I've been tricked too many times.
Also, always being ready to find I am incorrect about ANYTHING I currently believe is proving very useful as well. These crazy people are obviously stuck in a mindset and the drugs given to them help them become comfortable in that mindset. Once they stay stuck long enough chances are that particular mindset is where they will spend the rest of their lives. Now, I can understand drugging someone who is violent, but making people feel comfortable in an insane mindset, by giving them drugs, is not the answer!