On Being Sane in Insane Places Just how insane or sane is sanity? Is it possible to tell a sane person from someone that is insane? How is it that one psychiatrist can testify that a person is insane, while another equally qualified one argues that they are sane? Obviously, notions of normality are not as accurate as the general populous would believe. In fact, psychological categorization of mental illnesses has been said to be …showed first 75 words of 493 total…

…showed last 75 words of 493 total…After all, the definitions that we are taught from infancy up are what make us who we are and shape our very thoughts. Who is to say that those definitions are absolute truth. Maybe those who are deemed insane by society are just those who can see past the social programming that most of us cannot, and locking them up is the only way in which we can deal with their different views of society.