Wednesday, July 8, 2009

scale of normalness.

I just tried on Inkblot Insanity Test. Got 6 out of 10 corrects for a score of 60% and 40% crazy. Mostly sane, but just barely.

Sane in latin, sanus, healthy, mentally sound especially; ability to anticipate and to appraise the effect of one's action. Meanwhile, insanity mostly associate with mental illness or derangement, lunacy, madness, mania and dementia. Whatever it is, i ask: have you ever check with yourself whether you are sane or insane? For your information, the signs and symptoms mentioned in various sources for insanity includes previous history of mental illness, previous history of drug or alcohol abuse, aggression, emotional liability, increased energy, elevated mood, suspicious mood, and commons are hallucination and delusions.

I am writing this due to my personal experience (not that i'm one of them) which I realised many people actually do not comprehend or understand people who suffered from insanity. Over the time they are consistently label as 'crazy'. It's rather insulting and rude. The story behind these, i got a friend, G was suffered from bipolar disorder i.e. maniac-depressive illness which is characterized by an alternating pattern of emotional high and low. G, constantly bully by people around him. They thought he is just wierd and silly. But to tell you the truth, he's a geek = genius. I see it myself when he did the computer thingy. Certainly, i'm not a medical practitioner who know anything about medication or treatment. But i know that while there is no known cure, treatment and medication can bring control of symptoms and hope to improve his quality of life. But what more important is to understand and giving them necessary support. By providing healthy environment certainly helpful to them. Meanwhile educating ourselves with relevant knowledge.

I remember G tells me that whenever i talk to him or willing to listen to him, he's comforted. I'm glad i did my lil' part. It maybe simple but it mean a lot to him. You see, all they need is care from the society and save them against the prejudicial perception. On one side we learn to care for others and the other side, we shall learn to balance and live a positive life. When we are happy, we are energetic and motivated. It's more possible for us to help others too.

Alright, my story ends here. Right now, at this moment i am sure a lot of my fellow friends are doing their best preparing for the coming exam. Whatever it is, expected the unexpected and be strong, hold steadfastly my fellow friends!

Here some words to feed our mind and for us to ponder; "It is not work that kills men, it is worry. Work is healthy; you can hardly put more on a man than he can bear. But worry is rust upon the blade. It is not movement that destroys the machinery, but friction."


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