================================================ Subject: Re: NCR: philosophical talk is back From: "creed -7m3 - live" To: Date: Sun 2 Sep 2001 23:46:53 -0400 ================================================ On Sun, 2001-09-02 at 16:19, Dawn DelliSanti wrote: > In a message dated 9/1/01 10:28:29 PM Eastern Daylight Time, > creed7m3live@columbus.rr.com writes: > > > You are right. People that are considered to be average are just as likely to go insane. As a person that is considered a genius. > > Depending upon the pressure put on them, by society or family members. They might still feel like they are not smart enough. But I'd venture a > > guess, that a more likely reason would be from peer pressure and ridicule. > > > > > > I prefer the term breakdown more than the term insane. Breakdown does sound more appropriate. Since breakdown seems to acknowledge that the person was pretty much in control of thier facilities earlier. Insanity seems to now reflect to me. That the person was always in the particular state of insanity. Though there is temporary insanity. I believe that society plays a very large part as a whole, but in the end, I think it is > > the individual's ability or lack of ability to NOT internalize what is > > being said or how they are being treated. If one is constantly being > > treated in a certain way, such as others making comments about their > > intelligence, and they normally don't attack others on a personal level, > > but they take everything in, and eventually explode, instead of being able > > to ignore what is being said or confronting the people who are attacking > > them, othes might start to believe that perhaps this individual truly > > believes that what others are saying about them is true. It isn't the ideal that the person might believe that thierself. It seems to reflect more around the ideal that others will start to take the blue team, over the red team. Sort of like just taking sides. It also might deal with vanity. I think that a person that internalizes everything and doesn't get things off of their > > chest or communicate about things on a daily basis, will experience a > > breakdown a lot quicker than one that does. Here, intelligence doesn't > > really play a part. I agree with that view. If you let things build up. Eventually, a minor incident might topple all of the "emotional dominoes". I prefer to not let things build up. Though, that preference is not a garunteed state. > Jim > -- "Our vision is to speed up time, eventually eliminating it." -- Alex Schure To unsubscribe or change your preferences for the Creed-Discuss list, visit: http://www.winduplist.com/ls/discuss/form.asp