Insanity

An insane man’s thoughts are an insane man’s actions. The defendant of this inhumane incident could not control his thoughts, so he deserves the insanity plea. There is no mentally healthy human that would kill another person who did absolutely nothing to them. He did what his thoughts told him to do. His actions and words fit the definition of insanity, so he surely needs to stay in rehab and get mental help. According to NAMI.org, the definition of psychosis is being unable to distinguish…

of Mr. Smith is an extremely tragic incident that should never happen to another being. Although all of us feel sympathetic for Mr. Jones and his family, but the blame should not be put on Mr. Smith, but on his condition. The legal definition of insanity is, “a person cannot distinguish fantasy from reality, cannot manage his/her own affairs, or is subject to uncontrollable impulsive behavior.” Although the word “or” does indicate that only one of the reasons has to apply for the person to be…

The lawyer that stood to defend Yates described her as one of insanity as she had no control of her mental self when she committed the crime. “Andrea Yates had undergone intense medication that would have messed her mental self. The several doctors that she had been through gave her strong medication that rendered her…

It is never explicitly stated that Hamlet went insane after hearing the heartbreaking news of his father’s passing, it is instead interpreted by the reader that the cause of Hamlet’s insanity is due to the information he was told. Hamlet and Pontypool both showcase the theme of how words can cause mental insanity, though both use different methods in explaining the subject…

Insanity Guilt is one of the strongest emotions that man can feel; the reaction is caused from the frontolimbic network release of dopamine. Dopamine acts as a chemical messenger of emotions to actions. The reaction causes people to either positively or negatively remember the feelings experienced in the given moment of their action. Thus, the creator of morals is from this process occurring in the brain throughout the body. About the dopamine releases in the brain negatively affected will…

Insanity and unhappiness lead to unfulfilling lives. From the view of Fromm, he tried to judge the insanity of society by different source of fact and he interpreted insanity on the basis of ‘pathology of normalcy’ (Fromm, 1991: p.6). Looking at alcoholism, suicide and murder rates, modern society has gone insane, related to “pathology of normalcy’ (Mathews, 2015) Mental stability can be roughly indicated by the destructive acts of people. Making reference from the research data of World…

Insanity is doing an action over and over again and expecting different results; When the same mistakes are made every time and people expect different results they should be considered insane. In English class papers are written with convention errors, but when the same conventions errors are seen in every paper, then there should be an expected change. When change does not come it becomes frustrating for the reader. Insane thoughts run rampant through the minds of people today. For example, if…

Emily Dickinson, a highly coveted American poet, once wrote, “Much madness is divinest Sense-To a discerning Eye-“. Our perception of viewing a circumstance in which insanity is present is heavily influenced our own or another individual’s madness. Characters within the Shakespearean play, Hamlet, have expressed the true essence of madness at different levels by behaving a variety of ways which may or may not be reasonable for the situation at hand. Although the conduct of the characters,…

There is clear evidence that Johnny cannot distinguish from right and wrong, even though it was argued that he was capable since he did not meet the state’s definition of legal insanity. For example, Johnny would reference himself as a “patriot”, at times would criticize people for not being patriot enough, in ways that generally made no sense. Then, when he saw protestors setting a flag on fire, he incoherently screamed, and ended…

would eagerly pursue treatment. Not the addict. The reasons addicts give for not accepting treatment are complex and not fully understood. Here are a few of the more prominent reasons: The Insanity of Addiction Not surprisingly, addicts think and behave irrationally. Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) uses the term insanity to describe the alcoholic’s impaired ability to think clearly and make wise choices.…