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Yes, in many cases it's just a matter of discovering and learning to turn around bad mental habits, not a matter of mad or disturbed. (Though "madness" can be

by cpr 17y ago

Yes, in many cases it's just a matter of discovering and learning to turn around bad mental habits, not a matter of mad or disturbed. (Though "madness" can be seen as the limiting condition of bad mental habits.) We're all clearly disturbed in some way or other, some worse than others, and it's a matter of finding help in functioning in spite of bad mental structures, and learning how to work with/around them, eventually perhaps overcoming them.

DeusExMachina 17y ago
> We're all clearly disturbed in some way or other Sure, and the fact that we somehow manage to go on, does not imply that we would not be better understanding what weighs on us. I have a younger friend that is studying surgery, and one of her professors once told to the class: "the best present you can give to yourselves is a good psychotherapy". Obviously this professor isn't "the truth", but she believes (and I agree) this to be a good advice nonetheless.