(7B) DO NOW: Comparing Insanity & Mental Illness by Dario Sulzman

bella

2023-12-01 15:43:08 UTC

the line between someone being insane or mentally ill can be blurred very easily. Both issues have a lot of the same symptoms, such as intense feelings and irrational thoughts. Mental illness is usually a broader and more inclusive term than insanity. Insanity is usually used to describe sever conditions involving psychotic breaks with reality. Mental illness can include both severe and milder forms of mental problems like depression and anxiety

Adrian

2023-12-01 15:45:10 UTC

I think the difference between insanity and mental illness is that with mental illness, you are generally aware of it, even if you don’t realize it’s a mental illness. For example if you have a anxiety disorder, you may notice that you don’t like presenting or talking to certain people. With insanity, you may be too deep into it to realize that there’s something wrong with you. Such as harming someone and not feeling remorse for doing so.

sherlyn

2023-12-01 15:45:27 UTC

the difference between insanity is the buildup of ur illness crashing down on you, while mental illness is just your everyday mental problems?

Stephanie vasquez

2023-12-01 15:46:04 UTC

The difference between mental illness and insanity is that , insanity you have conditions where is close to psychotic while mental illness is a variety

Ian

2023-12-01 15:47:49 UTC

I would say that insanity is a form of mental illness. Insanity could describe specific acts while mental illness is more of a general idea. For instance, when someone is described as insane, you imagine that they are likely aggressive, severely unstable and can have outbursts. But someone described as mentally ill could be explosive, quiet, and/or have different levels of anger or sadness.

Jamere

2023-12-01 15:48:53 UTC

The difference is between mental illness you already basically aware off it. With insanity you not really aware of it too much which could be stressful because you don’t know if something wrong with you.

Uriel

2023-12-01 15:48:54 UTC

Insanity, in legal terms, deals with culpability, while mental illness is a broader medical concept. Think of them like cousins – related but not the same. Example: Schizophrenia is a mental illness affecting reality, but not everyone with it is legally insane. Legal insanity and diagnosed mental illness don’t always match up.

eliana

2023-12-01 15:49:14 UTC

-insanity can lead to very severe drastic mesures, I really think its not something to take lightly. I think insaity leads to some sort of mental illness but the topic of mental illness is quite broad.

Taylor

2023-12-01 15:50:27 UTC

Personally I would say mental illness something that you're aware of what is happening to you and you know that you're in reality. But with insanity its like you don't know what is happening to you, and someone is have psychotic disconnections with reality

alina

2023-12-01 15:50:57 UTC

the difference between insanity and mental illness depends on the type of mental illness. some symptoms of certain mental illnesses can overlap with insanity symptoms, but to some people it may all just look the same.

Mimi

2023-12-01 15:52:56 UTC

Insanity is not being able to have a firm hold on reality and well-being. Mental Health is when your mental creates more of an emotional reality that with time can be helped and can occur more of a "break through".

Chris

2023-12-01 15:53:09 UTC

Insanity is a severe condition making one lose themselves and seperating from reality. While mental illness is less severe conditions such as mild conditions. Both defenitions overlap as someone acting unordernary. The only difference how they are treatted. I'm not talking about a cure/treatment but how people who just mental illness while also quick judge to those who are insane.

Ashley Munoz

1034345 — 2023-12-08 04:38:35 UTC

I think when you’re going insane you aren’t aware of your surroundings and the consequences of your actions. For example, individuals going mad by throwing objects or screaming. Mental illness is when you’re aware that something is wrong with you mentally and emotionally. For example, becoming uninterested in activities you usually enjoy and isolating yourself. I believe mental illness can lead to insanity and vice versa.