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On Hyper-Sanity

Both mental disorder and hyper-sanity place us outside society.

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  [131]Self-deception is the price that we pay for our sanity.

  This self-deception holds us together by shielding us from truths that
  threaten to undermine our sense of self, or ego integrity. A person on
  the verge of ego disintegration makes frenzied use of self-deceptive
  ego defences such as denial, repression, splitting, and so on. The
  resulting loss of perspective or change in function can in itself count
  as mental disorder, while the ultimate capitulation of the ego defences
  leads in particular into the depressive position.

  By protecting us from fearsome truths, ego defences not only blind us
  to those truths and so to reality, but also confuse and constrict our
  thinking. Their partial or temporary failure can lead to a range of
  psychological disturbances including [132]anxiety, [133]anger,
  irritability, [134]insomnia, and [135]nightmares. The more they are
  challenged, the more exaggerated, compulsive, and inflexible they
  become. The person is reduced in scope and ability, with little left of
  the capacities for consciousness, spontaneity, and [136]intimacy that
  define, elevate, and glorify the human condition.

  A vicious cycle takes hold: the more constrained a person becomes, the
  less he is able to reason; and the less he is able to reason, the less
  he is able to overcome his constraints. For the philosopher Aristotle,
  the distinctive function of human beings is to reason, and, therefore,
  the [137]happiness of human beings is to lead a life of reason. Reason
  begets freedom, and freedom begets reason, and both together beget
  knowledge of the truth, which is [138]wisdom, which is the highest
  happiness.

  Once, upon being asked to name the most beautiful of all things, the
  philosopher Diogenes the Cynic replied parrhesia, which means 'free
  speech' or 'full expression.' Diogenes used to stroll around Athens in
  broad daylight brandishing an ignited lamp. Whenever curious people
  stopped to ask what he was doing, he would reply, 'I am just looking
  for a human being.'
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  Diogenes looking for a human being.
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  Self-deception, which is often rooted in the [139]unconscious or
  semi-conscious [140]fear of falling short of familial and societal
  standards, and in the [141]fear of death, is a defining part of our
  human nature. By recognizing its various forms in ourselves and
  reflecting upon them, we may be able to transcend them and, even, in
  some cases, to employ and enjoy them.

  This self-knowledge, which I call super- or hyper-sanity, opens up a
  whole new world before us, rich in beauty, subtlety, and connection,
  and frees us not only to make the best out of it, but also to give it
  back the best of ourselves, and, in so doing, to fulfil our potential
  as human beings.

  Reasoning is but one route to self-knowledge or hyper-sanity. The other
  route—more painful, destructive, and uncertain—is mental disorder, or
  'madness,' which involves the failure or complete breakdown of the ego
  defenses. Unlike medical, or physical, disorders, mental disorders are
  not just problems. If successfully navigated, they can also present
  opportunities. Simply acknowledging this can empower people to heal
  themselves and, much more than that, to grow from their experiences.

  At the same time, mental disorders should not be romanticized or left
  unattended simply because they may or may not predispose to
  problem-solving, personal development, or [142]creativity. Rather than
  being medicalized or romanticized, mental disorders, or mental
  'dis-eases', should be understood as nothing less or more than what
  they are, a cry from our deepest human nature.

  Both mental disorder and hyper-sanity place us outside society, making
  us seem 'mad' to the mainstream. Both attract scorn and derision, but
  whereas mental disorder is distressing and disabling, hyper-sanity is
  liberating and empowering.

  Ultimately, standing out is the price we pay for being outstanding.

  Neel Burton is author of Hide and Seek: The Psychology of
  Self-Deception, The Meaning of Madness, The Art of Failure, and other
  books. Find Neel on [143]Twitter and [144]Facebook
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[145]Super Sanity as observed from a Diagnosed Schizophrenic

  Submitted by Bkob on October 17, 2019 - 6:04pm

  I have very literally have always had to operate on two working models
  of Reality: one in which people knew what they were talking about, and
  one in which an arbitrarily number of philosophical zombies exist
  seeking only contrarianism and the distortion of understanding.

  You are one of the first in my Reality to discuss the concept of
  hyper-rationality, in a way that is both concise and pleasing to read.
  I've always taken it as a doublethought axiom, given that The Joker
  (one of my initial social leveraging tools colloquially romantasized as
  Egos but which I refer to as Masks) was once hypothesized to have one
  such form of enhanced sanity: aware of more Valuable sensory data
  without conventional filtering/control units.

  It be like that sometimes. I used it to practice Memetic Calculus, a
  neat form of wizardry that enables me to know anything about anything
  else, with an arbitrarily increasing level of accuracy based on
  convergence of memetic functions of equal or less ontological momentum.

  To me: my words are trivial to understand and write; but it seems to be
  arbitrarily hard if not absolutely impossible for anyone else to pen my
  particular statements. But the words imply their own insanity, and
  scramble the Minds of the uninquisitive.
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[148]You make it look easy

  Submitted by Ynez9 on February 9, 2020 - 7:58am

  Up until I read this post I thought that the native commenting
  functionality was adequate, it did a job and I had never really thought
  attributes like upvoting etc..
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