Lactobacillus Rhamnosus
April 13 2013
Finding the line of Insanity The human brain is a complex system, made up of many different mechanisms and controlled by a variety of chemicals. The way decisions are made, varies from one person to the next due to multiple factors, including, the way a person is raised and also the chemicals which are being released within the brain. Due to the large variety of ways a person’s brain can work, it makes it hard to decipher who’s brain is working ‘correctly’ and who’s isn’t. Who can really say if a person is “insane” or not? What does it actually mean to be insane? The line between insanity and sanity is a very thin line and is usually very difficult to identify. Due to society’s confusion in the understanding of insanity, people with mental health issues often don’t get the proper help they require. Being able to distinguish the difference between what is reality, and what isn’t, is the first step in being able to identify what insanity really means. Most people accept the idea that the sole base of reality is perception. This means that every individual perceives their own idea of reality, making a large variety of what reality could ultimately be. If this is the case, then there is in fact, no such thing as ‘reality’, but rather just a variety accepted norms. Another aspect to figuring out what it means to be insane is being able to understand how the brain actually works. Do people actually have the power to think and have wants, or is everything based solely off of the chemicals which are in the brain? When a person’s chemical composition in the brain changes, the behavior of this person often also changes, causing a distinct correlation between the two to be seen. The change in the chemicals can be due to a variety of things, ranging from slight stress level increases to medical problems such as a tumor. David Eagleman, neuroscientist, and author of “The Brain on Trial” discusses the implications of medical problems within the brain.
Finding the line of Insanity The human brain is a complex system, made up of many different mechanisms and controlled by a variety of chemicals. The way decisions are made, varies from one person to the next due to multiple factors, including, the way a person is raised and also the chemicals which are being released within the brain. Due to the large variety of ways a person’s brain can work, it makes it hard to decipher who’s brain is working ‘correctly’ and who’s isn’t. Who can really say if a person is “insane” or not? What does it actually mean to be insane? The line between insanity and sanity is a very thin line and is usually very difficult to identify. Due to society’s confusion in the understanding of insanity, people with mental health issues often don’t get the proper help they require. Being able to distinguish the difference between what is reality, and what isn’t, is the first step in being able to identify what insanity really means. Most people accept the idea that the sole base of reality is perception. This means that every individual perceives their own idea of reality, making a large variety of what reality could ultimately be. If this is the case, then there is in fact, no such thing as ‘reality’, but rather just a variety accepted norms. Another aspect to figuring out what it means to be insane is being able to understand how the brain actually works. Do people actually have the power to think and have wants, or is everything based solely off of the chemicals which are in the brain? When a person’s chemical composition in the brain changes, the behavior of this person often also changes, causing a distinct correlation between the two to be seen. The change in the chemicals can be due to a variety of things, ranging from slight stress level increases to medical problems such as a tumor. David Eagleman, neuroscientist, and author of “The Brain on Trial” discusses the implications of medical problems within the brain.