"Crazy" is the manufactured term for "bipolar, borderline, paranoid, depression", which are medical terms.
However, "crazy" is a term overused in popular culture and is used in much the same way as "monster" is used e.g. Frankenstein's Monster.
The popular culture terms basically contribute to the mythology about mental illness.
In actual fact, depression, mania and psychosis are all temporary states of mind for the majority of people.
Yes, I am suggesting that even "normal" people experience the same states of mind as the mentally ill.
But, I seriously wonder who truly is crazy: the people who are normal yet are afraid of the mentally ill or the mentally ill themselves.
I myself find that the social drinkers often experience the same symptoms that the mentally ill go through during the early stages of alcoholism.
Indeed, alcohol consumption depletes the body's supply of B vitamins to the point where a minimal vitamin deficiency does occur, resulting in changes in state of mind similar to depression and mania of a mixed state.
At the root of this is hypoglycemia, which alcohol consumption causes, especially beer and wine as well as the coolers, due to fructose.
Once the body's blood sugar level is stabilized, much of the psychiatric disorders will be relieved.
No comments:
Post a Comment