Psychosis is a general name, including many diseases, mostly referring to functional mental diseases. Among these diseases, some have unknown etiology, complex symptoms, and different course and prognosis. So far, there is no special method for the diagnosis of mental diseases, which is different from organic diseases. EEG, brain CT, brain ultrasound and laboratory examination have no abnormal findings for functional psychosis.
If unfortunately you are caught in a mental hospital as a psychotic, how can you prove that you are a normal person? Once, a reporter named gray Baker went to Italy to interview three special people.
Here's the thing: a driver in charge of transporting mental patients let three patients escape because of negligence. In order not to lose his job, he drove to a bus stop and promised to take a free ride. Finally, he took three of the passengers to the hospital as patients.
Gray Baker is not concerned about this story. He wants to know how the three people proved themselves and successfully got out of the mental hospital.
Here is his interview with a:
G: when you were put in a mental hospital, what did you think of to save yourself?
A: I think if you want to go out, you must first prove that you are not mentally ill.
Greg: How did you prove it?
A: it's true that I said, "the earth is round". I think people who speak the truth will not be regarded as psychosis!
Greg: did you succeed in the end?
A: No. When I said this for the 14th time, the paramedic injected a needle into my ass.
The following is an interview with B:
Greg: How did you get out of the mental hospital?
B: I and a were rescued by C. He successfully got out of the mental hospital and called the police.
Greg: did you try to escape at that time?
B: Yes, I told them I was a sociologist. I said I knew that the former president of the United States was Clinton and the former Prime Minister of Britain was Blair. When I mentioned the names of the leaders of the island countries in the South Pacific, they gave me an injection. I dare not go on!
G: How did C get you out?
B: after he came in, he didn't say anything. Eat when it's time to eat and sleep when it's time to sleep. When the medical staff shaved his face, he would say thank you. On the 28th day, they let him out of the hospital.
Gray Baker commented that it is very difficult for a normal person to prove his normality. Maybe only those who don't try to prove it can be called normal people.
Later, many people left messages on the online version of the article.
You never need to explain yourself to others
One person's message is very touching: those who prove their truth in some way, those who prove their wealth of knowledge in some way, including those who prove their wealth in some way, may be considered crazy, but they don't know it!
There is a good saying: you never need to explain yourself to others, because people who like you don't need it, and people who don't like you won't believe it.
Of course, there is another view about this story.
These views and inferences are based on a default position: your environment already thinks you are not a normal person. The standards for treating normal and abnormal people are different. In this position, it is naturally very difficult to prove that you are a normal person from your previous experience. The only way is to "admit" that you are not a normal person from the perspective of the surrounding environment, and then do it according to the requirements of the environment. If you meet the standards given by the environment, you will naturally be a normal person. From this story, I draw another conclusion: if a normal person is marked as "abnormal" by public opinion, he cannot prove that he is a normal person. This leads to a corollary: if violence dominates public opinion, then those who struggle with violence are "abnormal people".