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Originally Posted by clavus
I had a friend who went crazy. He was a cool guy. We hung out, played ball, drank beer.
When he became afflicted with mental illness, it wasn't cool at all. He would have done just about anything to be normal again.
"Crazy" isn't cool, sexy or fun to be around. Crazy isn't being a nonconformist and bitching about it. Crazy isn't popping a little Prozak to get you through your final exams. Crazy is desperation, sweat and piss. Crazy is losing your job, your girlfriend, friends and your freedom. Crazy is losing control of your body and mind. Going crazy is terrible.
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Yes, yes it is. I've seen it and come close to it myself...and it's nto something I would wish on anyone. I lost about nearly all of my friends, came close to failing out of college, and basically became a barely functioning shell of my former self. No thank you. That wasn't even a full-fledged nervous breakdown...I've seen those. Again, not fun, not "interesting", and not Goth--you imagine your 37-year-old mother trying to throw herself over a deck rail. Yeah. You go there. Dare you.