Madness

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Madness has been defined in many different ways, some fundamentally opposed from each other. It is at the same time described as insanity, lunacy, and folly, while also categorized as extreme elation and excitement. Whichever side of the emotional seesaw you place madness, I like to view it as a state of psychological chaos, of unstable thought, and irrational behavior. The latter derived from the former.

Some would argue that if you claim madness to be irrational and unstable, therefore nebulous and inconstant, how can it be defined at all? Well, that's the point altogether.
Through comparison, the human mind is able to identify behavior and thought by what it isn't, not necessarily what it is.

We've all been mad at some point. Remember how you were thinking, what you felt, or what you contemplated doing and why, when you were in that moment. If you believe yourself to be mad now, take a pause and reflect on your state of mind. If you thought this article was going to be long, informative, and insightful, you were wrong. (See Figure 1)