"My feeling is that sanity is actually a pretense, a way we learn to behave. We keep this pretense up because we don't want to be rejected by other people--and being classified insane is to be shut out of the group in a very complete way.
Most people I meet are secretly convinced that they're a little crazier than the average person. People understand the energy necessary to maintain their own shields, but not the energy expended by other people. They understand that their own sanity is a performance, but when confronted by other people they confuse the person with the role."
--Keith Johnstone, Impro
Psychotic Thought
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Man, I've been thinking about this a lot. Especially as I get older and know people for longer and longer.Most people I meet are secretly convinced that they're a little crazier than the average person.
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