I love psychology. I love to watch people and figure out what makes them tick. Or not tick. Do crazy people know they are stark raving mad? The guy who has collected empty beer cans for 50 years thinks it is normal, but to a so called "normal" person, this is nuts. Have you ever tried looking at the other side?
I love watching those shows . . . Hoarders, The OCD Project, Intervention . . . (on the rare occasions when I can actually watch TV). Many people are fascinated by those shows, the number of them that exist prove that. But why? Part of it is the train wreck mentality; you just can't help but watch, but a bigger part of it, I think, is that we can all relate to the people in those shows, even if just a little bit. They make us all realize how close to insanity we all are at any given moment or on a day. Those people were not born that way, little triggers in their life caused them to start collecting or drinking or whatever.
Our minds are dangerously fragile. We all walk around thinking we are immune to the problems and vices that affect other people.
There are thousands of books and people with degrees, but no one can ever completely understand the human mind because there are so many different triggers.
What's your vice?
Crazy is subjective.
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