Maintaining Sanity

I have never met an insane person. Sure, I sat next to some interesting characters on my tediously long commute to university, but I have never sat down and talked with a person who is slightly unhinged. It’s not that I am particularly keen on having a purposeful conversation with someone who might very well want to eat my skin, heck that would be completely the opposite of what I want. I quite like my skin where it is. However the first and probably only question I would ever ask this skin devouring person is…why are you insane?

I am well aware that insanity can be a chemical imbalance in the brain and that some people really can’t control it. I am also well aware that asking an insane person why they are insane will probably illicit an insane response. No surprise there. Yet, the majority of people are not born insane. Certain life events can create insane behaviour. Life in itself has the power to test your sanity. So how does one maintain their sanity?