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Last month I went to see my psychiatrist (no I'm not insane, just being treated for a bit of anxiety and other assorted problems). She had given me my usual battery of anti-depressants and anxiety meds. But had also tried something new for my 'smelling' issue. My doctor had said it was brought on by stress, but she has another theory, seizures.

So me question is, Is it wrong to be somewhat hopeful that a neurologist will test me and find that this is the case? All my life people have been telling me that nothing's wrong when clearly there is. I'm not a loon (though insanity runs rampant in my family) but have suffered from migraines all my life, and of course the smelling, hearing, and seeing things that arent necessarily there is just a new ailment.

It is easier for people to accept logical, tangable explanations
than those things which are unknown, or difficult to prove
If it gives you some level of comfort and security, don't be ashamed or think it is wrong.

Know that we believe in you, no matter the outcome. heart

Oh BTW there is only 1 way for you to actually become a loon. And that, of course, is if you start sprouting black and white speckled feathers and look something like this fellow below


(there are other colour variations of loons, brown instead of black, or manage to turn into a Canadian dollar aka "loonie" so those would be acceptable as well mrgreen )

There is a very fine line between Sanity and Insane. But often that line is deturmined by society and what is considered acceptable behaviour. Most psychics have to tred that line very carefully. Somehow they have to prove they are sane even though they talk to people no one else sees. I mean if Naustrodaumus (sp?) weren't a doctor, how serious would people have taken his predictions. I've often wondered how many people with some type of psychic ability have been placed on medications or in institutions because their ability was considered a disability or insanity because they either lacked control of it, or because it didn't match with mainstream thinking.

But it is still easier for people to accept if there is some medical condition to cause it and treated as such (there are situations where it is for the best for personal and public safety). And we have to do what we feel is best for us.

As to the question about knowing if you are or not. Depends on your point of view. Some people might consider "skydiving" insane, unless they have tried it. But then that too has become an acceptable mainstream thought, where as picking up on conversations or odors that no one else can sense isn't so easy to explain. You are considered to have some neurological damage or ailment or are psychotic, unless you can prove you are psychic (which is harder to do than proving an illness).