Am I insane? IIN?

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  • No, you are not "insane".

    in·san·i·ty\in-ˈsa-nə-tē\
    noun
    1 : a deranged state of the mind usually occurring as a specific disorder (as schizophrenia)
    2 : such unsoundness of mind or lack of understanding as prevents one from having the mental capacity required by law to enter into a particular relationship, status, or transaction or as removes one from criminal or civil responsibility
    3 a : extreme folly or unreasonableness
    b : something utterly foolish or unreasonable
    Other forms: plural in·san·i·ties
    Examples
    his incurable insanity requires that he spend the rest of his life in a mental hospital
    everyone laughed at the latest insanity from the town eccentric
    had the insanity to think that taking over a government building in protest of our foreign policy was a good idea
    First use: 1590
    Synonyms: aberration, dementia, derangement, lunacy, madness, mania, rage [archaic]
    Antonyms: mind, saneness, sanity

    You do have a vivid imagination, and perhaps some behavioural peculiarities, though.
    'Eccentric', is probably a better descriptor.

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    • Thanks for the word definition, I never knew that "Insane" was such a big word. "Eccentric" definitely describes my personality better but only when speaking about my mind since I am usually very ordinary psychically.

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    • Then, you might actually be dead, and not know it.
      Truly.

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      • Greetings, Mr Pedant!

        "'Eccentric', is probably a better descriptor."

        I think you mean 'description'!

        Definition of DESCRIPTOR: something (as a word or characteristic feature) that serves to describe or identify; especially: a word or phrase (as an index term) used to identify an item (as a subject or document) in an information retrieval system.

        Or,

        Descriptor may refer to some one who's name is shown(example - as on a bank statement - $200 credited to - "Descriptor")
        file descriptor, an abstract key for accessing a file
        index term, also known as a "descriptor" in information retrieval
        molecular descriptor, which helps characterize a chemical compound
        segment descriptor, used for memory addressing in x86 computer architectures
        security descriptor, a Windows data structure containing security information
        data descriptor, a software or hardware structure describing data

        All the best!

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        • We are, all technically 'descriptors', since our subatomic 'signatures', are being stored digitaly in a database in null space.

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