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Re: Can A Person Lose His Sanity Due To Excess Reading? by osazsky(m): 9:05am On Jan 29, 2020
osazsky:
Yes dear cant u see that almost 99 percent of persons living in this country are mad even most persons commenting on this forum...if they are not mad why will someone be celebrating FTC on a public forum some go as far as organising parties when ever they are first to comment...while some will just be moving Musa gate to different locations pls dont mention Nigerian drivers. agberoes.if u can drive a car for a year without them bashing u then u can drive in hell fire.you see youth having sex without helmet and when they crashland instead of them to go for test they rush to nairaland looking for solutions.. some take Colorado and begin to type nonescence which kind madness u dey find again we are all mad in this country
u will soon start seeing mad people commenting as if they are really mad
Re: Can A Person Lose His Sanity Due To Excess Reading? by lucky4west: 9:05am On Jan 29, 2020
i can relate with what you narrated, way back i use to read for up to 18 hours a day! and my brain will come hot....too much of everything is bad and when we are obsessed with any thing...that same thing can become our undoing-or if i'm to speak spiritually the devil can ensnare us with that thing we love so much...in our Library in school way back (Uniben) one guy ran mad during exams when we were all jacking...at least we have all put in over 6 hours when he suddenly got up started shouting and ran mad!
Re: Can A Person Lose His Sanity Due To Excess Reading? by Nobody: 9:06am On Jan 29, 2020
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Re: Can A Person Lose His Sanity Due To Excess Reading? by Urhobokwaleboy(m): 9:07am On Jan 29, 2020
A nigga once said:i don't think reading can actually make someone go mad..But getting tired while reading and not understanding what you're reding, yet you keep forcing yourself to continue is where the problem lies..

So many a times when i read and get tired it seems i no longer understand what am reading that is when i end up been frustrated and start acting insane..It's my elder bro that'll tell me "if u no dey understand watyn u dey read again u no go drop am go sleep" i"ll just look at him like a mad man fling the book and lie down to sleep..when i wake up i tend to feel allright...

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Re: Can A Person Lose His Sanity Due To Excess Reading? by shadeyinka(m): 9:11am On Jan 29, 2020
ojaysam25:


you maybe right sir...it maybe be something spiritual...but what got me confused is that he lost his sanity while reading..
His kind of insanity had always been with him. It helped him to concentrate (too much on little details) that made him initially stand out as brilliant. Unfortunately, it robbed him of his normal relationship with people and balance.

Have you noticed it's rare to see a child below 7 years old having insanity problems?

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Re: Can A Person Lose His Sanity Due To Excess Reading? by chichimezie(f): 9:15am On Jan 29, 2020
Too much of everything is bad....

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Re: Can A Person Lose His Sanity Due To Excess Reading? by orunmila144: 9:16am On Jan 29, 2020
of course excessive rreading can run you mad. in reading your spirit is travelling away from your body and exploring other realms and other possiibilities and other realities as ddictated by the book being read and this can be draining on the human body. you read more thaan enough times your spirit may find it difficult to reattach to your body again and then you become officially crazy. this is why all these professor types all look crrazy and have checked out of this world and have stopped taking care of their appearaances because they have checked out of this world spiritually and cant return to their bodies. they are now semi mad lol

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Re: Can A Person Lose His Sanity Due To Excess Reading? by Greatfullheart: 9:16am On Jan 29, 2020
ojaysam25:


I'm really serious about it...in fact whenever I'm reading and my head aches....I stop immediately.
Reading For Me was Like Punishment to Me. I Hate Reading. And It Affected Me. Now I'm Forcing Myself To Read

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Re: Can A Person Lose His Sanity Due To Excess Reading? by Femich18(m): 9:17am On Jan 29, 2020
Shibaraba:
From your topics.... You sef Don dey mental

Modified. ...
In my days in Futa people ran mad during exams. We attributed it to excessive reading. But alas research made us know that they had other problems.
Reading cannot make you mad. Although I fit dey quote formulas and theorems for road with obvious gestures ,it doesn't mean I'm mental.

By the way do you know that every human has at least a minute of madness everyday?
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You are right sha.
Anyway what class did you belong?
Re: Can A Person Lose His Sanity Due To Excess Reading? by ozoebuka1(m): 9:19am On Jan 29, 2020
He didn't get mad because he over read buy he got mad because he didn't rest. In other words, lack of rest triggered her/his insanity.

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Re: Can A Person Lose His Sanity Due To Excess Reading? by ojaysam25(m): 9:21am On Jan 29, 2020
shadeyinka:

His kind of insanity had always been with him. It helped him to concentrate (too much on little details) that made him initially stand out as brilliant. Unfortunately, it robbed him of his normal relationship with people and balance.

Have you noticed it's rare to see a child below 7 years old having insanity problems?
you are right...I think this friend of mine was rushing himself to know alots of things at a very short time....when he should have take it slowly.... back then,when he was in ss1,he will read both ss2 and ss3 stuffs.
Re: Can A Person Lose His Sanity Due To Excess Reading? by Damianobi(m): 9:22am On Jan 29, 2020
ChieduJoshua081:
Your brain is more than a super computer. You don't yet understand the capacity of the human brain that's why you are scared. As I am now, i can never believe this stupid concept that "too much reading can make somebody mad naturally" it is a lie from people who can't read as much as you do or people who don't want you to know more than them.

Your brain can take any amount of information you need to take in and no matter the information you take in, when you die scientists will still tell you that you haven't used up to 10% of your brain. Although this has been said by some other scientist to be a very popular science myth but there may be some fact in it.

Juju and evil powers is very common in this part of the world so if you like you can believe it but a fact is it may be the cause of this your guy's misfortune.

That somebody choked and died while eating food does not mean we should not eat to our satisfaction.

That somebody drove a car and had an accident does not mean we should not drive cars again.

That somebody read and lost his mind does not mean we should not read as much as much as possible.

That somebody who had genius level IQ became mad does not mean we should not strive for world class intelligence.

Stop personalizing things and go out there and read all you can. We dont need more ignorant people anymore.

More people die of ignorance than of over learning or reading.

You know nothing jon snow
Re: Can A Person Lose His Sanity Due To Excess Reading? by MOnkeyBabe(f): 9:24am On Jan 29, 2020
ojaysam25:
Hello Nairalanders

This issue has been bothering me for a while now......I had this friend who during our school days was so brilliant,in fact this friend of mine wrote his common entrance at primary 4....at jss1 he wrote his junior WAEC....

Back them we nickname him The "guru"....There was no time I visited him at home,that I wouldn't see him reading,this guy can read from morning till night.....though I was irritated with his attitude but I kept on admiring him because there is nothing in this world that this guy don't know....there is no words in the dictionary that is new to him... he was respected among our peers.....

Suddenly, he was no longer communicating with us with plain English,any small question will always be meant with grammar.. In fact this guy will go to the market to buy something and will begin to communicate with the market people with grammar...they we just be looking at him like a madman...

Then,one fateful day according to his mother,he ran out with a dictionary screaming "loquacious"all effort to calm him was in vain
the guy is in the asylum right now.....

This episode has left me confuse.....expert in the house can you help me out.....

CAN A PERSON LOSE HIS SANITY DUE TO EXCESSIVE READING??


I don't believe this story
Re: Can A Person Lose His Sanity Due To Excess Reading? by shadeyinka(m): 9:25am On Jan 29, 2020
ojaysam25:

you are right...I think this friend of mine was rushing himself to know alots of things at a very short time....when he should have take it slowly.... back then,when he was in ss1,he will read both ss2 and ss3 stuffs.
But it wasn't the fact that he read too much. It was his medical problem that manifested as "his drive for reading"
Most-times the problem is genetic and sometimes it is spiritual.

I pray that he gets the required help he needed
Re: Can A Person Lose His Sanity Due To Excess Reading? by alphaNomega: 9:27am On Jan 29, 2020
ojaysam25:
Hello Nairalanders

This issue has been bothering me for a while now......I had this friend who during our school days was so brilliant,in fact this friend of mine wrote his common entrance at primary 4....at jss1 he wrote his junior WAEC....

Back them we nickname him The "guru"....There was no time I visited him at home,that I wouldn't see him reading,this guy can read from morning till night.....though I was irritated with his attitude but I kept on admiring him because there is nothing in this world that this guy don't know....there is no words in the dictionary that is new to him... he was respected among our peers.....

Suddenly, he was no longer communicating with us with plain English,any small question will always be meant with grammar.. In fact this guy will go to the market to buy something and will begin to communicate with the market people with grammar...they we just be looking at him like a madman...

Then,one fateful day according to his mother,he ran out with a dictionary screaming "loquacious"all effort to calm him was in vain
the guy is in the asylum right now.....

This episode has left me confuse.....expert in the house can you help me out.....

CAN A PERSON LOSE HIS SANITY DUE TO EXCESSIVE READING??



There is no limit to information the human brain can take. Reading too much will not make you go insane.

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Re: Can A Person Lose His Sanity Due To Excess Reading? by ojaysam25(m): 9:28am On Jan 29, 2020
Greatfullheart:
Reading For Me was Like Punishment to Me. I Hate Reading. And It Affected Me. Now I'm Forcing Myself To Read
reading is something you should enjoy....forcing yourself to read,they might be complications....
Re: Can A Person Lose His Sanity Due To Excess Reading? by alphaNomega: 9:28am On Jan 29, 2020
shadeyinka:

His kind of insanity had always been with him. It helped him to concentrate (too much on little details) that made him initially stand out as brilliant. Unfortunately, it robbed him of his normal relationship with people and balance.

Have you noticed it's rare to see a child below 7 years old having insanity problems?

Have you heard of autism?

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Re: Can A Person Lose His Sanity Due To Excess Reading? by IghravweIG(m): 9:29am On Jan 29, 2020
ozoebuka1:
He didn't get mad because he over read buy he got mad because he didn't rest. In other words, lack of rest triggered her/his insanity.
This is true... It was triggered by stress and lack of rest.


Always try to listen to your body.

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Re: Can A Person Lose His Sanity Due To Excess Reading? by UrVillagePpl: 9:30am On Jan 29, 2020
ipobarethieves:
Visit General Hospital and talk to a Doc. 2, prepare a timetable. Stop rushing urself to read a week to ur exam.U cant be Chuks, Bola/sheu dat read round the clock.Find a quiet place like library,
Did u really read what the OP wrote
Re: Can A Person Lose His Sanity Due To Excess Reading? by Loooooooogstory: 9:31am On Jan 29, 2020
ojaysam25:


I'm really serious about it...in fact whenever I'm reading and my head aches....I stop immediately.
This is very loquacious

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Re: Can A Person Lose His Sanity Due To Excess Reading? by shadeyinka(m): 9:32am On Jan 29, 2020
alphaNomega:


Have you heard of autism?
Yes!
Some forms of autism are like that. Excessive ability to concentrate on minor issues

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Re: Can A Person Lose His Sanity Due To Excess Reading? by jaxxy(m): 9:33am On Jan 29, 2020
ojaysam25:
Hello Nairalanders

This issue has been bothering me for a while now......I had this friend who during our school days was so brilliant,in fact this friend of mine wrote his common entrance at primary 4....at jss1 he wrote his junior WAEC....

Back them we nickname him The "guru"....There was no time I visited him at home,that I wouldn't see him reading,this guy can read from morning till night.....though I was irritated with his attitude but I kept on admiring him because there is nothing in this world that this guy don't know....there is no words in the dictionary that is new to him... he was respected among our peers.....

Suddenly, he was no longer communicating with us with plain English,any small question will always be meant with grammar.. In fact this guy will go to the market to buy something and will begin to communicate with the market people with grammar...they we just be looking at him like a madman...

Then,one fateful day according to his mother,he ran out with a dictionary screaming "loquacious"all effort to calm him was in vain
the guy is in the asylum right now.....

This episode has left me confuse.....expert in the house can you help me out.....

CAN A PERSON LOSE HIS SANITY DUE TO EXCESSIVE READING??



EXCESSIVE READING? NO! EXCESSIVE CRAMMING? YES!

Depends on what Ure reading also... sm people read junk and Mystical shit that have no bearing on reality.

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Re: Can A Person Lose His Sanity Due To Excess Reading? by jossydee1: 9:35am On Jan 29, 2020
Too much of anything is bad. The parents should have been sensitive enough to know when to tell him to drop the books and catch some fun (maybe do sports or anything that is not brain tasking).

In as much as we all desire to see our kids succeed academically, we must also help them to be balanced in life. If you are a great thinker at any profession you are into, you'll realise there comes a time after hours of brain work that you begin to feel some pains (distress) at the center of your head (medical guys can explain it better). For me, it's a call for relaxation (just drop that task for like 10 or 15 minutes and catch some fun). If you try to be stubborn and continue, it'll get to a time you will lose efficiency in what you are forcing the brain to continue at.

As a programmer, I work round the clock. However, when I know my brain is demanding a break, I force myself to give it (it's not always easy especially when I'm trying to get a task done and it's prooving difficult).

When you get to a stage in your mindset where you realise that "healthy living is above all", you will know how to balance everything as you pursue you dream towards greatness.

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Re: Can A Person Lose His Sanity Due To Excess Reading? by ojaysam25(m): 9:36am On Jan 29, 2020
jaxxy:


EXCESSIVE READING NO! EXCESSIVE CRAMMING YES!
you maybe right....I always have this headache whenever I am trying to cram a large junk of sentences....and after some time I will just forget all that I cram....
Re: Can A Person Lose His Sanity Due To Excess Reading? by gowonmaharajah(m): 9:38am On Jan 29, 2020
lucky4west:
i can relate with what you narrated, way back i use to read for up to 18 hours a day! and my brain will come hot....too much of everything is bad and when we are obsessed with any thing...that same thing can become our undoing-or if i'm to speak spiritually the devil can ensnare us with that thing we love so much...in our Library in school way back (Uniben) one guy ran mad during exams when we were all jacking...at least we have all put in over 6 hours when he suddenly got up started shouting and ran mad!
Monumental liar. Who dares read for straight 18 hours?
Re: Can A Person Lose His Sanity Due To Excess Reading? by Dynamite02: 9:38am On Jan 29, 2020
“To the making of many books there is no end, and much devotion to them is wearisome to the flesh.”​—Eccl. 12:12.

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Re: Can A Person Lose His Sanity Due To Excess Reading? by wonlasewonimi: 9:38am On Jan 29, 2020
Village people probably opened his book.

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Re: Can A Person Lose His Sanity Due To Excess Reading? by bezimo(m): 9:40am On Jan 29, 2020
Act 26:24. And as he thus spake for himself, Festus said with a loud voice, Paul, thou art beside thyself; much learning doth make thee mad

Here you go

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Re: Can A Person Lose His Sanity Due To Excess Reading? by Nobody: 9:42am On Jan 29, 2020
Anything, however praiseworthy or good, if its too much, is dangerous
Re: Can A Person Lose His Sanity Due To Excess Reading? by kendological(m): 9:51am On Jan 29, 2020
LOL "loquacious".
Re: Can A Person Lose His Sanity Due To Excess Reading? by djoe21(m): 9:56am On Jan 29, 2020
ojaysam25:
Hello Nairalanders

This issue has been bothering me for a while now......I had this friend who during our school days was so brilliant,in fact this friend of mine wrote his common entrance at primary 4....at jss1 he wrote his junior WAEC....

Back them we nickname him The "guru"....There was no time I visited him at home,that I wouldn't see him reading,this guy can read from morning till night.....though I was irritated with his attitude but I kept on admiring him because there is nothing in this world that this guy don't know....there is no words in the dictionary that is new to him... he was respected among our peers.....

Suddenly, he was no longer communicating with us with plain English,any small question will always be meant with grammar.. In fact this guy will go to the market to buy something and will begin to communicate with the market people with grammar...they we just be looking at him like a madman...

Then,one fateful day according to his mother,he ran out with a dictionary screaming "loquacious"all effort to calm him was in vain
the guy is in the asylum right now.....

This episode has left me confuse.....expert in the house can you help me out.....

CAN A PERSON LOSE HIS SANITY DUE TO EXCESSIVE READING??



Reminds me of the movie 'A Beautiful Mind'

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Re: Can A Person Lose His Sanity Due To Excess Reading? by caprini1: 9:56am On Jan 29, 2020
ojaysam25:


Thanks sir...but this guys doesn't take drugs or marijuana...
It must not be Marijuana,there are people that you give above 100k naira and they go bonkers ,until you calm them down.Madness varies ,i have a cousin that reads a lot,he read some occult books,he hasn't been the same for over 10 years.

Just pray your friend returns back his senses,this world is a mystery.

My Geography teacher said at least 1 day out of the 365 days of every year,one always goes partially or completely insane,in one way or the other.

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