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Re: Can A Person Lose His Sanity Due To Excess Reading? by Almunjid(m): 11:14am On Jan 29, 2020
SUPERPACK:
Some people have been genetically predisposed to schizophrenia, this mental condition can be triggered by various factors such as marijuana, excessive excitement, drug abuse or over working the brain (over reading, thinking, stress)
Re: Can A Person Lose His Sanity Due To Excess Reading? by olamy7(m): 11:17am On Jan 29, 2020
Re: Can A Person Lose His Sanity Due To Excess Reading? by Playboy3030(m): 11:17am 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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Re: Can A Person Lose His Sanity Due To Excess Reading? by Billyanger(m): 11:25am 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?
Smoke igbo join e go help you increase am to one hour. Smoke Colorado join e go increase to one day
Add Nigeria matter e go increase to a week
Add cocaine join upgrade to one month.
Make my mamas, awon iya mi oshoromoniga, add hand join it's a lifetime sumtin .
One love.


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Re: Can A Person Lose His Sanity Due To Excess Reading? by Olam09(m): 11:30am On Jan 29, 2020
OverReading makes one go mad I have seen lot of intelligent dirty mad people I've seen a dirty mad man speaking fluent English it's better you read a little and relax a little then read again and relax till u are through with the reading research shows that people who read and take quick nap allows their brain to retain and absorb the info they took in
Re: Can A Person Lose His Sanity Due To Excess Reading? by Nobody: 11:31am 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??



That is no longer communication, care should be taken because such person will never be a team lead or someone in managerial position, as communication is key breaking down complex things to people. If you are brilliant and can't convey your words with ease, then you cannot communicate.

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Re: Can A Person Lose His Sanity Due To Excess Reading? by Nobody: 11:31am On Jan 29, 2020
From my little knowledge of Biochemistry, the brain (as well as other organs in the body) needs glucose as its major energy source for general cognitive function. The brain has so many nerve cells to aid this function, and as a result, it uses more than half of the entire glucose in the body. For these nerve cells to function, they need to "communicate" with each other with the aid of compounds known as neurotransmitters.


A depletion of glucose in the body would inhibit the formation of these neurotransmitters. Therefore, nerve cells won't function efficiently. When someone reads, he/she places a demand on the brain to help him interpret, understand and retain that material. When that person lacks glucose and still reads excessively, it's only safe to conclude that their brain would start to malfunction, hence the "madness" . This could be why your friend got affected by reading excessively. I stand to be corrected though!

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Re: Can A Person Lose His Sanity Due To Excess Reading? by Sanquine(m): 11:42am 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.....

CAN SOMEONE LOSE HIS SANITY DUE TO EXCESSIVE READING?
I just inculcate the habit of reading late last year and you people are already scaring me

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Re: Can A Person Lose His Sanity Due To Excess Reading? by wamide042(m): 11:45am 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.

The first part reminds me of the Movie “LUCY”.. She unlocked her cerebral capacity to a 100%...

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Re: Can A Person Lose His Sanity Due To Excess Reading? by ojaysam25(m): 11:47am On Jan 29, 2020
Sanquine:

I just inculcate the habit of reading late last year and you people are already scaring me
lol....continue in that habit o.....just because someone had an accident....it does not mean you should not drive a car...
Re: Can A Person Lose His Sanity Due To Excess Reading? by toprealman: 12:03pm On Jan 29, 2020
justnock:
Too much of everything is BAD
SO breathing in too much oxygen is bad too?
Re: Can A Person Lose His Sanity Due To Excess Reading? by Chomolina: 12:04pm On Jan 29, 2020
Yeah it is very possible
Re: Can A Person Lose His Sanity Due To Excess Reading? by midnighter(f): 12:04pm On Jan 29, 2020
toprealman:
SO breathing in too much oxygen is bad too?

Yes! Youve never heard of hyperoxia?

Too much oxygen is terrible for your lungs o
Re: Can A Person Lose His Sanity Due To Excess Reading? by Nobody: 12:19pm On Jan 29, 2020
Damianobi:


You know nothing jon snow
Go and tell that to your grandfather.
Re: Can A Person Lose His Sanity Due To Excess Reading? by Nobody: 12:20pm On Jan 29, 2020
BRYAN999:
Bros! one cold bottle of small stout for you....
Thank you my man .
Re: Can A Person Lose His Sanity Due To Excess Reading? by Nobody: 12:21pm 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..
God help him
Re: Can A Person Lose His Sanity Due To Excess Reading? by David2O(m): 12:29pm On Jan 29, 2020
Starkid3010:
not even university grin despite being a guru in his ss class he ended up in poly grin grin
I see no brain or a genius here....
Note: he ran mad due to nothing but his arroganc.
Like you said up there,he is proud, na those mama wey e dey abuse make m mad
Well said... The guy na local champion jare
Re: Can A Person Lose His Sanity Due To Excess Reading? by GMbuharii: 12:32pm On Jan 29, 2020
[s]
helinues:
This not only about book.. When your brains couldn't accommodate some information you should have slide in batches but you decided you push them in in bulk.

The brain couldn't comprehend the information
[/s]

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Re: Can A Person Lose His Sanity Due To Excess Reading? by Starkid3010(m): 12:34pm On Jan 29, 2020
ojaysam25:

lol....the stress one encounter in poly academically is more than uni....
I Am not disputing that, I was only trying to say that your guy was dumb naturally, and the cause of his madness was something different entirely from what you're saying you get? grin.
I Am pretty sure he didn't choose poly.
Many people would have ran if atall books make someone run mad. I would have also grin grin cheesy

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Re: Can A Person Lose His Sanity Due To Excess Reading? by David2O(m): 12:37pm On Jan 29, 2020
toprealman:
SO breathing in too much oxygen is bad too?
Lol grin
Re: Can A Person Lose His Sanity Due To Excess Reading? by Aroyjunior(m): 12:37pm On Jan 29, 2020
If to say book dey make person mad,plenty people go dhan mad for yabatech.as far as am concerned these people are involved in this brother case.plus your analysis shows this bros too know book so his village people want to reduce him to their standard
Re: Can A Person Lose His Sanity Due To Excess Reading? by Roman7(m): 12:47pm On Jan 29, 2020
SUPERPACK:
Some people have been genetically predisposed to schizophrenia, this mental condition can be triggered by various factors such as marijuana, excessive excitement, drug abuse or over working the brain (over reading, thinking, stress)

Over reading can't cause Schizophrenia
Re: Can A Person Lose His Sanity Due To Excess Reading? by SUPERPACK: 1:06pm On Jan 29, 2020
Roman7:


Over reading can't cause Schizophrenia
read my comment again, then point out where I said such.
Re: Can A Person Lose His Sanity Due To Excess Reading? by wapo: 1:09pm On Jan 29, 2020
That your guy used a charm yoruba people called isoye.memory enhancing charm,and maybe he refused to take palm oil
Re: Can A Person Lose His Sanity Due To Excess Reading? by David2O(m): 1:10pm On Jan 29, 2020
I'm tired of reading comments, it's high time I dropped mine.

Key phrases
* he was no longer communicating with
us with plain English, any small question will
always be meant with grammar

* we nickname him The "guru"

* this guy will go to the market to buy something and will begin to communicate with the market people with grammar

* I kept on admiring him

* he ran out with a dictionary screaming "loquacious"

* he ran mad after he was through with his HND program.

My observation:
The guy engaged himself in obsessive reading just to intimidate others or rather make himself superior via grammar usage. I guess the traders think he is insulting them so they punished him grin

He wanted to be loved by everyone. However, the nickname you gave him, Guru, boosted his morale to the extent that he passed his breaking point.

I'm sure he ended in a polytechnic because he didn't pass well in Jamb. Probably reading Keith Moore instead of Modern biology grin

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Re: Can A Person Lose His Sanity Due To Excess Reading? by omoadeleye(m): 1:12pm On Jan 29, 2020
ojaysam25:


Thanks sir...but this guys doesn't take drugs or marijuana...



He made mentioned of "overworking of the brain"

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Re: Can A Person Lose His Sanity Due To Excess Reading? by ojaysam25(m): 1:27pm On Jan 29, 2020
David2O:
I'm tired of reading comments, it's high time I dropped mine.

Key phrases
* he was no longer communicating with
us with plain English, any small question will
always be meant with grammar

* we nickname him The "guru"

* this guy will go to the market to buy something and will begin to communicate with the market people with grammar

* I kept on admiring him

* he ran out with a dictionary screaming "loquacious"

* he ran mad after he was through with his HND program.

My observation:
The guy engaged himself in obsessive reading just to intimidate others or rather make himself superior via grammar usage. I guess the traders think he is insulting them so they punished him grin

He wanted to be loved by everyone. However, the nickname you gave him, Guru, boosted his morale to the extent that he passed his breaking point.

I'm sure he ended in a polytechnic because he didn't pass well in Jamb. Probably reading Keith Moore instead of Modern biology grin
I quite agree with your observation,he focus his reading more on English and dictionary...he is not much of a mathemician,undo he crams a lot of formulars....
back then anytime he spoke grammar and we do not understand the meaning he call us "dull heads"
Re: Can A Person Lose His Sanity Due To Excess Reading? by jessevictor459: 1:31pm On Jan 29, 2020
well I only know when you are so engrossed in what you have read you can only be involved in soliloquy which is in no way madness. well e nor get watin we no go see for Africa... but this particular story lacks basis for belief
Re: Can A Person Lose His Sanity Due To Excess Reading? by Layographics(m): 1:38pm On Jan 29, 2020
Its a lie.. Reading cannot make you mad... This believe is very rampant among the Yorubas that too much reading can make you mad...if you read and you become insane ..its spiritual problem or drug intake simple ...Abi all those foreigner too no dey read ...have you don ever hear say den run mad
Re: Can A Person Lose His Sanity Due To Excess Reading? by shogsman(m): 2:33pm 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??


What's the name of the movie?
Re: Can A Person Lose His Sanity Due To Excess Reading? by shadeyinka(m): 2:45pm On Jan 29, 2020
Hermionegranger:
There are a lot of autistic children below the age of 7. I wouldn't call them insane but their mental development isn't the same with their peers
I don't call autistic children insane. Autism is a genetic disorder unlike insanity which develops and is a function of the environment

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Re: Can A Person Lose His Sanity Due To Excess Reading? by Ashley86400: 2:52pm On Jan 29, 2020
There's a very thin line between genius and Madness.
That's where you get the term "Mad Genius " from.
Many mad people are actually very intelligent if you listen to them talk.
It's possible your friend was never okay to begin with.

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