User blog comment:PullingoffMasks/Let's talk insanity and suicide/@comment-24399271-20140128221005

You're right that insanity is a legal term, and that it is not a psychological/psychiatric term. However, it is also a sociocultural term. Insanity refers to a range of socially unacceptable behavior and thought patterns, which include psychosis, hallucinations, illogical thinking, and emotional extremes. I am not promoting the concept of insanity, nor am I condemning it. In respect to the Fear Mythos, the term insanity might prove useful in describing Fear-induced loss of mental stability.