Girl, Interrupted (155-192)

Summary
This section of the book goes back to the period where Susanna was in high school. She talks about how everyone around her has seemed to figure out life and where their place in it is and she is still stuck. She talks about how depressed she became because she felt like she was failing at life.

Quote
"One of the greatest pleasures of mental health (what ever that is) is how much less time i have to spend thinking about myself" (Kaysen 157)

Reaction
What lead Susanna to believe that she was crazy was how much she thought about herself. This is something that the average teenager does. Since this occurred in the late 1960's, they may have had different perceptions of what sanity and insanity was. Because she thought too much of herself Susanna thought she was crazy and then drove herself to insanity by attempting to kill herself. I don't believe she was crazy but instead i believe she was lost and needed some guidance to help her get her life on track.