Would being sane really feel like an improvement?

This post is inspired by the concept of "sanity" from the series The Three-Body Problem and by various mental health conditions. (Also, be aware of spoilers!)<br><br>&#x200B;<br><br>The Three-Body Problem features a planet with unstable and unpredictable "environmental" conditions determined by the gravitational effects of its three suns. Because the planet is subject to those unpredictable conditions, the inhabitants of that planet (the Trisolarans) have a far different concept of "sanity" than humans do. In that story, the humans think of sane as the default state in which one's thought processes are consistent and well-ordered - but in the Trisolarans' opinion, humans aren't sane; sane would be a state in which a person's thoughts are "disordered" and entirely random - in the same way that the planet's environment behaves. Note that they are not saying humans are insane because they are **emotionally** unstable, but because they are **too** stable and predictable.<br><br>&#x200B;<br><br>In real life, we have conditions in which an individual's thought processes aren't consistent and well-ordered. Examples include ADHD, bipolar disorder, and schizophrenia. One might say, of course, that our "sanity" concept thinks of these people as "insane" because they are not stable and predictable, rather than **too** stable and predictable. But what if the people with those disorders think of **us** as being insane, because we are too stable and predictable? Suppose that, in their opinion, sanity would be a state of being stable and predictable, rather than always **disordered** and random.<br><br>&#x200B;<br><br>This leads to the question of this post: If one's thoughts are in a permanent state of disorder and randomness, would one really think sane (predictable and well-ordered thoughts) to be an improvement? Or, rather, would they think sane to be a *worsening* of their mental state?