Self-sacrifice is not a symptom of schizophrenia. It excludes the diagnosis.
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Dr. Allison Cameron: You've been humiliated, treated like crap. You have every right to be miserable, but you're not. Because even those this job is insane and House is insane, you like it. You always have.Dr. Eric Foreman: You know what's worse than a sanctimonious speech? A sanctimonious speech that's dead wrong!Dr. Allison Cameron: See? You belong with House.
Dr. Chris Taub: I think we should boycott this wedding on principle.Dr. Eric Foreman: I kind of have to go. His fiancee did give me a foot massage. And he invited me to be in his wedding party.Dr. Chris Taub: W-What about Chase? Did he ask him?Dr. Eric Foreman: Yep. He's in it.Dr. Chris Taub: What the Hell?Dr. Eric Foreman: You said you weren't even going.Dr. Chris Taub: I still have feelings.
We're smaller and better than chimps, bigger and worse than gorillas. For all our rationality, our supposed trust and fealty to a higher power, our ability to create a system of rules and laws. Our baser drives are more powerful than any of that. We want to control our emotions, but we can't. If we're happy, things don't annoy us. If on the other hand, we're sitting on crappy hole cards, little tiny things annoy us a whole lot more.