Which statement accurately represents the "rational path to madness"?

A) I experience disturbing symptoms. I talk them over with others. Others say I am imagining things. I decide others are lying to me.
B) I experience disturbing symptoms. I talk them over with others. Others give me lots of attention and sympathy. I experience more symptoms.
C) I experience disturbing symptoms. I talk them over with others. Others say I am imagining things. I decide they are right and become depressed.
D) I experience disturbing symptoms. I talk them over with others. Others argue rationally against my symptoms. I believe them and no longer have symptoms.

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Zybrea Knight · Accepted Answer

Final Answer : A, Explanation :  The rational path to madness describes a process where an individual, after experiencing disturbing symptoms and discussing them with others, concludes that the others are lying or conspiring against them when they are told the symptoms are imagined. This can lead to a deepening of paranoid or delusional thinking.

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