How to go mad in three easy steps

1. Have a grandiose sense of self. Take credit for all good things and blame others for all bad things. Seek entitlements. Believe you were meant for great things.

2. Be a Shuddist ("Should"-ist). Say "The world should be like this" or "People should not be like that". Junk food shouldn't make me fat. That person gets away with that behavior, then so should I. You should treat me better. Life should be fair etc. etc. I should be successful - I deserve it.

3. Be a wound-licker. Hang onto life's disappointments and injustices. Hold a grudge. Make people pay for not living up to your expectations. Never let go of your rotten childhood, your crappy romances or your second-rate education. Fester.

Other tips for speeding up insanity.
Avoid self-improvement.
Be very afraid.
Accept your place at the bottom of the totem pole - but be unhappy about it.
Dwell on the negative.
Marry someone worse than you.
Complain.
Insist on changing people.
Give in to your impulses.