Craziness and its relation to Catch-22

There was only one catch and that was Catch-22.

I have to be honest. One of the only reasons I decided to read this book was to find out what that expression means. I've never understood it before, and oddly enough, I never thought to ask. I'm happy to state that it finally makes sense to me now.

Yossarian is being told constantly that he's crazy. He's finally decided to put that fact to good use by using it as his excuse to be grounded and therefore not fly. There is a rule, after all, that says Doc Daneeka has to ground anyone who's crazy. Here's the catch: you have to ask to be grounded to be grounded, and anyone sane enough to want to be grounded is clearly not crazy. It's a no-win situation! I understand now!

Unfortunately, I am now extremely troubled by something else entirely. Just a few days ago my status on Facebook was, "Do crazy people know they're crazy?" According to Catch-22 they don't, but that is beside the point. Is it just coincidence that one of my random daily musings was actually answered in a book I happened to be reading? A very strange book to answer a very strange question. I must go now. My head hurts.