Insanity in my opinion is nothing much beyond abandoning Logic for your own version of it. Stacking reality in your own Ways that not only make little sense but would also appear poorly thought out.
PTSD causing a state of psychosis I would not deem 'insanity', except in a case of legality as Temporary Insanity. But its not a fit to the actual behaviors of those who are, for all lack of a more specific general term, Insane.
Some think Batman's The Joker is insane, when he's actually just way too smart for his own good. Similarly many schizophrenics suffering 'insane' thoughts or broken Logic (word salad types) might just be way too connected to 'Superational' Logic. As in to say they operate the way Pi or Phi does, Logic based but appears 'irrational' due to their infinite properties. How do you communicate through infinity from a non/separated mind/body standpoint, it must be insanely hard to not look insane...
I've not been diagnosed PTSD but I've never told any professionals about my past. I think I do suffer from it in that in anxiety I do abandon logic for comfort. I'll avoid food shopping because of the drive or the thought of looking stupid or inconvenience the clerk at check out.
I got so used to being in a state of anxiety from my last job not knowing when I'll be robbed by who that I witnessed my metal state leave a place of 'frenzy' after I quit. I'd equate that frenzy to a constant mental panic attack that caused great anger and paranoia in me. I'd call that a state of psychosis as my Logic was heavily compromised in place of illogical fears.
Had that tipped into a breaking point I do believe there would have followed a mental break leading to schizophrenia or a prolonged state of Mental Psychosis resulting in violent behavior from losing a great portion of myself to that anger, powerlessness, fear, and paranoia that comes with the mind silencing Logic for no good reason beyond it thinks it needs to in order to Survive.
Insanity, I believe Einstein says, is the state of doing the same thing repetitively and expecting a different result. By this criteria anyone having a bad day could fall into the realm of insanity.
Insanity is harmless sometimes and other times it is very dangerous but it will always fall upon being based on the person's most basic personality characteristics. I am aware from childhood experiences that Anger is one of mine predisposing me to be violent if not for higher reasonings... I admit with some shame.
When we think of Insanity, it'd be well to not see it as one sided or singular-faceted. People do not just lose it, and if they do its for a very strong reason.
The Human Mind can be resilient, flexible, yet unyielding. To be broken would mean a great deal of 'catalyst' or unrelated to catalyst, Suffering to occur.
I get why mental hospitals sedate. But if 'insanity' persists despite sedation and time, then healing is not required, it is Needed and love is the best way to start that.
No greater comfort and peace, I have found, can be derived than from Love. It took me loving myself to quit my job. The healing came naturally after that. So much so I even have a hard time seeing separation in things now.
As it goes, Intelligent Infinity makes up all things. Its interesting to note that Intelligent Energy and Love in the sense of The Original Thought are so similar to me.
Perhaps Insanity is the absence (or lessening to a high degree) of connection to Source, resulting in similar effects as the prolonged absence of sleep does to people.
That or I'm not actually insane and don't know what I'm talking about
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