Is He Really Mentally Ill?

It is hard to keep track of what is real and what is a hallucination in Raskolnikov’s head. I think its ironic that Razumihin is accusing the painters as being guilty because they are acting very bizarrely, when Raskolnikov is acting very peculiar himself. No one else seems to think that something mentally is wrong with Raskolnikov which makes me wonder why we think so strongly that something is wrong with his psyche. The only thing they think is wrong with him is that he is physically ill, not mentally. Razumihin still wants to take him out on walks and to his housewarming party which may suggests no one thinks he’s acting very unordinary. Perhaps because we can hear his thoughts and the reasons behind them so we believe he is going insane. Yet, we can imagine that after killing someone for the first time, anyone would be extremely nervous and paranoid. Even with more trivial things regular people over-think and when you say  thoughts out loud, it may sound crazy. Yet, its possible that the only reason Razumihin is looking out so much for Raskolnikov is that Raskolnikov does not appear to be able to take care of himself, which could reflect what others think of his mental state as well. 

I predict that Dostoevsky is trying to add more and more pressure onto Raskolnikov until he will finally burst. He could barley handle the solitary guilt, and now the guilt is going to be extreme when his inner thoughts tell him that now someone is going to be punished for his actions, and being surrounded by people giving him constant reminders of what he did. I still believe that there may be a deeper reason for him committing the murder and that reason is a significant indicator of his mental state.