āCrazyāā¦
Okay, Iāve genuinely felt liberated ever since I just stopped caring so much about the word āCrazyā. It is somehow a bad thing to be, like a terrible quality or trait in a person and yet every DJ youāll ever hear of will scream āLETāS GO CRAZY!ā as if itās just the rave version of a yoga instructor talking to you about reaching nirvana- as if it is awesome and a cool thing.
My personal example: I have snacks and some bubbles in my purse, even when Iām not with my nephews or planning on being around kids. I skip down the street and blow bubbles and I donāt care if someone thinks that Iām crazy because of a few reasons:
1.) They now have a fun occurrence to mention when someone asks about their day. (āYeah this girl complimented my jacket and then blew bubbles and skipped to the Starbucks a few blocks down, crazy!ā)
2.)If that makes my day better? Awesome. Iām not hurting anyone, Iām not getting hurt because I took those five letters and decided that itās fine- crazy is crazy, who cares! My ex is calling me crazy? In what way? Am I āMentalā?! Because people say that about funny stuff too! The people you think are crazy at work still get the job done⦠donāt they? Why not shift gears and have some crazy time (safely!).
3.) I have a mental illness, if this is how I want to act, how I want to feel seen or heard or just a total 180° for the day as DBT or just because I need a little while to not be me⦠itās nobody elseās business.
Be weird, be crazy, be unique, take power away from words thrown at you like youāre a teenager saying āI know you are but what am I?ā
Enjoy the power of taking back those labelsā¦if people are gonna label you- make it worth their while and get a slice of the fun out of it.
I have #BorderlinePersonalityDisorder and as for my thoughts on the label of being crazy to those who stigmatize- thatās my philosophy, and itās helped me through traumas and dramas and everything I have to put up with. So reclaim your crazy! You can be boring later. #Crazy #words #Empowerment #reclaim
#YouAreOkay