Poll What Is Your Reaction To The Word "crazy" When Someone Says It To You?

[Ricanoland]

What stupid things do people say or do that causes your PTSD to kick into overdrive? Does crazy makes you mad, or sad?

 

[Sandra]

Yup I'm a crazy Canuck. ;)

That's slang for Canadian.

 

[mamachick]

It depends

 

[intothelight]

People who really do not know me would not call me crazy. Pretty good at a "normal" face and those that I let in, know I am a little "off". We tend to be crazy together and laugh about it. More of a self-acceptance type of reference, not derogatory.

Personally, I have never met anyone who is "normal" and most people have a little "crazy" in them.

 

[seedling]

In high school we had fun thinking of ourselves as crazy. We would make up silly stories, leave funny homemade gifts in each others' lockers - we liked to think we weren't "normal." It was our way to think we didn't have to just follow the crowd and do whatever anyone else did.
I am usually the one to call myself crazy now. It doesn't bother me (right now anyway). I'm not good at sharing my emotions so most people wouldn't see me as odd, most people don't know I have PTSD. I think when I can show my feeling more I won't call myself crazy so much - I won't be holding it all in so much.

 

[Marie E.]

I guess it would be both mad and sad, I can't stick to one emotion only, so it trades off back and forth like a yo-yo.
My b/f would say for a joke in a affectionate way "You are my crazy girl," I get mad at him, than sad, quiet, mad again etc. It is like I tire myself out for God knows what?

And it also triggers my past in domestic violence when the person tried to convince me that I was crazy, also it raises the awareness of my PTSD and I feel just pathetic, and this guy doesn't know what is going on, I can't speak at first. I awkwardly tell him later that I feel confused and hurt, has to do with my PTSD.

 

[shadowchaser]

May sound odd but last time someone said "What are you crazy or something" I was outside of a Walmart in a panic. As I stood there shaking like a leaf I looked the person dead in the eye and said "Yes, and we bite too!".

He walked away from me fairly quick.

 

[Marie E.]

May sound odd but last time someone said "What are you crazy or something" I was outside of a Walmart in a panic. As I stood there shaking like a leaf I looked the person dead in the eye and said "Yes, and we bite too!".

He walked away from me fairly quick.

That is so like me too! You are not alone for sure!!

 

[shadowchaser]

What was racing threw my mind is that I wanted him to leave. Not because of his words but I don't like strangers around me when I'm like that. Hard to just deal with people I know when I'm like that.

 

[scaldedsheep]

People are generally unpleasent. If someone says something stupid it's usually because they're uneducated about it or they're just stupid and close minded. Do you really want to be around people like that anyway? You have to learn to take people's reactions to things with a grain of salt. I'm even like that with my family now. The last person who said something derogatory to me got knocked out. Even in school, I had a kid who kept flicking me off around his friends because he thought it was hilarious. One day he did it and I walked up and snapped his finger. He screamed and his finger was flopping up and down. It was funny.That was in eighth grade though. I would generally not recommend this but it's always worked for me

 

[Incendiu]

I am crazy...or well more of odd and people never call me crazy...mostly odd or boring or paranoid. But I shave ended a lot of friendships because they in one bad situation or another when I have don nothing to deserve it have had my PTSD turned against me ex " you are just making things up" or as the last one said to me " You are sick...you are just fabricating this or hallucinating it..probably you are just psykotik." and all because I have been told. A thing he had said to his girlfrind about me and our frinds also had heard and I took it up with him. So I guess it depends on what they are suggesting when they call me crazy.

 

[Srain]

This was a tough one for me to answer because I could only think of one person who has outright called me that and it was my ex-husband and it was not pretty. He said something to the tune of, "what are you crazy?" as he was with-holding emotionally from me and playing games with my head. I was furious, I didn't take it well, it pushes my buttons as that's a game my family played with me, which he was well aware of at the time.

I'm more the type that will do the "Crazy? I'll show you crazy!" And head out the front door and start screaming, "I'm crazy so what are you going to do about it???" :sneaky: I knew he was military and he couldn't afford a "scene" on the base...so don't call me "crazy".

So I'm guessing I'm not a fan of being called "crazy" :)