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The word "retarded" has fallen out of use as sensitivity to the disabled has grown. Now, a similar dynamic is beginning to play out around the word "crazy" and those with mental illness.
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Jun 17, 2021 · Rather than understanding someone in terms of the nuances of their mental health issues—such as someone suffers from depression, anxiety, psychosis, etc.—an individual is holistically dismissed...
Crazy Horse, Teton Lakhota (Siouan) war leader (d.1877) translates thašuka witko, lit. "his horse is crazy." So it seems like the word was originally based on somebody being "mentally unstable", which I'd find ableist, and we still use it in that sense today so I don't think we can say that the definition has really changed all that much, it ...
Nov 27, 2019 · As someone who deals with depression, anxiety, multiple eating disorders, and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), Erin M. is no stranger to the word crazy. Others have often directed the...
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Since it premiered in 2015, “Crazy Ex-Girlfriend” has played with the use of the word “crazy” in its theme songs, which vary each year. The first season’s theme introduces the show’s premise: Rebecca Bunch, a high-powered attorney in New York, gives up her life and starts over in California in an irrationally obsessive bid to reunite with her first...
Another problem with the word “crazy”? It doesn’t mean just one specific thing. The third-season theme song for “Crazy Ex-Girlfriend” personifies that concept to the point of near-parody, as Rebecca portrays four different characters that are all different versions of the concept of “crazy.” (During this season, Rebecca is coming to terms with havi...
There are three keys to using language about mental illness, Curtis notes: Use the correct words to describe something (the name of a diagnostic category if it’s a mental illness, or a descriptive general word like “outlandish” otherwise, not just “crazy” for everything); acknowledge when stereotypes exist—and debunk them; and use language that ack...
Jul 8, 2019 · The word "retarded" has fallen out of use as sensitivity to the disabled has grown. Now, a similar dynamic is beginning to play out around the word "crazy" and those with mental illness.
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Labeling someone as crazy, sicko or a psycho makes people with mental illness sound dangerous. But this is a myth. "Individuals ... with behavioral health disorders are more likely to be victims...
