nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyd968gmewwp6kyqpqgr8tf3fsdjv33jp4akfu3v089mfd4xvmhm85zxwqu0n60c2dtfjqyv4nps (nprofile…4nps) One thing I noticed when I first started seeing requests to reduce casual use of "crazy" and the like is how non-specific they are. "Last night was crazy" might mean "was a great party" or might mean "turned into a terrifying and unpredictable crisis".
So, finding more specific words to use might also avoid people thinking that "that noise drives me insane" is just you saying you're slightly bothered. "That noise makes me irrationally irritated & I literally cannot focus on anything else."
Unfortunately, that advice doesn't help if that noise (or whatever) is affecting your mental state such that you can't find precise terms for the way you feel.
At the same time, I feel universally avoiding words for impaired mental states is not helpful. When a word is mostly used as an insult, that's different. But acknowledging that we all go a little crazy (/irrational/unstable) sometimes doesn't seem so bad?
I didn't grow up getting called (or having a family member called) crazy as an insult, though.
Amelia Bellamy-Royds :progress:
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