Are you crazy?

Baraka_Guru, I'll disagree with you...there is such a thing as being too PC.

Derogatory terms are defined by derogatory intent, tone and context...not the word.

Crazy & Insane can define someone who is mentally ill or psychotic,
or it can be used to describe a little less serious or consequential feelings and situations.
You have to note what the user intended...but even then "Mentally Ill" can be used in a negative manner.

People mostly use crazy & insane to describe a chaotic or out-of-sorts situation or sensation.

Everything is relative...like using pussy for vagina...or cunt (which Americans hate, but other countries use often)
Or dick for penis. (and the sound of penis has always unnerved me for some reason... )
It's a word.

I'm not going to refrain from the words crazy and insane just because some less than quality people have used it badly in the past here & there.

They are descriptors...adjectives
Words that people use to note their feelings, a person or circumstance.

It's the discussion of what is "normal" or "crazy" that should be encouraged. Just like we're doing here.
Not the elimination of a word.

Often one person's normal is another's crazy...and vice versa.
Often is it just what gets you through.
And sometimes is describing a very destructive person or matter.

What was "normal" in Nazi Germany if you were a part of the whole thing? (Godwin)
What was "normal" in the deep south of the US in the 50's if you were white??
What is "normal" in some homes of modern society where they hold views that are zenophobic and otherwise?

I consider those "crazy"...how could they even think that? how could they even act on that??

So is it perspective? Moral? Situational? Cultural? Literal?
I feel crazy some days...often due to body issues...or perhaps stress...or relationship.
Sometimes people look at me like I'm crazy, because I'm doing something they define it as such...but it really doesn't matter on the scale of things.

Let's not go overboard on our word control.
Again, it's the context, tone and action that counts.

 

rogue49

It's not even that. We're speaking from two different contexts. You're speaking from a colloquial or casual context. In matters of mental health, I'm inclined to speak from a clinical or treatment-oriented context, which tends not to use the language you seem to think is oppressed by political correctness (I'd say it's more scientific correctness). It's not that. It's that such language isn't useful or practical, and in many cases it's blatantly wrong. It's not helpful for a therapist, for example, to say a patient is simply cray cray.

If you understood (or perhaps just reflected on) the history of mental health diagnosis and treatment, you'd realize that we're not on the same page.

Phrases like "OMG, I think I'm going crazy" and "The guy's insane" are usually rooted in ignorance and delusion regarding what's really going on.

 

I feel crazy now.
But ironically I've got a rational reason...just trying to get my head on straight.