Is it just me or are people letting their crazy hang out more these days without any attempt to mask, hide, or deny it than ever before? In fact, I’d venture to say they’re prouder now of their crazy than in the past too.
Don’t get me wrong. Being crazy’s not all bad. But it depends which kind you are:
- Institutional
- Everyday
- Extraordinary
There’s meds and facilities to control the first kind.
The everyday we all have and is relatively harmless. Usually when this shows (and we all have it and have shown this kind before), it’s like farting in public. We get red in the face, laugh it off, and apologize. Sometimes our friends might even tease us about it. (i.e. “Girl, you so crazy!”)
Then there’s number three. Again, we all have this. That dark part of us bred mostly by our insecurities and hurts from past injustices. This is the kind of crazy we used to not want people to know about.
I’m talking vanity, jealousy, narcissism, overly judgmental and opinionated, or chronic bitchy (some bitchy is okay, but chronic bitchy is a nasty case).
Maybe it’s just because I’m getting older and so are those around me. We’re of that certain age where we don’t worry about the crazy coming out more.
For example, I’m noticing those who were once beautiful (still are, but they are starting to show their years or have gained weight, etc.) are realizing “beauty doesn’t last forever.” People (mainly men) don’t treat or notice them like they used to. Good God the crazy that breeds! Interesting wardrobe choices, affairs, divorces, and other midlife crisis mayhem.
Then there are those who have to have their every flipping opinion validated and approved, which they then want to stuff down the throats of anyone with a different opinion. Why isn’t it enough to agree to disagree? No one cares to see anyone’s else point these days. And that doesn’t mean agreeing with it. It just means saying, “I hear what you’re saying, but I believe X.” They’re not asking anyone to accept their differing opinion as gospel. They’re just asking them to respect that’s how they think or feel.
And don’t even get me started on what the “keeping up with the Jones’” has warped into. There’s no more keeping up. It’s all about out doing. I’m astonished at how many people want to be “better” than someone else. The looking down the noses and passing judgment on what others don’t have…wtf?
I blame all the reality TV shows. People see regular Joes and Janes having hit TV shows about their lives and think “They’re no more unique than me. They should make a TV show of my life. Now that’s entertainment!”
Not likely. I vote less reality TV. (And this coming from someone who’s a reality TV junkie!)
I can try and break my addiction to reality TV, but I can’t change my age. Does that mean I’m doomed to let my crazy show more too? Am I already doing it without even knowing? And do all these other people even realize they’re letting their crazy out?
They can say they don’t care, but they should. Crazy’s not always something to be proud of.
