@kerbalprogram3405

September 13, 2025 at 11:01 pm

Part of the problem is also that it's just really derogatory and for people who are struggling with mental health or are neurodiverse it's just a very uncomfortable association, especially if it's quite frequent.
@brooke_reiverrose2949

September 13, 2025 at 11:01 pm

You left out the most important and basic reason, imo. That mentally ill people are already terribly stigmatized and the vast majority are no harm to anyone.
@asdkfjasdl_kfjas

September 13, 2025 at 11:01 pm

Reminds me of the Dave Chappelle quote on calling people crazy in his 'Inside the Actors Studio' interview (havent read all the comments here so maybe someone else already mentioned it).

It's such a powerful part of that interview!
@Sluggii

September 13, 2025 at 11:01 pm

Calling that kinda thing "crazy" also perpetuates the thought that mentally ill people are inherently violent or dangerous in some way
@neesee520

September 13, 2025 at 11:01 pm

I dismiss anyone that calls me crazy. I don't care if you're "joking" or not. There are people in the world who have mastered the ability to sit down and have a heart to heart Steve Harvey moment explaining why I feel uncomfortable when being called "crazy lady" However, at this point in my journey. I am not that person so my strategy is to distance myself from people that are oblivious to their own ignorance. The term "crazy" is passed around way too much just like the N word. It's dismissive and I degrade myself everytime I accept being called that. If it's not ok to call black people the N word. Then it is not ok to go around calling me crazy just because I don't always behave in way that the world wants me to. Psychopaths, mass shooters are crazy but then maybe they too just got fed up being objectified and labeled. Everybody needs to focus on what they need to change in their own lives before passing judgement on others. Good video and I am thankful for people who are too working on themselves.
@unuminregnodei

September 13, 2025 at 11:01 pm

I just got called crazy today at a waterstone's book store in croydon, london. Does not hurt as much as used to before.
@selenabeyer7400

September 13, 2025 at 11:01 pm

Hako
@MsElizaRose

September 13, 2025 at 11:01 pm

Hako! You're brilliant. 🙂
@Clippy_XJ36

September 13, 2025 at 11:01 pm

"calling people crazy is condescending" unless you enjoy being crazy

people in my age group wanted to be batman

i was the one weird kid who wanted to be the joker
@soiletyougo

September 13, 2025 at 11:01 pm

Super duper late to the party, 'cause I just discovered your channel like 2 days ago and am binge watching your videos, but I appreciate this one so much. I'm bipolar type 2, and "bipolar" is the word that bugs me. Most people who use it don't actually understand it, because they use it in reference to something that rapidly changes, like a stormy day becoming sunny at the end of it, or it being super cold one day and t-shirt weather the next. "Bipolar" and "crazy" are often interchangeable too, and I kind of get it when it comes to the fact that a lot of crimes that are sensationalized bring up that the perpetrator is/was bipolar, as if that's the only explanation that's needed. That doesn't mean everyone who is bipolar is going to murder someone during an episode. There's also different types of bipolar, like rapid-cycling, which means you can go through a major depressive episode for a couple of weeks, then suddenly to mania for the next couple of weeks. Bipolar disorder is very complicated and awful to experience, and when some dumbass uses it to describe her random mood swing because she was just hangry, it's offensive and annoying as shit.

Anyhoo, thanks man, you're wise and very well-spoken. 🙂
@RvEijndhoven

September 13, 2025 at 11:01 pm

I think that part of the reason, if certainly not the only reason, why women are more often described as 'crazy' is that some of the same behaviour that gets women labelled that way would simply get men called assholes.

I'm not sure what it says about us as a culture that when men exhibit a certain behaviour we see it as a social/empathetic deficiency, while for women we label it a mental/psychological deficiency… But it probably says nothing good in either case.
@WearyWatcher

September 13, 2025 at 11:01 pm

This is a good thing to think about. I've been called crazy or something or a creep because someone didn't understand me or what I was going through. Or you can make a mistake or be not understood and someone thinks your stupid.
@guisellecollado3787

September 13, 2025 at 11:01 pm

hako
@melodienostala1560

September 13, 2025 at 11:01 pm

HAKO
@collapsingwavefunction_.3356

September 13, 2025 at 11:01 pm

HAKO! Thats a new hashtag
@Chae_shay

September 13, 2025 at 11:01 pm

It is only when I look at your hair that I realize how accustomed I am to looking at clean, unnatural dreads.
@devabluemoon8915

September 13, 2025 at 11:01 pm

This is something I'm working on as well and for all of the same reasons! A while ago I realized how often people (including myself) use the term "crazy bitch" in reference to women and how dismissive and offensive that is. I also really appreciate you mentioning how disparaging the term "crazy" can be for people with mental illnesses. It's important to remember that our language has a history and holds power!
@RoxStew5

September 13, 2025 at 11:01 pm

I think that's an interesting observation, but as someone who can sometime have a bit of a potty mouth, how you gonna reconcile not calling someone crazy, but calling some people motherfuckers? I mean, are you going full on language police? I do think people understand that some words have double meanings and change with context. Being someone diagnosed with bipolar myself I think people understand just because you call someone crazy doesn't mean your insulting or referring to all sufferers of mental illness the world over.
@debraolearyart

September 13, 2025 at 11:01 pm

I find semantics or political correctness to be a hurdle sometimes as well.
At the same time, however, I find politeness and respect to be congruous to curtailing one's language as to not hurt people I care about.

Also, I think 'crazy' may be a more female gender-coded insult. But the same could be said about men and 'creepy.' Sometimes I see men who are just awkward, unattractive and/or socially inept, and they get described as 'creepy' even without doing anything malicious.

Another great vid. HAKO
@infov0y

September 13, 2025 at 11:01 pm

There's also the problem that there are very many people with mental health challenges (e.g.autism) who might not appreciate the use of mental health terms to describe either some of the more negative behaviour you mention or trivial behaviour.

Terms like 'crazy' are ingrained in us and I find it very hard to not use them, but having worked for an organization that supports such people it's something I try to do now.