Clarifying on The Ruffling

Duuuuuuuude.

Yeah, left on quite the high horse, didn’t I?  And then just poofed into the shadows for a while.  ::sighs::

Ok, gonna be quick on that, because there’s other shit I want to get to, but this has to be said first:

Apparently, I wasn’t just ruffling feathers….my own feathers had been seriously ruffled as well.  And I kind of went on a rant-page there.   

Sure, some of it, the Commenter did say.  But a lot of it she didn’t.  Quite a bit of it, actually, is more towards what society as a whole pushes mentally ill individuals into bad situations.  So yeah, I was a bit of the asshole there, not clarifying what She said, and what was just full blown rant on my part.  I apologize for that.

I did have another Commenter inquire as to why I refer to myself as crazy or to the group of Neuro-Divergent individuals as “crazies”, in a private note.  I explained to her it was kind of an empowering move, taking that term back.  Because, by society’s standard, I’m not Neuro-Typical, there for I’m “crazy”.  But it’s kind of like, taking that term back from the oppressor and making it a term of power.  ::shrugs::  I don’t know how to better explain it than that.  So yeah, while I may be ok with calling myself crazy, not all Neuro-Divergent individuals are.  And I’m only ok with it in certain situations.  So basically, it’s ok for me to call myself that, but you have to be really careful calling ME that as an outsider. 

It’s been really kind of awesome to have all the supportive notes.  And all the tips people have offered, should I hit a breaking point.  Like, my husband can call 911 and request EMTs and specially request NO cops be sent.  Thankfully, we do live really close to a hospital (like 4 blocks, I think), so if shit did go down, we could get there swiftly.

And the Original Commenter did clarify a lot of her original points, so I understand where she’s coming from.  I really think a lot of it was a breakdown in communication.  I’ve elected to make her original comments private because I’m seriously not trying to start a war here and don’t want anyone feeling like they need to go after her to protect me.  Trust me, I’ve got more than enough fight in me right now.  ::laughs::

Mental health, is and will always be, a hot button topic for me because it is something that effects every aspect of my life. 

Well, this certainly ended up being longer than I had anticipated, so the entry I really wanted to write will have to be written in another one.  ::smiles::  Hopefully, it won’t take me another 10 days or so to actually WRITE it.  ::laughs:: 

Yeah, that whole plan of writing 100 words a day for the month of September just did NOT work out at all for me.