My friend once heard a group of people call someone crazy, and she got so angry about it, she said that the word "crazy" was a derogatory word. At first I didn't fully agree with her, but then I came to understand that many people face mental illnesses and as a consequence are called crazy. Because of TV shows and popular media his word conjures images of strait jackets and dangerously unhinged characters this term can dehumanize people with mental illnesses and make it seem that their illness is simpler then what it really is. The article, "The Utility and Problems with Labels" says that "categorizing people into different groups reinforces the notion that they are totally different than us." This is a very true statement but not a lot of
