Welcome to this rounds table edition of Awake at the Wheel. So today we're going to be talking about the question that we received from one of our listeners and a question posed that really had me pondering and I'm sure Oren as well, that, you know, what's the difference, and I should preface with this, was in response to our podcast, Words Have Meaning. We talked a lot about words being taken out of context, words being weaponized. But in a previous podcast, we talked about the word crazy and how, you know, using a word like crazy isn't a big deal. So I think this warrants some discussion as far as us clarifying why one is okay, why one isn't, and what the difference is. Right? And it was my mistake for not clarifying in the words have meaning episode about crazy. I know I talked about in an earlier episode, but I didn't say that because we'd use the word crazy, right? And I always tell my students and my patients this the word that we're not going to ever eradicate from the english language, right? At least not in our generations. Right now. It's used so loosely. It's used in children's programing, songs. It's used very lightly, basically, in many ways. But on the other hand, it does stigmatize people with mental health issues. Mm hmm. So in my opinion and this is why I tell everybody, if it's not ever going to be gone, you can't be afraid. You can't be vulnerable to a word that's going to be all around you. That's like being allergic to air. So. So I think that. But again, it would be helpful if we had mentioned in the episode that we're using crazy, but we're doing it because we're trying to inoculate people to this term or against it. We don't want people to be harmed by words and some words. They are harmful. They have a long history and crazy, crazy has harmed many people. It has made people feel less than right and different from what the fact is. Again, if it's always going to be there, we need to help people adapt to it, to be strong and to own it to to take it, take it as their own word and go, Yeah, I'm crazy. But so what? So are you! And so is she, and everyone else, we're all crazy in some way. And so if we say it enough times, if we use that in a non hateful way, almost a generic way, we are robbing it of its ugly power. And that's my intention. Yeah. And I think that perhaps the question came from a bit of confusion as well. And my stance on this, in addition to what you've said there is I think the the origin of the word is really important because crazy has never been a clinical term, whereas something like racist has historically generally meant the same thing across time. And I think the confusion lies with you know, why are we okay with, you know, letting people take ownership of this one word crazy because of, you know, all the things that you just said, but not the word racist. Right. Well, the thing is, the irony is that people are using racist in a very self-serving way and they're weaponizing it. And we're trying to do the opposite with crazy to try to make sure it's not weaponized again, we're trying to make it so generic that it means nothing. That's what we're trying to do. But we don't want a word like racist to lose its meaning because we need to identify racism. We need to be able to identify racists. We need to be, you know, but again, with the weaponization of it, now it's lost all meaning. Because if you disagree with me, you're racist. Yeah. Okay. So I do these two very, very different terms. And I believe that the usage of them, especially more recently, have very different pathways, and that's why we're treating them differently. So how do folks discern then which words are okay to use and which words are not okay to use without getting into and rehashing what we spoke about before with a word like crazy versus racist? Well, I would say to be mindful of the people that are around. Like, if I just recklessly said, you know, within a hospital setting. Crazy, crazy. Yeah. Right. Then it could be very hurtful And it could be like offensive. If, however, I use that term with the explanation, then I think it can be productive. So I think it's like know your audience, know the location. And again, I know our audience, but I did not. I assumed that they would remember. Hey, from the first episode we talked about, right. And that was, let's say, arrogant of me or, you know, maybe hubristic of me to to think that. So that's again, that's on me for not having verified it, though. Simply context is everything. Context, audience, intent. Yeah, right. The intent also is very important as well. Right. Again, we are we weren't trying to use crazy recklessly. It was I was reckless in not mentioning my own beliefs about it. But, you know, that's the whole point. Intent is a big part of it as well. Okay, so until next time, keep your eyes on the road and your hands upon the wheel.