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I Am The 'Crazy' Ex-Girlfriend

We get labeled crazy because we don't know how to process all the emotion.

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I hate when we, as a society, put others down.

We all go through things, whether it be on a daily basis or from time to time.

We have good and bad days, and we all understand the struggle.

Yet we can be so hard on one another, and inconsiderate.

I find this to be particularly so among young women, or women in general.

Particularly when dealing with relationships.

We love to talk badly about our boyfriend's ex, or our ex-boyfriend's new girlfriend.

Or some girl in our class, or at our job.

And I get it, some people rub us the wrong way, and a solid friendship just isn't going to happen.

But what I hate is when we call someone, "crazy."

When I went through a breakup, (and I don't recommend this) all I found on my ex's ex-girlfriend, and now current girlfriends Instagram and Twitter was hate directed towards me. Calling me crazy.

Someone she doesn't know and hasn't met before.

Now granted I don't think very highly of her either. But I think breakups and relationships do something to us.

Because we get invested, we're involved, and we want success to come from all of our efforts. When they don't, it really hurts.

It can bring about emotions in us we didn't know were there, to the point where we are fighting too hard for something that just won't happen. And we're labeled "crazy."

When behind the "crazy," is really just someone who wants closure.

Someone who wants to understand WHY.

And when you go from talking to someone every day to never hearing from them, you do start to get a little crazy. We want answers, we want to talk things out and feel like maybe we can end on a good note.

But our good intentions often come out looking like some crazy ex.

She who will not be named accused me of being "insane" and tweeted that he doesn't "owe me anything."

I hate how we as women do that to one another. And I'm just as guilty.

But why would we use such hurtful words, when we've all been that girl crying herself to sleep. Or stalking his social media, and looking through the memories.

We've all been "crazy," why would we judge someone for what they're going through when it's obvious it's not who they are but rather what they are going through.

I'm tired of the accusations, the pettiness, and the hurtful words. Pain is pain, heartbreak is real, and people have real emotions that can come out really ugly sometimes, but that's okay.

I wish we could just look at someone and say, "This isn't who you are, I may or may not understand what you are going through, but regardless I don't judge you."

And you know, sometimes we do need to tone down the crazy and remember what matters, and what's really important.

Sometimes we have to let go even if we feel like it'll break the last remainders of our hearts.

-Sincerely, a crazy ex-girlfriend

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