Words Matter
“Sticks and stones may break our bones, but words will never hurt me.” This is one of the biggest playground lies. The truth is that words matter. Names matter. It matters what we call ourselves. What other people call us, matters. And words stick with us for longer than the time it takes to heal from a physical injury. Crazy. Manic. Depressed. Sad. Blue. High. Anxious. Psychotic. Hypersexual. Certifiable. Most people have some idea of what these words mean. They’ve made their way into common parlance. We hear them on TV; we see images in advertisements for...
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