Sometimes People Are Just Crazy

Face it. Sometimes people just act crazy. They might act irrationally, get rude or hostile, make you feel crazy too because you can’t understand their actions or reactions.  What can you do?  Pretty much nothing.  Face it, you can’t control people who act crazy. The moment you recognize that their is really little or nothing you can do, you can let it go.  Raging won’t help. Trying to reason with them won’t help. It just is what it is. Deal with it.

Now I’m not just talking about bat-s#^( crazy people. I’m talking about usually pretty normal people who have crazy moments – or specific things they are just unreasonable about.  Those proverbial pots calling the kettle black can be a particular source of aggravation.  You can spend a lot of energy trying to get people to realize they are wrong, or hypocritical, or unreasonable.  Usually you will get some nasty sniping in reply. Maybe even some downright hostility.  People don’t want their short-comings pointed out any more than you do.

So why this post?  Because I have really noticed how when I decide “it’s just not worth it” to get into a contest with someone over who’s right, I am a lot less stressed.  I’m less stressed when I don’t need the other person to KNOW I’m right and don’t really care that they think they are (grin).

Letting go gives peace of mind.

Now obviously if you are in a relationship where something is breaking down communication or creating ongoing friction, you can’t just lay down and take it. Relationships don’t last if one person feels beaten down by the other all the time.  I’m talking more about those little daily irritations that can really add up if you keep score – and you may discover that when you stop keeping score it’s just a little easier to tolerate crazy people.  In cases of real relationships, you want to work through the issues if someone is continually pushing out your ideas or opinions.

I remember teasing someone once who kept disagreeing with my choices every single time. If I wanted to discuss another option, she would say I was being bossy. I finally said, “You define  someone as bossy if they don’t always do what you want.”  She had to laugh as she recognized it was true.  It broke the tension and was one of those great moments when you just understand each other.