Buckets of Crazy

This is a phrase that me and Hayley have been batting around for a couple of months now. It's used to describe people who make a giant deal out of anything small that might not be as satisfactory as the person in question wants. I've seen several examples of this in the past month or two (hence the appearance of the phrase), and I have to say, behind all of that crazy there is nothing but low self-esteem hidden behind arrogance.

I wonder how insecurity can drive these people to do what they do, or say what they say. Surely they don't really believe that the world should revolve around them and everything that is disproving that must be doing it to spite them do they?

When I talk about buckets of crazy lots of people from my past come to mind, two particular ex-boyfriends especially. Their crazy was bad, and what was worse was that I succumbed to it. It's not difficult to sit and put up with the crazy, especially when you're in denial yourself.

Unfortunately, crazy also has a tendency to be passed on. It's an obvious truth that we mimic those around us to a certain extent, so this is, perhaps, no surprise.

What I want to ask, however, is why is the universal want to be liked by people, so prominent in those buckets-of-crazy few? Did something happen to them? Was it (excuse the Freud) their parents doing? A traumatised childhood?

I'm sure something must've happened at some point.

From a young age, I was without friends. I still have problems forming meaningful relationships. I know Hayley was like this too. We turned out (relatively) fine. So why these crazy people? Perhaps it's the exact opposite that causes this: by this I mean maybe they were liked, a lot. Maybe they got used to being liked, and fear that this would not be the case in new places makes them act out and behave in a disgusting and erratic manner.

I have news for those people: that crazy that you throw around, it's not attractive.