We Might Be the Crazy Ones

Natalie Jeanne Maddy
4 min readJun 21, 2019
Photo by Brad Lloyd on Unsplash

crazy — in a state of mind which prevents normal perception

normal conforming to a standard

conform — behave according to socially acceptable conventions

What if the so-called crazy people are actually enlightened — privy to a world we are not yet capable of seeing — yet we deem them as mentally ill, perking them with the endearing terms of deranged, senile, unstable. Maybe we are actually the crazy ones, for not following suit: we conform to deceive those around us, persuading everyone (especially ourselves) we are normal, not crazy at all. But normalcy is just a facade, honestly.

Have you ever had a dream come to fruition? And when you tell another soul exactly that, you stop midway through because they give you this look like you are crazy. But in your head, you know a scene in your life played out exactly the way it once did while you were asleep, enjoying fully the ecstasy of a dream come true. Literally.

What about a shared experience, where you divulge your scary mishaps to your best friend, and they relay their same, crazy, occurrence. Such as sleep paralysis but not just that — you both saw a silhouette of a woman while not able to move but fully aware of your surroundings? Is that so crazy after all, if you are not alone in the matter? You both saw her, so it MUST have been real. You…

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Natalie Jeanne Maddy

I try to rouse others to find their truths by writing about my own!💋Yoga, meditation, and aromatherapy teacher. Author of 5 books — thriller, healing, poetry.