Get Me Rewrite: Mental health terms
By Jenn Bane
Show more care and consideration in your writing: Don’t use mental health terms as adjectives. This is unimaginative at best, insensitive at worst.
The weather is not “bipolar.” It’s unpredictable.
Refusing to wear a mask isn’t “deranged.” It’s irresponsible. It’s dangerous. It’s upsetting.
That three-point shot at the end of the game wasn’t “insane.” It w…