By Jalauna Phillips
If you’ve been chronically online, like me, for the past couple of months, I’m sure you’ve heard the term “crash out.” I’m 25 now so I don't know if I get the authority to officially tell you what current slang terms mean but from my understanding, the act of “crashing out” means to freak out or lose control. This could be directed towards someone, or to oneself, but at the end of the day, you’re reacting to how someone or something made you feel.
Back in 2007, a recently habilitated Britney Spears shaved her head. News outlets had a field day. It was all over TV and magazine covers. I was only seven at the time so I can't say I remember exactly what was going on with her or her situation. But after doing some research, I came across an article that interviewed Britney. The famous popstar stated that, “shaving [her] head and acting out were [her] ways of pushing back.” She had grown up with cameras solved in her face and she was going through a divorce. In my opinion, she had every right to push back.. To crash out.
I grew up Baptist Christian and one of my favorite things in the Bible is a good crash out. One of the most memorable accounts of Jesus crashing out is when he was on his way into Jerusalem, a week before he was to be crucified.
This is the famous Palm Sunday. Jesus is entering the city mounted on a donkey and people are throwing their garments down and throwing branches down as a welcome mat. As he enters Jerusalem, people are unfazed and questioning who he is.
This man (I have to laugh so hard at this part), walks straight into the Temple, these people's holy spaces, and precedes to flip over tables and knock over stands. Like, the Jesus who fed the five thousand and healed people, walked straight into a “holy” space and crashed outttttt!
He kicked all of the people who were using the space for profit out and made room for the blind and crippled.
I don't know what you all are going through, but a crash out is long overdue. A crash out doesn't mean losing all control and losing yourself, a crash out is a logical and emotional reaction to something that has negatively affected you.
Our bodies and entities absorb energy. Just as we soak up light from the sun, our bodies store up pain, stress and trauma. An intentional crash out can be the release that you need in order to move on, from heartbreak, grief, loneliness and trauma.
Crashing out is just a release of energy. Releasing energy can happen in the form of dance, play, crafting, writing, singing and so much more.
It is time to push back against the negativity and hopelessness that plagues our world.
Push back and crash out, yall!
We are making room for the light to break in.
My Eyes are Set On: an intentional crashout
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