A popular practice in prison when a convict reaches a level of boredom or emptiness so severe that he or she embarks upon a plan to go “
playcrazy” in order to get some
sightseeing done and a temporary change in housing and usually much better meals in what may be an ingenious process of
self-care.
I knew that I’d be seen as manipulative if I
followed through with my prison savvy plan to take a psychiatric vacation but I was willing to suffer the
blowback because
quite frankly, my emotional needs are more important than my reputation at this point in my life.