Catherine is not crazy, her father just died and depression settled in. Being crazy and being depressed are 2 completely different things. While being crazy and being depressed both control you, being crazy gives you no way to be reasonable or logic.
If you take into consideration all the other characters' point of views, you might think that she's crazy. For instance, the way Claire, Catherine's older sister, sees her. Claire believes Catherine should go to Chicago and get help (at a mental facility). You have to keep in mind that Claire is a big sister trying to help her sister the only way she knows how.
With the way the movie starts out, Catherine talking to her dead father, makes it seem like she's crazy. Later, you realize it was a dream and figure out she's normal and actually really smart. The fact that she wonders if she's crazy proves she's not crazy, like her father said. Catherine may be too dramatic by the way she reacts to some things like Hal when he steals a notebook and that could make her appear crazy. Girls are complicated people to understand, there could be tons of reasons why Catherine acts the way she does. I don't think she's crazy; she's just been through a lot and is trying to cope. At the end, we see that she's fine and normal. We all have crazy moments, that doesn't mean that we all are crazy.
Yes, I agree that she's been going through a crazy time and that her reactions are likely motivated by her life's events. Even still, her behavior at her father's funeral is not good at all.
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