Some people hate the word “normie,” because it’s making a false division and it’s derogatory.
I don’t know if I like the word or find it problematic, but if we accept the word, I have friends who live a normie life, but in other aspects are odd one outs.
I have met schizophrenic people who lived and were thinking like normies even i don’t exactly know what the word means.
Maybe the word normie is not referring to a certain kind of people, but rather a blurry set of values?
I could try to be a normie but I would hopelessly fail. It’s not in the cards for me and I’m fine with that.
I feel different from normies. My friends and brothers are normies, no mental illness. I feel different from them. Its like if we can’t share feelings etc
I have tried before and hopelessly failed. Ive accepted my role as a goofball.
I was schzioaffecive but personality disorder now. I feel normal not to be decoratory and not to reply to anyone. I think feeling left out ,bad relationships,substance use ,abuse has increased any paranoia and craziness.
Again not meant in mean way didn’t know how to word that.
When I’m on meds I kind of think like a ‘normie’
But off meds I become a psychotic mess!
I’m pretty much a normie at work except I also don’t drink so company outings aren’t that fun for me
While all my coworkers are drunk lol
I think I pass as a normie, at least for the first few years of knowing someone. But then they start to pick up on my weirdness and think I’m mentally ill.
I’ve been married for 7 years, but I’ve never told my in-laws about my schizoaffective bipolar type. For the first 6 years, they bought the idea that I just have depression. But 7 years in, they are suspicious that I have bipolar. I will probably tell them the truth, eventually.
Yeah, I’m not a big fan of the word “normal”. See my tagline then see this quote…
But fwiw I can fit in with people and they never suspect I have schizophrenia unless I tell them.
Same for me but I don’t feel close to them. I feel different. I feel like we don’t share emotions as strongly as before sz, I feel bored with normies.
People always think I’m a little off and it makes them suspicious of me. Usually, it turns into them hating me
I pass for a normie.
I just seem like another tired millenial who spent too much time online and developed a dark sense of humor from the memes
I think i know what you mean. As i said i have friends who live a very normal life, but yet are a bit different. Such people are very often tolerant of people who are a bit “off.”
Maybe it’s a matter of openness and tolerance of what it means to be normal.
If the word normie makes sense, it should be restricted to those who are very narrow minded and anxious if you do not behave according to the standards, they don’t like if your values, behaviour, hobbies, interests and so on are in their opinion strange.
Such people can be mental ill or not, but if they are mental ill, they will probably do everything to hide it, trying to act according to the standards and hide their “oddness”
I often meet people who appreciate that I am different. In fact i think they are more common that the “normies” (if we categorize “normies” as i did above)
I pass as a “normie” most of the time.
So do I.
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I pass as normie on meds and for a lot of the time when I was not treated.
I guess the temporary conclusion is that the word normie is not referring to an objective group of people but rather is either a kind of insult or a way to describe oneself as not belonging to the majority.
I am more normal in the past especially when not in trouble.
On a superficial level, I appear pretty normal and well-adjusted, but all of my close friends are either bipolar or schizophrenic, and my roommate also has strong mental (depressive) tendencies, and can relate.
Most people wouldn’t know as I present pretty well and I’m very social.
