How badly do you want to be normal?

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I’ve given up on it.

Anyone still trying to be normal?

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I’m still trying. My main lacking ingredient is having real interests and friends.

Boyfriend can come later. But friends is sort of a very normal thing.

I want to be extraordinary with what I do.

Though I don’t know what yet.

I think I will just go with the flow and have faith things will keep falling into place!

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I don’t care about normal. I just want to become functional again.

F u c k the others!

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i love my ap first of all, which makes my normalcy easy…I still can’t take crowds but other than that…I am normal…I fight to be normal. it takes practice.

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I don’t care about doing normal things, like wife, kids, etc and all that goes with it.

I do care about just feeling normal. Feeling something. At the moment, I’m just flat and feel very little. Unless anxiety counts.

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Tons of successful artists are not ‘normal’. It’s what sets them apart from the pack.

I don’t rail against being different…I’ve learned to embrace it. Through it all, I’ve never wanted to be anyone other than myself.

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That’s good advice @everhopeful !

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I have never been normal.

Wouldn’t like to be either

If I had a choice, the SZ would have been nice to skip, but I was burdened with ASD right from day 1

Square peg round hole, or the other way around. It really doesn’t matter these days :crazy_face:

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I would have considered staying a cleaner for life. Someone has to do it…it is essential. And I take pride in my cleaning.

But I’m personally sensitive to all these synthetic chemicals I’m having to mess around with every day.

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Like @Joker I’ve never been normal.Being bullied added severe mental illness to it. Too much water has gone under the bridge,at my age, for suddenly becoming normal to make much of a difference.

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i’m ok with the way i am… i don’t really know otherwise so i’m used to it.

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My psych meds make me somewhat normal as I’m not experiencing delusions or intense paranoia but I still have lots of anxiety.
My moods have been pretty stable lately.

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I’ve given up on being normal. I just try to do my best in life and I accept I’m a bit weird without good social skills.

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Also I’m not really “normal” because I’m socially awkward and fearful of others other than certain close family members.

I am similar to my skittish cat! :smile:

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I badly want to be well I don’t care about being normal either

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there is no normal. normal people to me are way crazier than me. they suffer because they think life has some kind of purpose. it doesn’t. the purpose of life is to feel good. they take the rocky road i guess only god knows why. they wants to be the champion. i like peace and silence.

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I don’t even try.
I’m my self

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What is normal? Its a miracle any of us actually function.
Thats what my dad always says to me lol.

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I never felt 100% normal or at my full potential, even before sz.

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I think the harder I try, the worse I get at being “normal”. But also; I can’t give up.

There must be a healthy, happy balance in there somewhere.

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