Normal is over rated.
There’s nothing wrong with wanting to fit in, we’re social animals and it’s a basic human desire. I strive to be as “normal” as I can be.
Being and acting normal opens up a lot of doors in life.
My idea of “normal” is to get through my day without pissing off someone important who can hurt me later.
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Normal is boring.
I’m serious. Unless someone is similar to me (my friends) or bright (the other people I associate with, family included) I think normal people are pretty boring. I like people who have issues. If someone even looks like they have issues, it makes me like them.
I don’t dislike normal people, I just don’t get them. I like creative, intelligent, ambitious, mentally ill or traumatized people more than average people. Average people and I just don’t exactly click. They seem boring to me. Like nothing to talk about, nothing to identify with.
We youngsters call perfectly normal people “basic” and it’s like a disease. Being a hipster is pretty bad too, it’s like a different disease, it’s conforming to noncomformists and they all look the same and do the same things. My disease makes me stronger. I take pride in it. Normal people can’t handle my life, and that makes me proud. I love to see other schizophrenics do well. I like when I have symptoms, it makes me feel proud to experience pain. I’ve done stupid things like induce psychosis by smoking weed or waiting too long to take meds before, with the intention of “hardening” myself. Then comes the narcissism. It’s just how things are. I have schizophrenia, it’s mine, I make it look good. I probably make a few dumb people wish they had schizophrenia because apparently it makes you really good at lifting weights, make straight A’s, go to school for free, and be ambitious.
See? Being normal sucks. I like being messed up. I take pride in outperforming people who arent cursed. Like what’s their excuse?
And it’s insight into the worst disorder, it along with my other abnormalities will make me the pumpkin king of shrinks.
I get narcissistic about being schizophrenic. I guess it’s healthier than whining. Winning is better than whining.
I had three hours of sleep last night and I didn’t post about it, made me feel like crap. Oh wait, now I mentioned it. But I mentioned that I hadn’t mentioned it and instead just ignored it.
Someone tell me that they can smell the narcissism. I smell it. Masochism and narcissism about being masochistic. Oh I am so unique. Time to go worship myself. Jk, that’s satanism, that’s just weird and creepy. I mean I agree with parts of it but other parts I simply do not identify with. If you looked at my behavior, I look like a pseudo-christian, like a Unitarian or something. Nope, strictly an atheist. I just believe in being nice. Just being good to people, I guess the golden rule from the Judea-Christian traditions. I would be perfectly fine with a world full of Mortimers. Everyone would be diagnosing themselves with tons of disorders and diseases while doing very well at what they choose to do. There would be no crime. Everyone would study psychology. Everyone would eat lots of protein and smoke cigarettes. Everyone would be on a handful of sedating medications but not be sedated. Everyone would blast Slipknot in their cars. Country music would be dead. Clothing shops would only carry red, black and white articles of clothing. There would be ashtrays everywhere there are seats. Black and white converse sneakers would be produced by the billions, so would skull and crossbones socks.
I need to stop. Im really bored.
There can be a difference between being normal + acting normal.
I do want to fit in… function and keep my job.
I have to admit… I always wonder what normal is…
Just because someone is functional… I don’t think that means they are normal.
I’ve met some very non-functional people who are considered perfectly healthy.
Oh well… at the end of the day who really knows… as long as I’m happy I don’t care if I’m normal.
“Normal” does not exist - everyone has something
Ok I should have said I want to function without abnormal symptoms
Well said, Mortimermouse. I agree with you. I must say I take a little pride in my sz as well. It has been a blessing in disguise and made me a better person, as much as it is hard.