What do you imagine it must be like to be 'normal'

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Do you ever wonder? I seem to wonder about this a lot. By ‘normal’ I mean without mental illness.

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normies are to me , umelightened and without lifes insight and wisdom. If its one thing we have in spades over them is unique life experience and wisdom.

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I honestly think there is no such thing as normal. Everyone has stuff to deal with and they all fight over who has it worse or better. I believe most szs have a higher sense of self awareness

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Happy with themselves as they are and restrained from questioning the world and nature of things.

You have to be a bit mad to problematize what is ‘obvious’.

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If I were “Normal” minded, I would probably live a very fast paced, ambitious life.

I would be able to be more care free - Its hard for me to imagine what it would be like actually, I suffered from a serious mental illness since I was a kid.

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I think @sarad is right. I think that’s how I feel about it.

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If I wasn’t sick, I would be well off and have a girlfriend. I wouldn’t suffer. I used to be resilient.

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I can’t even conjure up an imagination as to what it’s like to be normal. Us SZ are supposed to have wild imaginations, but no not in this instance. I am so far gone for my whole life I just can’t imagine what it’s like to be normal. I accepted a long time before I came down with psychosis that I wasn’t gonna be normal in life.

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I remember it.

I could walk for hours & miles at the workplace (I was a security officer). I had tons of free mental & physical energy and my job was easy.

I just had to patrol a local college campus, worked 24-30 hours a week, but was looking to ease up my economics so I applied for foodshare, healthcare, and all that jazz. Right as I was getting everything set to live out my “normal”, energy-filled and ez-pz career for the next 40+ years, I was hit hard with psychosis.

I miss the energy, and I miss having freedom of imagination. But, I am in a better place now, ultimately. I am more organized, spiritually, and am a much more “aware” person of what I should REALLY be doing if I were to be useful to God.

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I totally agree with you. If this illness has cure after going through the illness till adult life then yes it’s good.

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I think in my opinion it’s about having all lifes problems that you always keep “your head above water” we can to

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If every human had a tail on their behinds making us all the same,
we’d spend hours coming up with ways to make us “different” and “unique.”

Seems there is no comfort in being the “same” as others,
you’d think since we’re all “human beings” we would strive to get along with each other- Ha!