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06 Mar 2008, 9:12 am

I always thought that I was the only one who is normal and thought the others are just logically-impaired... :cherry:


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06 Mar 2008, 12:13 pm

ebec11 wrote:
SilverProteus wrote:
I sometimes feel less f*cked up (pardon my french) than other people.
That's not French, that's swearing...


Yes, I know. ;)


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06 Mar 2008, 12:34 pm

i quite like watching skins. however it makes me think that if that is normal i am glad i'm not!


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06 Mar 2008, 12:41 pm

i have spent many years thinking that most people are strange and scary....partially because i have a difficult time understanding them...while at the same time knowing that I am "not normal"....it is confusing....human Beings are just weird weird weird..... There is no normal.....I once thought of a bumper sticker..I love my species, but I fear it's behaviour"

i can think of too many examples....like when I was 19 or 20, and I moved in with 2 co-workers who were my age....I was the odd-girl-out...eventually I was asked to leave because I didn't fit in....The girl who asked me to leave was this staunchly neurotypical hyperactive lying stealing stoner girl who's pet iguana was always pooping on my bed.....

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I know we're all on the autism spectrum and considered "disabled" by many, but do you sometimes feel "normal" compared to many others in the world? I suppose it's because I watch a lot of comedy shows (reruns on FX such as King of the Hill, Malcolm in the Middle, and so forth), but I always get the feeling that many of the characters in these shows are a bunch of freaks. I suppose I like these shows because they make me feel better know that, despite being autistic, there are far bigger freaks in the world than I.


i get caught up in watching alot of those shows too...it kinda sucks when television is the closest window we have into the world of human interraction....of course it is going to leave a skewed impression....It is scarier when the people are real..



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08 Mar 2008, 11:29 pm

In my youth I felt "not normal" and desperately wanted to feel normal, because I thought I would feel people loved me more.

Now with what I have learned about psychology and AS, and with dealing with people who are NT yet screwed up... I feel normal.

I have changed (myself) less, than my perspective of "normal" has changed... It's alot more relative.


That is Normal anyway? I mean, Really?
If you really think about it, "Normal" is just the majority opinion! :idea:


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