This is a common theme I hear echoed from a lot of people I meet.
“Am I normal?”
“I can’t wait to feel more normal again.”
“Must be nice being so normal …”
The problem is, I don’t know what normal is.
I suppose for some of the people, they mean “without the symptoms of my disorder.” That makes sense, especially as some symptoms of some disorders can be pretty severe and debilitating toward living their everyday life.
But then I realize that even people without a diagnosed condition still don’t often feel “normal.” We live our lives, we have our stresses, we hate our bosses or the 9-to-5 routine, we get into arguments with our significant others. Is this “normal?”
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