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What is normal? I was just having an admittedly odd conversation with a friend when he said "Ok let's get on a normal subject"
What is normal?
Normal must be what society and it's own structure has deemed acceptable in social standings. Pink hair, for example, is not "normal" to most people..
But what is abnormal to some or most people is normal to someone else..
I could be called normal in some sense.. I live in a nice little small town.. Where the majority of it's residents know each other. I drive a little Ford and will be going to college soon. Normal yes?
Well.. Let's look at me from this angle.. My eyes change color with my mood. Not only am I camera obsessed but I'm also a perfectionist. That's not normal. To take pictures of myself all the time but delete most of them because I see a tiny flaw in the photo of myself. I have half sisters ages 2 and almost 7.. We have one common factor only. My father. Ariel is actually half mexican. Normal? I think not. My step mother is about 6 years older than me and my father is 44.. Not normal..
In almost every way possible in my personality I am a contradiction. I sit there and say that I know I'm hot and I really DONT care what other people think.. But then I say I have problems with my body image. Ask my friends. "I'm fat" is said quite a bit... And yet most of the time I can be confident and say I'm hot? How is THAT normal? I require harmony in my life.. Seeing as I myself am a Libra and that is my key element.. But I cannot give myself harmony. I focus on bringing Harmony to others in my life.. Which usually throws my life into chaos.
So normal.. What is normal? Look around people.. There is no "girl next door" anymore.. There is no "All American" children.. And there are so many classifcations of people now. "Emo" and "Goth" and "Preppy" and "Rocker" and "Scene" and "Unique"... Does anyone see "Normal" in there?? I have yet to hear someone go "OMG They're so NORMAL!" And yet things like "God he's so Emo" or "She's such a preppy bitch" are said all the time..
There was a time when everyone strived to fit in.. To be "normal"... And those people are now locked away at some mental institute or have some sort of disorder or live for self-help books because they cant seem to get there.. Cant seem to be "normal." You know why they cant get there?? Because of the secret.. The one secret that seems to elude the human world because of our desire to fit in somewhere..
Normal doesnt exist.
That's right.. Normal doesnt exist. Everyone is different in their own way. Even when the older standard setters started "normal" they had no idea what it was. It doesnt exist.. So quit trying to be normal.. And work on being YOU.
Thanks for Reading.. If you read.. I wouldnt know.. I never get comments.. But that's fine.. If you're too shy.. At least maybe I helped you.
Normality is a conditioned understanding of mores and ethics pertaining to what we conceive as society. What some may feel to realize is that any contrived scenario dealing with atypical aspects is just as typical as a scenario based off "social norms". The concept of normality is really just a shroud of the congregation of media propaganda,religion and other norms as well as those who stand out specifically to spite norms. I'm glad you are thinking in a more open minded manner rather than throwing accusations everywhere. Though we may not understand normal, there are quite a few out there who claim they do...and who are we to say they aren't right?
Submission Name: Normal
