I had a terrible fear of not being normal - of not seeming normal. So I went to the library and read every psychology book I could find. Anything about how normal people behave.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
When I was a teenager, I thought nothing would ever happen to me because my childhood was so normal. I had this complex of normality.
'Normal' is not clinical, it's not autobiographical, and I don't claim to be objective. It's strictly my perceptions and thoughts about the people that I met and the stories that I heard. It was never meant to be an academic work.
When people meet me, and I'm generally pretty sociable, and I meet some definition of normal, they're almost surprised. And simultaneously disappointed.
Psychoanalysts believe that the only 'normal' people are those who cause no trouble either to themselves or anyone else.
Normality is to be different. Every person is a different person. And one day you need to be aware of your difference. Aware that you are not the same as the others. That is to be normal.
I like normal stuff people fear - like spiders and heights. I'm frightened by the unknown, by things that are hard to figure out and get a grip on.
If you don't live a normal life, how do you relate to people?
In my everyday life, I'm pretty normal.
We have a normal. As you move outside of your comfort zone, what was once the unknown and frightening becomes your new normal.
I'm a pretty normal guy. I'm really good at knowing how a normal guy would react in situations.