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What is "normal"?

What is "normal"?


Ever since I was little, I was considered someone who wasn't quite "normal." It's easy to judge and pass people as "weird" or "awkward" just because they're a little different. I said things and did things that made people question themselves and made them more confused. I didn't understand why everyone thought I wasn't normal. I thought I was just being myself. As I grew up, I started to hate myself. I wanted to be normal like everyone else. I would ask myself "Why am I not normal?" Why was being not normal so "wrong?" We live in this society where people want to be the same to fit in. I didn't like that. I knew deep inside of me there was something different. Something different about how I looked at the world and the people I see and talk to. Although it's not socially acceptable to be "different," some people are generous enough to consider that everyone has their own rough ends. I think people have misused the word "normal." They think normal is what everyone should be. To follow the crowd and do what everyone else does. Why do people try so hard to be normal just to be safe? Is it because they fear of what their friends think of them? Is it because they don't want to find their inner self? What does it mean to be exactly "normal"? There is no right definition for what normal is. What is so normal about hiding who you really are just so you can keep a reputation? As I grew up, I started to learn that the more you open up on who you are, the more free you will feel. So that's what I did. I drifted away from the noises, the chaos, society mentality, and indulgence. Normal is no longer normal, just a lifestyle that everyone fights to be in. The next time someone says I'm not normal, I would say they're right. I'm beyond normal. Normal is boring. Normal is not me. I wasn't made to put limits on my self-discovery.