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Originally Posted by Spockette
I think the word dysfunctional need not be an indication of defectiveness or abnormality. What does it mean to be regularly functional these days anyway? To be stuck in a pedestrian job? Attending acrid cocktail parties and shopping at home depot on the weekend? Nothing is 'wrong' with any of the above but i think we place too much importance on labels and less on how to actually deal with life when it does break down and we can no longer cope how we usually do. I would agree with another poster in that the world just generalizes, it lacks descriptiveness and is therefore inaccurate.
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Well that sort of is what dysfunctional implied, maybe a better idea is to get it out of peoples heads that being abnormal or defective/disordered/whatever in some way isn't a reason to treat someone like crap that would be a start. When I think of normal I think of people without disabiling mental problems who are able to function at a job, keep up a family life and that sort of thing but you are right that there isn't really an exact normal everyone agrees on.
I guess sometimes I think there is something wrong with the people who can put up with this society. The whole feeling like your one of the only sane ones and the rest of the world is insane...it can be hard to tell which it is.