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Originally Posted by s4ndm4n2006
I guess it's my rebellious, anti statistic, anti sterotype nature. It's not that I don't agree taht people have troubles that need to have remedied. I just refuse to look at those without my issues as "normal" period. The term itself for me is just too ambiguous. I understand your perspective, and what I mean is there is a "type of " person with these traits and they tend to seem to need more help with life issues. I just dont know if we're worse off than what would be called by some as "the rest of the world".
Part of my grand scheme of things in my brain. Everything is relative, if one doesn't suffer from a disorder, they have struggles elsewhere. I just dont' believe that the guy "over there" has it all together or is better off than me, of course the opposite is true also, I konw i'm not better off than him either.
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There is a statistical norm and there are those who fall outside that norm in ALL areas of life. Now, whether or not those who fall within the norm are normal or not is another question. I know one thing for sure. God made me the way that I am and He loves me the way that I am, but that does not mean that I cannot be better, in many many areas. Perhaps those of us with "disorders" are the ones most blessed because we know we have issues we need to work on. All those normal people out there are just wandering around thinking they are A-OK when we know they are not. I would challenge anyone I know to go through the list of forums here and not find someplace where they would fit in. But, we all have to function in the real world and the bottom line is that some of us have a really, really hard time with that.