Quovadisuk, I think you did a great job! It doesn't matter if other people agree or disagree. What matters is you really thought about the question and put excellent effort into answering what normal meant to you.
Your essay will provide plenty of material for you and your T to discuss. Over time, you may change some of your ideas of what normal means and you may begin to believe even more firmly in some of what you wrote.
I urge you to take it into your therapist just as it is, without any re-writing. That flowed right out of you and if you start re-writing (especially in response to criticism) it's likely you'll start to censor yourself. That's not going to help. It's great the way it is. Even if you and your T don't spend much time talking about it, the important thing is that you really used your brain and your heart to come up with that. You invested your energy. That sort of investment gives therapy a good foundation.
If it becomes normal for you to put this much thought and effort into the rest of your therapy, I predict you will make excellent progress. You expressed yourself well and with passion. Good job.
I wish you the best.
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