I guess, for me, normalization works in a similar way to T talking about working together.
For the longest time I felt so alone, thinking that the issues I struggled with were things that 'normal' people didn't deal with, or that they were so insignificant to them that they were not an issue. I was very ashamed of my inability to cope and didn't dare to tell anyone for the most part. Whenever I tried I framed it in the kind of language that suggested I thought I was dealing with things above and beyond, which led to my feeling rejected and ignored when the person would try to tell me that what I felt was 'normal'.
It has been such a relief to finally accept that my issues are 'normal'. I am not a freak after all.

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