[StillLeftBehind]

So.....I was thinking(maybe to much)what is normal with respects to BP

[BipolaRNurse]

'Normal' is a relative term---what's normal for the spider is chaos for the fly (Morticia Addams).

'Normal' for me personally is not having to do a gut-check the instant I wake up in the morning to see what kind of mood I'm in. Normal is letting stuff run off my back, like stupid drivers and political views that don't mesh with my own. Normal is going to work, doing my job, driving home, eating dinner, and spending time with my husband in the evenings.....without being hit 50 times a day with the thought, "I'm bipolar". Normal is being on an emotional even keel, not getting annoyed with hubby for leaving the oven on or weeping over sappy Hallmark movies.

Normal is where I am now. It's quite lovely here. I'm enjoying my visit.

[alorrea]

Normal for me is, an easy going funny laid back kind of girl. I enjoy family time and going out amongst the world. I miss normal.

[usehername]

I was wondering what "baseline" is too. I don't think I've ever experienced "normal". Normal for me is manic, mixed or depressed, but I think better medicated people might have a normal somewhere. Or at least I hope so.

Normal for me is contentedness with the world and an interest in doing things - - but not an uncomfortable NEED to do things. It's also the absence of dreading getting out of bed in the morning and no interest in doing much of anything.

[Victoria'smom]

Normal is the range of emotion, lifestyle and things like that society accepts.

[jesusplay]

I don't know what "normal" or "who" I am anymore.

[venusss]

Originally Posted by Miguel'smom

Normal is the range of emotion, lifestyle and things like that society accepts.

but what if the society is wrong?

Don't let me even get started on it. Societies will let apartheids and genocides run under their noses but bent out of shape if somebody likes kinky sex or does drugs that aren't legal and taxed (cause taxed drugs are fine)... or is of different color, creed and doesn't follow arbitrary rules.

If you harm no one (and no, whining of family members about "how dare you to be gay/not become a lawyer/not be proper in my very narrow definition of the word!" doesn't count).

[venusss]

Normal is feeling comfortable in your own skin. With who you are (regardless of what others think you "should" be). Normal is handling ups and downs mostly well. Normal is feeling emotions but not being their slave. Normal is enjoying enjoyable things. And so forth.

[StillLeftBehind]

Outstanding answers. I can relate to all the answers that everyone gave. Thanks for the input.

[thickntired]

"There's no such thing as sanity
And that's the sanest fact"

Dire Straights

[littlebee]

Normal for me is being content, thinking that the world is the way it is supposed to be, savoring each moment