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May 03, 2016, 04:44 PM
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#602
May 03, 2016, 05:08 PM
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Yeah, just because it works for me doesn't mean it's going to be beneficial for everyone. Humans do get very attached to patterns though. I think some Ts forget that too easily. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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#603
May 03, 2016, 05:09 PM
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I'm feeling the urge to go take a bunch of cat pictures now... Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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#604
May 03, 2016, 05:15 PM
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This story was awesome! Thanks for the link, Crocus. Now, I must learn, just like the AI. I have to stop trying to help people that refuse to help themselves (I'm looking at you, ex-husband and oldest daughter!) and just walk away. |
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#606
May 03, 2016, 05:45 PM
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Normal is a weapon often used by society to keep people in line behavior-wise or to force them to be quiet about bad experiences like abuse. So in some sense normalization is a good way to defuse that weapon. |
| awkwardlyyours, TrailRunner14
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#607
May 03, 2016, 05:49 PM
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I was meaning more about non-therapists when I first was talking the attempts at normalizing something.
With therapists, I find it funnier when they try to normalize something by saying "even [they themselves] do X" - like I am going to find what a therapist does compelling or reassuring in any world that exists.
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Please NO @ Selfishness is not living as one wishes to live, it is asking others to live as one wishes to live. Oscar Wilde Well Behaved Women Seldom Make History - Laurel Thatcher Ulrich Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional. Last edited by stopdog; May 03, 2016 at 06:16 PM. |
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#608
May 03, 2016, 07:07 PM
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Well said!! I agree 1,000%. When I think of "normal" people, in my mind a see a line of people on an escalator staring straight ahead. No emotion on their faces. Just riding the escalator like they are supposed to do.
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#609
May 03, 2016, 07:36 PM
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As my T is fond of saying, what is 'normal' anyway?
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'... At poor peace I sing To you strangers (though song Is a burning and crested act, The fire of birds in The world's turning wood, For my sawn, splay sounds,) ...' Dylan Thomas, Author's Prologue |
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May 03, 2016, 07:37 PM
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#611
May 03, 2016, 07:39 PM
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Well, if you think about it, not being normal is normal. So normal is insanity. Insanity is normal. There IS no normal!
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There are so many things wrong with me, and sometimes I believe there is more than what is diagnosed. I fear never healing, being left alone to crawl this heartless, cruel world. I hate myself so much, and sometimes, as much as I hate them, all I really want is a heartfelt hug. Will I ever make it through this thing called life? Or will I drown in the darkest depths of the ocean? Only time can tell. As for now, I just hide and I fear. This is, and will always be my life.  
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#612
May 03, 2016, 07:40 PM
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This. Exactly.
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#613
May 03, 2016, 07:42 PM
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Usual may be a less off putting word than normal. Normal does not bother me and I don't really picture normal as being the stepford wives.
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May 03, 2016, 07:44 PM
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"Normal" is the illusion of the escalator. If you get on and ride like everybody else, then you are normal, ok and fit to be graded and rated by the people who have decided the destination. Society.
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May 03, 2016, 07:45 PM
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Only if you give them the right to decide what your 'normal' is. It's still handing your power over to another.
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May 03, 2016, 07:46 PM
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It makes me so angry, when you make choices that don't seem to be normal to other people and they want to judge you and decide if they agree. They want to convince you that since you've stepped off the escalator, you can't possibly know what is good for you or your family.
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May 03, 2016, 07:48 PM
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People would be better off if they would just do what I wanted them to do.
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Please NO @ Selfishness is not living as one wishes to live, it is asking others to live as one wishes to live. Oscar Wilde Well Behaved Women Seldom Make History - Laurel Thatcher Ulrich Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional. |
| awkwardlyyours, Ellahmae, StressedMess
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#618
May 03, 2016, 07:50 PM
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I agree. It just gets very tiring listening to it and feeling like you are trying to explain, when it's really none of their business. People who are supposed to love you (family) and people you've shared much of your life with (friends) are the mist judgmental.
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May 03, 2016, 07:50 PM
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No! They'd be much better off if they would do what I want them to do!!! 
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#620
May 03, 2016, 07:51 PM
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Isn't that the truth for all of us!!
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May 03, 2016, 07:51 PM
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#622
May 03, 2016, 07:51 PM
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"Isn't that the truth for all of us!!"
No - just me. WWSDD
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Please NO @ Selfishness is not living as one wishes to live, it is asking others to live as one wishes to live. Oscar Wilde Well Behaved Women Seldom Make History - Laurel Thatcher Ulrich Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional. |
| Ellahmae
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#623
May 03, 2016, 07:52 PM
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All hail the holy Stopdog!
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May 03, 2016, 07:52 PM
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Please NO @ Selfishness is not living as one wishes to live, it is asking others to live as one wishes to live. Oscar Wilde Well Behaved Women Seldom Make History - Laurel Thatcher Ulrich Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional. |
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#625
May 03, 2016, 07:53 PM
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You know...I have asked myself, usually in a therapy session, "WWSDD?"
Maybe we can sell mugs that say that next to the tshirts that say Ack. |
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