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The concept of normal is a childish notion, having to do with a lack of appreciation for the complexity of others
by taurath 2y ago
The concept of normal is a childish notion, having to do with a lack of appreciation for the complexity of others
- lanstin 2y agoThe experience of abuse, especially directed at oneself rather than towards everyone, can lead to an idea that one is uniquely, shamefully bad, cut off from others, abnormal in an essential way, as opposed to the idea of everyone is in the same boat, we share a common humanity etc. Normal in the latter sense is what I meant - in opposition to being on the other side of a glass from which one can observe humanity without feeling connected to it. Probably a sort of dissociative symptom.