Is it normal to wish to be abnormal?

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Sometimes I feel abnormal and I feel happy about it. Sometimes I want to be autistic. Sometimes I just hate it when I feel like I belong, I badly want to be different, that's why I consider it that I have an obsessive-compulsive personality disorder and I'm proud of it, but sometimes I just think that it's it's not "abnormal" enough so sometimes I wish to be an intelligent autistic like Temple Grandin. Any other teenager would probably wish to belong, but I'm an antithesis. I want to be different and stand out.

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  • squirrelgirl
    12 years ago

    Being a high-functioning autistic person isn't fun. Trust me, I know from experience - I was diagnosed with it 4 years ago. Want to know what it's like?

    Most people misunderstand you a lot because you don't have the social skills to properly communicate exactly what you mean.

    Public places and social gatherings overwhelm your senses and cause you to shut down mentally and emotionally.

    If you have siblings, expect them to hate you for getting "special treatment" from doctors and parents.

    Most people can tell there's something "wrong" with you. Most of the time they'll just write you off as a "weirdo". But if they find out you really are autistic, expect them to talk down to you like you have mental retardation.

    You have very few, if any, friends.

    You feel the urge to play with your hands and walk on your toes, and you get made fun of a lot for it.

    You'll become very obsessed with one narrow topic, and it's all you'll want to learn about and pretty much all you'll be able to talk about. It'll probably be something normal people would find boring or nerdy (and not the "cool" kind of nerdy either), so expect to get made fun of for that too.

    Oh yeah, and autistic people also have a hard time with motor skills, sleep problems, and tics that are associated with Tourette's, as well as a higher chance of having anxiety disorders and depression.

    Still wish you were autistic?

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    • Airstreamlover
      11 years ago

      Reality checks are a good thing. Thank you.

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    • BLAh81
      11 years ago

      One of the coolest responses I've ever read here!

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    • Eponine7
      12 years ago

      some of that may not always be the case.

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      • geek_god_101
        5 years ago

        I hate to tell people this but most of the world doesn't know how to adjust to ASD (Autistic Spectrum Disorders). With all do respect to those whom are neurotypical, better accommodations and education would be best appreciated. Rural America is the absolute worst at his because they think it's an excuse to be different. I wish I could be neurotypical so I can dismiss weird people who don't know or understand me.

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  • [Old Memory]
    12 years ago

    Actually no. Forget what the other two said before me because by you stating that you want to be different shows that you are just like everyone else. Unless you haven't noticed, everyone wants to be different and by saying you want to be different means you are just like everyone else.
    Since when did just wanting to be abnormal make you abnormal?

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  • kyanviado
    12 years ago

    Just posting that story makes you abnormal

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  • CaptainTrips
    7 years ago

    I think it's all a matter to what degree one desires and, because of this desire, is abnormal. Abnormal people flock to this site. I certainly flocked here to be amongst my fellow flock members. Isn't your desire to be abnormal the very reason you are on this site with a post? Again it depends on to what degree one is abnormal. Just coming on and commenting on this site just means that you are a little wacky. Like most of us here. And certainly abnormal to a certain degree. Which is normal. That make sense to you?

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  • Beware
    11 years ago

    I don't think it's normal to wish to be abnormal i mean people will often treat you like an useless puppet,you'll feel like a left out thing. Trust me i know it.

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  • Eponine7
    12 years ago

    there is no normal. the thing peaple call normal does not really exist. it is a figment of our imagination.
    on a lighter note, i also hate normal, and yearn to be different.

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  • [Old Memory]
    12 years ago

    This is why people under 18 shouldn't be here...

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  • mjh1288
    12 years ago

    normal has no meaning. Everyone has there own thoughts and feelings. DIFFERENT IS BETTER!

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  • Smartasscookie
    12 years ago

    Congratz, according to the percentages of this story you are now 'abnormal'

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