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roxyruby · 11-22-2010, 03:59 PM

I am just wondering is there something wrong with me? Do I seem like I've lost my mind? Or am I a normal person?

st33med · 11-22-2010, 04:13 PM

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Originally Posted by roxyruby

I am just wondering is there something wrong with me? Do I seem like I've lost my mind? Or am I a normal person?

You are perfectly fine the way you are. Nobody can say otherwise.

Angela · 11-22-2010, 04:30 PM

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Originally Posted by roxyruby

I am just wondering is there something wrong with me? Do I seem like I've lost my mind? Or am I a normal person?

And? What answers do you come up with out of that wondering?

For the record, from my perspective, there is nothing wrong with you - you are magnificent, and you don't appear to have lost your mind. As for being normal, that question is pretty meaningless to me, so I can't answer that one.

What would you do or think if someone says there's something wrong with you, you've lost your mind, and you're not normal?

Mynder · 11-23-2010, 12:35 PM

I think you haven't lost your mind (but if so, I'll gladly help you look for it, under the carpet, in the trash can, wherever). I think you carry around a bit too much of it, actually. Worrying, overthinking...the short term is: analysis paralysis. You get so busy examining every last bit of yourself that you don't get around to taking positive action towards feeling better.

Wisdom is doing. -- The Peaceful Warrior, Socrates (played by Nick Nolte)

Go watch that film, then read the book. Then watch the film again, and every time it gets you hyped up, get your ass off the chair and DO something that makes your day better.

Leesah · 11-23-2010, 12:49 PM

Are you actually worried there's something wrong with you?

...

Anyhow, to quote Alice in Wonderland

The Mad Hatter: Have I gone mad?
Alice Kingsley: I'm afraid so. You're entirely bonkers. But I'll tell you a secret. All the best people are.

elucidate · 11-23-2010, 09:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Leesah

Are you actually worried there's something wrong with you?

...

Anyhow, to quote Alice in Wonderland

The Mad Hatter: Have I gone mad?
Alice Kingsley: I'm afraid so. You're entirely bonkers. But I'll tell you a secret. All the best people are.

That's really true. crazy people are the funnest. I should know

Weena · 11-23-2010, 09:37 PM

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Originally Posted by roxyruby

I am just wondering is there something wrong with me? Do I seem like I've lost my mind? Or am I a normal person?

The only one who is allowed to answer this , is you.

180 · 11-23-2010, 10:23 PM

About as normal as every other vegan roxy. lol

Seriously though, in my own personal opinion, sometimes the weirder you are, the better.

One of my professors in college was literally crazy. He went to a mental institution for a few years before coming back to teach. All his actions and speech were so different from a normal person. He would fall and trip while writing on the board and then go right back to writing without ever looking back. He would say things like "If the moon is made of green cheese, and dogs are purple, than Albert Einstein was a woman... that's perfectly logical".

The thing was... he was a genius. That sentence actually IS logical. If you take two inconsistent premises and draw a ridiculous conclusion it's still valid. The fact that he understands this made him a brilliant logic teacher.

He was so quirky and weird but I could tell he knew and understood the world on a superior level, most of us couldn't comprehend him and just labeled him weird. But he had this talent... he could hear an argument and he could poke holes into immediately. He could make the most ridiculous arguments seem REALLY logical. Once in class he argued with the class saying that Hitler was a saint. SOMEHOW he did it. He also argued once that Jesus was Evil. The entire class was flabbergasted and not only how inappropriate the discussions were, but how well he could argue it. Nobody could refute him. He said something that "if you define evil as the intentional killing of another human being, and we've already determined that Jesus knew he what he was doing would kill himself.... then technically he intentionally committed suicide... and thus was evil." Stuff like that.

Yeah he was weird and crazy... but many geniuses are like that.

roxyruby · 11-25-2010, 01:31 PM

Thank you everyone.

I feel better now.

180 can you stop the Vegan comments whenever you speak to me, I don't find it funny.

Federer · 11-25-2010, 04:12 PM

Lots of love and light to you because you are recognizing yourself as awesome girl.

Lots of hugs.

reiki717 · 11-25-2010, 05:15 PM

I think the only thing that's wrong here is you seeking validation from people on a message board.

How can any of us really, truly know who you are?

Weena · 11-25-2010, 08:33 PM

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Originally Posted by roxyruby

180 can you stop the Vegan comments whenever you speak to me, I don't find it funny.

Look at you little lady! It's the first time i see you kindly putting your need forward instead of doing people pleasing

this rocks

(ps: nothing against you 180, I'm just happy to see Roxy coming out of her shell).

elucidate · 11-25-2010, 10:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Weena

Look at you little lady! It's the first time i see you kindly putting your need forward instead of doing people pleasing

this rocks

(ps: nothing against you 180, I'm just happy to see Roxy coming out of her shell).

I'm with you...THIS is progress. Go assertive roxy.

roxyruby · 11-26-2010, 04:44 AM

Weena & Elucidate, can you stop the assertiveness comments whenever you talk to me, I don't find it funny XD

(joke) ^-^

roxyruby · 11-26-2010, 04:45 AM

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Originally Posted by reiki717

I think the only thing that's wrong here is you seeking validation from people on a message board.

How can any of us really, truly know who you are?

if there was something wrong with me, wouldn't others perception of me give me clues?

roxyruby · 11-26-2010, 04:46 AM

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Originally Posted by Federer

Lots of love and light to you because you are recognizing yourself as awesome girl.

Lots of hugs.

*hug* ^-^

Solipsist · 11-26-2010, 04:59 AM

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Originally Posted by Weena

The only one who is allowed to answer this , is you.

x 2

Solipsist · 11-26-2010, 05:01 AM

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Originally Posted by roxyruby

if there was something wrong with me, wouldn't others perception of me give me clues?

No, Rox, because those are just others' perceptions, which are skewed by others' perceptions of themselves.

Look within, and answer your own question to yourself, honestly.

Weena · 11-26-2010, 05:53 AM

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Originally Posted by roxyruby

Weena & Elucidate, can you stop the assertiveness comments whenever you talk to me, I don't find it funny XD

(joke) ^-^

Oh i was laughing before you even said it was a joke.

Weena · 11-26-2010, 05:53 AM

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Originally Posted by Solipsist

No, Rox, because those are just others' perceptions, which are skewed by others' perceptions of themselves.

Look within, and answer your own question to yourself, honestly.

my turn to say x2

Curtis2011 · 11-26-2010, 07:10 AM

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Originally Posted by roxyruby

I am just wondering is there something wrong with me? Do I seem like I've lost my mind? Or am I a normal person?

I'm gonna say yes, there is something wrong with you. No, you are not a normal person, and may never be one. And if you think you've lost your mind, then you're probably right about that too.

Is that the answer you're looking for?

roxyruby · 11-26-2010, 09:19 AM

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Originally Posted by Curtis2011

I'm gonna say yes, there is something wrong with you. No, you are not a normal person, and may never be one. And if you think you've lost your mind, then you're probably right about that too.

*goes and commits suicide

jk

180 · 11-26-2010, 12:07 PM

Props for assertiveness but definitely no way I'm stopping.

Start dishing out some "meat hater" banter.

Call me a "meat eater" (double entendre) or something. Say the only way I can be satisfied is a big piece of meat in my mouth.

etc etc...

Mounds · 11-26-2010, 12:30 PM

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Originally Posted by 180

Say the only way I can be satisfied is a big piece of meat in my mouth.

180, you crack me up. Is there something wrong with me?

lifetimelearner · 11-27-2010, 02:56 PM

if there is something wrong with you then I am in big trouble !

VinceG · 11-27-2010, 03:12 PM

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Originally Posted by roxyruby

I am just wondering is there something wrong with me? Do I seem like I've lost my mind? Or am I a normal person?

You have a seductive manner, a sort of innocence mixed with a delightfully open attitude towards sex. If we were to swap places, I'd flaunt my sexuality a little less and instead do more hinting and teasing. But that's me. I certainly don't think there's anything wrong with you.

It sounds to me like you've been getting some strange attention lately. Your seductive qualities will draw this sort of it to you. So long as you can deal with it, you'll be fine. If not, I'd be careful which men you let yourself be alone with. Not everybody that's drawn to you will be sane. It's not you, it's the other people. They will try to draw you into their insanity. Don't let them.

ssandra · 11-27-2010, 04:16 PM

Do you want to be normal?

TaoPath · 11-27-2010, 05:05 PM

A quote that I like:

" Why are you trying so hard to fit in when you were born to stand out?" - From the movie "what a girl wants"

In my life, i'm glad i'm not a 'sheep'. I'm sure many of us on here feel that way

marinik · 11-27-2010, 05:59 PM

Normal = average do you want to be average? I don't. Does it make me crazy? If yes I am glad to be totally crazy!

Indiana · 11-28-2010, 12:44 AM

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Originally Posted by roxyruby

I am just wondering is there something wrong with me? Do I seem like I've lost my mind? Or am I a normal person?

I think the only thing wrong/crazy is the amount of time you spend worrying that there's something wrong/crazy about you and/or the amount of time you spend trying to fix it.

You don't need fixing. There's nothing wrong with you. You're not crazy. You're fine just as you are. The worry is the only problem. Accept that you don't need to be anything other than what you are, and you'll see that you're A-OK.

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Mynder Family Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Northern Germany Posts: 2,659	I think you haven't lost your mind (but if so, I'll gladly help you look for it, under the carpet, in the trash can, wherever). I think you carry around a bit too much of it, actually. Worrying, overthinking...the short term is: analysis paralysis. You get so busy examining every last bit of yourself that you don't get around to taking positive action towards feeling better. Wisdom is doing. -- The Peaceful Warrior, Socrates (played by Nick Nolte) Go watch that film, then read the book. Then watch the film again, and every time it gets you hyped up, get your ass off the chair and DO something that makes your day better.

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180 Family Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 1,356	About as normal as every other vegan roxy. lol Seriously though, in my own personal opinion, sometimes the weirder you are, the better. One of my professors in college was literally crazy. He went to a mental institution for a few years before coming back to teach. All his actions and speech were so different from a normal person. He would fall and trip while writing on the board and then go right back to writing without ever looking back. He would say things like "If the moon is made of green cheese, and dogs are purple, than Albert Einstein was a woman... that's perfectly logical". The thing was... he was a genius. That sentence actually IS logical. If you take two inconsistent premises and draw a ridiculous conclusion it's still valid. The fact that he understands this made him a brilliant logic teacher. He was so quirky and weird but I could tell he knew and understood the world on a superior level, most of us couldn't comprehend him and just labeled him weird. But he had this talent... he could hear an argument and he could poke holes into immediately. He could make the most ridiculous arguments seem REALLY logical. Once in class he argued with the class saying that Hitler was a saint. SOMEHOW he did it. He also argued once that Jesus was Evil. The entire class was flabbergasted and not only how inappropriate the discussions were, but how well he could argue it. Nobody could refute him. He said something that "if you define evil as the intentional killing of another human being, and we've already determined that Jesus knew he what he was doing would kill himself.... then technically he intentionally committed suicide... and thus was evil." Stuff like that. Yeah he was weird and crazy... but many geniuses are like that.

11-25-2010, 01:31 PM	#9 (permalink)
roxyruby Family Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 5,929	Thank you everyone. I feel better now. 180 can you stop the Vegan comments whenever you speak to me, I don't find it funny.

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Federer Family Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: India Posts: 2,935	Lots of love and light to you because you are recognizing yourself as awesome girl. Lots of hugs.

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reiki717 Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Toronto Posts: 147	I think the only thing that's wrong here is you seeking validation from people on a message board. How can any of us really, truly know who you are?

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180 Family Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 1,356	Props for assertiveness but definitely no way I'm stopping. Start dishing out some "meat hater" banter. Call me a "meat eater" (double entendre) or something. Say the only way I can be satisfied is a big piece of meat in my mouth. etc etc...

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TaoPath Retired Join Date: Nov 2010 Posts: 177	A quote that I like: " Why are you trying so hard to fit in when you were born to stand out?" - From the movie "what a girl wants" In my life, i'm glad i'm not a 'sheep'. I'm sure many of us on here feel that way

11-27-2010, 05:59 PM	#29 (permalink)
marinik Legendary Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Where Living and Loving and Laughing are written into the Constitution Posts: 14,240	Normal = average do you want to be average? I don't. Does it make me crazy? If yes I am glad to be totally crazy!

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