my best life 07.10.17.1204P

To be NORMAL isn’t Christian just because 95% of
your community is Christian.
To be NORMAL isn’t to be attracted to someone of
the opposite sex just because 90% of the general
population is heterosexual.
Even during the time of the notebook’s unknown
author, to be NORMAL isn’t to own slaves just
because all the landowners in your region are slave
owners.
Nor can NORMAL mean free of discomfort. If NORMAL
were the equivalent of a life free of emotional pain, then
you must be abnormal if you make a mistake or slip as I
did… the truth is, it just makes you, human.
This, however, is exactly the game played by many in the
mental health industry. In the eyes of the social worker
who evaluated my story of loss, misdirection and a
profound spiritual experience, I expressed my feelings of
discomfort and was labeled abnormal in his mind as he
observed me. He equated abnormal with unwanted, and
turning "I don't want to feel sad" into "I have a mental
disorder and suffer from depression, paranoia and
hallucinations."
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