Posted by baseball55 on May 23, 2014, at 19:49:10
In reply to Re: Never normal, posted by alexandra_k on May 23, 2014, at 1:08:42
> i've learned that there is this social facade that a lot of people put up. that quite often we do not know what goes on for most people behind closed doors. i think quite a few more lament their lack of normality... perhaps to the point of it being quite normal, even.
Any therapist will tell you that most people don't feel normal, worry about whether they are good enough, worry about whether people like them, etc. The funny thing for me is that, for most of my life, I knew I wasn't normal and thought I was better than others in many ways. It wasn't until my world collapsed and I became severely depressed and started therapy 9 years ago that I realized I wasn't really better than or different from others.
Maybe your husband, in saying you're not normal, means you're not content. I think that's what most people want when they want to be normal -- just content, okay with themselves.
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