Jun 24 2008
“Free” Mental Health Humor: The Reanimation of Normal
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Mental Health Humor: The Reanimation of Normal
Normal is not normal any more! Last week, I was at a two day mental health training. It was mixed with consumers and providers. Kind of a different experience being with “NORMAL” people while learning training and techniques for non-NORMAL people… At least that was my view of it. We had a therapist and mental health counselors and a doctor and even a priest… No really… But not to break any confidentiality self- imposed agreement, I won’t identify any one of my fellow classmates… Yes “fellow classmates” not just because we were all in the same class. “Fellow” classmates because we shared many traits, too. We are all so different - we were normal!
What is normal mental health? We could get the clinical term from the the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM book). With its 300+ types of mental disorders, we are sure to find what normal really IS NOT! But I’m talking about the simple fact that we all - YES, WE ALL DEAL WITH MENTAL HEALTH. Some of us are looking for balance while others are working hard to keep it! Most professionals I have talked to always tell me, we are all dealing with something whether defined or undefined.
My point, what really is normal to you? Because what is normal to you, just might see “crazy” to some one else. See, sometimes it is all subjective… Even those of us with mental disorders don’t all have the same normal degree of the disorder. What about you, how NORMAL aren’t you?
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Mental Health Humor: The Reanimation of Normal Normal is not normal any more! Last week, I was at a two day mental health training. It was mixed with consumers and providers. Kind of a different experience being with “NORMAL” people
Pfft…I guess I’m the wrong person to ask about ‘normal’ since I’m raising an autistic kid
I think he’s perfectly normal…for him. He had a sub once who kept sending notes home that he was ‘off’ every day. Finally, I asked what that meant, and she said he was unfocused. I told her that wasn’t ‘off’ for him, he was always like that!
NORMAL?????? What exactly constitutes normal? I know when people see me going through one of my spells they back away as if they’re being burned. I”m used to being given the shoulder by people who are really worse than I am…..does NORMAL mean putting down others who don’t fit into “the zone”? If it is then I want no part of it. I’m bipolar and don’t pull any punches about it. I’m Bipolar…I’m ME….take me or leave me.!