Through reading
the Fucked up by Haydock, I think her
experience and thought mentioned in the article reveals a serious but normally
being ignored issue in today’s society. In order to keep up with the times,
more and more people keep seeking to be so called “normal.” However, few people
realize that their understanding of being normal may actually not quite normal.
In Haydock’s
article, she points out that by being normal, most people actually mean being
alike to others. Like her parents or most of our parents, many people tend to
define normal by their own experience, knowledge, or attitude. Even worse, they
always want others to be their so called “normal” as well without realizing people
are having different situations. They even come up with solutions to “help” fix
those abnormal. Thereby, many people who are experiencing real mental or
physical illness may be told normal and reject proper treatment. It is
certainly not limited to middle age people, but it’s also spreading among youngsters.
Admittedly, I would sometimes treat someone as abnormal as well just because he
or she may have a different understanding or point of view to something than
mine. Normal may be necessary to our society, but sometimes, abnormal is
equally important. After all, it is those abnormal parts make you the unique
you.
Question: how to
unbiasedly define normal?
References:
Haydock, S. B. Fucked UP, I would always rather be
abnormal than holistic: Nine micro-essays, p45-53.
Bruce, K. (2016). Normal Doesn’t Exist. https://www.theodysseyonline.com/normal-doesnt-exist.
[Accessed Feb 24th 2019]
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