Sunday, February 24, 2019

Week 8_Harry Kang_A01


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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