a befitting quote

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this was in my "quotes of the day" box in my homepage this morning. I thought it would be appreciated here


"Nobody realizes that some people expend tremendous energy merely to be normal."
-- Albert Camus



personally speaking, i find it an inefficient use of my mental energies to bother with trying to be normal, but i understand how many people can want to give it their best attempt.

I like the qoute =)
I've never bothered attempting being normal aside from one time when i switched schools. They didn't know me so considered me "normal" then i started talking again and it was all over from there. Throughout school, since elementary school i was made fun of for everything, yet all in all i believe it helped me become my own person. I never followed trends, sometimes i would do the opposite. (Scrunch your socks, i didn't even match mine). It helped me develop my own personality quicker i think than someone who may not have been teased and bullied.

As for NT normal, in the past i thought i could pass as NT, however after asking my gf (thankful for her honesty) most people realize i am different if i get stuck in conversation/interaction with them.

Most of them are accepting =)

Now that is a quote that relates to many aspies, I guess!

This is why I've stopped trying to be what people expect me to be. I'm different, and I've accepted it.

So pretty much a tryhard? My autism class tries to teach us to be as normal as possible, as in not be yourself. I hate school.