Are you trying to be normal or different?

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I don't try to be different, but i don't try to be like anyone else either, i just am. most would probably consider me to be strange but lets be honest here, normal is a mask worn by drones and the insecure.

i will try to fit in to a certain extent so my kids dont have to go through being bullied, but i wouldnt go against my own morals, a part of me wants to blend in un noticed and a part of me really enjoys not being a sheep.

I'm trying to be me.

I come off as VERY different to those around me, although I am just my typical, normal, combine-like self. If you knew me well enough, you'd say I act normal for me. If you didn't know me, you'd say I was a complete freak.

I suppose I try a little bit to act "normal," as in I try not to be too ridiculous. I figure there is no effort required on my part to be different. It'll show through whether I like it or not.

I'm trying to be normal but I'm trying to be normal by being myself, if that makes any sense at all.

It's not working so good.

Personally, "normal" is a value subjective enough to be of no real significance from my view.

I'll give you my opinion anyway. As a species, I think humans are weird. None of us are normal.

People who know me say that I'm trying.

People who know me well say that I'm extremely trying.

Everything I do feels normal at the time. It only seems weird either looking back or because someone explains to me why it's weird.

I try to be different if I'm surrounded by people that I think are bad.

I am me. There is no changing that fact. I accepted this a couple of years ago. My friends, my family receive me as I am, if they don't like it then they aren't really friend's I need to have. My fam always knew i was different.

I work retail. There are days when I have to smile, greet people, and go how are you today, when I don't want to. I have a set programmed series of actions that kick in to keep me running. The good thing is I usually see these people for about 15 minutes and then I get a new person and the program resets.

I am in the process of becoming an accountant. So in order to swim in the career I have chosen I have to be able to "mingle" I have to be able to schmooze. I am learning. It is again a set series of actions. You ask the person "How are you today?" I remind myself to glance up into their eyes. I have a list in my head of thing you do and don't do in social situations.

I keep my business, family and social life completely seperate from each other. So that i know this person I can be completely myself with. This person gets this program. This person gets another. It works for me.

I try to be normal, but I'm afraid my attempts make pathetically little difference to the impression I make on others. Thankfully, there are NTs who think "weird" equals "interesting".

I don't try to be normal, but I would like to learn better coping strategies which would make things easier in terms of learning basic life skills that would make my personal (home) life a bit more reasonable.

I tried to be normal, or at least thought I was until I hit 13 when I just gave up and said "screw this."
I got the diagnosis years later.
I like being different, because otherwise I'd be afraid it'd merit me getting liver problems before I turned 18.

i'm myself in private but i hide my true self when i'm around other people. i think it's a combination of wanting to fit in and having been hurt in the past when i let certain people get to know me.

This is a pretty interesting topic. Personality-wise I'm as NT as you can get without trying, so I can pass as normal and I don't try to "act" NT because it's the way I am naturally. So I can be NT and be myself at the same time