Thursday, October 1, 2009

How do normal people think?

Another question.... what does it feel like to be a normal person and how do you think?

I am sorry to say this but... sometime I feel normal people seem to think in strange ways... and I could not quite understand.

Then, the question, which part is accounted for by normal-ness and which part by factors such idiosyncrasy etc?

(July 2011 update on the same question: http://ratologyreloaded.blogspot.com/2011/07/how-do-normal-people-think-revisited.html)

7 comments:

Tumi said...

I think you and I are quite alike in that we don't really feel normal when it comes to the way we think but am starting to think that there is no normal way of thinking, that each individual has his or her own way of thinking but a lot of people have similar ways of thinking, in I would believe that one could actually put them in groups (if one had the time or maybe someone already has) so the we believe to be “normal” in their thinking would simply be the group/ range with the majority of people who think in a similar manner.
That doesn’t really make them normal plus normality is relative so we could be the normal ones, but anyway this is all just my theory it’s not really much all am saying is “we all probably think differently, there’s just a lot of people who think in similar ways” feel free to disagree and feel free to enlighten me am still quite young so my understanding and perception of the world could be wrong or simply lacking

Ratprincess said...

Thanks for your comment. Guess, one of the problem I am facing now is... say... as a result of my self-referencing propensity.... no longer do I know whether situations have anything to do with me or not. 8-O lol sigh

Anonymous said...

I used to think "normal"... Or, relatively normal. But now I find that the words that come out of my mouth are two seconds before the thoughts that are supposed to create them... I used to think the way you do, with complex thoughts and all, but now my mind feels empty... and blank. I want to be able to think normally again. Well, at least relatively...

Ratprincess said...

Thanks for your comment! It took me over a year of back and forth to finally come back to be able to think... relatively normal in my own standard... 8-O lol. I had also gone through an phase within which... words come out before thoughts and I had no control over it. It has gotten better. When posting this question, I was and still am releaning to think... if you know what I mean..

The label From 2-3 words is an attempt for me to recapture the process relearning to think...

Best wishes and good luck.... and keep me posted.

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Unknown said...

Maybe they're not normal, and it's not just us. There are so many people saying things like this. When I first Googled it I thought I was crazy! Then I scrolled down and realised we outnumber them ten-to-one! They might as well be called insane, the way things are now. We might as well be ruling the world!

Still time traveling!,
your new buddy themortal1

Ratprincess said...

Surely always time travelling... everybody else can rule the world, including my body and mind who are ruling my world... Pas moi... Can't do no nothing about my world world, let me go on ruling my world the tears for fears way... 8-O lol sigh