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Am I Weird?
Am I weird? All the people at my school and most my friends say that I'm mental and should be put into a mental facility. They all think that I'm weird and odd because I don't act like everyone else. I'm confused. I'm a free-spirit but I don't know what is wrong. Please help...thank you!
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You are amazing... Truly stunning. Nobody I know has that kind or courage. To be who they are, not who the world says they should be. What those people say is mean, and if you want to change because of what they say, it still won't take away the words they said. Stay who you are <3
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No you are not weird because you don't act like everyone else. It's ok to be your own person and there is nothing wrong with being a free spirit.
Ignore your friends comments that was a really stupid thing to say. Your friends might think you have to be like everyone else and conform but you don't have to. Be who you are and don't let your friends comments get to you.
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One of the nice things about life especially living in a free society as we do. Is the fact that we do not have to be a carbon copy of everyone else. We can be a free spirit as you describe yourself. This does not make you mental or a mental case. Besides who says they're right and you're wrong. It just may be you're the sane one swimming in a pool of insanity.
Just because your friends and others chose to comply with what they believe is the way they should be does not mean you are wrong. Some of the greatest inventors of all were free spirits and free thinkers.
Were would we be today with out people like, Alexander Gram Bell, Sir Isaac Newton, Henry Ford, Joseph Salk, Louis Pasteur and many others. Many people thought these people to be eccentric or free spirits even mental. Yet without them life as we know it today would be much different.
Just because you have decided not to comply with what they believe to be the way to live, does not make you mental. Ignore them, find other friends or just tell them to buzz off.
Who knows later in life you may be the one to find a cure for the common cold. Then what will they say about you?
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Since you ask the question, it means you're already leaning heavily towards believing them. Here's the tricky part, if you don't verbally or at least mentally reject such evaluations of yourself from others, then your subconscious mind takes in that information as being the truth and will then try to make your life resemble these so called statements you have decided to agree with.
There is a book called "The Four Agreements" which are mistakes we make in life that end up hindering our progress or changing us into carbon copies of the majority out there.
Agreement #2 is: Don't take anything personally. It means you chose to not own something said to you as the truth about yourself. But you have to make that choice. If I have a tickle cough from allergies but others at work were recently sick, a co-worker says, "Looks like its your turn, You are getting sick." That split second that my mind wonders, what if they are right...maybe its not allergies and i am getting sick? Then the seed of "You are sick" has been planted in your subconscious and it will do whatever it can to help you bring that to reality. Your immune system lowers so that the next germ you are exposed to, you actually catch. Remember that what others say and do is a projection of their own reality, their own dream. When you are immune to the actions and opinions of others, you won't be the victim of needless suffering.
Always choose to be your own person. Most these students will think differently when they grow up into adults. Right now, they have no idea how to be their own person so they follow the crowd. That is a cop out..not being brave enough to discover theirselves and try out what feels right to them. Some people get caught in and remain in that trap as adults and lead very unhappy unproductive lives. At school age, there might be a couple of people like you...there always are a few, but they are hard to find. Just keep looking, soon you will find others like you to befriend.
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There is nothing wrong with you.
Just because you are your own person doesn't mean that there is something wrong with you. Everybody is different and when you're in school, they expect you to act, dress and talk the same as everybody else.
So don't let what they say get to you. Focus on yourself and as long as you're happy with who you are and don't give into that kind of pressure, you'll be fine.
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There is nothing wrong with you, You are your own person.
Why do we all have to be the same? I am certainly not like most people either.
I am an introvert, Socializing almost seems like a burden. I would much rather be alone then go out with friends.
I am also very talkative with people who I am close with. People tend to think I am odd too.
I think it is awesome when someone can be themselves rather then trying to be someone they are not. You are unique and there is nothing wrong with it. Be proud to be who you are.
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