2006-07-05 09:55:54 · 31 answers · asked by patience 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Normal" is an ever changing, artificial definition, put on people's behavior, conditions & circumstances, as set by an ever changing Society. Good luck!
2006-07-05 09:59:49 · answer #1 · answered by wizardmenlopark 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"Normality" is societies assumption of people...if you pay your taxes, raise a family, and drink beer watching football you're considered pretty normal...or are you?
People need to stop using the term "normal" because there is actually no such thing. There is no such thing as normal...but there is such a thing as function. To classify someone as dysfunctional, you are saying that they are abnormal...but even then it's deeper than that.
There are people that are obsessed with being clean. Are they normal? Well, it all depends on their function. If they are obsessed with being clean but they can hold down a job, pay their bills, be socially acceptable...then they are functioning well even with their obsessive compulsive behavior. Now if that same person can not hold down a job, doesn't eat, doesn't preform well in a social setting then they are dysfunctional.
There is no such thing as a normal person, a normal life, a normal job etc...but people put things in terms they can understand. People don't want to think about function and dysfunction because we all are dysfunctional to some degree and we all want to belong and be accepted.
That is human nature, the never-ending quest to belong and to be understood...hence normal. So I would suggest that you be yourself; who cares if you're "normal" or not, because basically, there is no such a thing.
2006-07-05 10:05:43 · answer #2 · answered by Poppet 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That's a good question.
Normal would be whatever is normal to you. If you think and behave in a manner that the majority of other's in your age group feel is not appropriate, then chances are it isn't. Normal would be having goals, working toward those goals, impoving yourself. At the same times, we all have times in our lives when things go astray and lead us to the dark side. But we usually come out okay.
2006-07-05 10:06:06 · answer #3 · answered by soozemusic 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Normal is something that humans came up with... Since most humans are "the same", that's considered normal to people and everyone else is weird. But we are all different, and there, in real life, is no such thing as normal... God created us the same, and we came up with this stuff about being weird...
2006-07-05 10:11:16 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
All of the above. Norms are culturally derived and the phenomenon of values shift is always "at work" as a society moves through its progressions and evolves accoring to the demands placed on it by the eco-cultural systems.
2006-07-05 10:03:53 · answer #5 · answered by cherodman4u 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
talk average.
Talk standard deviation.
Talk range of experience.
When you talk about or even try to define NORMAL, it is a very large category. Defining normal requires "fuzzy logic" - that is real type of logic , not an insult to anyone.
2006-07-05 10:02:27 · answer #6 · answered by nickipettis 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Normal is a localized phenomena - what is normal for me is not for another.
In the long run though...normal may best be described as being who you are...or "Doing what it is in your nature to do."
2006-07-05 09:59:52 · answer #7 · answered by enkiduthemyth 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Normal is just a setting on a washing machine.
2006-07-05 09:56:53 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Noone is normal, we're all just a bunch of freaks in a crazy world.
2006-07-05 09:59:32 · answer #9 · answered by hellsvixen114 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What... is... normal... when... it... comes... to... people...?
Ok, lemme try to puzzle this one out. I'm going to guess you mean;
When it comes to people, what is normal?
Well, simply put, the majority is normal. Normal just means what's accepted by the greatest amount of people.
2006-07-05 10:00:12 · answer #10 · answered by The Resurrectionist 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋