How do you define a normal person?

Answer 1

A normal person is a person who does not deviate far from the majority in terms of attitude, behavior and morals.

Answer 2

I can't define a normal person. I can tell you what I think a normal person is. Someone who basically has good intentions, holds a job, wants to do right by their family, is educated, doesn't try to deviate from what everyone else is doing. Isn't trying to shock anyone with their look or views. That would be what I think a normal person would be.

Answer 3

A normal person is one that actively works within the confines of social and legal laws. A normal person does not let their own idiosyncrasies (which we all have) damage those around them or cause an adverse affect on the community as a whole.

Answer 4

A NORMAL PERSON IS FOR EVERY PERSON DIFFERENT, AS WE ALL LOOK AT IT FROM OUR OWN POINT OF VIEW.

For example, to a religious zealot those who are not part of that religion may seem not to be normal.

Likewise to people living in certain conditions they may scorn anyone who has a different lifestyle.

Then more then general people will see a person who is physically handicap as not being normal. This, even so the physical handicap might in terms be more normal as those who have no physical handicap. This, as the person who has a visual handicap might adjust life to it and get around life in that manner, but the person who has no physical handicap but had a mental handicap not understanding that those with a physical handicap are normal in their own way, then is rather being the one not being normal.

OK that might be a bit difficult to follow, perhaps. Just try it.

While most people have two arms why would it not normal for a person to have three arms you might ask. After all, look at the benefits of not having to ask another person to hold something because you are occupied with both hands. So, a person who might have three arms might just think that everyone else isn’t normal.

When a child is born without legs, the child will grow up able to manage without legs. Sure society is set that people move about on legs, but why could a child ask. So, again, it depends upon the manner you grow up what you may deem “normal”.

Take for example the conduct of a man curling up with another man. Now, the immediate taught by most will be that the person must be homosexual, regardless that nothing of that kind might be involved. It is simply that circumstances might make it to be “normal” to do so. AFTER ALL, WHEN I SERVED AS A SOLDIER IN NATO NATO, WE WOULD GO OUT IN THE FIELD AND IF THIS MANOUVER WAS A TEST OF ENDURANCE WE WOULD NOT HAVE A TENT OR EVEN BLANKETS WITH US AND SO YOU WOULD HAVE TO CURDLE UP WITH THE NEXT MAN AND SO ON AND ON TO TRY TO KEEP THE HEAT OF THE BODY AS OTHERWISE YOU MIGHT FREEZE TO DEATH. Yet, you would not consider this kind of conduct merely when visiting a person because the conditions and circumstances are totally different.

Therefore, what might be “normal” in one set of circumstances might be deemed abnormal in other circumstances regardless it might involved the same persons.

As such, you would define a person curdling up on a field being “normal” as in the circumstances it is darn right not to freeze to death, where as you would perhaps find the person abnormal if it occurred in a different set of circumstances.

It makes it clear to define a person “normal” depends on what the person does in what circumstances.

Lets take another example.

When I was a single parent I would have my children actually rip a short of my back. The kids would love it. Now it might come to you as not being normal. Just that I held that if I was going to throw out a short because it was worn out then why not let the kids have a good time by ripping it of my body.
The kids often would ask me if there were any other shirts I wanted to throw out, because they held this was real fun. And, when you reside in a small town with no form of entertainment, you have to create your own kind of entertainment.

Clearly, you might, without having known the details, have considered I was not a normal person, but if then you consider the situation you might think that at least it was done in fun and gave the children some form of entertainment.

Therefore there is no fast rule as to define what is a normal person as there are far to many variations that can affect your views and perceptions.

You might regard it not being normal for a person to wear torn clothing., yet, now in the up-market clothing stores they sell torn jeans and at a hefty price which your parents would have scorned you for had you be wearing them perhaps as a child.
So, even the wearing of clothing might influence how you perceive another person.

The town’s idiot will see other people to be crazy as they may lack to have the fun he may have.

You basically can say that everyone is normal in their own right.

Answer 5

Healthy. Without abberations which rule them and challenge their happiness in life, overall. If there is no such thing as 'normal' -why is everyone concerned about abnormal bloodtests, etc?
Birth defects aren't normal. Having five fingers on two hands is normal Born without fingers isn't. A normal hearing range is nice. Deafness is abnormal.

Answer 6

there is no logical way to define a "normal" person. Everyone you ask will have a different answer for every question you ask them.

Answer 7

"Normal" is socially constructed.

Answer 8

Who can act sane in most of the normal condition
Who can use his/her common sense

Answer 9

THATS THE EASIEST QUESTION.......
THE ANSWER IS "YOU DON'T". WHAT IS NORMAL ANYWAY????? THERE IS ALWAYS SOMETHING A LITTLE SPECIAL ABOUT EACH INDIVIDUAL THAT BREAKS THE MOLD. SO THE WORD NORMAL AND PERSON SHOULD NOT BE MIXED..................................

Answer 10

A bland, uninteresting, dull dolt? ;-)