Tag: normal
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Trapped in a Mindset
I was talking to a friend today about what motivates identities. Do we take on an identity to try it on? Do we take on an identity for the image – like the look and feel of an identity? Or do we really put on an identity to take on…
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What You Become When You Retaliate
re·tal·i·ate/riˈtalēˌāt/ Verb: Make an attack or assault in return for a similar attack. Repay (an injury or insult) in kind. When you think about identity, you end up thinking about what it is or who it is that you are trying to become. What you do and what you think…
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The Safety of the False Self
The idea of the False Self is fascinating to me. In many ways, it comes from a very real place so to call it a False Self is a bit deceiving. There is something totally normal about having False Selves. We can sometimes create a False Self for a specific…
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The Push of Normal
I’m still thinking through this idea. The main question is what is normal? It’s different for everyone, but the follow up question for me is – which direction do we push towards? It seems to me that you either push toward normal or away from normal (whatever “normal” is). Most…
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How to be Exceptional
First question: why do you want to be exceptional? To be exceptional you have to be first of all be different somehow from everyone else. Here are the definitions of exceptional. 1: far beyond what is usual in magnitude or degree; “a night of exceeding darkness”; “an exceptional memory”;…
