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I think your OP is filled with insecurities, as I have pointed out many times. I think, considering you thread title and comments you have made, it is false to state these are eccentricities.
Originally posted by Dark Ghost
reply to post by atlasastro
Let me see if I understand your objections. You believe I am actually unwell/insecure, as opposed to eccentric, and am leading people down a false sense of security of thinking they are also eccentric when it is really that they too are unwell? Is this along the lines of what you are saying?
I have never claimed you are merely seeking attention, although one could logically claim that you have sought attention by creating this thread. I personally don't believe you created this thread simply for attention.
Acknowledging my eccentricities has helped me come to terms with the person I am - it's not an attention-seeking label.
If you could point out the eccentricities in your OP, that would be great. So posters and members can distinguish between the "dark stuff" in your OP and your "eccentricities".
Much of my eccentric behaviour takes place when I am alone or around people I feel comfortable being myself around. Eccentric does not mean one has to act like a character in a movie or play where hyperbole is generally used to great effect.
I agree.
Naturally we are more receptive to views of others that we agree with or can relate to, and are less receptive of views which clash with our own. This is not just me, it is human nature!
But I still acknowledge and respond to dissenting views, as I am doing right now. (Only when I feel somebody is trolling, I tend not to answer). I am not sure why you have referred to what I said as a lie. Care to elaborate on how I lied?
Thats interesting, because you say you have eccentricities and are happy to call your self an eccentric person.
Like I stated earlier, I am confident I can comprehend the different definitions of the words eccentric and insecure. I have insecurities, but I would not describe myself as an insecure individual;
I never said you did, the OP did.
I do not continually seek the approval or comfort of a third party to reassure me of my faults. I believe that is a key aspect of one who is an insecure individual
Originally posted by Dark Ghost
A person with too much time on their hands in this physical world, but not enough time to explore the metaphysical aspects of existence. You are physically lazy but mentally proactive.
Originally posted by Dark Ghost
Other people ask you where you see yourself in 10 years, you worry about where you see yourself in 10 days. You are not the same person you were yesterday. You don't just worry about the future, you focus on the past and are apprehensive about the present.
Eccentricity is not, as dull people would have us believe, a form of madness. It is often a kind of innocent pride, and the man of genius and the aristocrat are frequently regarded as eccentrics because genius and aristocrat are entirely unafraid of and uninfluenced by the opinions and vagaries of the crowd.
Originally posted by solargeddon
Originally posted by VerityPhantom
We all "feel" different but are we? Probably not, just the same old trace elements (Oxygen, Carbon and Hydrogen) that make us the same old monkeys we are. No snowflake people or all that junk that our mommies tell us to make us feel good. Just fake it til you make it man.
Yeah, but difference is relative, and if we feel it as individuals, then there must be an element of truth to it.
By the way, I know its off topic (although not entirely as your name means truth in part) My daughter's name is Verity, love that name
Originally posted by satron
I believe the main reason people feel this way is because they have distant parents that never really got to know and guide their children as much as they needed.
reply to post by Lichter daraus
Also i have Inattentive ADHD so people think i'm weird anyway.
reply to post by daynight42
If I can't have a real conversation with someone, forget it. I have no interest in hearing petty pleasantries from anyone. Society needs to get real, get in touch with everything going on (even the ugly), and let's start to progress instead of get lost more and more in fantasy.
Originally posted by ScatterBrain
reply to post by Lichter daraus
Also i have Inattentive ADHD so people think i'm weird anyway.
So sad you accept a label the system gives to the type of personality that the system labels because it has rejected. I hope you don't take the drugs, the drugs are intended to cripple the person you are.