posted on Jul, 1 2012 @ 08:17 PM
Hi.
I never subscribed to the theory that people who feel different are delusional.
I was lurking here for years before I became a member and over those years I noticed an upwards trend in the amount of people who felt " different"
from the norm' .
I also noticed that for every person who felt brave enough to write about their feeling on here , there was an equal amount of people who were ready
to slate them as being delusional or mentally unhinged.
I remember feeling so sorry for the sceptics , because they obviously had never experienced anything to make them question the status quo and to me
their arguments were based on pure bitterness and a slight envy, because who of us can truly say what is "normal" beyond what we have been lead to
believe ?
At the same time , I have read threads by individuals that have made me cringe in embarrassment , with their outlandish tales, so maybe I too am
guilty of ignorance ? , but i was always decent enough to give them the benefit of the doubt , unless the little voice inside me cried "foul" and then
I would use my intellect and not prejudice to question them.
All I know is , there are no guide lines as to what is "normal" and regardless of how outlandish ones experiences appear to be we should never be
ashamed of putting our beliefs out there .
Forums like ATS thrive on the outlandish and out of the norm experiences , so keep posting folks , regardless of the , at times , undesrved out and
out scepticism .
Long may we continue to question the "norm "
DP
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