#whatsnormal

[thesilencesighs]

I want love so much so so much enough for it to make me normal. But I'm incapable of love, what's a human without it? I don't understand anything nothing makes sense,

#mendmymind #i'm sad #whatsnormal #mentally drained #depressed #wtf is wrong with me

[ameliabarnard]

Friends: “Can you once in your life, just be normal when we go out, okay?” Me: “Sure” Also me: #friends #friend #weirdo #nevernormal #whatsnormal #weird https://www.instagram.com/p/CkjF9yoDiJF/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#friends #friend #weirdo #nevernormal #whatsnormal #weird

[thatdumbfatbitch]

He stopped questioning it, he just laughs and accepts it now😅🤦🏻‍♀️ #healthjourney #mentalhealth #physicalhealth #brokenbody #brokenbrain #whatsnormal #imapparentlyananomoly https://www.instagram.com/p/CiNdAyTO-bu/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#healthjourney #mentalhealth #physicalhealth #brokenbody #brokenbrain #whatsnormal #imapparentlyananomoly

[l-mart]

Late next year maybe for semi-normal? I’ll settle for that...

#roger sterling #mad men #john slattery #whatsnormal #wearamask #staysafe

[palmsupsisters]

We’re all going through an interesting time together, to say the least.

I saw this meme and it really got me thinking...

So I wanted to make sure to pass it along, to get your wheels turning on this subject, if you haven’t already been thinking about it.

What part of “normal” life are you excited to get back to and what aspects of your life are you not wanting to continue with? Is there anything you’ve been doing during this time of isolation/social distancing that is different than your “norm” that you’ve enjoyed, and would like to continue doing?

Before this pandemic, a lot of us were on autopilot and/or rushing through our days and nights, which can easily result in not taking time to observe ourselves. We can learn a lot when we intentionally sit back and observe ourselves and our surroundings. And now is a God given time to do it.

This time is allowing us all to slow down and take a look at ourselves and our lives. We have an opportunity to take advantage of this moment in time to make the changes in our lives and within that we haven’t had time to focus on previously.

My hope is that we all come out of this unique experience, better individually, which leads to a healthier and happier collective.

Let’s all turn our palms up, and intentionally send each other love, peace and good vibes.

Blessings, peace and love....

Amy Renee’ Greco

#theworldslowsdown #regroup #observe #gowithin #slowdown #rediscover #whatsnormal #interesting times #spirituality #meditate #holistic healing #energy healing #goodvibes #optimism #love #balance #lets come together #palmsupsisters

[knalovenge]

#normal #whatsnormal #normalwasntworking knalovenge.com https://www.instagram.com/p/CBRnTfplaSw/?igshid=s38h5yhldwfe

#normal #whatsnormal #normalwasntworking

[localbearfriend]

⬅️ 🙋🏾‍♂️🤷🏾‍♂️ #timeisanillusion #whatsnormal #transmanofcolor #ftmtransgender #spiritualgangsta #spiritguidesme #aliens #iam https://www.instagram.com/p/B2BEUuhjTUV/?igshid=xca82s3or5xi

#timeisanillusion #whatsnormal #transmanofcolor #ftmtransgender #spiritualgangsta #spiritguidesme #aliens #iam

[jaayyyo]

life with bronchitis

When you start coughing, you dont think about getting sick. Ohh its just a cough, it will go away. Then it doesnt, your freaking out, because you havent been around anyone with covid, so your thinking whats going on. thats what happen to me, i freaked out. 

hoping this week, or next week, ill get tested for covid. i rather be safe then sorry. last time i got tested, was about two months ago, so i wanna be sure again.

#life #i hate it so much #dontwannabesick #coughing #whatsnormal

[askatherapist-blog]

#lol #truestory #life #psycho #crazy #deranged #dysfunctional #different #insane #nolimitations #impulsive #weekendvibes #issavibe #funfriday #tgif #theturnupisreal #mentalhealth #mentalhealthawareness #mentalillness #mentalhealthadvocate #askatherapist #normal #whatsnormal #anyways

#dysfunctional #issavibe #different #life #psycho #askatherapist #crazy #weekendvibes #insane #nolimitations #whatsnormal #deranged #mentalillness #mentalhealthadvocate #truestory #tgif #anyways #lol #impulsive #theturnupisreal #normal #funfriday #mentalhealthawareness #mentalhealth

[thursdaybennet]

Hello. My name is Thursday Bennet, and after many years of thinking about it, wishing I had a good enough idea, and wistfully watching from the sidelines, I just signed up for National Novel Writing Month (or its more clunky abbreviation, NaNoWriMo). Got some mood music going (Sabrina the movie soundtrack by the great John Williams, yes just the one song on repeat, why is that weird?) and I have some ideas I’m excited to play around with that came to me during a recent hospital stay. I’ve heard from various sources my whole life that creative types that struggle with mental health issues have a near magical ability to turn pain into art, even specifically that people with bipolar disorder (looking at you Vincent) have this amazing capability for creativity that they tap into. Never understood it myself, because whenever I was my most creative I was also usually manic with a nice dash of psychosis spread all over like dark chocolate sprinkles.

Psychosis is the ugly cousin down in the basement no one likes to talk about when it comes to discussing mental health issues, at least I know it’s not one I’m dying to discuss. Depression and Anxiety? Come right this way, we have a VIP table waiting for you with your millions of sufferers, and feel free to talk about it openly for the most part now because it has (thankfully) become a lot more acceptable to struggle with either or both. Though the second someone suffering with either of these does something even remotely unseemly, be prepared for the backlash and dismissive attitude that follows. “Well what can you expect, she has mental health issues” they whisper to each other. Or even worse in my opinion, it has gotten to the point where certain personality types use a diagnosis as a crutch, a shield to ward off personal responsibility for themselves and their behavior. “You expect me to get a job and contribute to the household Mom? How dare you, I have mental health issues that I wont discuss with anyone or seek treatment for, but will absolutely use to get out of doing my fair share.” Neither of these scenarios are good, and unfortunately the stereotypes surrounding them harm the ones who really are struggling the most. But as far as stigma goes I feel like we have come such a long way. With people I am getting to know and testing the waters with so to speak, I will absolutely say I have depression and anxiety (which is technically correct) rather than be fully open and say that I have bipolar disorder. Call me a coward if you like, you would also be technically correct.

Segueing back to the ugly cousin down in the basement though, Psychosis. That’s a frightening word no one wants to talk about. At least I know I don’t. To discuss it means admitting that I have at times touch with reality, and it feels like something to be ashamed of. I have during the course of one manic episode and subsequent hospitalization regressed to a childlike mentality and legitimately thought I was Alice lost in Wonderland. I had a nasty temper and threw tantrums when I didn’t get my way (tried to take the entire box of crayons back to my room when they were meant to be shared amongst the other patients) that rivaled the Red Queen herself. When I calmed down and was more myself I was mortified! I would never act like even when I was a child, I’ve always been told tantrums were rare when I was young.

More recently my episode and hospitalization took a darker turn, but also an extremely interesting one. I definitely did not regress, I was 100% a grown woman, but that brought other baggage. I thought that I was Katniss Everdeen, Juliette Ferrars, and Queen Elizabeth I all rolled into one. I thought I was, not exactly Mother Earth, but definitely one of her goddesses walking the earth and appreciating the beauty in life. I saw the geometry and the numbers in creation, the angles and brushstrokes of even just weeds and dandelions. Instead of just ugly browns I saw shades of plum and mauve in the dried up leaves on the ground. I tried to embrace the chaos that is life by rolling random objects in my hands, throwing them like they were dice and then looking for patterns and shapes. Basically....I turned in Tia Dalma from Pirates of the Caribbean but with much better teeth and without the sweet accent.

I’ll admit at this point that I have forgotten what my point to all that was, other than to get it off my chest. It feels good, even though in doing so I feel the uncomfortable tingle of being overly exposed trickling down my spine and the cold shoulder of stigma breathing down my neck. I’m only 32 years old, and my current living situation is one that by most standards would seem fairly unencumbered. I have so much I want to do, and you would think that as a married, childless, currently unemployed woman I should be able to achieve them right? Yet I often feel unfairly weighed down both by the challenges my disorder brings just trying to go about my day, and the often heavier weight of the stigma of the diagnosis itself.

I guess to return to what I said about NaNoWriMo, I’m trying to take some agency back for myself. Yeah I recently had an episode, the first in a fairly stable three years. Yes, along with the mania I also experienced psychosis, meaning I lost pieces of who I was and what was real, but that doesn’t have to define me forever as its already run its course and I’m back in good ol’ reality. And yes, I absolutely can take some power back by turning what I experienced into something beautiful, rather than something ugly and shameful. So stay tuned for snippets of stories and little nuggets of ideas, as I try to bring some order to the chaos once again. I’m not sure yet if I’ll be writing a novel based on my experiences or a completely fictional story plucked from one of many that I found myself experiencing on some level during my brief hospitalization. But either way, its about to get weird so grab some popcorn and buckle in, my little coffee cakes. I’ll try not to shock your delicious crumble topping right off your heads.

By the way, in case you hadn’t read between the lines, this is my first time posting about my disorder. And while it feels as thrilling as it is somewhat dangerous, I don’t want it to define me. I just want to stop pretending to be normal every day, because it is unbelievably exhausting. I would rather just be myself, Thursday, someone who likes to write, loves her family and her dog, and when she’s not chilling playing her favorite video games, likes to create art. That’s me, and that’s what you’ll get if you stick around.

We-ell....the Sabrina theme doesn’t pop up for me when I search for it so enjoy some Lindsey Stirling I accidentally added, the pathos of which really doesn’t match the tone of my post lol. (Unless you listen to it while reading about my hospital stays, in which case it is almost too on the nose.)

Here you go, this should go down a little easier and goes with what I hope was an overall optimistic and hopeful journal entry. Enjoy.

#bipolar disorder #mentalheathawareness #writing #nanowrimo #newbeginnings #whatsnormal #bipolaire #Spotify

[charlesgonzo]

when it be like #studiosunday #creative #hangout #sparking #lightimgfires #livingoutsidethebox #weareextraordinary #whatsnormal #youwouldntunderstand #unlessyoudo #noexplanationrequired #art #artists #creatives

#artists #whatsnormal #hangout #unlessyoudo #art #weareextraordinary #lightimgfires #sparking #livingoutsidethebox #noexplanationrequired #creatives #creative #studiosunday #youwouldntunderstand

[pickteam]

Between bands around the face and bandages around the foot, this is getting old 🥵 Need to get back to normal #goawaycovid19 #whatsnormal #tiring #showmustgo_on (at Weston Hills Country Club, Weston) https://www.instagram.com/p/CCm8oiDAPgz/?igshid=18r4cfeijl29y

#goawaycovid19 #whatsnormal #tiring #showmustgo_on

[itsariehill]

That's right. Breathe in. Breathe out. And no one is the wiser. #ariehillbooks #public #displays #of #normalcy #quarantine #whatsnormal #whatsnormalanymore #whatsnormalanyway #socializing #behavior #introverts #playing #it #cool #introvertlife #introvertmemes #breathe #breatheinbreatheout #justbreathe #justbeyou #just #not #that #much #you https://www.instagram.com/p/CBI-N4kBPpI/?igshid=suhg23niu7cw

#ariehillbooks #public #displays #of #normalcy #quarantine #whatsnormal #whatsnormalanymore #whatsnormalanyway #socializing #behavior #introverts #playing #it #cool #introvertlife #introvertmemes #breathe #breatheinbreatheout #justbreathe #justbeyou #just #not #that #much #you

[racheleroyale]

When you’re live 😳🙈 youtube.com/RacheleRoyaleMusic . Shout out to @chelseahandler 🙌 #allmysingleladies #whatsnormal #realtalk #selflove #feedyoursoul #doyou (at Los Angeles, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/B_y09OrlBvj/?igshid=3g7ojznv0ve0

#allmysingleladies #whatsnormal #realtalk #selflove #feedyoursoul #doyou

[imkijafa]

Sitting in my car... Thinking about a whole lotta shit.... Change is good right? I feel like this is a chance to start over in a few areas of my life... . .. ... This is merely a plot twist lol... Let's see what happens.... . .. ... #Bored #IsThisReallyHappening #StayHome #Corona #WhatsNormal https://www.instagram.com/p/B-A68Nxl17D/?igshid=eem194vr63zm

#bored #isthisreallyhappening #stayhome #corona #whatsnormal

[nomad4everrr]

Dijembe Backpackers! The craziest Hippie place in Storms River. Don't expect any normal people here. But then? If you'd expect normal; you'd probably sit in your cubicle at work or watching the fake news on TV. So let's be crazy & abnormal instead of normal & boring... 🤯🤪🥳😁👌 -- #Dijembe #BackpackerLifeStyle #BackpackersStories #StormsRiver #EasternCape #Tsitsikamma #TsitsikammaTrail #TsitsikammaVillage #Hippie #Hippies #Smoking #DijembeBackpackers #SmokeGetsInYourEyes #WhereThereIsFire #Abnormal #WhatsNormal #WhatsNormalAnyway #Crazy #CrazyLife #PerpetualTraveler (at Storms River Mouth, Tsitsikamma Nature Reserve) https://www.instagram.com/p/B9V45RHDjyk/?igshid=1h1bpsj8dm8kb

#dijembe #backpackerlifestyle #backpackersstories #stormsriver #easterncape #tsitsikamma #tsitsikammatrail #tsitsikammavillage #hippie #hippies #smoking #dijembebackpackers #smokegetsinyoureyes #wherethereisfire #abnormal #whatsnormal #whatsnormalanyway #crazy #crazylife #perpetualtraveler