Name: THEONLYSANEONELEFT 2011-04-27 1:49
Alright /adv/,
I was hoping someone here could shed some light on an area of confusion for me.
I have no obsessions. No compulsions. I do not have nightmares. I have no phobias. I've never been depressed. I've never been addicted to anything, or even felt a craving that could be attributed to addiction.
I don't fear anything without a proper reason to, founded in logic or experience and even then I usually just err on the cautious side.
When I go to sleep at night I enter a black void and wake up feeling electric.
I'll go to a party and smoke a half pack of cigarettes and a cigar in the morning then go a month without thinking about tobacco.
I've never been prescribed any three letter syndromes or medication of any kind.
Despite all this, it seems like everyone I know has some irrational phobia, OCD, ADD, addiction, or other compulsion. Kleptomaniacs, pathological liars. Nearly everyone I know. They get frustrated when I can't understand them.
I just don't get it /adv/. I can't even begin to imagine the mind of someone afflicted by any of these things. I don't understand phobias or obsessions or addictions. I just can't rationalize or begin to empathize.
As far as I can tell, and noone I know will disagree, the only issues I have are minor social and personality flaws. A little procrastination, a little hesitation to commit to a relationship. Those sorts of things. And I've overcome all of them at one time or another if I had a good enough reason.
So is it arrogant for me to feel more sane than everyone around me?
I was hoping someone here could shed some light on an area of confusion for me.
I have no obsessions. No compulsions. I do not have nightmares. I have no phobias. I've never been depressed. I've never been addicted to anything, or even felt a craving that could be attributed to addiction.
I don't fear anything without a proper reason to, founded in logic or experience and even then I usually just err on the cautious side.
When I go to sleep at night I enter a black void and wake up feeling electric.
I'll go to a party and smoke a half pack of cigarettes and a cigar in the morning then go a month without thinking about tobacco.
I've never been prescribed any three letter syndromes or medication of any kind.
Despite all this, it seems like everyone I know has some irrational phobia, OCD, ADD, addiction, or other compulsion. Kleptomaniacs, pathological liars. Nearly everyone I know. They get frustrated when I can't understand them.
I just don't get it /adv/. I can't even begin to imagine the mind of someone afflicted by any of these things. I don't understand phobias or obsessions or addictions. I just can't rationalize or begin to empathize.
As far as I can tell, and noone I know will disagree, the only issues I have are minor social and personality flaws. A little procrastination, a little hesitation to commit to a relationship. Those sorts of things. And I've overcome all of them at one time or another if I had a good enough reason.
So is it arrogant for me to feel more sane than everyone around me?