You're Not Weird, There's No Such Thing!

OK so let's talk about people being 'weird'...

Growing up I was bullied, put down, I never fit in to any particular group of friends, I still don't...the reason being is that I'm odd, yes, I'm odd; I know it, other people know it, it's a fact.

But is odd even the right word? I mean...what is normal to determine the meaning of odd? These days the definition of normal is being a closed person, being judgmental and not having an open mind.

When we talk about attitudes and how people treat each other, where do our characteristics and way of thinking come from? Why do people that consider themselves 'normal' seem to be so judgmental and scared of giving someone a chance just because the person they talk to say weird things or act in a way they find strange and yet the apparent strange ones are more open, grounded and empathetic?

I always say that you can't help the DNA you're born with, and the way you think and act is dependable in life's experiences, we all have our own perception of the world and each version is independently different.

Now I'm on open book, I will tell anyone anything, which is why I can tell you that my biological Mother and Father separated and I grew up in a home with my Mother, Step-Father and Step-Brother's and Step-Sisters, although I had my older blood Brother Daniel whom is special needs, so I was already the isolated one for the first 15 years of my life.

Because of the relationship breakdown with my Mother and Step-Father I had to leave home at 15, during my GCSE's, which is also the same age I properly met my biological Father; since then I was homeless countless times (I never told my Father and that side of my family, I was too afraid to!) I started hanging around with the wrong people, got into a lot of drugs, got very depressed and out of hand.

One day I decided to turn my life around by leaving that life, going back to college and making something of myself. My life is very accepting looking back at what I have achieved, however because of my history and how my body and emotions were affected, I am today left with 'odd' characteristics and an 'odd' state of mind. I say 'odd' with apostrophes because well, to me it isn't odd, it's actually in fact what 'normal' is to me, I'm acting and thinking the way I do because I am in touch with life and real past experiences of which are the sum of who I am today, to me I had learnt the real principles of life, what respect means and how to treat other people.

I also learnt the valuable lesson that people are 'weird' for a reason, their history! If you come across a 'weird' person, it's most likely that they often are more normal than you if you think that way because of their emotional progression and mental adaption.

So when I come across people that put other people down, you can understand based on this blog, it REALLY gets my gut!

Here's a concluded bit of advice to this story...

When people hate on you or put you down, whether online or publicly in front of people just remember...it's because they are either going through a hard time and they're taking it out on you, had a hard time growing up and they 180'd instead of learning from it, they were bullies at school and never grew out of it, bullied themselves and became a bully, or they're just simply either jealous or a complete egotistic arsehole.

Whatever the reason, you're not the weird one! It's them not you so let them get lost in their own negativity, live your life and be happy the way you want to be; because in most cases you wont ever see them again after the period of time you do anyway and the universe tends to unfold as it should! These people haven't learnt that you win in life by making people feel good, not the opposite, so don't be that type of person!

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Thanks for reading!

Craig Milton

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