Well, all of
us think that we are abnormally normal and we are perfect human beings when it
comes to our psyche composition. But the truth is that everyone is abnormal in his
or her own ways or on the other hand our particular abnormality does not
require any kind of clinical treatment.
Indeed, it
is very difficult to define what normal status is. The more something remains tight
and rigid the chance of getting it broken would be high. So it is nice to have
some kind of crack so that the machine would function without further faults.
It is nice to remain normally abnormal than getting into complete abnormality
later on.
Then, what
is our notion of abnormality? We think that people who are clinically diagnosed
and treated at the mental asylums are only abnormal, however by and large each
one of us are abnormal. We always associate abnormality with clinical treatment
but that is not the prerequisite to be considered as abnormal. Yes, to an
extent we all are normally abnormal in our own ways.
A particular
behavior is being clinically considered as abnormal when it becomes deviant
behavior and it starts affecting the normal functions of an individual. As long
as the particular behavior does not affect our normal functions and does not
disturb people around us, it is no longer being considered as abnormality nor
it needs any medication.
If we can
closely observe our behavior, characters and mannerisms we would be able to
find an element of abnormality in everything that we do. I learn that I have
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) in its insignificant degree, where in I
tend to repeat the actions once done. For instance, though the doors at home are
locked in the night, before I go to sleep going and rechecking whether the
doors are closed is the trivial degree of OCD. This is not considered as a disorder
because it does not affect my normal functions whereas OCD is clinically diagnosed
when an individual keeps on doing the same action repeatedly without being able
to concentrating on anything else.
The most widely
rampant abnormality is schizophrenia and the symptoms of this are illusion and
hallucination and these are present in each and everyone of us in various
degrees and that is the reason at times we feel that something was really
present right in front of us like in the darkness a rope is being perceived as
a snake and hear a sound like our name is being called out by someone.
It would
have been considered disorder, if I went on doing the same and my normal
functions getting disturbed. So in its utmost sense, there is no significant
difference between people admitted in mental asylums and we who are not
admitted, both the parties have the disorders it is in various degrees though.
The mental health of the individual is very delicate and at any point of time,
an individual could lose his mental balance and become clinically abnormal.
So we shall
not have any aversion and stereotypical notions towards our brethren who are
admitted in mental asylums. Any individual can succumb to this kind of clinical
situation the moment one loses his mental balance due to unprecedented
incidents and shocks. Nevertheless, everyone is normally abnormal in various
degrees.
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