Quote from Camus

[gmoney]

"Nobody realizes that some people expend tremendous energy merely to be normal." - Albert Camus, quoted by Liz Smith

[Odin2005]

1. That describes my life perfectly.

I look superficially "normal", but very few people understand how mentally exhausting that is. many people on the Autism spectrum have periods of "regression" because putting on the mask is just to exhausting.

[Forkboy]

2. That's why I stopped trying way back in my teens.

I see what passes for normal and I've decided I'm not interested. ;)

[Odin2005]

3. Normal is overrated.

[EFerrari]

5. Ha! That's cheating!

Me, too. :)

[qb]

4. I like Camus. His "Myth of Sisyphus" is one of my favorite books.

My attempts to be "normal" were similar to Sisyphus rolling the rock up the hill, only to see it roll back down... again and again and again.