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<blockquote data-quote="shilsen" data-source="post: 4101314" data-attributes="member: 198">I didn't describe myself as having a mental or emotional disorder. Pawsplay said I might have one and I joked that my sister (whose attitudes disagree from mine) would probably agree. That's all. I do take pride in being myself, mainly because I made myself the person I want to be, but that's not based on thinking I have a disorder.Being too cool for society is overrated. Especially since it's often just another way of being ruled by society's rules, except that one is automatically assuming an opposed position to society as opposed to automatically accepting its rules. From my perspective, both are the same because they're dependent on society's positions, rather than on one's own decisions and beliefs.I've always thought that if I ever had to pick a religion that I'm most comfortable with, it would be Buddhism, at least in its original form. But achieving nirvana a la Buddhism involves eschewing all attachment and I enjoy having the positives of attachment without the negatives, so it doesn't work perfectly for me. My nirvana comes with elves and chocolates, and Buddha somehow missed out on the importance of those elements.Platitudes du jour? Nice phrase. I might have to steal that.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="shilsen, post: 4101314, member: 198"] I didn't describe myself as having a mental or emotional disorder. Pawsplay said I might have one and I joked that my sister (whose attitudes disagree from mine) would probably agree. That's all. I do take pride in being myself, mainly because I made myself the person I want to be, but that's not based on thinking I have a disorder. Being too cool for society is overrated. Especially since it's often just another way of being ruled by society's rules, except that one is automatically assuming an opposed position to society as opposed to automatically accepting its rules. From my perspective, both are the same because they're dependent on society's positions, rather than on one's own decisions and beliefs. I've always thought that if I ever had to pick a religion that I'm most comfortable with, it would be Buddhism, at least in its original form. But achieving nirvana a la Buddhism involves eschewing all attachment and I enjoy having the positives of attachment without the negatives, so it doesn't work perfectly for me. My nirvana comes with elves and chocolates, and Buddha somehow missed out on the importance of those elements. Platitudes du jour? Nice phrase. I might have to steal that. [/QUOTE]

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