#HighlySensitivePeople/Introverts: What’s Wrong With Being Different? Absolutely Nothing!
What’s Wrong with Being Different? Absolutely Nothing! There’s nothing wrong with being different. The real problem is that we live in a world obsessed with “normal”—a made-up standard designed to keep people small, quiet, and easy to categorize. But here’s the truth: “normal” is boring. It’s overrated. As a highly sensitive person, introvert, and have social anxiety, I spent years feeling self-conscious for not fitting in. Why? Because society trains us to believe that if we don’t match the mold—if we’re too emotional, too quiet, too reflective—we’re somehow flawed. I felt different as a child, painfully aware of every glance, every word. I was tall for my age, awkward, teased for standing out when all I wanted was to blend in. I wasn’t popular. I…
