The alien within
I'm trying to solve which are worse and which are better: to feel like an alien, to be considered an alien by others, to erroneously be paranoid about being considered an alien, to be paranoid about feeling like an alien. I'm sure it all has to do with egocentricity.
Nothing a lengthy jog or a workout in the gym can't fix.
The ability for verbal communication is a miraculous advantage. Even a small child can convey the most complex of thoughts with the deepest philosophical content to anyone who speaks the language. Not to forget the important things, such as explicitly (and if necessary, loudly) expressing personal likes and dislikes.
posted by queerrel @ Friday, April 21, 2006
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8 Comments:
Hei, seems a theme is circulating around your tumble dryer brain :)
What about to feel a normal and healthy human being but as soon as you open your mouth the reaction from surrounding people indicates you are a stranger, or they are not as normal and healthy as assumed?
Hei back! Yup, that was the one I didn't bother to write down: to erroneously be considered an alien. Might be due to a lack of a common symbolism/language - or just because of insuperable differencies in perceiving and sensing life.
The worst of all is to feel an alien and at the same time to be treated as an alien by others. It tears you apart. Sooner or later.
The solution is this beforementioned goal of 100 years in hunger dizzied by red wine - some alienation here and there should go unnoticed while busy blurring the senses. And how about a 24 h isolation tank with all the comfort facilities - whoa! :-D
"differencies in perceiving and sensing life" sums it all up. Ta bud
I think I'll just settle with being an alien and eating people regardless of what they think of me.
(1) Damn right.
(2) And neither is effortless. I can't decide which requires more: striving towards genuiness and sharing yourself as you are (or feel you are) or faking roles. The latter would probably be something one is used to and is thus easier, unless you consciously adopt new roles you're not familiar with. In the long-term the former should get easier.
(3) I was referring to the situation, when you think others think you're an alien - when in fact they don't. I'd say that has to do with insecurity and giving too little credit for those others' intellectual capacities.
(4) My motto is: trust your own judgement even if you haven't a clue.
Due to especially your nr (1), I've rethought this whole alien business. My thanks.
I'll now be joining Korpinsilmä for a feast.
Moi moi moi! Fortunately there seems to be plenty of aliens running loose on the planet. I jump for joy whenever I get a chance to interact with another recognizable alien! You're all bizarre entities to me anyway. I've yet to meet a person that had nothing strange in them whatsoever - of course it's all in the perspective. Hurray to strange likes and dislikes (and dykes)!
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