What kind of state are people usually in day to day?

**Posts:** 2 · by **WilliamS1** » Sun Oct 03, 2021 3:24 am

Hi, as my title says what kind of mental state is normal for people from day to day? Everyone is different and I want to know what is considered normal.

I have been doing a lot of thinking recently and have changed a lot the past three years. Nothing is what I have thought it to be.

Thanks

**Posts:** 12131 · by **Richard@DecisionSkills** » Sun Oct 03, 2021 4:35 am

WilliamS1 wrote: Everyone is different and I want to know what is considered normal.

This above quote is the answer to your question. If everyone is different, then there is no such thing as normal.

Think about it another way. What is considered a “normal” fingerprint? Everyone has a different fingerprint, so there is no “normal”.

Everyone is a different height, but there are averages based on standard deviation. But this only means most people average a certain height, while others are taller or shorter. Still, there is no such thing as a “normal” height.

The “normal” state people are in is equally different. Some people are optimistic, others pessimistic. Some people are happy, others sad. But there is no “normal” as everyone is different.

**Posts:** 3015 · by **tokeless** » Sun Oct 03, 2021 8:22 am

I have been doing a lot of thinking recently and have changed a lot the past three years. Nothing is what I have thought it to be.

What did you change from and why? What were you hoping to be after the changes?

**Posts:** 2 · by **WilliamS1** » Mon Oct 04, 2021 6:23 pm

Yeah I think I agree with you, I kind of answered me own question haha. I worded my question a bit wrong.

I was meaning to say if you were to tally down everyone's mental state (assuming everyone was telling the truth) you would see a certain trend no? You would see more people learn towards one state than the others, even though there isn't a "normal state"?

I actually don't know If I changed but I definitely feel a lot different to how I was. It was a collection of things, it would be a bit too long to type out. I don't think I was hoping for anything, it just happened unexpectedly

**Posts:** 3015 · by **tokeless** » Mon Oct 04, 2021 7:26 pm

WilliamS1 wrote:Yeah I think I agree with you, I kind of answered me own question haha. I worded my question a bit wrong.

I was meaning to say if you were to tally down everyone's mental state (assuming everyone was telling the truth) you would see a certain trend no? You would see more people learn towards one state than the others, even though there isn't a "normal state"?

There are too many variables to work that out and even then, who is normal and what exactly is that?

I actually don't know If I changed but I definitely feel a lot different to how I was. It was a collection of things, it would be a bit too long to type out. I don't think I was hoping for anything, it just happened unexpectedly

Why not just be happy being who you are and not focus on being what you hope is normal.... just be you.

**Posts:** 12131 · by **Richard@DecisionSkills** » Tue Oct 05, 2021 5:08 pm

WilliamS1 wrote:I was meaning to say if you were to tally down everyone's mental state (assuming everyone was telling the truth) you would see a certain trend no? You would see more people learn towards one state than the others, even though there isn't a "normal state"?

The trend would be towards a state of “comfort” of “cognitive consonance”.

You can think of mental states as a sort of bell curve. It is hard to maintain a mental state for any length of time at the extremes. It is emotionally/cognitively draining to constantly be extremely happy or extremely sad. Our physiology can’t maintain the extremes for a long time. Constantly produce the chemicals, the endorphins, serotonin, dopamine, etc. to keep us in a chronic state of sad/happy, is exhausting.

Instead, the overwhelming trend would for people to be in a mental state that doesn’t require much effort to maintain, a state of comfort that avoids extreme mental states.

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