What we call 'normal' is a product of repression, denial, splitting, projection, introjection and other forms of destructive action on experience.

R. D. Laing
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We are all living in a dream world. We are all living our life in a way that is not real. We do what we think is normal, but in reality, what we are doing is repressed, denied, splitting up or projecting onto others, etc.

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