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Nanci Kuykendall
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Nanci K.
Embrace Your Eccentricity
A serious study in eccentricity, conducted by Dr.
David Joseph Weeks, a clinical neuropsychologist from
the Royal Edinburgh Hospital, has turned up some very
positive information for those whom society labels as
being "eccentric."
The report (which has been adapted into a book by Dr.
Weeks and Jamie James entitled Eccentrics: A Study of
Sanity and Strangeness, published by Kodansha Globe)
concludes that eccentrics live five to ten years
longer than average, and that they are usually
healthier, happier, and more intelligent than the rest
of us.
According to Dr. Weeks, an eccentric s "nonconforming;
creative; strongly motivated by curiosity; idealistic:
he (or she) wants to make the world a better place and
the people in it happier; happily obsessed with one or
more hobbies (usually five or six); aware from early
childhood that he (or she) is different; intelligent;
opinionated and outspoken, convinced that he (or she)
is right and that the rest of the world is out of
step."
Many of us suppress our desire to do "daring" things
because we are afraid of being judged by our peers as
being weird or strange. The heavily conformist strains
in our society encourage us to behave like everyone
else, leaving our adventurous selves alone in the
shadows.
Freud once wrote, "...we have to give up a certain
amount of our wild nature in order to live in
society." But must we really? And is it healthy?
Eccentric people are sometimes mistakenly perceived as
being mildly insane, or mentally ill. But actually,
the eccentric person chooses to behave in an
outlandish manner because it gives them positive
pleasure. In some ways, an eccentric is the flip side
of the neurotic -- the neurotic can be highly insecure
with feelings of inferiority, while the eccentric
celebrates his or her originality with no regrets.
The eccentric people who participated in Dr. Weeks'
study also scored very well on IQ tests, where they
ended up among the highest 15 percent of the general
population.
"Eccentrics are healthier because they are happier,"
Dr. Weeks explains. "Stated simply, eccentrics
experience much lower levels of stress because they do
not feel the need to conform, and lower stress levels
mean their immune-response systems can function more
efficiently."
So if you feel like walking around in a raincoat on
the hottest day of the year, or joining the Polar Bear
Club, or shaving half your beard off while studying
under-water basket weaving, go for it! You are not
crazy, you are "eccentric," which as it turns out is
very healthy indeed!
Prepared by Stephen Tunney for Dreamlife
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just knew you all would too.
Nanci K.
Embrace Your Eccentricity
A serious study in eccentricity, conducted by Dr.
David Joseph Weeks, a clinical neuropsychologist from
the Royal Edinburgh Hospital, has turned up some very
positive information for those whom society labels as
being "eccentric."
The report (which has been adapted into a book by Dr.
Weeks and Jamie James entitled Eccentrics: A Study of
Sanity and Strangeness, published by Kodansha Globe)
concludes that eccentrics live five to ten years
longer than average, and that they are usually
healthier, happier, and more intelligent than the rest
of us.
According to Dr. Weeks, an eccentric s "nonconforming;
creative; strongly motivated by curiosity; idealistic:
he (or she) wants to make the world a better place and
the people in it happier; happily obsessed with one or
more hobbies (usually five or six); aware from early
childhood that he (or she) is different; intelligent;
opinionated and outspoken, convinced that he (or she)
is right and that the rest of the world is out of
step."
Many of us suppress our desire to do "daring" things
because we are afraid of being judged by our peers as
being weird or strange. The heavily conformist strains
in our society encourage us to behave like everyone
else, leaving our adventurous selves alone in the
shadows.
Freud once wrote, "...we have to give up a certain
amount of our wild nature in order to live in
society." But must we really? And is it healthy?
Eccentric people are sometimes mistakenly perceived as
being mildly insane, or mentally ill. But actually,
the eccentric person chooses to behave in an
outlandish manner because it gives them positive
pleasure. In some ways, an eccentric is the flip side
of the neurotic -- the neurotic can be highly insecure
with feelings of inferiority, while the eccentric
celebrates his or her originality with no regrets.
The eccentric people who participated in Dr. Weeks'
study also scored very well on IQ tests, where they
ended up among the highest 15 percent of the general
population.
"Eccentrics are healthier because they are happier,"
Dr. Weeks explains. "Stated simply, eccentrics
experience much lower levels of stress because they do
not feel the need to conform, and lower stress levels
mean their immune-response systems can function more
efficiently."
So if you feel like walking around in a raincoat on
the hottest day of the year, or joining the Polar Bear
Club, or shaving half your beard off while studying
under-water basket weaving, go for it! You are not
crazy, you are "eccentric," which as it turns out is
very healthy indeed!
Prepared by Stephen Tunney for Dreamlife
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marianne
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eccentric!!
Thank goodness for that!
marianne
>So having conversations with ones self is nothing more than
> So if you feel like walking around in a raincoat on
> the hottest day of the year, or joining the Polar Bear
> Club, or shaving half your beard off while studying
> under-water basket weaving, go for it! You are not
> crazy, you are "eccentric," which as it turns out is
> very healthy indeed!
>
> Prepared by Stephen Tunney for Dreamlife
eccentric!!
Thank goodness for that!
marianne
Sharon Rudd
> Well I got this from another list and I love it andDear Nanci..this one gets forwarded to some other
> I
> just knew you all would too.
>
> Nanci K.
lovely eccentrics!Thanks, Sharon
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Johanna
I keep getting reply messages like this that I never received the original post on What eccentricity??
Is anyone else getting replies before the messages and missing messages?
Johanna
Life is the ultimate learning experience!
Is anyone else getting replies before the messages and missing messages?
Johanna
Life is the ultimate learning experience!
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Sent: Friday, June 29, 2001 4:43 PM
Subject: Re: [Unschooling-dotcom] Embrace your Eccentricity
> Well I got this from another list and I love it and
> I
> just knew you all would too.
>
> Nanci K.
Dear Nanci..this one gets forwarded to some other
lovely eccentrics!Thanks, Sharon
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Yes on that! In fact, I find that sometimes messages I post actually can take 2-3
days. By then that thread of conversation is over!
Buttons
--- Johanna <saninocencio1@...> wrote:
days. By then that thread of conversation is over!
Buttons
--- Johanna <saninocencio1@...> wrote:
> I keep getting reply messages like this that I never received the original post on
> What eccentricity??
> Is anyone else getting replies before the messages and missing messages?
> Johanna
> Life is the ultimate learning experience!
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Sharon Rudd
> To: [email protected]
> Sent: Friday, June 29, 2001 4:43 PM
> Subject: Re: [Unschooling-dotcom] Embrace your Eccentricity
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>
>
> > Well I got this from another list and I love it and
> > I
> > just knew you all would too.
> >
> > Nanci K.
>
> Dear Nanci..this one gets forwarded to some other
> lovely eccentrics!Thanks, Sharon
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Sharon Rudd
--- Johanna <saninocencio1@...> wrote:
after I forwarded it...
Happens to me too.....I get the reply before the post.
Once in a while. Or I send several posts that show up
out of order with the first after the last by a day or
more. Dunno where they go in cyber space. The long
way around I guess. Happens in snail mail
sometimes......but then it is just different mail
bags.
I enjoyed your rebuttal to the Seattle rag.
Sharon
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> I keep getting reply messages like this that I neverSorry, but I didn't save Nanci's original forward
> received the original post on >
after I forwarded it...
Happens to me too.....I get the reply before the post.
Once in a while. Or I send several posts that show up
out of order with the first after the last by a day or
more. Dunno where they go in cyber space. The long
way around I guess. Happens in snail mail
sometimes......but then it is just different mail
bags.
I enjoyed your rebuttal to the Seattle rag.
Sharon
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Sharon Rudd
Johanna, I did save it afterall!
Sharon
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> Well I got this from another list and I love it and__________________________________________________
> I
> just knew you all would too.
>
> Nanci K.
>
> Embrace Your Eccentricity
>
> A serious study in eccentricity, conducted by Dr.
> David Joseph Weeks, a clinical neuropsychologist
> from
> the Royal Edinburgh Hospital, has turned up some
> very
> positive information for those whom society labels
> as
> being "eccentric."
>
> The report (which has been adapted into a book by
> Dr.
> Weeks and Jamie James entitled Eccentrics: A Study
> of
> Sanity and Strangeness, published by Kodansha Globe)
> concludes that eccentrics live five to ten years
> longer than average, and that they are usually
> healthier, happier, and more intelligent than the
> rest
> of us.
>
> According to Dr. Weeks, an eccentric s
> "nonconforming;
> creative; strongly motivated by curiosity;
> idealistic:
> he (or she) wants to make the world a better place
> and
> the people in it happier; happily obsessed with one
> or
> more hobbies (usually five or six); aware from early
> childhood that he (or she) is different;
> intelligent;
> opinionated and outspoken, convinced that he (or
> she)
> is right and that the rest of the world is out of
> step."
>
> Many of us suppress our desire to do "daring" things
> because we are afraid of being judged by our peers
> as
> being weird or strange. The heavily conformist
> strains
> in our society encourage us to behave like everyone
> else, leaving our adventurous selves alone in the
> shadows.
>
> Freud once wrote, "...we have to give up a certain
> amount of our wild nature in order to live in
> society." But must we really? And is it healthy?
>
> Eccentric people are sometimes mistakenly perceived
> as
> being mildly insane, or mentally ill. But actually,
> the eccentric person chooses to behave in an
> outlandish manner because it gives them positive
> pleasure. In some ways, an eccentric is the flip
> side
> of the neurotic -- the neurotic can be highly
> insecure
> with feelings of inferiority, while the eccentric
> celebrates his or her originality with no regrets.
>
> The eccentric people who participated in Dr. Weeks'
> study also scored very well on IQ tests, where they
> ended up among the highest 15 percent of the general
> population.
>
> "Eccentrics are healthier because they are happier,"
>
> Dr. Weeks explains. "Stated simply, eccentrics
> experience much lower levels of stress because they
> do
> not feel the need to conform, and lower stress
> levels
> mean their immune-response systems can function more
> efficiently."
>
> So if you feel like walking around in a raincoat on
> the hottest day of the year, or joining the Polar
> Bear
> Club, or shaving half your beard off while studying
> under-water basket weaving, go for it! You are not
> crazy, you are "eccentric," which as it turns out is
> very healthy indeed!
>
> Prepared by Stephen Tunney for Dreamlife
>
>
> __________________________________________________
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