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12-02-2008, 09:04 PM
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Are You Eccentric???
Characteristics
Psychologist Dr. David Weeks mentions people with a mental illness "suffer" from their behavior while healthy eccentrics are quite happy. He even states eccentrics are less prone to mental illness than everyone else. According to studies, there are fifteen distinctive characteristics that differentiate a healthy eccentric person from a regular person or someone who has a mental illness (although some may not always apply). The first five are in most people regarded as eccentric:
Nonconforming attitude
Creative
Intense curiosity
Idealistic
Happy obsession with a hobby or hobbies
Known very early in his or her childhood they were different from others
Highly intelligent
Opinionated and outspoken
Noncompetitive
Unusual living or eating habits
Not interested in the opinions or company of others
Mischievous sense of humor
Single
Eldest or only child
Bad speller
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12-02-2008, 09:08 PM
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Re: Are You Eccentric???
Being normal is waaaay overrated, Mark. Even the earth is bipolar. 
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Articles on such subjects as "The New Birth," will be accepted, whether they teach that the new birth takes place before baptism in water and Spirit, or that the new birth consists of baptism of water and Spirit. - THE PENTECOSTAL HERALD Dec. 1945
"It is doubtful if any Trinitarian Pentecostals have ever professed to believe in three gods, and Oneness Pentecostals should not claim that they do." - Daniel Segraves
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12-02-2008, 09:24 PM
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Re: Are You Eccentric???
According to this list, alot of people I know are eccentric. Even me. And certainly most of us here on AFF 
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12-02-2008, 09:29 PM
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Re: Are You Eccentric???
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Originally Posted by StMark
Characteristics
Psychologist Dr. David Weeks mentions people with a mental illness "suffer" from their behavior while healthy eccentrics are quite happy. He even states eccentrics are less prone to mental illness than everyone else. According to studies, there are fifteen distinctive characteristics that differentiate a healthy eccentric person from a regular person or someone who has a mental illness (although some may not always apply). The first five are in most people regarded as eccentric:
Nonconforming attitude
Creative
Intense curiosity
Idealistic
Happy obsession with a hobby or hobbies
Known very early in his or her childhood they were different from others
Highly intelligent
Opinionated and outspoken
Noncompetitive
Unusual living or eating habits
Not interested in the opinions or company of others
Mischievous sense of humor
Single
Eldest or only child
Bad speller
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Hmmmm, I fit all of those except:
Noncompetitive
Single
Eldest or only child
.....(totally modest here...lol)
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12-02-2008, 09:32 PM
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Re: Are You Eccentric???
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Originally Posted by JaneEyre
Hmmmm, I fit all of those except:
Noncompetitive
Single
Eldest or only child
.....(totally modest here...lol)
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me too, Except I'm not
Outspoken
single
a bad speller
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12-02-2008, 09:36 PM
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Re: Are You Eccentric???
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me too, Except I'm not
Outspoken
single
a bad speller
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Maybe I should have included a bad speller, too. I am more of a bad typist and proofreader than a bad speller.
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12-02-2008, 09:38 PM
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Re: Are You Eccentric???
Well, there's just too many on the list that doesn't describe me so I guess that cancels me out
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12-02-2008, 09:41 PM
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Re: Are You Eccentric???
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Originally Posted by StMark
Well, there's just too many on the list that doesn't describe me so I guess that cancels me out
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Here are the ones that fit Mark: (about 90%)
*Nonconforming attitude
Creative
*Intense curiosity
*Idealistic
*Happy obsession with a hobby or hobbies
***Known very early in his or her childhood they were different from others
Highly intelligent
*Opinionated and outspoken
Noncompetitive
*Unusual living or eating habits
*Not interested in the opinions or company of others
*Mischievous sense of humor
*Single
Eldest or only child
***Bad speller
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"It is inhumane, in my opinion, to force people who have a genuine medical need for coffee to wait in line behind people who apparently view it as some kind of recreational activity." Dave Barry 2005
I am a firm believer in the Old Paths
Articles on such subjects as "The New Birth," will be accepted, whether they teach that the new birth takes place before baptism in water and Spirit, or that the new birth consists of baptism of water and Spirit. - THE PENTECOSTAL HERALD Dec. 1945
"It is doubtful if any Trinitarian Pentecostals have ever professed to believe in three gods, and Oneness Pentecostals should not claim that they do." - Daniel Segraves
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12-02-2008, 09:43 PM
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Re: Are You Eccentric???
So you know me better then I know myself uh
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12-02-2008, 09:46 PM
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Re: Are You Eccentric???
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So you know me better then I know myself uh
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What did you do go and get married without telling us?
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"It is inhumane, in my opinion, to force people who have a genuine medical need for coffee to wait in line behind people who apparently view it as some kind of recreational activity." Dave Barry 2005
I am a firm believer in the Old Paths
Articles on such subjects as "The New Birth," will be accepted, whether they teach that the new birth takes place before baptism in water and Spirit, or that the new birth consists of baptism of water and Spirit. - THE PENTECOSTAL HERALD Dec. 1945
"It is doubtful if any Trinitarian Pentecostals have ever professed to believe in three gods, and Oneness Pentecostals should not claim that they do." - Daniel Segraves
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