Don’t Ever Utter The N-Word If You Want To Feel Good About Yourself

Michael Sands
3 min readMay 7, 2024

Anger, shame, depression, anxiety all result from the use of this word. It is the one word that erodes self-esteem and discourages deeper thought. So ubiquitous that we barely notice its presence. And that word is: Normal. It often starts with people asking themselves: “ Is it normal to…” or “Do most people feel this way” or saying to a partner, “That’s not normal…”

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Michael Sands

Challenger of assumptions. People worker. Recovering nihilist.