Special Snowflake Syndrome

From Urban Dictionary:

‘Special snowflake’ syndrome, is a disease in which the subject believes that because she occupies a subculture mildly different to the mainstream, she is inherently better, and above them. The subject will never state that she is better, but it is implied, as is the belief that she is rare in her qualities, despite, in reality, being an only slightly less common cliche. 

Subjects suffering from this syndrome have been known to make statements such as “I’m the girl who’d rather stay home reading Harry Potter than get drunk and get sweet hooks", and will frequently act as if she is under tremendous pressure to act like a ‘typical girl,’ not realizing that ‘typical girls’ are a myth, and those she looks down upon are not what they seem.

There are some people I know suffer from this syndrome. Heck, maybe I also suffer from one at some point. But, ehm, well, at least I'm introspecting. And that is exactly the reason why I want to raise awareness of this questionably legit mental illness, because it could turn you into an annoying person without you even realize.

So, girls (and in some cases, also boys), you're not that special just because what you do/like/hate/are is somewhat faintly different than the others. There are 6 billions people in this world; you could not be just the only one.