What Is A TCK? [Part II]

TCKs come with an array of emotions.

I mean, most TCKs have been portrayed as little emo kids with not much more to do than travel all over the world, get pampered and mope over their living situation.

I wouldn't say it's that simple.

Everyone needs to feel as if they belong. As if they are loved and needed. If we look at Maslow's hierarchy of needs:

TCKs tend to be missing out on some of life's greatest needs it seems. We appear to be self actualized, and in a way, we reach this goal much faster than others.[lack of prejudice, acceptance of facts, what could be more true? :P] But without a stable base.

Physiologically, unless we're hobo TCKs [highly unlikely] we have food, water, sex [for the elders], sleep etc etc. I'm positive that unless you're being murdered/trying to commit suicide, no one can be deprived of breathing and excreting.
However, TCKs can sometime be lacking in areas such as belonging, and to perhaps a smaller extent, safety.
That's the base I'm talking about.

Most people I know wouldn't survive without a permanent house. Most people I know would next to die if they didn't have anyone they could trust. In a world where popularity and conformity is everything, many mono-cultural people would just waste away not knowing what to do.

Enter the TCK. We've never had anyone to really trust. Never had a permanent home. [The saying goes that the suitcase is where the home is] In order to survive without some of these necessities, we simply don't conform.
I'd say it's a good way to cope, isn't it?

Then again, when I think about it...maybe we don't really need to conform to well. I mean, after all, TCKs have reached the highest level more easily that way...haven't they?

Mishy <3