The way I see it, the way I saw things as a kid, that was normal, then the religious beliefs of the cult screwed me up and when I exited it was back to normal.
I knew there was still a boggy patch in my world picture which I came to recognise was because I was married to someone who liked to mess with my reality, but basically it was back to earth at that point.
I am older now but no change from that basic sense of things since. I still think the most solid confirmation is where it's congruent with other species.
