How do you do it?

"How do you do it?" I asked.
"Do what?" he responded curriously.
I thought for a minute before answering the loaded question. "How do you stay sane?"
He was suprised. "I'm completly normal of course I'm sane."
I sighed, "I meant how do you stay sane if you're completly normal?"
He looked thoughtful for a second. "If I tell you my secret you have to tell me yours."
It was my turn to be curious. "My secret to what?"
"To how you can stand having people not like you for who you are."
"Hm I never really thought about it that way. I guess if they don't like me I try to understand why. After I know mostly it doesn't bother me that much. They don't like me and if they won't change their opinion that's their problem. I just try to avoid those kinds of people."
He nodded. "I guess I can't stand for anyone not to like me. I want everone to think of me well or at least not weird." he chucked a little before the next part, "Also I have a punching bag in my basment."