gsmax5
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I always feel like people think I'm retarded/autistic when I perform miserably in certain social situations. It's really the worst feeling.
For example, when I was in the 8th grade, my teacher told one of my friends (who also happened to be her favorite) that *myname* and "Allen" (a seriously mentally ill kid, not like a mild mental disorder like SP) were a little bit *more difficult* to cooperate; the three of us were in a group and were assigned to make paper airplanes, he wanted to make it one way, and I wanted to make it another way so he told the teacher we couldn't agree a design. That was really the first time I ever proposed an alternative to the proposition of someone else in a group project, and this incident made sure it would be the last.
*Sorry for the previous paragraph, I know it's a literary failure*
At that time my Social Phobia was even worse, and my teacher thought I was a savant (one of those people who are smart as a result of a mental deficiency in another area).
She talked to me like a baby and I really hated it.
Anyway, I could go on all day with more details, have you ever had an experience where you felt like because of your poor social performance that people might think you have mental problems (when you really don't, other than SP)??
My biggest fear is that I could end up being (or even being perceived as) a mentally ill person.
For example, when I was in the 8th grade, my teacher told one of my friends (who also happened to be her favorite) that *myname* and "Allen" (a seriously mentally ill kid, not like a mild mental disorder like SP) were a little bit *more difficult* to cooperate; the three of us were in a group and were assigned to make paper airplanes, he wanted to make it one way, and I wanted to make it another way so he told the teacher we couldn't agree a design. That was really the first time I ever proposed an alternative to the proposition of someone else in a group project, and this incident made sure it would be the last.
*Sorry for the previous paragraph, I know it's a literary failure*
At that time my Social Phobia was even worse, and my teacher thought I was a savant (one of those people who are smart as a result of a mental deficiency in another area).
She talked to me like a baby and I really hated it.
Anyway, I could go on all day with more details, have you ever had an experience where you felt like because of your poor social performance that people might think you have mental problems (when you really don't, other than SP)??
My biggest fear is that I could end up being (or even being perceived as) a mentally ill person.
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