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Originally Posted by Shadix
^^^YES YES YES. This is something I am very well aware of and I do often suspect it may be at play. There is a phenomenon where you will tend to behave in a way that conforms to the way people treat you. For example, Ioften sense that people treat me like I am socially awkward or incompetent. Like they are nice to me in a condescending way. Almost like they are talking to a child. Perhaps them treating me this way causes me to behave in the way they expect? Also, it could be a two way street. Maybe since I am expecting this treatment from people, that causes them to treat me this way.
It's funny, people say "you can't control what people think of you" but what if what people think of us can control us?
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Yes, research self fulfilling prophecies and how other people's views of you can cause you to behave differently if you are prone to them. Get some therapy to get to the root of the problem. You do have points about how you see things but it's not as concrete as you feel it is. It's more fluid and less rigid. Therapy will help you identify why you think like this and how to correct patterns which no longer serve you.