[brackenbeard]

i still worry about coming off crazy to people, or coming off paranoid, or coming of not normal. i know that i shouldn't worry, but i can't help it. i'm worried. it's like the world will come crashing down if people don't accept me. does anyone feel like that too?

[Tsunamisurfer]

Originally Posted by brackenbeard

i still worry about coming off crazy to people, or coming off paranoid, or coming of not normal. i know that i shouldn't worry, but i can't help it. i'm worried. it's like the world will come crashing down if people don't accept me. does anyone feel like that too?

I've given up trying to be normal. I'm quite happy with the way I see things, most of the time. But some things really get in the way, such as not being able to tolerate noise, and little sounds startle me. That makes me seem weird to many people, and creates obstacles to their ability to relate to me, even when I try to behave normally and treat them kindly. The result is often painful distance, and quite exhausting efforts needed to keep friendships going.

[JeremyMG2009]

Most people never guess that I have mental problems, so long as they don't meet me when I'm around a bunch of people. I don't care what people think, I learned not to care because I was bullied in school for being different, so I embraced that i'm different.

[fishsandwich]

Frankly, mental problems don't even occur to most people as an explanation. At worst, you'll be considered eccentric or odd.
Most people are so busy navel-gazing and obsessing about their own lives, they don't have the energy to worry about you, too

And this probably sounds a lot more negative than I mean it to be.

[newtus]

Originally Posted by fishsandwich

Frankly, mental problems don't even occur to most people as an explanation. At worst, you'll be considered eccentric or odd.
Most people are so busy navel-gazing and obsessing about their own lives, they don't have the energy to worry about you, too

And this probably sounds a lot more negative than I mean it to be.

id try to believe you
but when people ask me "whats wrong with you?"...to me..
...nothings the same.

i get more than fair share of odd looks.

[JeremyMG2009]

Originally Posted by newtus

id try to believe you
but when people ask me "whats wrong with you?"...to me..
...nothings the same.

i get more than fair share of odd looks.

Tell them that it's none of their business. And if they keep bothering you, just walk away.

[brackenbeard]

Originally Posted by newtus

id try to believe you
but when people ask me "whats wrong with you?"...to me..
...nothings the same.

i get more than fair share of odd looks.

I feel very much the same way. In fact people who've asked me that tend to make me anxious immediately when I see them again.

[Tsunamisurfer]

Originally Posted by brackenbeard

I feel very much the same way. In fact people who've asked me that tend to make me anxious immediately when I see them again.

I get asked "what do you do?" - a question that calls for a bit of prefrontal cortex work for me, because if I give an honest answer with any meaningful content, it is usually considered over share, and if I just say "not much", it seems evasive (which it is), and I alienate that person anyway. So that question is almost always stressful for me.

[Ones44]

People constantly ask me, "Are you OK?" It annoys me a lot.

[Yammer1993]

I have stopped taking my Clozaril because as soon as you go to different doctors and you list what meds you are on, many ask, "What are you taking it for?' I feel embarrassed. I feel ashamed. It shouldn't happen to me. I look absolutely fine but what goes on inside is another story. I rarely sleep, sometimes 1-2 hours a night OR stay up 2-3 days. Sleep meds just don't work. Having severe marital problems (not me sexually). I cannot work but want to so bad. I reuse to take the meds now about 3.6 months. Need it BADLY!!! May take the monthly injection of Clozaril, but paranoid to get it. This is no way to live.