Do people say you're crazy when they notice you're different

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Haha this is funny, i think i've been called crazy since the day i popped in this world haha. People would refer to me as crazy age haha, i stopped caring after awhile, i mean its better then being called sped or freak haha.

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Being Normal Is Vastly Overrated

NT girls call my son "crazy" or "creepy" shortly after meeting him. It really makes me angry because it's as if they go out of their way to hurl insults at him. If I take him to a playground, it's not like he's trying to get other kids to play with him. He does his own thing. So, I don't understand why they feel like they have to call him names when he's leaving them alone.

I feel like this pattern will continue for the rest of his life. I try to prepare him for the fact that not everyone is going to like him, but he will have some good friends along the way.

Oh, I know everyone thinks I'm mental. I don't normally worry about it, I just try to put myself across as being quite good natured in spite of it. At least I always get remembered!! !

I get called crazy on a regular basis by people who don't know me.
People who do know me understand that I prefer the word eccentric to crazy.

I am crazy

Yeah, I get called crazy. My boyfriend often looks at the dog and says, "She's crazy. Did you know that?" and the dog seems to give him a sympathetic look. But it's meant to be a joke . . . I think.

People who don't know me well, like most co-workers, seriously think I'm crazy. They completely misunderstand a lot of the AS things.

Crazy is as crazy does topic

Lots of good posts here.

I just want to say I have given NTs a look they understand when they actually tell me to my face that I am crazy. Then they get the hint and leave me be.

I am going to reread some of the other posts here again. Repititious crazy.

Being classed as crazy has been the "norm" for a long time,for those who have inner disabilities that don't have physical/visible traits [like with downs,williams,or FASD],if it doesn't look 'traditional' and obvious,it's just another crazy axe swinging stereotypical pyschotic illness to the mass of ignorants.

If autism and aspergers required the use of a well recognised aid-like a wheel chair,hearing aid,white cane etc. can bet people will instantly assume it's credible,sympathy requiring and real.

Should see if Strapples could sort out the Autistic community with power chairs.........either that or get the ignorants educated better,people shouldn't be abused just because they have something different about them that cannot be visually seen.

Yeah. But I generally respond with either, "I know" or "You still love me anyway right?" depending on how well I know the person. But I get called wierd or crazy at work a lot.

Peace,

Windlord.

I certainly walk that line between sanity and madness, sometimes stumble over it, sometimes lose track of where it is; people do notice, and I make no attempts to conceal it very much anymore. I even jokingly refer to myself as "Crazy Ryan" at work not infrequently.

Generally speaking, it is not a problem for me; many people have come to appreciate me for being different; "eccentric" and "bohemian" are terms others use to describe me, in a not unfriendly way. I speak and act in bizarre ways sometimes, but I am successful and largely functional, at least for now. I have no trouble thinking outside the box; my problem is that I have a hard time thinking in it.

Yeah, my mind is broken in some ways; it also works in some ways that "sane" minds to not seem to be able to. It is a struggle; I can be difficult to deal with sometimes; but that does not mean I have nothing to offer, nothing to be appreciated.

It is important to note, that crazy is not an inherently bad thing. Crazy does not imply violent, or [completely] dysfunctional, or stupid. As I like to say, I'd rather be crazy than stupid. As I also like to say, there's always a method to my madness. Some of the most wonderfully interesting humans I've known can probably be labeled "crazy"; I've met many of them in this place.

In fact, I've realized lately that I seem to be very much drawn to "crazy" people; or, likewise, perhaps I am something of a magnet for them; a "weirdness magnet" was one of my friendly labels in the days of my youth. I don't like humans in general; but "crazy" humans are like rare and wondrous jewels to me.

Good fortune,

- Icarus is crazy like a flying fox...

My drama teacher in high school once said that not only was I outside of the box, I really didn't even know where the box was. I took it as a compliment.

MM I raise my hand to it. I actually retire from a forum after 5 yrs from harassment by NT's and uber intellectuals.

Nope. People don't even go near me.

weird, sure. crazy.....not so much.

People can be so shallow... it's like they just glance and notice something different and right away assume the worst or that the person must be crazy... I suppose today, with all the stress everyone is under in general, there probably are more "crazy" people out there... When I think of "crazy", I think of a person that has gotten stressed out or turned manic, etc.. or is hallucinating or delusional... People with autism were born neurologically different... With that can come attributes as well... To the outsider or shallow person, they can just pick up a difference and automatically assume "crazy"... it's humiliating.... especially if they start spreading that gossip... I felt that I had to move out of a city and start over for that exact reason...

Anyway, I appreciate the replies on this thread : ) It helps deal with it better and to not be so hard on myself... I am what I am...

Posted by Kingdom of Rats:
"Being classed as crazy has been the "norm" for a long time,for those who have inner disabilities that don't have physical/visible traits [like with downs,williams,or FASD],if it doesn't look 'traditional' and obvious,it's just another crazy axe swinging stereotypical pyschotic illness to the mass of ignorants. "

That is so true. They automatically assume the worst, right!! Most never take a closer look.