Was anyone else told this or similar?

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By your mother or father (In my case my mother)- You were an awkward baby/toddler/child/teenager etc

I’ve been told that I am STILL awkward.

My mother was still telling me I was awkward months before she died in 2010.

Sure. I went to school and got bullied, then came home and got the same from my mom.

My dad has the same "awkwardness" as me, more or less.

Glad to see you posting!

My mum says I was 'average' as a baby/toddler but I grew into a very awkward child. She said I was 'hard work', and I was awkward as a teenager, and basically into adulthood. For the last 2 or 3 years I've become less awkward and more like a grown-up.

My mother has always told me... and continues to tell me... that I am "funny". This is always accompanied by a strange expression that I can't begin to fathom. I think she means funny peculiar rather than funny ha-ha.

My mother thinks I’m the ultimate social misfit.

She refuses to introduce me to her friends

My mom said that I was a good baby and a happy little girl.

Then I started school, and everything was downhill from there, from a social standpoint. I did well academically, but I was never really able to apply anything at a high level.

People no longer say I'm awkward. I am well-liked now. My main problem now is remembering everything I need to do in all of my activities.

my dad often describes how I acted as "difficult for the sake of being difficult"

Well, from what my parents have told me, here's a summary of what they probably thought.

Baby

Parents: Huh, she's well behaved but oddly quiet for a baby. Doesn't cry much at all, but hey we're not complaining. Development seems fairly normal.

Toddler.

Parents: Wow, she's so shy and cautious. Definitely looks before she leaps. Tends to second guess herself. Not really sure what she's trying to say though since her words are slurred, there seems to also be a lisp there and a stutter. Doesn't communicate well.

4-5 years old.

Parents: OK, now we're concerned. She doesn't speak to us anymore, only speaks to her sister. Doesn't speak at school at all. Refuses to write and doesn't show any signs of body language. Doesn't seem to play properly nor does she play or interact at all with the other kids.

6- 7 years old.

Parents: She's starting to improve dramatically. Granted, she's still somewhat reserved but at least she's interacting with the others and gaining friends. Considering her previous behaviour, she's made remarkable progress.

However, she's starting to act out at school.

8-10 years old.

Parents: Yup, she's still acting out at school. If this is her as a child, we best brace ourselves for the teenage years. *sigh*

Last edited by Lost_dragon on 28 Nov 2018, 5:58 pm, edited 1 time in total.

Yes, my mother called me awkward and babyish. Also she said I didn't have the gift of gab like her. She said I didn't smile when I was a baby. She said I was fussy and persnickety.

When I was a teenager she called me schizophrenic.
A Psychiatrist came to my high school to talk to me because I was always alone at school, but all he did was try to give me the inkblot test.

I just kept saying I saw an inkblot.
I didn't cooperate because I didn't know the right answers and I was afraid they would say I was schizophrenic.
He got mad and walked out.

I was very awkward. My mom suspected me of being on the spectrum since I was a toddler.