Magnus_Rex wrote:
I hate how people tend to think I'm crazy. Sure, I am a weird guy, I have a strange sense of humor and I don't talk too much with people I don't know. But given some time (generally, a few months, which I understand is a really long time) I will loosen up and people actually start liking and even respecting me.
People should be more open-minded.
Nicely put. Mental illness has the most horrible stigma. Anyone who is thought to be crazy gets no respect. I consider myself smarter than the average bear and I hold down a good job. Yet, whenever I space out in public, people laugh and make comments. No respect.
Yesteday was the worst because it demostrated most of what I annoys me about society. I was reading in the library and I must have spaced out. I came out of it by hearing someone laughing and looking at me. Their "friend" said something like "Man, if I was that crazy..." Rubbish! I think attention deficit is a long way from psychotic. Then I start to think: is that really necessary to make disparaging remarks about other people? My heart always goes out to the homeless. They have no chance in American society for any dignity or respect, especially if people use anything they can to disparage anyone outside their circle.
Anyway, to make this relevant to the post, you can say I hate it most when people make comments about you when walking by. They almost
need to do it within earshot to degrade the individual for the sake of the group. Rousseau was right -- man is an awesome creation, but when in society, they act like selfish, compassionless pigs.