Did you use to think you were the only one??

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I thought why do I have problems with things that most others do with ease? Must be because I am a weak person. Only one no, weak people group yes.

A reason why I was "Too quiet" when in school.

Was told to be quiet and Learn. So as long as they spoke on topic..Would do exactly that.....but if they went off topic , would just do the homework from the previous class.....Maybe I was the only one who was paying attn.

While still dependent on my parents, I thought there was no one else who had the same problems as I.  This was reinforced by my father, my teachers, and the school counselors . . .

"Why are you the only one who acts this way?" was the type of question they all asked.

"You want extra help from the teachers?  What do you think you are, SPECIAL?!" was the type of thing I heard from my father.

It was only after living on my own that I began to meet people like me, especially during the Dungeons & Dragons craze -- other gamers would relate stories similar to mine, and I think that is part of why we bonded so well.

I also think that making me feel that I was the only one with the problems I had was their way to "Blame and Shame" me into conforming to what they believed was 'normal' behavior.

they [the usual authoritarian brassholes all my life] browbeat me chronically but i musta been immune to their persuasion but they did elicit acute dread from me.