As a spastic and autistic ricecel dwarf I've always had trouble being taken seriously as a man. While the treatment I've received from most people hasn't been bad per se (as in outright bullying), most of it has been tinged with pity and low expectations. Until I started to lose my hair recently, most people treated me like a grown child. Now that I can no longer pass as a child, they don't really know what to make of me anymore. The confusion on people's faces is at turns both hilarious and saddening to me.
If most people you meet think that you'll never amount to much, is it any surprise that you don't turn out well in life? Self-belief needs a solid substrate of other people also believing in you. At least it does for me. Looking back, while I was somewhat gifted as a youngster, it's now clear to me that I never really believed in my own potential, because most other people seemed only to see a crippled loser in me. Especially foids, almost none of whom shared my intellectual interests.
Anyone else had a similar experience?
If most people you meet think that you'll never amount to much, is it any surprise that you don't turn out well in life? Self-belief needs a solid substrate of other people also believing in you. At least it does for me. Looking back, while I was somewhat gifted as a youngster, it's now clear to me that I never really believed in my own potential, because most other people seemed only to see a crippled loser in me. Especially foids, almost none of whom shared my intellectual interests.
Anyone else had a similar experience?
