I used to believe that I was actually mentally retarded but I was SO severely retarded that I didn't even realize it. No one would tell me because they didn't want to hurt my feelings. I even asked my mom several times if I was retarded and people were just pretending for my sake that I wasn't. (The irony now is that my son is autistic and I am extra careful to protect his self-image.)
A childhood belief about i'm different
others believed things like this
- I used to think that retarded was the same word as retired.Anon
- I thought being mentally challenged meant you couldn't do any challenges with peopleAnon
- I'm autistic, and I used to believe taking some of my sister's food while she was eating it was sharing.Anon
- I used to believe that vanilla wasn't a flavor. It just didn't have chocolate in it!— Andrea
- I didn't understand about boiled eggs until my Mum explained I wasn't supposed to eat the shell as well.— Chris
- I used to believe that boys were like robots and had no real feelings, that they were not even real people.— Lisa