Incorrect Assumptions

Things I've been told throughout my life that turned out to be bullshit

• That people cannot and will not change

• That because I do well on standardised testing I am intelligent

• That because I approach the world logically that I am cold and unfeeling

• That because I pay attention to my appearance I am vain (or, that I am queer)

• That because my skin is a particular colour my brain is good at maths

• That because I am good at maths I cannot be creative and artistic

• That there is no point thinking about or trying to make sense of the world

• That people are irreconcilably different at a fundamental level

• That men and women cannot just be friends

• That I am successful because I earn a certain amount of money

• That I am wasting my life when I choose to attend parties

• That I am boring when I choose not to attend parties

• That your relationships will play out exactly like anyone or anything has told you they will

• That you are hard to love

• That no one will ever really understand you

• That because I experience my feelings intensely I am not masculine, attractive or mentally healthy

• That I only exercise to attract potential partners

• That drugs can only do me harm

• That drugs are only for recreation and pleasure

• That there is ever only one path forward

• That my aspirations are bizarre and unachievable