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
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