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Not quite like legit down syndrome or like wheelchair bound but definitely pretty close, like sometimes people especially older women smile at me the same way they'd smile at a small child and I'm a 26 year old somewhat buff guy, sometimes people also speak to me in a softer tone like they would someone with obvious disabilities, and to top it off children stare the FUCK out of me, almost every child I encounter whilst in public cannot take their eyes off me, and they always look somewhat afraid too
Like these are all hallmark treatments that you'd expect someone with an obvious disability to have but I don't have any obvious disability besides I guess tourettes but even on days where I can supress my tics in public I still get this treatment and these stares
It's my worst fear ever, people actually thinking I'm legit disabled because of how my face looks, if I ever get 100% confirmation that people are actually perceiving me as genuinely mentally slow I will honest to god rope that same day, my mind wouldn't be able to handle it, just thinking about going through my entire life so far not knowing that people actually think I look slow is horrifying and makes me wanna cry
Like these are all hallmark treatments that you'd expect someone with an obvious disability to have but I don't have any obvious disability besides I guess tourettes but even on days where I can supress my tics in public I still get this treatment and these stares
It's my worst fear ever, people actually thinking I'm legit disabled because of how my face looks, if I ever get 100% confirmation that people are actually perceiving me as genuinely mentally slow I will honest to god rope that same day, my mind wouldn't be able to handle it, just thinking about going through my entire life so far not knowing that people actually think I look slow is horrifying and makes me wanna cry
