looksmaxer321
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Why do I feel like people don’t understand me?
I don’t really know if I have a high or low IQ, but I understand most things faster than other people. Things stay in my mind for a long time, and I remember almost everything perfectly.
But sometimes I just don’t know how to react in certain situations. For example, a distant friend’s mother died, and people from my school who didn’t even know her went to her funeral. I didn’t go because I didn’t know her mother, and then my sister said I’m not empathetic. Like wtf — I wouldn’t like it either if someone came to my funeral who didn’t even know me
Another example: when someone tells me something, 95% of the time I just don’t really care, but I still try to show empathy so I don’t come off as rude or anything. The thing is, I can 100% feel when someone is sad or happy, and I can really put myself in their position — but as long as it’s not me, I just don’t care that much.
Sometimes I feel like if I told people how I really feel, they wouldn’t understand me or might even reject me, you know?
So please tell me: what can I do to not come off as a rude person? And can you understand my perspective on these topics?
I don’t really know if I have a high or low IQ, but I understand most things faster than other people. Things stay in my mind for a long time, and I remember almost everything perfectly.
But sometimes I just don’t know how to react in certain situations. For example, a distant friend’s mother died, and people from my school who didn’t even know her went to her funeral. I didn’t go because I didn’t know her mother, and then my sister said I’m not empathetic. Like wtf — I wouldn’t like it either if someone came to my funeral who didn’t even know me
Another example: when someone tells me something, 95% of the time I just don’t really care, but I still try to show empathy so I don’t come off as rude or anything. The thing is, I can 100% feel when someone is sad or happy, and I can really put myself in their position — but as long as it’s not me, I just don’t care that much.
Sometimes I feel like if I told people how I really feel, they wouldn’t understand me or might even reject me, you know?
So please tell me: what can I do to not come off as a rude person? And can you understand my perspective on these topics?
