What's the biggest misconception people hold about you?

wendy41

How I react to the misconceptions; well when they laugh I simply ask them what is funny about you assuming that because I'm a scouser that it deems me a thief? You make the assumption based on hearsay or what you read and it's a bit like saying you're sleeping with your best friends wife! That soon removes the smile to a 

emberkid

People assume because of my autism that I must be intellectually disabled.  Because I have a hard time with eye contact and struggle to know what to say in conversations, it makes people think I’m not very bright, when in fact I have a verbal IQ of 141.

66Mustang

@emberkid I have found exactly the same r.e. people thinking I'm not very clever, yet my IQ is meant to be similar to yours (that said I am unsure whether I believe in the tests so haven't taken one for over 10 years). I have found you can use this to your advantage sometimes, it's sometimes convenient for people to think you are a bit "simple"!!

OverlyAnxious

One of the most frustrating ones for me is that people think I choose to have debilitating anxiety symptoms and could just turn them off to attend their event or a medical setting. 

People also regularly assume that I must enjoy being at home (and by that logic, the Covid lockdowns) because I'm agoraphobic.  Not true at all, I wish I could be out experiencing all sorts of places!!


On a lighter note, people that I've met in real life after chatting on forums for a while assume that I'm never going to shut-up, the reality is they really have to put in some effort to coax a few words out of me in the real world. 

SBSpIMuleX

oh a got a few, the worst 1 is because all my issues are not viable, for example i have aspergers, autism, anxiety, depression, bipolar, adhd and ive been signed off long term for about 4-5 yeard and get annual assesments and they jut ask me or my parents why am i work shy or why are you doing what ou do as there is notihng wrong with you and your just lazy" on a lighter note i get told because of how i look and act that people think im in my 20s or 30s rather then 40 and i still get asked for proff of age now and again, also people never really no what the real me is like as i like to put on an act all the time and act as the comedian or joker as if u appear happy and  alaugh people will leave you alone and not bother or fuss you rathr then how something is wrong, people also think due to this that im succh a laugh and must be so popular when i only actually have 2 real freinds and never meet u or go out with people and always go places on my own and stay away on my own