Feeling not human

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Hello all

I know there have been similar threads to this in the past but I thought I'd start a new one because this is about wanting to get to know the people who reply

I am an artist and researcher and I'm autistic (and bipolar). I've never felt human - always convinced I'm from somewhere else, that I'm an alien, that I need to get home somehow, that if I had an operation or x-ray they'd find I'm nothing like anyone else inside...

Who else feels like this? Can you describe your feelings? Do you think they are 'real' or just feelings?

I make artwork about these experiences of my own, but I want to understand more than just myself, I want to hear from others.

Do you think you're an alien? A changeling? A ghost? An angel? A demon? A you from an alternate universe?

Welcome to Wrong Planet!

Yep, I’ve felt like this for a while. It’s very common in autistic people I think. I used to think of myself as an alien, but now that I’m into X Men I call myself a mutant.

Welcome to WP!

I wouldn't get entrapped on 'labels' because you feel alienated or different.

Accept you think differently to the sheep caught in the system.: )

I think much of our thoughts come from the idea we create because we can see right through the fraudulent worlds created by the expected social norms.


Welcome

Thank you everyone for your replies and kind welcomes

Welcome demieljo!

I can't tell you what I am. That would lead to people hunting me down

Enjoy the forum!

Hello.

I know that I'm human, but the feeling of not belonging is real for me. Much like a person who isn't native to a country and doesn't speak the language very well and doesn't know the customs and never gets better at either.

When I was a child, I not only thought I was an alien, but I believed my parents weren't my real parents and were instead just my earth guardians. I believed I was from a different planet and I was formed from the vomit of the king of that planet. I created a rudimentary language with my friend who lived next door and created a new name for myself in the other planet's language. I insisted that my classmates at school call me by that new name; they obliged thinking little of it since I was always the weirdest kid in school.

well, embrace the alien!

on a darker note, it has happened a couple of times that i felt myself watch my body like i was not me or anything. I sometimes feel like nothing and like i'm pretending to be a person when in reality i'm just a learning algorithm learning random s**t. i try not to focus on this feeling, it's unproductive.