What were you like as a kid?

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I came off as a little brat and someone who didn't follow directions or care about other kids and people and I came off as selfish and naughty. I cried a lot and lot of things made me upset and cry. I was bossy and wanted everything my way, I loved to tease. I was very social and I liked being around other people and kids. I was language delayed so I didn't talk well and I spoke with a stutter and I talked fast and loud. I did love to tell stories. I was also shy so I didn't go to kids I wasn't familiar with unless they came to me first. I was also socially naive and I was labeled as being impulsive by my mother and always got obsessed. I did love playing with other kids. I was pretty extroverted as a kid and I hated being alone and I always wanted friends. I also did lot of stuff when I was a kid, played outside, rode my bike, played on the swings, went to the woods, played with my brothers toys, played with Barbies, Polly Pockets, jigsaw puzzles, colored, computer, board games, played in the wading pool or ran through the sprinkles.

I was pretty difficult as a child but in lot of ways I was like a normal child despite being in special ed and going to doctors and therapies and kids thought I was ret*d or stupid and I had other negative labels by them. Then I got pretty bad anxiety in puberty and got withdrawn from other kids. We didn't have anything in common anyway and they were not into what I was into so I just played my video games or did computer or listened to music. I think as a little kid socializing is a lot easier because you all play together.

I was pretty brave kid that wouldn't respect any rules unless explained.
I talked a lot and my speech was adult-like - I had good grammar and vocabulary.
I had no stranger danger and wanted to be friends with everyone, kids and adults and I had trouble with honorifics(I used to talk to my parents friends the same way as they did - without honorific a child should use).
Adults considered me a smart kid. Other kids were scared of me.
I had no friends at school(I was actually bullied since I remember - early preschool. And before that I apparently acted like I have no idea other kids are people) and I was spending most of my time roaming around, climbing trees, checking out basements and imagining how it would be to play with other kids in their bases.

Had quite a few friends when I was younger, and most days it was very easy for me to blend in with other children.

I was still pretty weird, though, as well as a little timid... And just the smallest things could put me on the verge of tears.

Hi kraftiekortie,

Thanks for your kind messages.

As for those people needing flexibility ... well, that, or maybe just some good, old-fashioned humility.
As for the Indian chief's son, wow, was he handsome! Oh well, that marriage wasn't meant to be.
And boogie is a really cool form of dancing, to my mind (okay, I'll admit to liking disco) ...

In Elementary School I was shy, but very outgoing----I know, strange dichotomy. My mother said I was autistic when I was a kid----this was the 60s; how she knew, is beyond me. My vice-principal argued with her, gave me all kinds of tests, sent me to a psychologist, put me in Special Ed, took me out of Special Ed..... My teachers always put: "Could do so much better, if she would only apply herself", on my report card. I knew how to do everything, when I started school at age 5 (math, writing, reading, telling time, etc), so I was bored-to-death----when I saw all the kids, all I saw was "time to play"----if they had given me something to which I could apply myself, I WOULD have.

When I got to Jr. High, there was this really pretty black lady that used to stand outside her classroom, in the morning, and greet everyone that came-down the hall----her smile just lit-up the entire hallway----I decided I wanted to be like HER; so, I started learning facial expressions. I got bullied some, teased ALOT----I survived.

In Senior High, I got some confidence (was in a program where I went to school in the morning, and then worked in the afternoon). I got tired of the bullying, and started standing-up for myself----that worked-out well.

I was very shy around other kids, but more sociable around adults. I loved and admired my mom's best friends and wanted desperately to be an adult and hated the fact that I was still a kid. I got bullied a lot and was really insecure. I got glasses right before I started kindergarten and was teased at first because of them. I was overweight and had really wide feet. I hated wearing stiff clothes so I wore a lot of leggings and sweatpants. I liked watching TV and reading a lot. I rarely was seen without a book. I was very optimistic as a young child and because I loved animals, I dreamed of being a veterinarian. I also wanted to be a pop star and I took singing lessons for years. I also did dance lessons but was very uncoordinated and was always the odd one out in the group. I was actually pretty much always the odd one out in the group, but I didn't let it bother me until I was older.

I was very shy and quiet. I didn't like playing with the other kids; I just wanted to be alone. I had a rich fantasy life, but I was too shy to share it with anyone. I didn't like telling people things about me or sharing my ideas. I was very scared of everything; I loved going to parks and investigating the climbers, but I was too scared to do a lot of the things on them. I could read and write very well, but I never liked having too much attention put on me for that. So sometimes I would pretend not to know a word so people wouldn't be surprised at me. I loved reading, both books for my age and grown-up type books. But I would never read them from cover to cover; I would flip through them and look at the interesting parts. I had already started to have obsessions with people, and that and other things gave me anxiety.

I always thought I was being "normal" but people always teased me, got called weird a lot, family members always told me I was rude though I never knew what I did that was rude. Favorite things to do when I was a kid was climbing trees and reading fact rich material like encyclopedias and national geographic mags. Social situations were always very awkward for me and panic and anxiety attacks were common when in public. The expectation from others to be, look, and act a certain way have always been high (even now when I'm in my mid 30s). Making and keeping friends has always been nigh impossible.

I was very complex as a kid. Sometimes I seemed like a normal kid; playing with other children who lived in my street, riding bikes with them or my family, engaging in social play with my peers, being interested in other children, keeping up with social trends in the playground, all that sort of stuff.

But other times I was a problem child. I could be naughty by crying at hardly nothing, just to get attention or get my own way (this was at home). I was very anxious and emotional at school (between ages 4 and 7), but got better as I got older, although still anxious. Most of my school anxieties seemed to revolve around the bell, as I was afraid of the sudden noise of bells ringing. No other noise at school bothered me though.

I was shy at school, but around my family and friends I was a very sociable child. I loved going swimming with my cousins when we were on holiday, and doing other activities with them.

Unfortunately things got hard after puberty hit. My peers became difficult to get on with, I became isolated, I felt left out, I didn't have any friends for a couple of years when I was in my teens, and for the first time in my life I felt emotionally behind my peers. By the time I was 15 I was able to learn and develop "correct teenage social rules" what my peers learnt and developed by around age 12.

I always danced to the beat of a different drum LOL

I didn't really learn "social rules," beyond the basics, until adulthood.

I had no subtlety in me; and I could not discern subtlety in others. It took a long time to learn about such things.

When I played a sport, I tried my hardest. I didn't have a "team concept." All I cared about was how I did (which usually wasn't too well). I threw nasty tantrums, sometimes causing me to get thrown out of games and venues.

Same with board games like "Monopoly." I don't know how much damage I would have done had there been video games during my childhood.

I was a very happy child from the ages 1 to 9. I was extremely proud to be a Canadian and I had a love for Germany, Germans and German things. I remember laughing at my dad at the age of 6, when he told me to tell people that I came from England 100 years ago.

I had a very rough time the year that I was 10. I was wishing that the LA Olympics were still on TV, but I couldn't find the proper words to express that, so I started talking about the US non-stop. I'd also look at maps of the US for hours on end looking at all the states and cities. I've also started getting an unwanted monthly guest as well. I was a boy on the inside. How could that happen to me? I hated 1985. It was the worst year of my life. This year has been a better year for me than 1985.

I was so disillusioned with myself at the age of 11, that I found a mask called England and covered up my speech patterns with the voice of Working Class London. I said to myself in self-hatred, "Maybe I did come from England 100 years ago. I'm going to wow my family for once!"

I remember at the age of 12 when my sister and I were watching Hogan's Heroes one day in the Summer of 1987. I quipped, "I'm Peter Newkirk!" My mum yelled from the kitchen, "I heard that!" My sister who was 9 at the time said, "You remind me of Schultz." I asked, "Why?" She replied, "You just do."

As a child I was very Timid but I used to get upset if anyone sat in MY spot or used my favourite easel.
when I lived in Tasmania I played with the the kids in our street as we knew each other from very young.

Then we moved to Victoria everything changed I got Bullied by the kids in the primary school I went to and my sister was bullied by the kids in the High School she went to because of me.
I became withdrawn and then when the special school opened I went there, things were a lot better I had friends, one I'm still friends with.