Do you get ANGRY when people think you are "dumb"?

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Younger, I would be upset by that and question why I was called 'dumb', then question it over and over again...

If someone were to tell me this now, I'd take the time to size them up before I take it with a grain of salt. I mean, after all, we're not perfect so we're all dumb in some sort of way aren't we

I think that alot of these ignorant people just look at the media and think that mentally challenged people are just a load of people who can't make a sentence properly or have a jaw that sticks out 2 miles down the road...

and well, there is no point in taking offence when they call us dumb, when its obvious that we are just as equal in all cases... yes every now and again we might see a mentally challenged person who struggles with a few things, but that doesn't mean that all of us who are mentally challenged are like that

I should say, that when I'm around people now, they wouldn't have the slightest clue that I am mentally different, When I let people know that I have Aspergers and/or Epilepsy they seem very surprised, and to be honest I think that they are so surprised because of on these documentories for Channels such as the BBC you only see the mentally challenged people that find even the smallest things in life difficult, and well, I pay my license fee, so I think that its only fair that I get a say in what the BBC will show on their channels, and I think that they should show a documentary of people with these differences are actually pretty much the same in most ways as everyone else, but also show how having that label on our heads saying "Mentally Challenged" can make things in life difficult just because people judge us differently....


PS, I personally don't like to think that we are mentally challenged, I just call it that so people know what I'm talking about...

I'm often mistaken for being an airhead. It used to bother me. For a long time, I believed it, too. A person can only be told they're stupid a certain amount of time before they begin to think it may be true.

When I realized I wasn't dumb, I began to wonder why so many thought I was. Turns out it's my inability to effectively communicate with most people. The fact that this is seen as having a lower IQ is interesting. Perhaps it has to do with humans being social mammals and lack of social skills is the first thing people see about you.

A lot of people mistakenly think first impressions are always right. They rarely try to go deeper unless they like what they have initially seen.

I'm not bothered by it so much anymore. If someone doesn't want to know me because I lack social refinement, then I probably don't want to know them, either.

They can think whatever they want of me as long as they leave me alone - they are entitled to their own opinion which usually more speaks of them then it does about the subject of their opinion. If they feel intimidated by something they don't understand they'll try to label it in a way that suits them which is usually a gross misinterpretation of reality and serves nothing but to give them an ego boost.

i quited my first job because my boss kept telling people i was slow

Yes, I become upset cause, deep down inside I'm not that cognitively impaired though some people get his/her kicks hecklng me whenever I tend not to have an inante knowledge or some area of life or experience etc..
Truthfully, I do my best to present myself as being one whom is competent of life in general for, even if I may not have the where with all of collective knowledge I'll admit to such though, I'll try to retain my dignity in the process.
Actually, there has been times here on the internet where I've been perceived as some mentally-challenged 15yr old teenager of such due to my grammar and language usage.. I'm not sure of what else to say except, I treat others with human kindness whether someone is equivalent,above,below me in terms of intellectual skills.

I can get angry when peopel treat me like I am dumb. it hapens alot. Also like I am slow.

Angry? No, I dislike being called smart because it connotes abilities that are beyond my reach, but when someone calls me dumb or "slow" I just go with it. If it means less work then that's just dandy.

This is a source of deep inner rage. I don't know if this makes me a narcissist or something but it's one thing I absolutely cannot handle. I even have trouble trusting therapists if it seems like they're talking "down" to me. For example, telling me unhelpful things which I already know, assuming I'm more naive than I actually am, or using a different tone of voice when speaking to me.

yeah, but in fairness, I feel dumb too. Even when I know stuff, I can't really remember it on the spot or if I do, I try to condense it into a one-word answer (dunno why.. I suppose I think they'll stop listening if I say anymore).