Do you get mad over pity?

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I get very angry over pity. There's no reason for people to feel sorry for me. There was one girl who was in my Grade 7 class who felt sorry for me, because my social skills weren't very good and she kept going on about how I wasn't going to have any friends in Highschool. I didn't have many friends in Highschool and it wasn't the end of the world for me.

There was another girl in my College programme who told me that she felt sorry for me, because I'm the only person out of my whole network of Family and Relatives who speaks with an English Accent. Oh please. It was nice that she put herself in my shoes, but some people take things a little too far.

pity i could cope with, as i get precious little. being patronised makes me homicidal. and, for any infantile creatures who think it's a laugh to abuse this little bit of information, and start patronising me (or attempting to) ... please grow up and don't bother - it's tedious.

Pity is something I could live without. I don't get much, though, thankfully. My mother tells me sometimes how "brave" I am for making it this far in life with so many problems and minimal assistance. I like that she doesn't think I'm a wimp or something, but at the same time, did I really have a choice?

About 2 weeks back,I was visiting my friends at my old shcool,and I ended up talking w/ this guy who was new to the group.I learned that he has ADHD,Depression,and Social Anxiety.I told him that I was bipolar and that I had Asperger's and he said,"Oh,my f***ing God!THAT'S why everyone hates you.You're f***in' insane!"A few days ago he said,'I feel sorry for you."I said,"Why?"He said,"Because you're insane."

Then he called me not too long ago and apologized for what he said.BUT do you know what he said to me?He siad,"I'm sorry that I called you insane.Insane people don't believe that they're insane,so I shouldn't have told you that you were."

Remember how I said that I take crap off people for so long?Well,I told him that I WASN'T insane,and that Asperger's was jsut a neuroligical disorder and bipolar disorder doesn't make you insane.AND I told him to stop pitying me.And he said,"Yeah,you're right I shouldn't pity you.But you've got to understand that you're not like everyone else and you need help-BAD."Then he hung up.

What do y'all think of that?

-SpaceCase

What do I think?

Rather interesting, how people sometimes can't hold back their true thoughts.

A guy who did a job interview once apoligized to me for something he was very inspecific about. He looked up from my resume, and told me, "I'm sorry, I didn't realize how smart you were" and continued on with the interview as if nothing had happened. To this day, I don't know why he said that or what I did to suggest that I was somewhat un-intelligent or "other".

Sometimes, I think, people, particulary those with various disablities will always encounter freudian slips like yours and mine, even from other disabled people.

I don't know what specifically to advise, except this will probably happen again in the future.

He has AD/HD, Major Depression, and Social Anxiety Disorder and he called YOU insane???



/me starts a charity donation pot for this guy. Any marbles Wrong Planet can donate would be welcome.

BUMP

My ex-best friend felt sorry for me.


-SpaceCase

No one really knows I have AS except a few people. Sometimes my AS makes me act and feel like a scared, timid child, usually in new situations or around very confident people. When that happens and they pick up on it they treat me with pity or like a wittle baby...I hate that! I'm a grown woman. Just because I sometimes can be intimidated doesn't mean I need to be coddled. Then when that idea comes to mind I change my demeanor and thinking and "show" them I don't need that nonsense.

I actually like pity.

When people go, I want to support you with your condition I get because it's not a disability, I don't need help, I know what I want and I go out and get it! It's an Ability not a disability.

It annoys the bloody hell outta me. Like some people have said on here, it IS like some touchy-feely way of patronizing people.....

Spacecase,

Somehow my response got lost. That jerk is DELUSIONAL! HE needs help BAD! Maybe you should explain it to your other friends. AS isn't even anything anyone else has to know about. You can still do just as well, and perhaps better, at non social things. As for bipolar, that is YOUR problem, nobody elses. You may be unreasonable happy or depressed. It IS a problem, but none of THEIR concern.

BTW THIS is why I am THROUGH trying to expose the warts on my life to help others feel better about theirs. It ALWAYS ens up this way with me. You may end up finding the same.

Steve

ah, I only ever receive pity from women when they learn I never had a girl friend. I don't care for their pity unless I'm attracted to her and she's willing to give me a pity lay.