What have you been mistaken for?

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Rude
Bratty
Anti-social
Paranoid
as*hole
Self-centered
Dumb
ret*d
Naive
Angry

One guy thought I was a Muslim, which I am not.

People in general: rude, shy, on drugs, quiet, conceited, know it all
Disabilities services (just knowing that I have *a* disability, in my case its technically epilepsy, but not knowing which one): they usually think I'm some kind of ret*d... this is even at college... even when I'm getting testing accomodations for a 400 level foreign language class. I seriously don't get it.
Psychiatrists: depressssssed!! !! !! ! *throws paxil at me* You're not on the spectrum! You just freak out at loud noises and smells because you're so depresssssssed! *chucks zoloft* You can't make eye contact because you're sad.... but you're not sad because you can't make eye contact. I don't understand logic fallacies at all, so have some wellbutrin!

Here is another one I just remembered:

b***h

Profs: Not interested in the class (because I have a tendency to look at my desk instead of at them/the board... but I'm still listening), antisocial, stupid (for some reason, it takes the SECOND test or paper to convince them otherwise), and a burden because I need a laptop and have to take tests in quiet rooms. as*holes.

I keep telling myself, 1.7 million.

On drugs (which was never the case), no self-esteem, shy, "nervous in the service" , bad attitude.

I was mistaken for highly moral, just because I didn't know you were supposed to backstab

People tend to think I am on drugs. The fact that I am is besides the point, lol.

Oh! Can't forget:
Creative and excesively talented.
I have average skills but I don't think of myself as overly talented.

Aloof
Cold
Arrogant
weird
Eccentric
Loner
Shy
Lazy
Selfish
Manipulative.
Vindictive -never got this one the most, I got called it because in primary school going on a school trip there werent enough seats so some of us had to sit three to a two seater. Going up I sat as the thrid person and had to stop myself from falling of especially since they only gave me a tiny corner to sit on. Going back to school I got to the seat first to sit in the middle, knowing how it felt I squeezed up as much as possible to let the over person have more room than I had, had. I was told to get up so that she could sit there and when I refused I was told that I was being vindictive. I felt no joy in it, I was under the believe that whoever gets to the seat first sits there. And I have the suspicion that if it had been the over way round it would have gone exactly the same way, except they wouldn't have been called vindictive and the wouldn't have tried to give as much space as possible.

Generally, there are two categories of misperception, and they do overlap, to some extent.

1.) I am, apparently, perceived as; Arrogant, aloof, egotistic.

2.) I am, apparently, perceived as; Selfish, lazy, paranoid, negative.

The first category is usually the mistake of people that I meet that, frankly, don't measure up to my standard of association. They're usually (but not always) nice enough people, good folks. It's just that it only takes a few seconds of conversation to discern that I have zero in common with them and there's therefore no point in wasting any more of my time or THEIRS (see? NOT selfish) in further interaction. They want to talk about sports, cars, and their latest exaggerated exploits by way of self-promotion (Lies), and I want to discuss human origins, cosmology, art & music. Not much point in continuing in that direction, is there?

The second category is primarily my father, who, because he cannot see the world through my eyes, and has not experienced what I have, dismisses any conclusions at which I arrive that differ from his own. If I dismiss the suggestions he makes, I'm being negative or paranoid. He often takes these dismissals personally, and his accusations are, IMO, a form of striking back at me. He undermines me at every turn, then expects me to rise above it at the very same time. Faced with this dilemma, I shut down. Often. He is my only living relative.

1)Neurotic

2)Weird

3)Aloof

4)Too-formal

5)Intense

6)Talks too much

7)Socially immature

I have also been told that I´m "too nice", "gullible", and, spiritually speaking, "on a high plane".

Hmmmm, when I look at this list, none of it seems to go together. Funny....

Dunnow...you seem pretty darn talented to me...but I know what you mean..I have been...as I perceive... "overly praised" for my creativity...which I tend to be pretty humble about...and I try to promote the notion that anyone can do the things that i do...

shy; spacy; bipolar(because my mood can change on a dime, especially if it is a sensory issue and I have an anxiety attack), borderline personality disorder?what ever that is. ; rude;hard of hearing; just plain nuts OCD, etc...........................

I don't think people think I'm rude, I'm often getting compliments about how nice I am.

But a lot of people do call me spacy, shy, and weird. I'm pretty sure a few people have thought I was on drugs too. I think a lot of people find me annoying as well...

This thread is becoming way too serious.

Another adjective that I've been handed haphazardly is "genius".

Nothing could be further from the truth--I'm just a tad above average.

Even my sister pointed this out the other day: "Your IQ is only X? I scored higher than that!"

I just have to LOL at the whole charade, especially since my sister is nearly incapable of caring for herself, and refuses to acknowledge that either she or I have AS.

Weird
Nerd
Pothead (I still can't figure out why everyone thought I was)
Anti-social