Do you feel as though you are different from those around you?

What a boring and lifeless world this would be if we were all the same. I am proud I have always been able to stand up for what I feel is right and say what needs to be said.

I was always the shy one at school but also came from an abusive home so I didnt have many friends I couldnt have friends over or go places either so made me an outcast but I have always been a very caring person and a lot of love to give I want for people to feel the love I didnt growing up I want them to have someonme to turn to I always felt sorry for the oputcast people and in return made me an out cast also to day I am still the same I have worked in day cares, baby sitting, humane society, nurses aid and all along was told I was one of the best they have had and my people I cared for was always happy to see me it made me feel good I just finished a class in Vet assistance and hope to do someting wioth that knowledge also tho I also just had a sput in my back and was told my disability in permant so we will have to see tho I just put my reseme in at a pet store I am out to show them I can do something still but yes I am different and an outcast but I also know why God made me this way to do his work

I was always the odd one out too. I had red, very curly hair so I looked different. Plus I was extremely shy. I still feel as though I'm the odd one out to this day. I guess its a feeling you always carry with you.

As large as I am (Height wise)I was always the one that got picked on & bullied, simply because I was very shy & quiet, I still am. Like yourself I despised school because I hated being among crowds & once again I'm still the same, so although in your case these things helped you become stronger I'm not sure I can say the same has happened for me.

I always feel different from those around me. I feel like a sturdy lumberjack woman while others around me are dainty and petite. I always felt this way from the time I entered grade school to the present. I always wanted to be the status quo, blonde, blue eyed, smart. Instead I got handed brown hair, hazel eyes, and so so in the smart category. I just tend to ignore it now unless some rude person comments about someone else in front of me. I had that happen two weeks ago. I was with my mother at her doctor's appointment and this mean old lady told this girl that she was beautiful. I felt like I was just an old hag with a wart on my nose. I felt like telling this lady up yours but I knew better than to. Now I don't really care. I am myself and sometimes I like it and other times, I wish I could just be some one else.

Common people would remain common always. I don't give much importance to physical appearance at all. It is good to have good face and charming personality. But, it is not the only factor, which makes you human. If you see around you, you would feel many good looking and smart people are not really that good to be praised. I am having a friend, if you see him you would not feel impressed. He is not good looking at all. But, when you start speaking to him. You're gonna love him and bow before him. All because of wisdom, knowledge and personality. He is a management consultant. So, personally I feel I am ok and it doesn't matter too much how I look. Your personality, wisdom and knowledge speaks for you.

Well - no two people are alike. maybe a few or more things in common, but that's it. I was always different in that I was always saying something that just tossed people into an uncontrollable fit of laughter. I'm still like that. The one time someone else became the laughing stock of the workplace, it was from a mistake he made. Someone even said something about 'taking that glory away from me.' I mentioned back that at least when I'm the one being laughed at, I do it on purpose, & that he did it by accident.

oh yeah, all through elementary and highschool I was teased and unliked because I was different. I have red hair too and I was just a weirdo. Since highschool people have pretty much accepted me for who I am but there are still people out there who don't like me because I am not like everybody else.

I think that I am sometimes and I do not find anything wrong with that at all. I think being different is always a good thing in my book.

Hi Shannon, I was always singled out when I was young. Back in the sixties and early seventies we didnt have things like ADHD. But when I look at the symptyms, I think that caused me alot of trouble. I had serious problems consentrating on class, I would daydream alot. Anyway, sorry to get off topic but because of this I wasnt very well liked by the other kids in class or the teachers. I got beat up alot, kind of made me not ever want to leave the house, but I survived, dropped out of high school and after a few decades I'm finally breaking out of my very hard shell. I dont know if there was a greater purpose for all this or not, I guess we'll see. Take care, Terry

Ya, I am very straight forward and i used to out things staright out, immaterial it is, whether it is my boss or my dad, or my teacher,.. This quality many of them dont like it,, and they even stop talking to me.... Initialy i was worried about it.. but now i have got accustomed about it..

Ah well - growing up I was always the odd girl out. For one reason or another that kind of just built up on each other. My mom would dress me in her remakes of fashion from magazines which we NOT the fashion in our area. So this got people to look at me more when I wasn't playing the games or watching the t.v. shows that they did. I was one of the few girls in the gifted and talented program at my school and in almost every organization possible. As a result I got made fun of because I wasn't the best at everything and of course - being kids.. they made fun of my nose. Oi At a young age I went through more than most people go in a life time. As a result I was very much mature compared to my class mates. As a result I have always felt out of place because I never understood their antics. I still feel like the odd person out because I work hard when no one else does and I still don't understand why people my age - do what they do

I have always felt like a round peg in a square hole...sometimes my spin on things does make some people think I might be a little 'crazy.' Then I also read something that fit for me...Being 'crazy' also gives one a great latitude for behavior. I am at a point in life that I know I am a free spirit...and now that I accept that I am truly free to fly with my own wings. That is why I chose it as the slogan on my site. Other people's opinions...are just that opinions. They only become a problem when we allow their opinions to define how we feel about outselves. I refuse to allow anyone to be the authority in my life. I have my own relationship with Source...and I live by those teachings... and not humankind's judgments. We have the right of free choice...so I choose my own way and strive to live my best life on my own terms. Works for me! Although I admit...it took awhile for me to establish my personal 'perspective.'

I have always felt a bit of an outsider especially when I was younger and in school. Kids can be so very mean spirited. I was never allowed to wear the more popular clothes until I was 16 and my mom made me wear the most ridiculous hairstyles. i was the kid that didn't talk...didn't get boobs....did get lots of zits. It is true, what doesnt kill you does make you tougher. I used to go home and cry. I so much wanted to be accepted by these kids. Now, much older, I look back and wonder why I really wanted to be a part of such a mean group of people. Thankfully they were a small group but at the time they seemed dominant.

I've always been the odd duckling out lol. "The weird one". The girl who asked questions no one else thought to ask, or wanted to lol. And lets face it, my interests have always been somewhat out of the mainstream. And I'm happy being different, it'd get on my nerves if I was a cookie cutter person..just like everyone else. Because..gah, that's annoying. Sure, some people don't like me 'cause I'm different and proud of that. But that's their problem, you know? And we all have our differences for a reason..sometimes I can't help but feel that when we forsake our differences in order to conform..we're forsaking whatever purpose we were given in life. Forsaking ourselves.

I've pretty much assumed that it's all been leading up to something. The crap I've had to go through my whole life -- not just being sought after, to be persecuted..because I really am different, unique even. I've never gotten along with "the mainstream, popular opinion"..so you can get how I've gotten bad attention for years. I wish it was something as easy as my looks -- but there, I've always gotten a different kind of unwanted attention. I'm just shark bait like that I guess. Especially since I look like a child half the time -- I'm the fountain of youth, as my best friend says. Old in th head but youthful in appearance. No matter how I age..I seem younger than I am when you first meet me. It didn't help that I was very shy when I was younger and had something of a stutter. I've retained my quitness but most grown out of the stuttering thing -- which only attracted more sharks to begin with. To toughen me up. Make me a fighter..not a victim. Not that I would've wanted to be anything different. But life's always been like, "Hurry up! Fight back! Be prepared for anything! Be fierce and gentle too!"So I suspect had life been different I probably would put it off longer than I should've, otherwise. I'm the outsider -- always. I'm the person you run to, confide in..not the person who tends to be allowed to confide in or run to others. Useable, recyclable girl as far as most people are concerned. To be noticed when it suits you. And my problem's always been..I care too much, more than happy to lend my services when it'll be of use to others. A help. So sometimes..my goodwill comes around to bite me in the butt. It did ALOT before..but in this case I believe it was jsut a test. Testing my strength of character. To be this person I am now. Who I've more or less always been. I think it's kinda like this for everybody. We get tested and prepared for different things..its just up to us if we actually take what life's taught us, or bothered to learn it..and take the final step when it arrives. It just all happens in diffrent ways.

I always kind of felt like the odd person because of how quiet I was. I never really had a close friend and the close friends (I thought I had) I lost because I never did the inviting for people and never made plans, I only occasionally went when I was invited, so eventually new people came into their life that always wanted to do more. I always thought I was kind of different too. I liked to observe a little more than being the talker. But I did feel like I was meant to do something big in this world too, just dunno what yet. I still don't have a lot of friends but I am a lot more outgoing. I never was teased growing up too much, cause I was quiet and didn't bother anyone.

Well i would have to say that it is doesn't matter if you are feeling a bit different. In my opinion thothing really wrong with that.I always kind of felt like the odd person because of how quiet I was. I never really had a close friend and the close friends (I thought I had) I lost because I never did the inviting for people and never made plans, I only occasionally went when I was invited, so eventually new people came into their life that always wanted to do more. I always thought I was kind of different too. I liked to observe a little more than being the talker. But I did feel like I was meant to do something big in this world too, just dunno what yet. I still don't have a lot of friends but I am a lot more outgoing. I never was teased growing up too much, cause I was quiet and didn't bother anyone.

i was tampered with at school because i had temper problem. i fight at school very quickly and hit many people. they pick on me to see what response they get. i not let them down! i break one or two. i spend time with doctor and now have a job in tax office. i like numbers. i like a girl partner but never had one. i will one day.

I've felt that way most of my life. I think it's mostly because I don't hold anything back and I say what I think which comes off on a lot of people wrong. I used to do it without consideration of tact, but I've gotten better at it as I've gottten older. Still, though, I'd say people consider me quirky or even eccentric in my behavior. It works to my advantage though since the people who can actually relate to me and get close enough to me to know who I am are some of the greatest and most genuine individual personalities I've ever met.