I have no trouble believing that everyone has ever felt like they don't fit in, especially around puberty.
I _do_ have trouble believing that everyone has felt - from childhood through puberty, at very least - like an alien. Like they really were on the wrong planet.
That's far, far more pervasive than what I suspect most people feel like.
However, it's far too likely that most of the people reading me _did_ have this feeling throughout their entire lives, at least as kids and teens, so I can't even do a poll to see if my suspicion is right. ;)
I suspect that feeling like an alien is a side effect of not being able to pick up on social skills, and having to have them taught. Possibly, more general than that, and is a side effect of not picking up on all the supposedly 'obvious' things without being told about them.
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Date: 2005-09-21 01:30 pm (UTC)I have no trouble believing that everyone has ever felt like they don't fit in, especially around puberty.
I _do_ have trouble believing that everyone has felt - from childhood through puberty, at very least - like an alien. Like they really were on the wrong planet.
That's far, far more pervasive than what I suspect most people feel like.
However, it's far too likely that most of the people reading me _did_ have this feeling throughout their entire lives, at least as kids and teens, so I can't even do a poll to see if my suspicion is right. ;)
I suspect that feeling like an alien is a side effect of not being able to pick up on social skills, and having to have them taught. Possibly, more general than that, and is a side effect of not picking up on all the supposedly 'obvious' things without being told about them.