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i have a reputation as the weird trans kid, i wanna know how i can change my reputation and how to respond to someone bringing it up.


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Reply by Seth

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While not really equitable in terms of specific circumstances - I was a weird kid in school to the point that people thought I was a potential threat (I wasn't, I'm just autistic).

Get this, I was able to narrow down that the reason they thought that for years was because I didn't talk like a normal human being - so I spent about a year learning how to speak like people I thought were cool, I would find old movie stars, internet comedians, hell even cartoon characters, and steal their vocal mannerisms until I'd created a Frankenstein's monster of a voice to call my own - and people liked it enough that they saw me as "normal" from then on out.

Now I'm not saying it's your voice that's put you in this conundrum - but it's definitely "something" - so I would find and realize what that "something" is that is off-putting to other people and work on trying to make it less off-putting to others - that is, if you wanna go that route.

You could also just ignore it, reputation in school at any level doesn't really translate into anything after school's over - take it from me, I'm 22 and all my classmates are either in jail, out of state, or dead. If you've got a handful of decent buddies, hell more than one - you're in the clear.


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Reply by mikucel !?

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what seth said real and raw, i personally dont recommend changing aspects of urself to be more likeable bcos eventually u might look back and see it was all for nothing, and feel like u r not authentic (speaking from personal exp). but it does depend on ur situation, if u feel like u have to for safety then thats fair


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Reply by Izzy

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A mi me paso algo parecido, por mis gustos y forma de vestir todos me estereotipaban, y siempre me excluian. ΒΏLa solucion? me cambie de instituto, a uno donde si pude ser como soy sin que nadie me juzgara, creeme que muchas veces nuestro problema es el entorno. Si el entorno no cambia, cambia de entorno. Te juro que te cambiara la vida, solo se tu mismo.

Te deseo mucha suerte y mucho amor para que encuentres tu sitio seguro!!!Β πŸ’—πŸ’—πŸ’—πŸ’—


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