Anyone else get perceived as being on drugs?

[Streetwise]

Or uneducated therapists who don't know anything about autism. Scary people, those!!

Apparently anyone can identify autism even commenters on YouTube who say mild autism is caused by an epileptic seizure

 

[unperson]

It depends on the speed of gossip in your area

The speed of gossip indeed! It can spread as a malicious rumour, that's a big part of the problem.

 

[Penumbra]

Yes! I've been accused of being a "pothead" since I was a young teen by various people I've met, especially in professional environments. Many "random" drug tests were thrown my way while I was employed too. I never touched weed until more recently, but it's been part of my reputation for a couple decades anyway. It's just how people say I act.

 

[unperson]

Yes, I think it's usually perceived as pot/stoner thing, ugh.

 

[Streetwise]

It's hard to think of in the moment, but next time a question like that comes up, your recommendation can be something (funny and) generic like:

1. Pepperoni pizza
2. Hugging teddy bears
3. start going to church

I find the comment about church the usual Christians don't threaten us so we'll slight them

 

[unperson]

yuh, I just let it go, as something i prolly hadn't scanned well, I am a christian, so uh...I get presumed to be druggie by other christians, so now you know why I don't bother with church or churchianity.

 

[The Pandector]

One of my faves is when the dental nurse was trying to put me out for oral surgery. She administered the drug, I went almost totally tunnel vision and then snapped back to normal. This angered the dentist, who reiterated to the nurse that I was supposed to be asleep. As she prepared to administer a second dose, I asked her what she was giving me.

"Seconal," she replied. And with a curled upper lip she added, "'Reds' to you."

 

[BoltzmannBrain17]

All the time. I'm pretty fidgety and couple that with my Nystagmus which makes my eyes shake and I look like quite the crackhead. I'm also 6 feet tall and fairly strong looking so people tend to steer clear of me and my crazy eyes.

 

[unperson]

I got da 'crazy eyes' thing too, get comments like 'x ray vision', the whites are too white.

 

[GrownupGirl]

When I was in school other kids would scream out at me that I did drugs, but that was mainly because they knew how anti-drug I was. They'd also go around saying "drugs are coooool". So apparently it was only bad if *I* did drugs.

 

[unperson]

yes, the 'others can, but you may not' thing. happens on any number of levels.

 

[Aspergers_Aspie]

I have once by someone interviewing me for a homeless hostel after I was made homeless after an unprovoked attack. I made a complaint

 

[Bert22]

My friend once told me I'm sometimes like I'm on ecstasy without the pill..

Most no. Eccentric, awkward, weird, but not on drugs (even when at times I have been)

 

[Hylian]

People think I am on drugs sometimes because I avoid eye contact a lot, have issues balancing (especially when walking, so I can appear drunk), and I am always very nervous and can't verbally convey my thoughts (so I stutter, mess up my sentences, etc).

 

[DavidS]

I’ve had a handful tell me I’m stoned because of my flat effect and monotonous voice. Never done a single drug.