5 Common Misconceptions About Me

Good morning! It just turned 2:37am over here and I had this certain urge to write this.

Have you ever heard things about yourself that makes you laugh sometimes? You know these things aren’t true and you wonder how in the world did anybody come up with them. For as long as I can remember, I’ve heard these five four (minus the last one) common misconceptions about me, even now I’m uni!

Over the years, I’ve learned not to let them get to me. Some of them like the first and the fourth one used to make me me feel bad about myself but after I’d sat down and thought about it, I didn’t feel bad anymore. It’s just one of my personalities people have failed to understand but it’s okay, this is only what they think they see.

If you’re an introvert like me, I’m sure you’d relate to one or two of these misconceptions.

I am Shy

Frustratingly rubbing my hands on my face and groaning*

For a long time, people used to tell me this till I believed it, thankfully, I don’t anymore. I was (am) that kind of person to be mute in a group (where everyone isn’t my friend); this includes in my classrooms, at parties, in my dormitory/room and assigned group projects. I don’t talk whenever I’m around a bunch of people, I start to panic whenever I want(ed) to and didn’t want anybody to label me shy, weird, awkward and/or cold and snobby.

It got to a point where I couldn’t do that (talk in/to a group or people I was just meeting for the first time) so I stopped trying. It wasn’t worth it trying to convince people to see you for what you’re not. I am not shy, I am just not programmed like most people to know what to say when they’re around people whom they’re not close to. I just can’t bring myself to do it; I’d have so many thoughts running wild in my head before I do or when I’m trying to and it just gets exhausting. But when I’m around people I’m very familiar with, I am always myself and can be chatty sometimes.

Side Note: Unfortunately for me, this problem has slipped into my academics; when we have presentations and I can’t deliver mine properly. I start to sweat, my hands get shaky and my voice gets smaller and I close my eyes and say rap the words faster than Nicki Minaj (I wish though) before my lecturers could even blink. My last presentation was hell and I don’t want to go through that again.

I don’t like food

This is the funniest one I’ve heard because who in the world wouldn’t like food? What brought about this misconception is my attitude towards large amount of foods. I can’t eat past a certain amount of food and it didn’t take long for everyone around me to notice that and conclude that I don’t like to eat food because I eat small quantities of food? It’s really funny.

Why I don’t eat huge amounts of food anyway, is because I don’t like to get full because whenever I do, I have this undesirable urge to vomit. I know, really sad, right? I haven’t tried eating a full chicken all by myself though, I love chicken and I would like to see how far I can go with a whole one. If you know where I can get a beautifully garnished full chicken for free, please hit me up.

P.S In place of all the foods my stupid stomach can’t contain, I eat junk food instead. Tons and tons of junk food, which I know isn’t healthy but I hope to stop reduce the amount I eat as I get older.

I rarely get angry

Aww, this is the cutest one, makes feel like a saint lol. I so wish this was true but it isn’t. I think what they should say is: You get angry but you don’t act out on it or You know how to hide your anger. Okay, I think the latter is more suitable, I do know how to hide my anger, among other things 😉

I think it’s good to let out your anger sometimes though but just don’t hurt anyone. Writing about what or who made me angry cools me down sometimes and listening to music in the highest volume to drown my thought (this is a winner) works every time.

I don’t like people

Ahhh! This isn’t true. I just don’t know to interact with people; I end up being a clown. I’m one of the talk to me first kind of people because if I’m to initiate a conversation first, I become a clown performing without a circus and it’s just not fair. I’d love to get to know more people and talk to them if I wasn’t a mess in the first place. I’m working on myself in this aspect though and I hope I get to that place where I can initiate a conversation first, at least for the sake of a business partnership or something.

I am not 18 or over 18 yet

Okay, so among most of my close friends, I’m almost the oldest. I’m past 18 but I look 12 and I don’t have the height, ass and boobs to make up for it. Besides not wanting attention, my young face is another reason I don’t like to take pictures of myself or post them, I know the last time I did on my facebook page, I got loads of questions asking me about my age and people telling I looked too young. It’s not that I take any offense though, I just don’t want that attention.

When I’m approaching 30 though, best believe I’m going to taunt the internet with my forever young face and smallish body so that when someone asks me my age, I’d gladly tell them.

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So, these are the most common misconceptions people tend to have about me and they are all funny. I know in some cases though, they could be harmful to someone’s mental health or worse, life. When if, this is the case, if you know you’re not a 100% sure of what you perceive about someone or what you’ve heard about them, do not go around spreading them.

And if you hear things about you, you don’t like or know are not true, just ignore them. Paying attention to them is only going to make them come up with worse things and you may not be able to handle them.

What about you? What are the misconceptions about yourself you’ve heard so far? What’s the truth? What’s the lie? Please share with me in the comment section. Thanks for reading. Have a lovely day <3.

Happy Monday!