Posted by mist on July 16, 2001, at 15:02:10
In reply to Not fitting in: now it's my turn, posted by Anna Laura on July 16, 2001, at 12:53:30
Anna Laura,
I’m very glad someone from Europe is posting on this board and that there are other posters from outside of the US.
It gets kind of claustrophobic being in the US all the time so it’s good to hear about the experiences and perspectives (on mental health matters or anything else) of people from all over the world.
And you don’t come across as being in any significant way “different” from anyone else here, except in the sense that we’re all unique individuals.
-mist
> Hi folks,
>
> I've been thinking about being the only over-sea foreigner on this board ... and i don't like that.
> I'm probably getting too paranoid about this, but
> I feel like i'm not fitting in, that this is not the place for me, etc...
> May be the hot weather is to blame, depression getting worse because of that etc...nonetheless, i feel judged somehow: i know i shouldn't feel like that: most of you folks have been kind to me, but i'm scared about the stereotype kind of thing.(Do you know what i mean?) My nation is not very well seen world wide (mafia and things like that) so i wonder how you guys are depicting me inside your heads: you know: the italian stereotype: short, fat and black haired holding a guitar in my hand singing "sole mio" and stuff like that.
> I know, it's a mind trip (a bad one!).
poster:mist
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