Works as well as any other term.. Sometimes I think of them as Pod People, like INvasion of the BOdy Snatchers.

I have likes your version of muggles:-) but absolutely behind that humor I am sensitive to being an 'other'. Darn what I would give to not have a MI or anxiety disorder or have no intimate knowledge of trauma :/ I do feel alienated and also wonder when my son will realize his mom is a freak show. See how I hide behind bravado and feel crappy about myself. What a hurtful idea. I don't think of others that way :/

Lol I love that you refer to them as muggles!!

I feel different too.

It is wonderful to hear that you trust your fiance with everything though. That is super awesome! I mean, it's not awesome that he is traumatized as well... but you know what I mean lol.

I understand this, I have been called and I am socially awkward when I am very nervous. It seems to only happen when I get too close to people though and I open myself up. I think you would be fun to hang out with!!

Muggles LOL yep I feel different too, you are not alone. I only trust my better half and kids now, and that keeps me safe. Best, Manda xx

Sorry I wrote what I did. All my kid's friend's parents are non-muggles and I get kinda scared I'll affect my son's social standing...

I watch myself on this one. My geographically unstable childhood predisposes me to alienating myself with, "Us versus Them" scenarios. My primary mechanism for this self-alienation is convincing myself I know what is going on inside other people. I don't need to know you to decide which box to put you in. My mind-reading skills tell me before I actually take the emotional risk of getting to know you...

Just me... Different approaches for different folkses.

I certainly feel different from "normal" people.

It's hard to explain, really...I feel like I have a lot of myselfs that are not ok, that I have to hide from people or they will all turn on me.

They may not all turn on me, but the risk of them doing so, the fear of being found repulsive, of being cast out, is so strong that trust is too big a risk most of the time.
When I trust someone and they turn on me, it hurts.

BD, that's why I think of so-called "normals" as "pod people"---in the movie, the pod people always pointed at the ones who weren't yet "assimilated". While the non-pod-cloned people hid in fear from them.

Muggles is nicer, but I feel more like the poor shmuck at the end of that movie when he realizes he's the only non-pod person left in town....

Wow, I'm in a dark mood. Sorry.

Nah, that's ok...I feel freakish. I have a lot of stuff to hide.

I appreciate your approach Arfie....xx

Yep, me too. I feel very different from other people, who are considered normal, or not mentally ill. I get nervous around people and don't know what to say to fit in. I don't have anything in common with those people. They do not have the same struggles I do and when it comes to working and talk of that, I cannot relate. I cannot relate to new fashions, trips etc as I don't have a lot of money so I am on a tight budget. I just do not have anything to talk to them about, nothing in common. In addition I do not have a lot of confidence and self-esteem either and I think that vibe is something that comes through. People can read that like a book and people want to hang with confident, self-assured people..

I know how that goes. I hide a lot just so I won't be judged or given the third degree or criticized. I can only imagine when you have little ones to protect from the outside world.