Then stop havi me prove myself to get any respect. I've proven myself several times, holy shit.
Cin, when you enroll in college in August, please consider you get to using the local Guidance Counseling services because they can really help issues like these. Silence or a lack of response does
NOT mean the result is already negative.
Just because two things may be, or are linked, does not mean that one causes the others or vice versa.Somehow you're under the impression
from us that there is something up with you. We've repeatedly mentioned time and time again that this is not the case, and yet this idea reinforces itself because
it comes from you, NOT US. And "from you" meaning how you define the stimulus--it's not actually coming from you but from what you take in, from what you observe.
It's been noted that this is something with your perception of things, like in the example of silence--you may conclude something negative, it may be an insecurity or something you've learned because of something you've been told before, but before making any such conclusion,
please ensure that you're actually making it within reason.I have my shit together, but it's really hard to help other people get their shit together.
Maybe rethink this, as one's own composure and ability to help others depends on how well they can keep themselves together. That includes their perception and how they work with it.
Please stop judging people solely by your perceptions, if it becomes an issue. Work with others. Get to understand them. Do not demonize them.
Also greatorder and Shook brings up a good point--bring down specifics; bring down specifics that are, instead of what you think others are. Discuss, instead of making statements you think they're saying but maybe really aren't. Move forward mutually with your audience. Don't set down lines and barriers by giving ultimatums and speaking for others--when 'speaking for others' means that you're concluding merely by yourself without their interaction. You'll lose other people's respect when you assume evil where there is none, and tell them it's coming from them because of impressions that say otherwise; talk about it in the least, because it is impolite when you thrust statements from this "vague everybody" and get affected because the thought is as if "everybody" actually does that. Respect is very diverse, and not just limited to one person's expectations alone.