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How to respond when someone asks what's wrong with you
Urban dictionary defines "Whats wrong with you! as an insult, a real put down, accusing a person of not being sane or being inhumanly incorrect."
Going around and asking people rude questions like, "What's wrong with you isn't going to win a person a lot of friends. The person asking you that question needs to give their head a shake.
Maybe you look a little different or have a disability and people ask intrusive questions. If that is the case, you don't have to explain anything or provide an explanation.
Feel free to use one of our comebacks below and shut the person up.
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If you are going to question every weirdo in the city, you are in for a long day.
For some reason I keep hanging around idiots like you, it is a real problem!
Not much, my mother had me tested.
The only thing wrong with me is I am talking to you.
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People shouldn't ask such shit.
My reply would be: " I was about to say that! Are you an esper? " lol
Whats an esper
A person who has powers like esp.
A lot, because I'm talking to you right now
One thing is wrong with me, I'm talking to you.
That's a great comeback!
How about "Keep your self-talk to yourself"?
Daaaaaayyyyyyyuuuuummmmm
I would answer "I don't want to waste my time explaining this to someone that does not have enough brain capacity to handle such a long list." 🙂
Bully: what's wrong with you? Me: the fact that I'm talking to you.
Unfortunately, this is one of those questions that people continue asking well into adulthood…at least, that's been MY experience. I'm currently 36 years old. I've been in therapy since I was 13, and have never been shy about that fact. So, when I'm asked the question "What is wrong with you?!" I always stop short, whip my head around to look at them with eyes wide, and say "We're not ENTIRELY sure, but after 23 years of therapy, we have some IDEAS!"
… Depending on the audience, I sometimes elaborate with "It turns out it's mostly because of my mother!" (Which is DOUBLY funny because #1 Sigmund Freud (one of psychology's "founding fathers") believed that the mother is the [main] cause of A LOT of psychological disorders AND #2 because my mother IS BAT-SHIT CRAZY AND the DIRECT cause of A LOT of trauma/turmoil in my life
…And then, of course, there's the ADDED BENEFIT of pushing the "blame" of "the [so-called] PROBLEM with ME" _OFF_ of _ME_and _ONTO_ _SOMEONE ELSE!_
What about not talking to them ever again?
The only thing that is wrong with me is that you are approaching me and talking to me.
People shouldn't ask such shit.
My reply would be:
" I was about to say that! Are you an esper? " lol
Whats an esper
A person who has powers like esp.
A lot, because I'm talking to you right now
One thing is wrong with me, I'm talking to you.
That's a great comeback!
How about "Keep your self-talk to yourself"?
Daaaaaayyyyyyyuuuuummmmm
I would answer "I don't want to waste my time explaining this to someone that does not have enough brain capacity to handle such a long list." 🙂
Bully: what's wrong with you?
Me: the fact that I'm talking to you.
Unfortunately, this is one of those questions that people continue asking well into adulthood…at least, that's been MY experience. I'm currently 36 years old. I've been in therapy since I was 13, and have never been shy about that fact. So, when I'm asked the question "What is wrong with you?!" I always stop short, whip my head around to look at them with eyes wide, and say "We're not ENTIRELY sure, but after 23 years of therapy, we have some IDEAS!"
… Depending on the audience, I sometimes elaborate with "It turns out it's mostly because of my mother!" (Which is DOUBLY funny because #1 Sigmund Freud (one of psychology's "founding fathers") believed that the mother is the [main] cause of A LOT of psychological disorders AND #2 because my mother IS BAT-SHIT CRAZY AND the DIRECT cause of A LOT of trauma/turmoil in my life
…And then, of course, there's the ADDED BENEFIT of pushing the "blame" of "the [so-called] PROBLEM with ME" _OFF_ of _ME_and _ONTO_ _SOMEONE ELSE!_
What about not talking to them ever again?
The only thing that is wrong with me is that you are approaching me and talking to me.