This sequence of events is what happened to me, and the othering caused me to isolate myself and feel inadequate, and the isolation and feeling of being inadequate caused me to try to improve so I’m not inadequate anymore, which finally resulted in much larger growth than anyone else I grew up with.
Now, the question of course is, would I have grown even more if I hadn’t been othered and then isolated myself as a reaction…
Maybe made to feel othered via bullying as a kid, so voluntarily isolated in their teens and early twenties?
If so, then yeah, I can certainly see how that would stunt social and emotional development
This sequence of events is what happened to me, and the othering caused me to isolate myself and feel inadequate, and the isolation and feeling of being inadequate caused me to try to improve so I’m not inadequate anymore, which finally resulted in much larger growth than anyone else I grew up with.
Now, the question of course is, would I have grown even more if I hadn’t been othered and then isolated myself as a reaction…