Interestingly the opposite thing also happens, where an individual asserts that they are weird in some way and the people around them insist that no, they are pretty normal, and they should stop thinking of themselves as a special snowflake.
(This jumped to mind immediately for me when you brought up sexuality—I am demisexual and a lot of the time when I bring that up, other people insist that that’s normal female sexuality. (I’m not really interested in debating that object level here, but others are welcome to if they wish))
Interestingly the opposite thing also happens, where an individual asserts that they are weird in some way and the people around them insist that no, they are pretty normal, and they should stop thinking of themselves as a special snowflake.
(This jumped to mind immediately for me when you brought up sexuality—I am demisexual and a lot of the time when I bring that up, other people insist that that’s normal female sexuality. (I’m not really interested in debating that object level here, but others are welcome to if they wish))