Strange signs I felt in childhood, and stigma of support institutions then

It was back to when I was around four grade in elementary school that I felt myself limping not because of my physical problem but because I felt something strange in my mind. After I grew up, I feel such behavior of limping with miserable feeling of mental downturn.

I thought vaguely that something was wrong with my mind, but going to mental clinic was the idea the majority of the classmates like to stigmatize.

Special education was also target of stigma.
Classmates and even teacher said, "if you don't behave well, you'll go to special classes."

In my childhood, although I had some sign that something was wrong, but these support institution was not the places to rely on but target of stigma and the last place I liked to go.

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