The look people give you when they realize you're not "normal" I have avoided talking about this forever because I try my best not to judge or generalize. However, I never realized how much I mask daily until I moved somewhere where every other person seems like a carbon copy of each other. Smaller city/big town in the North Dakota, most people here went to the same school since pre-k, their favorite pastime is drinking beer and watching hockey, they ask for last names to see if they know your family (to see if you *belong* in their community.) I've noticed on too many occasions that if I'm having a bad day and not masking well or if I am too expressive or passionate about something I like, they immediate recoil and are put off by me. It's happened too many times to be pure coincidence. People from out of state or who have lived elsewhere don't do it, so figured it's a small-town thing, but good grief does it hurt to see someone flip when they realize you're not "like them".…