From my earliest recollections, I've never felt that there were any barriers erected by the world against me but there's a definite door put there by me that only I could open and close. I was treated like an adult by adults at a very young age and most seemed to like and trust me. However, many of my peers didn't take to me at all because of my so-called "rapier tongue"; many blossoming relationships came to screeching halts because of my "insight and brutal honesty" (another phrase once quoted to me) but the edge has dulled over the years.

a.k.a. I/O