As someone who relates to the article, it reads a lot less like humor. It's a grim reality.

Constantly being told there's something wrong with you, only to see clearly those around you, has a profoundly awful impact. Eventually it's replaced by more accurate internal modeling.

> Constantly being told there's something wrong with you

Worse yet, there's likely much less wrong with you than there is with those who feel they need to label you as somehow "less" to feel like "more" themselves.