> I don't think it is necessarily that you are "crazy" if you don't realize that
> you are stigmatized or even necessarily oblivious. If you don't think what you
> are doing or who you are is "wrong" "different" or "deviant" then you may not
> consider that there is a reason for you to be stigmatized. How exactly is one
> to tell if he has a stigma (if it is not tribal or something physical?) Is it
> more than talking behind someone's back or are people completely shunned? Are
> there degrees of stigmatization where, for example, people stigmatize you but
> still treat you as a "normal?" or is stigmatization unconditional?
> Wow! All the messages are coming in now!! I am never going to be able
> to catch up with them all. I am glad that the sound is off on this computer or
> people would start gettting pissed that I am so popular!!! Would they stigmatize
> me then? Would I realize it? Who knows?!?
>
In addition to the person thinking that her/his actions are not deviant,
people have various social skills levels needed to pick up on these stigmas.