“You’re not being bullied, it’s the way your brain perceives it. Not everyone is bullying you.” That’s what my family used to say to me all the time whenever I told them I was being bullied. And it was true that they bullied me. The teachers yelled at me and found every possible way to punish me, the kids called me names, avoided me, and called me a disgusting creep, spread rumors about me, and very few students liked me.
I’d say, though not everyone bullied me, a great deal of them did and it wasn’t just how my brain perceived it. That’s bullying to anyone, autistic or not.
I’m sorry mate. But let me tell you from an old farts point of view:
Fuck them. Fuck the bullies and fuck everyone not believing you. They’re idiots. Cut toxic people out of your life. There’s nothing wrong with you, you’re just maybe differently “wired” and it scares them. Shows their weakness, not yours though.
And also: it’s those people like you, “underdogs” or the bullied, that turn out to be the most interesting people in the end. The bullies most likely end up forgotten and irrelevant.
Helps not while you’re still being bullied, I know. But still.