There is nothing wrong with me. I’m not ugly, physically or mentally impaired, I have loving parents, a wonderful sister and my own set of interests and hobbies. But I’m neurodivergent, and it has completely fucked up my entire life.
Throughout school, third grade and up, I’ve been constantly ostracized, bullied and harassed by other people I did nothing to. They never had a reason for it, it’s always just been “you’re just annoying”, “you’re just weird”, “you’re rude” but I’ve seen other people have the same behavior and not get so much hatred and bullshit from other people for it. Just me. If you want to know what acts I’m talking about in particular, here’s a list:
\-in 7th grade, I got doxxed and a bunch of boys texted my number with death threats, racial slurs and trolling.
\-in 6th grade, my diary got exposed to the entire school where I wrote about all my feelings.
\-in 9th grade, a random girl singled me out in front of my entire class.
\-in 7th grade, I discovered that there was a school group chat dedicated to taking photos of me without permission and sending them.
And more. That doesn’t even scratch the surface. I also get bullied/shamed often in groups or by my entire class and many times people will accuse me of doing things I didn’t do, like talking crap about others or being rude. This happened to me all three years of middle school and even though I moved high schools it’s still happening.
It’s summer for me right now, but I have band camp next week until school starts and I honestly don’t want to show my face because I’m just traumatized and hurt by all the bullying I’ve experienced over the years, which I’ve also experienced in band. Even my band director treats me a little different than the other kids. Giving me less opportunities and options just because for whatever reason. Everyday I constantly have massive anxiety attacks and anger management problems because I know I can’t do anything to people who constantly bully me and harass me right now and it hurts.
I ended up quitting Reddit a while ago but came back, which even then I was a little scared because one of the girls who bullied me in my AP human geography class last year took my phone and looked through it and saw that I had Reddit, and then went on to shame me for it. I’m constantly seen as being in the wrong and my life is made a living hell, all because I am neurodivergent and “different”.
I think school will be the reason I die because I think that one day during school or summer I’m just going to go insane and either commit or stay confined into my house. I have no friend groups, I’ve been left out of every single one I’ve been through, like planning hangouts right in front of my face without me being invited. I don’t have that many friends. And most of the ones I do have don’t ask me to hang out often. So I think that, one day I will just go insane from all of my bullying and memories and die. I don’t know how exactly I will die, but I think that it’s going to happen. And I don’t know what to do because I don’t have a way out. The only thing I really have out work in consistently in school, is my instrument but my band director clearly doesn’t like to ever give me an opportunity to shine on my instrument, as I’ve already explained. My band mates constantly put me down about my skill on my instrument, and I don’t have any musical achievements. I have literally no way out to cope. Everyday during summer for the past two weeks has just been stay in the bed the entire day and go on my phone. After school it’s go home, marching rehearsal and then go home again and be alone on my phone. :(
Please help.