Is there something wrong with me?

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So, I was walking down the street today and I passed by this bus of like I don't know middle school or maybe high school students. I don't know, I couldn't tell. Anyway, one of them starts making fun of my weight. To be honest, I don't think I'm that big. I mean I think I've personally lost a considerable amout of weight since I was in high school. So, I ignore the person and the school bus finally drives off. I just try to laugh to myself and brush it off. I've graduated high school. Why should I care about what some little kids say? I however just can't shake this hurtful feeling off. I think the reason I feel this way is because of how I was bullied and made fun of in middle school for my aspergers. So, what should I do? Should I even be feeling this way considering that I'm eighteen years old? I feel terrible right now.

Been there bro, but all Ive done to help myself was try to keep my mind busy on other things to distract myself from negative thoughts. Such as watching a movie/tv show (usually comedy), listening to music, playing a video game, etc etc. Lately I lost motivation for learning and using my creative talents though, which are ironically more important.

You can't help what you feel. I'd feel bad too. Even most of us aspies are programmed to care about what other people think, if we could just figure out what they think. Affirm yourself and do some hard exercise and realize the remark may not have been personal. I mean, the kid might have said something mean to anybody standing there.

I am sorry they were mean to you....I am very sensitive too.




As to your original thread title (can't resist): Why, yes, there IS something wrong with you. You're autistic.

It seems odd to some people but there are a lot of times that people say "mean" things to me and it doesn't touch me at all.Other people seem outraged "for me" and cant understand why it doesn't bother me.The closest reasoning I can give them is that I have no respect for the individual who insulted me and their opinion of me is irrelevant to my sense of self.I also have a back ground in psychology and intellectually realize that the person is acting out because of their own need to divert attention away from their own insecurities.(The therepists,call this "intellectualizing" and say it's a bad thing .Then again,I dont have much respect for many of them,so.... )

On the other hand,when people I do like,trust,respect,say hurtful things(or more often,just ignore me), it does bother me and I tend to "ruminate",running the incident over and over in my mind.I think the same gift of focus and obsess on out interests,can turn against us when negative things happen.It does help to tell someone(as you are doing now),to get it out of your system.

I think the people that mocked your asperger don't fully understand it and they most likey never will, but let them be ignorant.

I laugh in the face of their ignorane. Ha ha ha ha ha.