Safe Place At School

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In both elementary and high school, having a 'safe haven' where I could be alone during a meltdown was an essential part of my IEP. In elementary school, this was the special ed resource room, and in high school, this was a windowless storage room near the office. I could access this at anytime I was feeling stressed, and was overall very helpful. You could ask for this accomodation through your special ed office or through a teacher who is assigned to you.

I hid in the small gap behind the sports hall which nobody really knew existed and teachers never went there. I would put my noise cancelling headphones on and close my eyes to calm myself down.

You wont be bullied more, most if not all highschoolers dont pick fights with people unless the other person did something to them. High schoolers are more mature, and have slightly more sympathy. HOWEVER, you will probably wind up having a worse time in highschool, as everyone you knew will grow up and move on to adulthood and enjoy life while you are struggling to get by. It's alot harder.

Oh yeah, and safespots. If your not registered by the school as special needs, and get the normal treatment like I did, hide in the bathroom like you said. Sometimes bathrooms get crowded with lots of people hanging out and talking (god knows why), so pick a bathroom in, say, the auditorium, or cafeteria, any bathroom thats not a 'main' bathroom. You'll probably have freedom of where to sit at lunch, which was more of a curse than a blessing for me. Finding a nice safe place where not alot of people are around is crucial, or if your lucky you'll be able to sit on a table with people your comfortable with.