Only really bullied once by somebody in my own grade (verbally - she and friends would call out to me 'Hi, best friend!' and laugh at me when I got confused, because she wasn't even my friend). I am kind to everybody in my grade (help them with school work etc.), and most of them respect me anyway, because they think I am a genius. Also, I have no part in the hierarchical structure of the cohort, and don't care what my peers think of me (teachers are more important), so they don't really bother.
I grades one and two, I was bullied by two girls in the year above, who told me constantly, 'My father has a real gun, and I'm going to bring it to school one day and shoot you in the head and you're going to die.' I did not have the social skills to answer them at all.
More recently, I have been bullied (by a large group of girls two years older) who would yell out to me, 'Hello, <my name>!' or other salutations, and would laugh at my confusion as I tried to work out who they were, how they knew me etc. They would repeat this several times a day.
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Diagnosed: Autism Spectrum Disorder Level 1 without accompanying language impairment
I find it easiest to connect with people through the medium of fandoms, and enjoy the feeling of solidarity.
Too often, people say things they don't mean, and mean things they don't say.