Why are people so mean to us?

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Whole life happened me like you, when i was little girl neighbors tell me rude words, or attacked me, one girl beat me in stomach, girls didn't like be friend with me, i tough reason becuase them parents are richer, because i have few girls friends neighbor of my grand ma. In high school first two years was good, i had friends, than 4 years one girl was head and she ignored me totally, servants around her make joke about me, that was becuase she was good in sport, i was totally out, than come 4 years high school when i show self like better than others in mathematics, language, history, beside girls was envy me, boys respected me, those 4 years were good, than come 4 years middle school, here i was bulled not by girls, few boys try make my school days bad, also becuase I'm totally out of sport, professor for sport totally ignored me. When i studied i closed self and was out of society, but met my husband and married, happened me i worked in one factory, some people behaved with respect, some made jokes with me, one girl who is worker, i was manager, when she meet me behave with joke with me, i ignore her behavior and stay on distance, so people around think bad for her, not for me, but she don't see it.
I'm 39 years old, i have learned in life avoid nasty people, if i must contact them i make distance, look them direct in eyes, or beck them same, i think nt people just accept that behavior normally, simple that is survive, accept conversation like fight with words, better win, we instinctively in start put self down or in start show self like losers, look in eyes open and fight that man agree with you in the end of conversation, but in same time also show culture, don't be rude.

Because we speak the truth, and that makes people uncomfortable.
Because we're vulnerable.
Because we're childlike.
Because we're not what people are used to.
Because some people just enjoy being mean, the same way some people enjoy being kind.

(((((((hug for the OP))))))))))

People will always try to pick on those they consider weaker. We are considered weaker because we are a minority and we are different. We don't adapt to trends, styles and social habits that are deemed normal, so no matter how hard we try, Aspies will always have a certain air about them that just tells everyone we are different. That's just the way it is. The trick is to develope a counter. It can be a physical one, or a mental one.

For the most part, people can't stand anything/anyone that's different than they're used to. It makes the majority uncomfortable. They like conformity, since people who are on the spectrum don't conform (along with anyone else who would be considered to be weaker or a minority), we are often the ones set up for bullying. I also think people that do the tormenting, do it to feel better about themselves (self-esteem issues). So they purposefully find someone/something they consider weaker to attack.

I have been bullying for most of my life, & it doesn't solve anything. Ok maybe the bully feels better, but at what expense? I know they never feel guilty....must be nice. I'll never understand their reasoning.

It's how small, petty people make themselves feel superior. My strategy in high school was to take every insult I received, or heard and come up with responses that I then practiced mentally over and over. Whenever someone I was not direct friends with approached me I remained suspicious of anything they had to say to me. When someone who had bullied me in earlier grades approached me with a smile, I trained myself to assume that they were up to no good. I learned alot about peoples motivations in high school. The only thing that really stuck is that people, in general, are extremely self serving.

It's a bleak view of the world but this is the world we live in. The older you get, the more other people grow up and learn to look outside themselves. It does get better. Hang in there!

And they say ASD people are the ones who lack understanding for others!

I also get people think that they are better than I am and think that they can get away with me all the time. People will say "Im smarter than you" or "You're not good at this" or "You suck at this" and I would get really offended by other peoples comment. I guess I am just really sensitive to what other people tell me. Other people also think that they can do things better than I can and will always try to correct me for making the simpleist mistakes (Sorry for spelling and grammar issues) but I just hate it when people think that they are better than me or smarter than me and think that they can help me when I don't need it.

People don't understand us, because we're different. They're afraid of people who are different, so they are mean to us.

Because they lack certain social skills. It's funny to think that Aspies are the ones supposed to be lacking in social skills and needing to be taught them. But, many NTs also lack social skills, just different skills to the ones we might not have. For some reason I can't fathom out, it's acceptable for those skills to be lacking. It's been a long time since I was at school, but I still remember being made fun of and being left behind when someone 'better' came along. At least I had the social skills to know not treat other people with such disrespect.

I think there's a human instinct to take out the losers so that they don't waste resources or mess up the gene pool. They see us as losers because they don't look very carefully.

Dad used to keep chickens......if one was sick, the others would take a swipe at it whenever they happened by, presumably to hasten its death. I guess humans carry the same "heartless bastard" gene.

It's interesting that human society these days tends to have rules against such behaviour. The middle class seems to temper the worst behaviour of the rich and powerful, who would kill off the sick on an industrial scale if not for that counterbalance.