Jitro wrote:
Most bullying I hear about happens to NTs. So why do people on here speak mainly about those with AS getting bullied?
Well true, most people who are bullied are NTs because 90% of the world are NTs, but nearly all ASD people get bullied because---
1. ---We have trouble understanding implications, intentions, gestures, and non-verbal signals that would better integrate us into group, which causes---
2. --- a tendency to be isolated and to make few friends, leaving us vulnerable to groups and aggressive personalities, which is only made worse by---
3. --- the fact that we usually can't identify the difference between friendly ribbing and teasing, because already feeling unsafe or threatened due the the above, we tend over-react with hurt and withdrawal, or angry lashing out.
4. Also, we tend to not see ouselves as other see us. NTs naturally tend to mimic each other, but we tend to work things out in our heads and so we walk, talk, and dress differently than others, which makes us stand out as odd, and this in turn often leads to bulllying as well.
5. Finally, when we do recognize bullying for what it is, we do not handle it properly, because facing down bullies only makes our lack of social skills more obvious and if we report it to authority figued, we tend to not communicate it properly.
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