This place is more than a forum for me. And it’s certainly more to me than the “hate group” that IT and the media love to paint it as.
This is the only place where I truly feel at home.
In middle school and high school, I had one or two friends who I barely saw, and that was it. High school especially was even worse. I got blamed for everything, and I can’t count the times I got called ugly. No one wanted anything to do with me, no matter how much I showed them that I was, in fact, a good person despite being deformed. I wanted, and tried, to make people happy. I tried to be outgoing and social, though being autistic didn’t help. Regardless, I still tried my best. Not only did I not get a girlfriend, but I didn’t get any respect from anyone (except my cousins and aforementioned few friends). I was an outcast. While all the football Chads went to parties every night and probably had sex too, I stayed home and silently cried myself to sleep.
I am now 18 and in college where I have failed to make a single friend even though I am even more outgoing and try even more to be social. Even if I remained single, it would make my day to be showed respect and treated like a human being.
I stayed off of social media like Facebook, Instagram and Snapchat for the most part because I would see all my classmates having the time of their lives and it would make me want to commit suicide. I‘ve been browsing the Internet since I was young but still had never found a home, until I discovered this place.
Sure, it has its flaws (just like every other site). I don’t like that it’s misrepresented by some of the more extreme users, but this is home to me. I’ve never been welcomed anywhere else. I feel real connections on this site.
Thank you.
This is the only place where I truly feel at home.
In middle school and high school, I had one or two friends who I barely saw, and that was it. High school especially was even worse. I got blamed for everything, and I can’t count the times I got called ugly. No one wanted anything to do with me, no matter how much I showed them that I was, in fact, a good person despite being deformed. I wanted, and tried, to make people happy. I tried to be outgoing and social, though being autistic didn’t help. Regardless, I still tried my best. Not only did I not get a girlfriend, but I didn’t get any respect from anyone (except my cousins and aforementioned few friends). I was an outcast. While all the football Chads went to parties every night and probably had sex too, I stayed home and silently cried myself to sleep.
I am now 18 and in college where I have failed to make a single friend even though I am even more outgoing and try even more to be social. Even if I remained single, it would make my day to be showed respect and treated like a human being.
I stayed off of social media like Facebook, Instagram and Snapchat for the most part because I would see all my classmates having the time of their lives and it would make me want to commit suicide. I‘ve been browsing the Internet since I was young but still had never found a home, until I discovered this place.
Sure, it has its flaws (just like every other site). I don’t like that it’s misrepresented by some of the more extreme users, but this is home to me. I’ve never been welcomed anywhere else. I feel real connections on this site.
Thank you.
