I love my 13 year old stepson and it hurts me tremendously to see him struggle. He has no friends at all. He says he has a handful at school, but they never call him or invite him to do things and they don't respond to his calls or invitations. What's more, he says they show their friendship by punching him and telling him things like they are going to blow up his house. He has been picked on and ostracized by his peers for years, and he won't do anything to prevent the physical punishment he endures. I don't expect him to start picking fights, but it sure would be nice if he tried to block punches or kicks aimed at him. Instead, he tries to verbally defend himself by taking his biological mother's advice and saying things like "Jesus loves you" to the bullies. As you can imagine, this just invites even more taunts and torment. Over the past year and a half, I have watched him withdraw more and more to the point where I am very concerned about his mental health. He has picked a few interests, like Legos and Minecraft, to occupy his time. While this would be fine, he has carried it to the extreme and lives in a complete fantasy land where each of his Lego people have names, personal histories, characteristics, etc. He has created entire lives, villages, battles, economic systems, etc. for these toys and talks about them non-stop. Other people cringe when they are around him because all he will talk about are these toys in every minute detail, and will not stop talking about them even when others say they aren't interested or don't want to hear any more about them. Additionally, his total consumption with these fantasies makes it even more difficult for him to relate to other kids and makes him even more of a target. This can't be normal and I don't know what to do in order to help him and have his teenage years at least be tolerable and somewhat pleasant. I would appreciate any advice because I'm at a total loss. Just for background info, we have tried single participant sports (karate) and team sports (basketball), and even tired clubs (Civil Air Patrol and Boy Scouts). He has never taken them seriously (not wanting to practice) and ends up not wanting to participate after a few months. We've tried giving advice about to have friends you have to first be a friend, which never works because he doesn't care about what interests other people and only wants to talk about or do what he likes (which is Legos and Minecraft). Also, several years ago he was tested for Autism/Aspergers but the psychologist said she could find no indicators. Part of me wonders if this diagnosis was inaccurate because he has several hallmarks of autism/Aspergers, such as the extremely narrow focus, poor coordination, poor social skills, extremely startled by loud noises, etc. Please help!