Thanks Perna. I know you are trying to help. But sometimes I do feel like a child, even as an adult, because these taunts honestly do bring me down. No, it's not the meaning of the taunt. It's the fact that these people are exercising power over me. That they can say what they want to me, more than to others, because they know they can get away with it. It reminds me of how friendless I am . Maybe I have some more self-esteem work to do? Plus, I should add that some of the things people bring me down about are some of the faults I had suppressed with the rest of my personality. For one, I can be strangely distant or act overly confident. I also spend a lot of time alone. Maybe I'm lazy, but I feel socially anxious. I'm also pretty disinterested in anything I don't take an interest in. The list goes on...

What you said about being yourself couldn't be more true . I think once I learn to be myself I can start attracting friends like myself. I'm starting to find out what things I like, since I always had rejected my own wants, and even what my faults are that come along with them.