Okay so I’ll give a bit of context: I’m 18, and have Asbergers syndrome (an autism spectrum disorder). For most of my life I’ve had very few friends as a result of being bullied and being considered “weird” do to my lack of good social skills. Throughout my childhood my family (older cousins in particular) would make fun of me for how I act, and would criticize things that I have a vast amazing of knowledge on. However, tonight was especially bad: So we meet every year after Christmas at my grandparents house, and have a big family dinner. I sat down with the cousins, and my cousin whose my age asked me “are you looking forward to going to college next year?” And I said “yea, but I’m worried about possibly looking weird in front of other students” and my older cousin who recently graduated college said “pfft yea your not gonna have very good luck with that.” That comment honestly really hurt me. Like I know I’m odd, but I didn’t realize I was THAT bad. I’m so depressed over this, and I already clinical depression due to my lack of social skills, so this just makes it much worse. I’m sorry if no one wanted to read this, or cared, but I just need advice. I’m sorry if I talked to much.