I don’t like people. I prefer to be alone. My family doesn’t understand that. But, every time I let someone close to me, they walk all over me. I have one friend that I am comfortable with outside of school, and that’s only because she’s been around me for about 8 years. She is my best friend and I’m ok with only having one real friend. My parents and sisters, however, are not ok with this. They constantly hound me about getting out and seeing people…but I honestly do not want to. If I text someone, they will reply for a little while and then just stop. If someone asks me for help with something, I do the best I can and then they just leave me without even a thank you. I wish EVERY DAY that I could switch schools because I just don’t think the same way as people I’m around. They seem to think that it’s cool to make a complete tool out of yourself…I don’t see it that way and I’m constantly put down for it. There is also this one person that I dated for a while, but we are in a very difficult online class together and occasionally I have to ask him for help. Every time I ask, he tells me how stupid I am and occasionally has other people join in. It hurts and it made me prefer to be alone. My dog can’t do these things to me. My cat can’t tell me I’m stupid. Just…too many bad experiences with people has left me unwilling to be around them more than I have to.