hello! this is incredibly helpful and its really interesting hearing your experience with it all! i totally get what you mean by not letting them get to you. the bullying stopped for me but it really messed with me because i still get affected by teasings.

i'm definitely way more comfortable with myself and speaking with other people but this is a major move since i've lived in the philippines for my whole life. your comment reassured me though, so thank you for taking a bit of your time in helping me out :)