B,

Thank you for all your questions.

What year of college are you in now?

The college sent me a letter rejecting my enrollment this past quarter, but I was about to start my junior year.

Do you have any idea why this new suitemate would treat you this way? What do your instincts tell you?

I did not have good instincts about why. I wondered sometimes if she heard me crying in my room and thought I was a freak or something. Once she was also rude to a guy who had a crush on me (ignored him when he said hi) who stopped by to my room. He said that sometimes girls are jealous and they don’t know how to handle it other than to be mean. I thought it was possible.

What about the other girls in that suite? How did they treat you? Do you consider any of them your friends?

There was really only one girl who was consistently nice to me and liked talking. I felt she had a soft spot for me, and I did my best to be nice to her as well.

What’s your current living situation this school year? Are you living with any of the same girls you lived with in that earlier suite?

I moved out and got an apartment with my boyfriend at the time (but he just moved out and we are no longer together) and so now it is just me.

 

Sorry for all the questions. Last one: How did your peers treat you in elementary, middle, and high school?

I’ve had trouble with my peers since the time I was a toddler (my mom says). Elementary school I often refused to talk to other kids, I was in a support group for students with anger management problems in 4th and 5th grade. I do not want to talk about elementary school very much. In middle school I had one close friend, but all her friends hated me and her mom blamed me for her negative changes in behavior. In high school, I stopped going to school but maintained a friendship with two boys who were very kind to me. One of the boys had a girlfriend who was in inpatient treatment for 4 months, and when she came out she cut off the friendship between me and the boys. After that I got a boyfriend (very troubled boy) and tried to fit into the “alternative” crowd, and feelings on me were mixed. A lot of the similar stuff with people finding me a creep and avoiding me. My boyfriend and I became close with an autistic boy a year older than us and we mostly had fun together.

I hope this answers some questions.