I’m not sure I’m comfortable answering everything in detail, but I will say a couple things:

The bullying wasn’t entirely from people my age. Many of the perpetrators were much older than me. It was in a church environment, so it not only had an emotional impact, but also a spiritual one. And yet, I find it odd that I’ve made a lot of progress in making peace with that experience, whereas the relationship has proven much more difficult in that regard. I sometimes wonder if it has to do with the fact that I haven’t been able to find much closure for that situation, nor do I really know where to look to find it.

The PTSD didn’t appear until I was about 19 or 20. The Asperger’s diagnosis happened when I was little.