@Former-Member 

How do you trust people who are nice to you? I don’t trust people and I don’t like getting close to people, not only because I don’t trust them but I don’t want to get hurt either.
I’ve had some strange reactions and personal insults when I tried to tell people I don’t want to be touched, ‘oh but if not a hug, maybe a high five? ‘No’ and then they touch me on my arm anyway. I don’t beat around the bush anymore when I don’t want to be touched and it upsets me a lot when I say a single ‘no’ and they do it anyway. I know they’re not perpetrators but I just don’t like having people in my space. And often people make fun of it, in front of me, behind my back…