Why is social interaction so important?

Don’t worry, those who bully you will one day be in your shoes looking for a job.

I rarely get bullyied any more, in real life, by my peers. Most adults grow up and stop being bullies. Those that don’t will end up in prison. Or to end up without a job and you being the boss

Can you go to a different school? That’s horrible that you are bullied all of the time.

So, are you an introvert to avoid being bullied? Doing behaviors for avoidance isn’t necessarily a good thing, but there is nothing wrong with being introverted either. Our experiences shape us, but they can also stifle us.

I think your dad is just worried about you being lonely. Loneliness can be a fairly serious condition, especially for teens. It usually leads to depression.

Have you told your dad you’re being bullied? What grade are you in?

Social interaction is important. For example, if you met someone who likes to code you might give each other new ideas and make it more fun. You could also design a chatbot to report bullying at your school. I’m not sure how that would work but you could discuss it with your teachers. They might be interested and it would involve some social interaction.

I also was bullied, but not as badly as you are. I also had no friends. It was very lonely for me. My mother told me I was too mature for the other children, but that I’d have wonderful friends when I grew up. She was right.

I took a long hard look at the kids I knew, and realized that they simply weren’t nice people, that they weren’t friendship material. I wonder if you could find another adult to help your father understand your situation, and what it’s like to be bullied.

It’s an instinct among the higher primates, really. But to what extent you socialize is an individual choice.

Bullying is an excellent example of social interaction. What your dad was telling you is that social interaction is “so important” because one way or another, it is unavoidable.

Would you consider bullying an example of extroversion? Here’s a tip. The bully has a single talent enabling his hobby, and that is in knowing who to intimidate and who to avoid. They are invariably cowards—lazy cowards, and usually dimwitted to boot. There are occasional exceptions—the outright psychopaths, but the optimal defense still applies. And that defense is to assure the bully that messing with you is a hazardous business. There are a multitude of strategies for achievement of this. Think it through—the sooner the better.

I did a search for “dealing with bullies”. I found a huge number of links. This is one.

https://www.wikihow.com/Deal-With-Bullies

It’s just a bitch that she has to go through this alone.

It’s good to have friends and very useful to develop some social skills, but extroverted behavior is very overrated in American society. It’s also valued, so can be valuable… but if you are essentially introverted, then it can be difficult and confusing when people around you try to get you to be more extroverted and do social activities or whatever.

Social skills can be useful for an introvert. For instance, to get bullies to leave you alone. Also, even as an introvert, it can be wonderful to find people whom you can connect with and be friends. Sometimes they can even be extroverted themselves.

@Zaku is right. The link I posted above gives similar advice, along with “dos and don’ts” of ways you can use social skills to deal with bullies.

One can find another introvert ( activities, library areas etc to find them).
Form your own group based on interests and compatibility.