Bullied for Hearing Loss

I hated middle school it was the worst. I am supposed to wear hearing aids but don’t because I got bullied. I read lips and was and still am very good at reading lips. I know sign language and can read braille. I got bullied for wearing my hearing aids, so I didn’t wear them. I got called Helen Keller and a ton of mean things and got smart remarks from peers. Other students would make hand movements and move their lips and ask what they were saying. They told me that if I were to die no one would care. I would get called annoying because I would ask WHAT a lot because I would not be able to see their lips and I wouldn’t be able to hear them. I wanted to just die. I felt like no one cared and no one did. My mother just told me I had thin skin and need to thicken it and would smile trying to make me feel better, but instead I felt worse a lot worse. My boyfriend was supportive and he helped me through it all. My one friend that was in high school tried to tell me she would beat them up and made me feel worse. I knew she was trying to help but didn’t. I still don’t wear my hearing aids because I’m a coward and I am scared to wear them. I could really use them though because this August I will be a Freshman in high school.