People start talking shit about you/mocking you →you do nothing or brush it off or laugh it off →they start getting comfortable with it and continue doing it + you become “that shy dweeb, who it is ok to pick on, because he ain’t gon’ do sh- about it”
People start talking shit about you/mocking you →you insult them back →you somehow come off as “angry” and “talking back”
People start talking shit about you/mocking you →you resort to physical violence →you’re now “aggresive and violent”
You can’t win, can you? How do some people manage to make others respect them?
Yeah, I heard that the trick is to make them consistently suffer the consequences for disrespecting you, but how exactly are you supposed to do that, especially if the one disrespecting you is your boss/has another type leverege over you (yet, I’ve witnessed some people not allowing others to rail them while being in that position)
There is Ender’s strategy, which consists in reacting so disproportionately that nobody will dare pick on you again.
There is also the madman theory, which consists in convincing your foes that you’re crazy and unpredictable, and better left alone.
I would not recommend either of them.
I’m not sure how you can deal with your problems, because I remember being picked on when I was your age and I never figured it out myself either, until I grew old enough that it simply stopped naturally.
But there’s one thing I know: don’t be a snitch unless there’s a very good reason (i.e. something illegal, physical assault or anything that truly goes beyond the pale). Snitches get stitches is real, and also you don’t want to be that person who tells on others, for your own self-respect.