I was working in bush regeneration last year with 3 other male coworkers and I made it clear that I suffered from poor mental health, ADHD and depression. I struggled to get to work on time, and found it was pretty labor intensive. I honestly tried to give it my best shot, but it always fell short.
Lone behold, they were talking shit about me the entire time I wasn't there with them, made subtle, snarky comments, being passive aggressive and using jokes to prod at me over time, and by the time I got to the breaking point and said it felt like bullying they just denied it.
I quit that job truly broken, having hoped to find people I'd get along with but instead it just reinforced the idea that most people are status-driven, superficially judgemental, and backstabbers. The way they talked about other coworkers rubbed me wrong too.
I've found the most difficult thing is when you are in a vulnerable time in your life, suffering from poor mental health or otherwise socially stunted - you try to reach out to new people but they reject you, spread rumors, and make a shitty caricature out of you.
