You are in high school?<p>Just remember, high school is not real life. High school is not real life. I will repeat again, high school is not real life.<p>Just look at it like some weird social experiment with the goal being that you have to navigate it without going crazy.<p>Find your social life outside of school. That's what I did. My school days were mostly a zombie like sleep deprived haze. I hated my alarm clock and never could wake up until after a couple hour nap after school. Fortunately my friends were the same people I grew up with in my neighborhood (and their siblings and friends) and we were pretty normal people. During school I punched my clock and I was out of there (though I did put in extra effort in taking as many college prep classes that I could.) I skipped everything I could and never once even went into the cafeteria during lunch. I never participated in extra curricular activities, never went to games and I skipped all assemblies and other special activities that I could get away with. I largely kept to myself until after school and weekends when I could hang out in a normal environment.<p>Do people even need to know what you are into? Maybe just keep it to yourself until you are in your real social environment. For example, I never volunteer what I do for work, what interests me, who I am and things of that nature. I'm just not interested and I get bored talking about myself. Sometimes I just volunteer some bullshit story that I know won't lead to further conversation. Another example, I'm an Atheist currently living in the Philippines, which is mostly Catholics. Do I tell people I'm an Atheist when they ask about my religion? Hello no! I'm a Christian and that's the end of the conversation.<p>Treat school as a hostile environment and your chief weapon is psychological warfare. Evade, confuse and generally do everything you can to throw the enemy off your trail. Don't take anything seriously. Everything is a joke. A good sense of humor will help you immensely. Save your real social interaction for outside of school.<p>If you find that school is getting to you, then you aren't doing a good enough job on the humor front. Dig down deep to find the comedy of the situation and laugh it off.<p>Good luck!