I tried ignoring all the bullies and not encouraging them. That's what all the adults said to do. I tried already before I was six. Kept trying until I was six

I tried ignoring all the bullies and not encouraging them. That's what all the adults said to do. I tried already before I was six. Kept trying until I was sixteen. It never worked. It only got worse. I ignored them, they pushed me down a flight of stairs and then beat me when I was trying to catch myself. I didn't respond to them trying to pick a fight, they swept my legs so my head hit the stone floor and then sat on top of me hitting me. Luckily, at sixteen I started upper secondary school and got away from the problem children. It was a technology programme and people were there because they'd actually chosen it. But it took years before I could be at least a bit less withdrawn and socially awkward.