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Last year a colleague offers a cruel put down that I realised at the time was meant to bully me, but I did not know how to respond. I have moved on but when I asked others to interpret the comments, they were horrified, whereas I had just accepted them, responded ambivalently and then perseverated for six months (in true aspie style). On the other hand a text or email from a close and normally positive friend or colleague can cause me to think I am being put down or told off, when this may not be the case.