Hey thank you for reading and replying to this question, i really appreciate your input as I am seriously so lost and confused right now.
My problems we're partially my fault for stirring up too much attention in my school (btw a lot of people misinterpretated this statement in previous questions as me stating "I was seeking too much attention and it backfired", so im going to clarify, this is incorrect, the only thing I am at fault for, if this could even be considered wrong was dressing better than I did in the beginning of high school, basically i got a new wardrobe). Furthermore, I have always tried to keep a low profile cause I am actually really shy around people and I always try to be nice to the people around me, so it isnt because I was a jerk anything that this is happening.
I don't want to sound conceited but I know for a fact that over half of the girls in my grade have had a crush on me at one time or another over the course of the past 2 years, to clarify i know this is a fact, I am not assuming they liked me. The problem is I didn't like any of them back because I was interested in a girl in a different grade which I won't elaborate on. I think most if not all decided to move on but recently there has been a ton of gossip going around about me with a ton of rumors as well, like I am a jerk, I am really weird, I pretend to be "hot", or if it isn't rumor people will gossip and start debating whether or not I am hot (usually with them deciding im not). Literally, like half the class in all of my periods talk about me and it is starting to spiral out of control. Some of the people I have never even spoken to in my entire life use me as the main topic. I can't confront anyone about it either because I don't know where the rumors and gossip started from or where to start because like I said over half the students in my grade talk about me. To be completely honest, im not even sure if I should confront the people who I know gossip about me, because they could just deny it or it could worsen the situation even further.
My problems we're partially my fault for stirring up too much attention in my school (btw a lot of people misinterpretated this statement in previous questions as me stating "I was seeking too much attention and it backfired", so im going to clarify, this is incorrect, the only thing I am at fault for, if this could even be considered wrong was dressing better than I did in the beginning of high school, basically i got a new wardrobe). Furthermore, I have always tried to keep a low profile cause I am actually really shy around people and I always try to be nice to the people around me, so it isnt because I was a jerk anything that this is happening.
I don't want to sound conceited but I know for a fact that over half of the girls in my grade have had a crush on me at one time or another over the course of the past 2 years, to clarify i know this is a fact, I am not assuming they liked me. The problem is I didn't like any of them back because I was interested in a girl in a different grade which I won't elaborate on. I think most if not all decided to move on but recently there has been a ton of gossip going around about me with a ton of rumors as well, like I am a jerk, I am really weird, I pretend to be "hot", or if it isn't rumor people will gossip and start debating whether or not I am hot (usually with them deciding im not). Literally, like half the class in all of my periods talk about me and it is starting to spiral out of control. Some of the people I have never even spoken to in my entire life use me as the main topic. I can't confront anyone about it either because I don't know where the rumors and gossip started from or where to start because like I said over half the students in my grade talk about me. To be completely honest, im not even sure if I should confront the people who I know gossip about me, because they could just deny it or it could worsen the situation even further.