Let them see that their words can cut you and you'll never be free of the mockery. If they want to give you a name take it, make it your own. Then they can't hurt you with it anymore.
I decided, very early on, just to accept life unconditionally; I never expected it to do anything special for me, yet I seemed to accomplish far more than I had ever hoped. Most of the time it just happened to me without my ever seeking it.