I'm not so sure about that. It's only anecdotal, but a lot of the low interest people - i.e. the people who couldn't be bothered to research anything before the vote - around me are now saying they regret voting Leave.
As for the EU being bullies, that's ridiculous. The only reason that meme has spread is because of the uniquely British idea that because we were hot shit in the 19th century, that still applies today.
The EU has the leverage, and they're applying it. They're much bigger then us. We'll suffer a lot more in a bad break. They know that. Unfortunately our current government are a bunch of populist fools who are thinking more about being voted back into office then the good of the country.