I awas badly bullied from 13 to 15. I got relief at 16 but developed a nevous disorder because of it.
The bullying was because at 13/14 I was shy and weak, naïve and stupid in a class way above my ability. I was streamed into the A class but did not have the ability at all. In truth I was more C class material but had academic ability.
I"m pretty sure I was… I was so out of my head hyper in school I think I scared a lot of people away due to the sheer amount of hyper energy I was throwing at people.
I was bullied. Part of it was me being a touch autistic. Part of it is having been raised by a single mom. You don’t fit in well with the other boys when you hate all sports and you make a mean quiche.
But… That was Jr. High. Things are better now, and it has helped me learn how to steer my own kid around the same obstacles.
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Pretty badly… At the time I was a weird effeminate boy, prime bullying target. Eventually I went to a boarding school, where it got a little bit better but I was still bullied more than most kids. I went through an overcompensating phase where I lifted weights and got really aggressive, but I hated myself for it. By the time I graduated I knew I was trans but I was too afraid to show femininity from all the bullying so I hid that part of myself until my mid 20s. I feel much better now, much more true to myself, and if anyone doesn’t like it, I just cut them out of my life. I don’t really get bullied any more, though there are a few toxic people that show up now and then, but I got pretty good at snarky comebacks so I don’t let myself be hurt by them.
I was kind of bullied in Middle school and in my Freshman and Sophmore years of High School - but it wasnt constant.
I was kind of a bully myself a bit when I was a young kid - but only with my brother and certain neighborhood kids.
I am ashamed of this - I do know that my hypomanic personality was a contributor to this - I outgrew this phase rather quickly - thank goodness
Brother @karl I was in a similiar situation as you I was stream into a class where it exceed my ability,I was bullied and dislike in the whole class,it had causes trauma in me,but how are you living now?are you living independently and functioning ok?
I was bullied a lot in HS and MS too.
I had a problem,I think I couldn’t link my old friend with me,I feel I was left out a lot and now I can’t seems to maintain friendship,I just don’t seem to be like a happy person and find it hard to trust people
Teasing that stopped short of full scale bullying from 8-13. From 13-18 full scale verbal bullying. I was bullied because I was physically and socially awkward. Whether being bullied was down to latent psychological/psychiatric signs that the other pupils picked up on, or just down to my being different ,with the bullying triggering me into severe mental illness, is the $64K question.
yes I was .first by a teacher at the age of 7.then when I was 12 to 15 by other kids.really screwed me up and has lived with me ever since.had a lot of depression because of it.but I got through it,just.
In grade school I was hit in the mouth with a roll full of quarters the day before Thanksgiving and from then on I decided to fight back. I still chew on the scar on my lip when nervous.
yes…
take care
I wasn’t bullied much at school, there were just isolated incidents. But on my street I was bullied by my friends brother and by the guy across the street. I didn’t have to hang around him, but my friend used to be friends with him. I had a choice: I could either be alone or I could hang out with both of them. I chose to hang around both of them and the guy bullied me mercilessly during my first two years of high school and into my junior year.
Haha,sorry to hear that,I was bullied only when I was 14-16 years old,which causes quite some trauma to me
I was bullied in grades K-8. I went to 14 million different high schools, so there was never any time for the bullying to set in.
I was bullied in third grade because I was a tomboy and so had a bunch of guy friends, which was frowned upon at that age. Normally I laughed off the teasing but sometimes it got really bad. I remember hanging out with one of my guy friends and then a group of girls circled around me and started harassing me about it until I cried. Seriously wtf. Luckily I moved from that school the next year.
And then I’m not sure if I would call this intentional bullying but from 8th-11th grade I was in a very mean friend group. They criticized everything I did and wore and made me INCREDIBLY self-conscious to the point where I was brushing my hair after every class to stay nice looking so they wouldn’t make fun of me. I mean dang sometimes I’d go out of my way to look nice and feel so good about myself and then when I’d walk in they’d just shoot me down. One of the girls called me porpoise for Pete’s sake, and I was NOWHERE near fat. Not even chubby. One of my friends used to tell me my boobs were saggy. Ugh. They were just not very nice and probably really insecure people. THAT bullying really messed with my self-image and self esteem. They were never there for me when I needed them either. They just liked to laugh at me.
I’m sorry Anna, that sounds awful…I feel bad for everyone on this thread.
I do too, Jukebox, There has to be a way to show kids that their behavior affects people for the rest of their lives.
I was bullied by my brothers, on a daily basis. They took garbage out of the kitchen trash and hid it in between the matresses on my bed, and it wasn’t discovered until I had to go to the ER with severe asthma and they suggested stripping the bed. They would bury my toys in the backyard, hide my stuffed animals in lights until the caught on fire, throw sticks from up in the trees when I was learning to skateboard-that’s why I kept falling off!
One threw a pair of pliars at me because he didn’t think he needed to wash the dishes even though it was his turn. That’s what I was for he said, girls do housework, not guys. If I hadn’t run away from him the pliars would have hit me in the head. Instead they hit my calf, and I had a bruise the shape of the pliars for over a month.
I am so sorry csummers. I hate that that happened to you. I love you. I hope you are never bullyed in your life ever again.
Yes. I was bullied by the teachers.