[Pointless Activist]

Were you bullied in school?

Yes. A lot.

What grades were you bullied in or were you bullied throughout your whole school experience?

4th grade through my Sophomore year of high school(My last year completed so far).

How did you deal with it?

I did nothing about it and took it. At a young age I understood that other people had problems, and I didn't want to give them any more, so I just ignored it and hoped for the best. Of course, that wasn't a good idea, but I still felt for the bullies. Eventually I just got fed up with it and broke down in the middle of class my freshman year. Really helped me get rid of some of my bottle up emotions, but I was incredibly embarrassed. For the most part it has stopped.



Why do you think you were bullied? Was there a reason or were they just bullying for the sake of bullying?

People generally bully because they have issues somewhere else in their life. I was bullied because of this, and the fact that they knew I wouldn't fight back.

[CowGoesQuack]

i wish i could hug every person in this thread, but it would probably the more awkward hug you ever had in your life. :/

[Luke]

I was bullied throughout high school. There was a culture of bullying at my school. Some people were particularly targeted and for them, it was often the case of about 30 people teaming up together and tormenting them in a particularly vicious way. Fortunately, that didn't happen to me, but the bullying was pretty constant, all the same. The way I dealt with it was by becoming very quiet and socially inhibited, so that people wouldn't notice me. I have been that way ever since. I was bullied because I was vulnerable, due to being sensitive and because I was different to others.

[Phoenix_Rebirth]

No, I was never bullied, physically, during school. I am not strong (physically of curse) but I scare the hell out of people: that's why people don't get close to me. And I truly advice people to be miles away from me or they get hurt. If, eventually, I were bullied by someone I would pity the bully - I would ran to the end of the world just to see him pay for the shit he made... Don't mess with me I AM CRAZY!

[HamsterSamurai]

I was bullied by constantly being told I was a bully. I just wanted to help, and never tried to hurt anyone, so the misunderstanding was very painful to me.

But then one of you guys came along and understood*hugs*

[Aelthwyn]

I was never seriously bullied, but I was made fun of and excluded or bossed around by other kids when we played because I wasn't assertive. 'goodie two shoes' 'teacher's pet' stuff like that I heard a lot, most of the time it was stuff I actually liked about myself. Also because I kept to myself and was relatively oblivious to the rest of the world I think I experienced less trouble than some of the other 'uncool' kids - I flew under the radar and didn't provide the reactions they were looking for when they tried to 'press my buttons.'

Mostly I just thought those kids were stupid, needed to grow up, felt bad for them for their sad lives. I think the way it affected me most was causing me to expect most people my age to not understand or like me so why bother talking to them, and to view most people as immature.

The worst time for me was in Junior High because I didn't have any of my old friends from elementary school to counteract the negative input from other kids and I was starting to feel like my mom was less accepting of certain things about me now that I wasn't a little girl anymore. Mostly though I still thought the other kids were just stupid for their attempts to hurt me. I was sad that I had no friends like me, but not sad that those particular people weren't accepting of me because we didn't really have interests in common anyways. I remember two of the cool guys mocking me by pretending to ask me out in front of other kids, which I ignored because as far as I was concerned they were just making fools of themselves trying to get some reaction from me. Girls would also pretend to 'compliment' me on my clothes that I knew were not stylish, and I just stared at them wondering why in the world they were wasting their time, as if I couldn't tell what they really meant or as if I actually cared what they thought. It was just annoying, like flies buzzing around, and I couldn't understand what they could possibly be getting out of this since I just kept my nose in my book anyways. Picking on others has never made sense to me. I mean I know supposedly it makes you feel better than them or something but seriously? being 'cooler' than the little bookworm isn't much of a feat by their standards now is it? What's the point?

I was probably picked on because I was timid and didn't have an assertive presence, and because I was different in a way that looked delicate. I loved wearing frilly dresses and was very small in elementary school. In junior high I was a little overweight, and I still liked dressing like a victorian doll which went along quite well with the chubby cheeks at that point. yeah... I didn't use common slang, I didn't watch popular shows or movies, I liked classical music, I was obsessed with historical times and fantasy - in short I just didn't have anything in common with them and I wasn't afraid to look different. I got good grades and was friends with the teachers - my mom was one so I knew a lot of them as 'family friends' anyways. I don't recall ever breaking down or flipping out because of anyone picking on me, I don't think anyone ever got a rise out of me that way. I did the whole 'just ignore them' thing, but some people amazingly still didn't find it boring to insult me - which made them seem even more pathetic in my eyes. I never said anything mean back though, just kept my mouth shut and wandered off somewhere where I could be alone. I was good at finding private places to just imagine and play by myself.

[RecklessInspirer]

Were you bullied in school? A little bit
What grades were you bullied in or were you bullied throughout your whole school experience? just in elementary, at times
How did you deal with it? Talked to my mom, grew some skin.
Why do you think you were bullied? Was there a reason or were they just bullying for the sake of bullying? Because the little girls were insecure.

[La Petite Sirène]

Yes. I have pretty much been bullied for most of my life, right up until I finished high school. Even before I was old enough to go to school I was bullied by my family (siblings, cousins etc).

Consistently throughout primary school (to the point that I didn't have any friends for a few years and spent lunchtimes by myself, eating my lunch on the front steps of our classroom), and consistently throughout high school. The primary school portion of the bullying was never as bad as the high school part. For the most part I was ignored, picked last for teams, side-eyed by my peers, just generally treated as though I had rabies. I think it was because I was so sensitive and used to crack the shits a lot when I felt like things weren't fair, or like my peers weren't listening to me. They all just... stopped hanging out with me.

High school was another story. I was specifically targeted by a group of older girls when I first started. I used to do my hair in different styles - braiding parts of it, tying other parts up, putting funky clips etc in my hair; just experimenting, really - and they decided it was utterly hilarious and that they had to comment and critique my hair every day. The boys used to bully me too. Probably because I opted to hang out with them more than the girls, and they obviously thought I was weird because of it. I just liked to have a break from the social drama. But they also bullied my physical appearance. Awkward teenage years are great. :\ Additionally, I was bullied by my group of friends, which is generally how it goes amongst girls during high school. I was bullied because I refused to participate in the clique mentality: We're not talking to [insert name here] this week, so if you do then consider yourself excommunicated from the group, too. Worse than that, I was bullied by a teacher who was my year level co-ordinator from Year 7 to Year 10.

With my peers, I tended to just ignore whatever was going on because the social chess match was utterly exhausting. As for my teacher, I tried to get my mother involved so that it would stop, but she (the teacher) twisted all of my words and made me look like the bad person. I had no leg to stand on, being as that I was the child in that situation. I have never hated a person as much as I hate that teacher. Eventually I had to learn how to fly underneath the radar to get by.

As for why I was bullied... I don't know. I don't think I did anything specifically. I was struggling to keep my head above water, just the same as any other adolescent. As for the teacher, I seriously think she had a stick up her ass. She hated my whole family, so I don't think it was me specifically, but she certainly went out of her way to make me feel singled out. Then again, she seemed to get off on getting kids into trouble; she'd always have this look of triumph on her face whenever she caught you doing something you weren't supposed to.

Eventually you realise, most people are bullies because they have serious issues, not because you did anything specifically to warrant the abuse.

[autumnglori]

Were you bullied in school? Yes. More emotionally than physically though.

What grades were you bullied in or were you bullied throughout your whole school experience? Through first grade up until fourth grade and then fifth and seventh grade.

How did you deal with it? I didn't do anything about it. From a young age, I learned that most people bullied others mostly because they were hurting. Bullying others gave them a feeling of power. I felt bad for them in a way. Maybe they weren't happy at home, maybe other people were picked on them in the past. Those kind of thoughts ran in my head a lot. I think I did snap at one point from bottling up my own feelings of hurt though. I don't remember what triggered it, but it wasn't a pretty sight haha. Nowadays, I don't get bullied half as much.

Why do you think you were bullied? Was there a reason or were they just bullying for the sake of bullying? I think it was the latter. Then again, I was an easier target, since I just took it and didn't fight back. I was also considered weird to a lot of people.

[ChaosEqualsFun]

Were you bullied in school? I guess...
What grades were you bullied? Various groups tried to bully me throughout the school years and when they were not after me they were after my friends.
How did you deal with it? I countered each attempt with a counter-attack whether physically or emotionally. I also formed a gang of sorts that would use whatever means necessary to show bullies how weak they truly were.
Why do you think you were bullied? I honestly do not know, probably something to do with arrogance and refusing to bow down to them.