People Who Were Considered The 'Weird' Kid In School Share Their Side Of The Story
Children and adolescence are often completely inept and socializing responsibly.
Their hormones are flowing. They're obsessed with status and social hierarchies.
From Quiet to Manic
<p>"I had undiagnosed mental illnesses and no mental health support system" -- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/llkp32/people_who_were_the_weird_or_quiet_kids_in_high/gnq5zlq?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">stealtoadboots</a></p><p style="margin-left: 20px;">"Same. In my case I was the weird quiet kid in elementary school. From Kindergarten to about halfway through 5th grade, I suffered from <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selective_mutism" target="_blank">selective mutism</a> in school, mixed with severe depression."</p><p style="margin-left: 20px;">"Part way through 5th grade I started to talk in school, but continued to suffer from severe and debilitating depression until freshman year of high school. By high school I wasn't the quiet kid in school anymore."</p><p style="margin-left: 20px;">"At that point Bipolar I made its grand appearance, and, while mania may have made me weird, it did not make me quiet. Didn't actually get diagnosed until I was in my late 30s. Everything made a lot more sense after that." -- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/llkp32/people_who_were_the_weird_or_quiet_kids_in_high/gnqx7sp?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">librarymania</a></p>Hard to Relate When You’re So Far Away
<p>"I had undiagnosed inattentive ADHD so my head was in the clouds more often than not." -- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/llkp32/people_who_were_the_weird_or_quiet_kids_in_high/gnq6iw9?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">coronaslayer</a></p><p style="margin-left: 20px;">"Undiagnosed ADHD-PI + social anxiety (almost certainly caused by social rejection by peers in K-8)."</p><p style="margin-left: 20px;">"Not fun. And not recognized until I was in college." -- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/llkp32/people_who_were_the_weird_or_quiet_kids_in_high/gnr8o5u?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">PyroDesu</a></p><p style="margin-left: 20px;">"I have ADHD as well :) It was tough at first but I've learned to embrace it to an extent. It's never too bad to live in the clouds, as the ground sucks sometimes. I hope you're doing well <3" -- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/llkp32/people_who_were_the_weird_or_quiet_kids_in_high/gnqa41d?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">blossomb1tch__</a></p>A Pivotal Discovery
<p>"Had Autism, didn't know." -- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/llkp32/people_who_were_the_weird_or_quiet_kids_in_high/gnq4juv?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">[deleted]</a></p><p style="margin-left: 20px;">"It's not very specific and there are loads of varying symptoms. Why it's called a spectrum."</p><p style="margin-left: 20px;">But biggest indicators for me at least were strong, unusual obsessions. As in I would get extremely obsessed over a topic that there's no reason to be obsessed about. Some other indicators are trouble making friends or maintaining relationships."</p><p style="margin-left: 20px;">"Sensitive to bright lights and sounds. Stimming (fidgeting). OCD tendencies. Often people get frustrated or irritated with you about your behavior or things you might have said, but you have no idea why they are."</p><p style="margin-left: 20px;">"And the biggest indicator is if you think you might be autistic, you probably are." -- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/llkp32/people_who_were_the_weird_or_quiet_kids_in_high/gnsh8kk?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">drewisawesome14</a></p>Tremors and Tiredness
<p>"Secretly and unknowingly suffering from severe anxiety and depression mixed with a little insomnia to boot." -- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/llkp32/people_who_were_the_weird_or_quiet_kids_in_high/gnqb8j8?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">perspicacity-404</a></p><p style="margin-left: 20px;">"Lol I have social anxiety and insomnia, (my sleep schedule is very irregular) for the last two days I didn't sleep and my anxiety was on the top of mount Everest..."</p><p style="margin-left: 20px;">"...I just got a full nights sleep yesterday and the amount of confidence I had today was unbelievable." -- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/llkp32/people_who_were_the_weird_or_quiet_kids_in_high/gns4gtp?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">Dry_Ad_7848</a></p>Chicken-Egg
<p>"<span></span>It's a downward spiral. You get picked on a few times, and don't take it well. After a while you learn to not draw attention to yourself by being quiet and withdrawing."</p><p>"When you withdraw, you internalise more, which isn't necessarily healthy."</p><p>-- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/llkp32/people_who_were_the_weird_or_quiet_kids_in_high/gnq6gjz?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">AlterEdward</a></p>A Last Ditch Effort
<p>"I guess I'll share my side. I was frequently seen as weird and bullied for wearing pajamas and not looking put together during school, and just being an awkward kid with poor social skills."</p><p>"The reality was my home life wasn't that great, I had undiagnosed anxiety, and I was doing the bare minimum of showing up so people wouldn't think I was dead."</p><p>"When I made valentines letters for my class one year I got teased for trying to be nice and it only hurt my reputation more. This made me scared to talk to my peers, emotional and 'quiet.' "</p><p>"Thank god I graduated."</p><p>-- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/llkp32/people_who_were_the_weird_or_quiet_kids_in_high/gnq3cqs?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">blossomb1tch__</a></p>Laying Low
<p>"I thought everyone hated me, so I stopped talking to people because I didn't want to bother them." -- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/llkp32/people_who_were_the_weird_or_quiet_kids_in_high/gnqcom5?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">biaforeverwar</a></p><p style="margin-left: 20px;">"If complete strangers (aka kids not even in my class) are spending a disturbing amount of time making fun of you, you tend to think that everybody hates you."</p><p style="margin-left: 20px;">"Source: me." -- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/llkp32/people_who_were_the_weird_or_quiet_kids_in_high/gnsy9ba?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">shf500</a></p>Nothing To Speak Of
<p>"There's not much of a story. I just didn't feel the need to talk as much as other people." -- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/llkp32/people_who_were_the_weird_or_quiet_kids_in_high/gnq2t3n?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Asriel92</a></p><p style="margin-left: 20px;">"I never knew how people could think up new things to talk about every day. I've never had the knack. Plus, I was so nervous of saying the wrong thing." -- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/llkp32/people_who_were_the_weird_or_quiet_kids_in_high/gnqxzdh?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">BringBackRobotWars</a></p><p style="margin-left: 20px;">"Yes agreed. I felt a lot of people talked for the sake of saying something but it was nothing of substance." -- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/llkp32/people_who_were_the_weird_or_quiet_kids_in_high/gnqgky1?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">toast_with_butt</a></p>Eyes on the Prize
<p>"I wanted to go to medical school. I knew I wanted this since I was 6. I was not going to do anything to jeopardize my dreams, so I didn't do anything the other kids did."</p><p>"I didn't go drinking at the high school parties. I never did any drugs. I was a good kid."</p><p>"The few times I got sent to the principals' office, I was laughed at and sent back to class with no punishment. I caught hell for being a 'goody-two-shoes.' "</p><p>"What am I now? I'm a doctor."</p><p><span></span>-- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/llkp32/people_who_were_the_weird_or_quiet_kids_in_high/gnqdnvb?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">angmarsilar</a></p>Little Overlap
<p>"I had nothing in common with the people at my school with the exception of 2 friends. I wasn't into anything that my peers were into or that they felt was important."</p><p>"Nothing has changed really."</p><p>-- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/llkp32/people_who_were_the_weird_or_quiet_kids_in_high/gnq7i2b?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">you_are_marvelous</a></p>Bullying is an epidemic. But it's looked on as something we should just all get over. Getting over being tortured or violated is not something one just "get's over." When I was in high school certain boys would throw glass bottles at my head and scream the word "f*g!" All I was trying to do was get to class. But for some reason, certain people felt they needed to scar me in order for me to grow. For a long time I didn't grow, I shrunk. The effects of those moments are haunting.
Redditor u/SakuraIsPink-_- wanted to discuss what happens when one is tormented for being themselves, why does it happen and how does life go on from it... they asked... [SERIOUS] Victims of bullying, what happened and how did it affect your life?1-
<p>I grew up being bullied by not only my peers but also by family members.</p><p>I still have incredibly low self esteem, I have a hard time dating anyone, and I basically refuse to take compliments from people because I'm afraid they'll just tell me they're joking anyway.</p><p>It's been rough. I'm 25 and still trying to deal with crap from my teenage years.</p><p><em><strong>EDIT: </strong></em>Wow. Thank for for all of the awards and support. You are all so kind and I truly appreciate it.</p>2-
<p>My worst bully was my dad who'd call me a lazy fatty, accused me of being gay, said I was a disrespectful piece of crap. He is, literally, one of the cruelest people I've ever met and he thinks he's a freaking saint. However, in the past two years he's had four strokes and is probably going to be dead in the next few months so the jokes on him... I'm not even going to be sad when he dies, other than feeling bad for my mom and siblings... </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/la3rqr/serious_victims_of_bullying_what_happened_and_how/glna0d4?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">Wiesbaden121486</a></p>3-
<p>I'm 51 and am still unpacking crap from my teens. Hell over the pandemic I realized the worst of the bullying came from my own family. And yeah. It has taken me DECADES to recover any self-esteem. But hey "they wouldn't have teased me if they didn't like me" right? </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/la3rqr/serious_victims_of_bullying_what_happened_and_how/gllyter?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">LowkeyPony</a></p>4-
<p>Someone got paid to date me once. Ever since then I was always skeptical that someone actually found me attractive. The person who paid the individual did it because I recently went through a horrible break up and he hated seeing me depressed. I've forgiven him since then because his heart was in the right place but whenever I've been approached by women I think they have an ulterior motive. I've been slowly growing out of this so there is hope. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/la3rqr/serious_victims_of_bullying_what_happened_and_how/glm8koo?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank"> Zemlenz</a><span></span></p>5-
<p>I have trouble trusting people. If someone is nice to me I assume that they have an ulterior motive or think about ways that they could harm me. I get along with my co-workers but I don't let many people get close enough to know me. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/la3rqr/serious_victims_of_bullying_what_happened_and_how/gllzqpp?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">ProofJournalist</a></p>6-
<p>My peers weren't bullies but they made it clear they didn't care about me/I had no friends. My brother was the one that would bully me during our childhood so I grew up not having any friends and having no one to trust in my family. With that said I still think I had a good childhood seeing as I was never physically abused or anything but I still have very little trust for others. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/la3rqr/serious_victims_of_bullying_what_happened_and_how/gllm8dc?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">MidnightSloppies</a><span></span></p>7-
<p>I have a problem where I tend to read negative things into the way people talk to me and interact with me. Like I have a tendency to assume people are passive aggressively insulting me when in all actuality they probably like me just fine and don't mean anything by it.</p><p>I've gotten a lot better at not taking things personally but every now and then it still pops up in my brain. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/la3rqr/serious_victims_of_bullying_what_happened_and_how/glougrk?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">badgersprite</a></p>8-
<p>I was the kid who got bullied by all the popular kids and ostracized. I had a crush on a boy and they found out, so they pranked me saying he wanted to ask me out but was too shy. So I asked him out in the hall only for him to brutally reject me in front of everyone and they all laughed. I was also beaten up by a girl who dragged me by my pony tail and told me I wasn't cool enough to hang out with the popular kids.</p>9-
<p>I was made fun of by everyone including the teachers just because I was "That Shy Kid Who Likes To Draw And Is Bad At SportsTM" through grades 1-7.</p><p>People were always throwing trash at me and once I even had a trash bin put on my head when I was just minding my business on a break. A lot of insults regarding my looks too.</p>10-
<p>I was bullied as a teenager. I had crooked teeth, bushy eyebrows and dark circles around my eyes, I was also anemic so I was so pale. They called me zombie, witch girl and other hurtful things.</p><p>I got braces in college and worked out and a lot of guys started complimenting me, which I always thought was another prank, it took me years to love and accept myself and to not let myself seek attention from other men. </p>In the movies, the bad guy pretty much always gets some comeuppance--but real life doesn't always work that way and this article is proof.
She Is Not Her Father
<p>He became an auto mechanic, was married and had 2 kids. He died around 35 years old and I ended up teaching his daughter in middle school. She was very smart which was weird since he was not at all. I went out of my way to be sure I was kind to her and to be sure there was no negative feelings towards her. She is not her father and had nothing to do with how he treated me.</p><p>- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/f0ri76/were_you_bullied_at_school_where_are_your_bullies/fgx6eh3?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">1toy4me</a></p>They Succeed Just Fine
<p>Yes, and well, they all have normal lives as far as I know. They finished school, got normal jobs, and carried on as if nothing had happened.</p><p>I've found out that the thing they tell you about bullies not succeeding in life is just a lie. In all honesty, they have had more successful lives than myself, so it has flipped the other way around. Bullying someone doesn't leave a major impact on your life, while getting bullied can easily lead to social and mental problems.</p><p><span></span>- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/f0ri76/were_you_bullied_at_school_where_are_your_bullies/fgx87bx?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">TheSiphon</a></p>Plot Twist!
<img lazy-loadable="true" data-runner-src="https://assets.rebelmouse.io/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpbWFnZSI6Imh0dHBzOi8vYXNzZXRzLnJibC5tcy8yMjcxMjc2MS9vcmlnaW4uZ2lmIiwiZXhwaXJlc19hdCI6MTYzMTcxNDQ5Nn0.yok0egrBqhV8f8BTrDXO1IcSrBZoAe3UEqncWAnEzuM/img.gif?width=980" id="76e9f" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="648f2aa9a53272b3d7d6763dfc8e6615" data-rm-shortcode-name="rebelmouse-image" data-width="480" data-height="270" />Giphy<p>I was. I became friends with my high school bully as an adult after we connected on Facebook (she had been a Mean Girl, popular, was a model, while I was a weird, bookish art nerd). She confessed in our 30s a few years into the friendship she had feelings for me, it was wild (I never anticipated it, had always thought she was straight.)</p><p>She got embarrassed and ghosted after I asked for time to process what she'd told me (I was interested, just blown away.)</p><p>I have no idea what she's doing now. I think she's a stay at home mom. I dunno, I hope she's happy. She turned out not to be a bad person, just troubled.</p><p>- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/f0ri76/were_you_bullied_at_school_where_are_your_bullies/fgx4cck?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">epicpillowcase</a></p>Some Things Never Change
<p>My bully would pull my pants down without fail every day from grade 3 to grade 5. It could be while I was eating lunch, or washing my hands, or walking by - just at any point of the day really. She would even pull my underwear down with my pants occasionally. I would get so embarrassed and cry in the bathrooms.</p><p>Fast forward to now, she came up on Facebook as a friend suggestion (stalked a little, she's now married with a baby girl), some of my colleagues being mutual friends. I asked one of my colleagues about how they knew the bully and my colleague said the bully was working here and got fired a month before I started working.</p><p>Apparently she was purposely causing dramas between departments. I asked my colleague what she was like and my colleague (who didn't know she was a bully) said she was always very rude, unapproachable and difficult to work with. Sounds like some things never change!</p><p><span></span>- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/f0ri76/were_you_bullied_at_school_where_are_your_bullies/fgxgpqg?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">falishaxo</a></p>I'm A Better Person
<p>He's got a nice, cushy job, a wife, four kids, and owns his house. And I have PTSD and am currently unemployed in part because of that diagnosis.</p><p>But I'm a better person than he is, because I can say without reservation that I've never abused anyone in all the ways he abused me.</p><p>I still don't forgive him. I want to but I can't do that yet.</p><p><span></span>- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/f0ri76/were_you_bullied_at_school_where_are_your_bullies/fgxk3gd?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">dill_fennel</a></p>Tenure
<p>Don't know, don't care, I'm a tenured professor now with plenty of time for my hobbies so f*ck them wherever they are.</p><p>- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/f0ri76/were_you_bullied_at_school_where_are_your_bullies/fgzb2t6?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">nealius</a></p>Satisfying
<img lazy-loadable="true" data-runner-src="https://assets.rebelmouse.io/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpbWFnZSI6Imh0dHBzOi8vYXNzZXRzLnJibC5tcy8yMjcxMjg2Mi9vcmlnaW4uZ2lmIiwiZXhwaXJlc19hdCI6MTYxNTU2NzU1OH0.3iYUhP5-UoFvle1lwQ2KA8xHytNgGGkpb9SkyBtz0Mo/img.gif?width=980" id="bdc77" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="b1e49c7e19144b1042e559d7f8974ca0" data-rm-shortcode-name="rebelmouse-image" data-width="500" data-height="314" />Giphy<p>One boy at school spent years calling me fat and ugly. A couple of years ago he persistently hit on me in a club to the point that a male friend had to threaten him to leave me alone. Satisfying doesn't cover it.</p><p>- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/f0ri76/were_you_bullied_at_school_where_are_your_bullies/fgxphuu?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">dgic</a></p>The Sheer Disregard
<p>Bullied, called homophobic slurs because I wanted to stay in and sketch/ draw cartoons and not play sports. Kicked and punched a couple of times too.</p><p>Met both of them years after we went to school together. One had gone to jail for a year. Both acted like they never did anything or remember what they did. I think that's the part that hurt the most, just the sheer disregard.</p><p><span></span>- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/f0ri76/were_you_bullied_at_school_where_are_your_bullies/fgy162j?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">hookahbeard</a></p>Thanks Karma!
<p>Yes, and things actually turned out quite well for me. I was a really nerdy, very unattractive kid. Kids picked on me a lot. All these years later, I turned out to be quite beautiful and am a lawyer. The bullies? Most dropped out of college. The worst of them used to be a very cute kid but turned into a morbidly obese adult who lives at home. Karma did me good.</p><p>- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/f0ri76/were_you_bullied_at_school_where_are_your_bullies/fgx2a6d?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">ardvarkandy</a></p>Once A Year
<p>One of my bullies was/is a friend of my brothers. My brother moved 1000 miles away from me, but the bully friend still lives in my same area. My brother comes to visit 2x a year, and during the summer visit, I throw a large party, to which my brother always invites this person.</p><p>I was teased and taunted unmercifully by this guy all through high school about my weight, looks, lack of boyfriend (or type of bf when I had one) you name it. My husband is perturbed that my brother is even friends with this guy still. But he and us only see him once a year for about three hours. We will survive, I am 48 now, I'm an adult, I'm over it an not afraid of him.</p><p>I am, however, pleased (in a petty revenge kind of way) to report he has had not one but TWO failed marriages, lost a nice job his sister got him at her company because he came to work drunk, got kicked out of college for who knows what (alleged illegal activity, from what my brother says), and I'm sure his life sucks in other ways.</p><p><span></span>- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/f0ri76/were_you_bullied_at_school_where_are_your_bullies/fgxmu5a?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">SuperMommyCat</a></p>Feel No Pity
<p>I was bullied to the point where I considered suicide, luckily a few things happened in my life which helped me to change my mind and I'm doing really well right now (I'm currently working toward my dream career!) I still have anxiety and depression but it's not a bad as it used to be.</p><p>I find it funny how all the people who bullied me and almost destroyed me, are now destroying their own lives with drugs and alcohol. I don't feel any pity for them, after over 10 years of torment, both mental and physical (of course the school system did absolutely nothing to help me). They got what they deserved.</p><p>- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/f0ri76/were_you_bullied_at_school_where_are_your_bullies/fh865h8?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">Darkshines_01</a></p>Motivation
<p>Two mean girls at my high school. One got an abortion and graduated a low tier law school, the other went to some city college for an arts degree and is now doing probably some minimum wage job.</p><p>I'd say just keep working hard, and when you get unmotivated think about how good it'd feel to laugh at those people on your way up >:) </p><p>Sure as hell got me going.</p><p>- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/f0ri76/were_you_bullied_at_school_where_are_your_bullies/fh2nzr7?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">CardinalMeme</a></p>Relevant Backstory
<p>There were two main bullies, the best I can tell one turned into a typical working class chav and he spends the majority of his time doing petty criminal stuff - his brother, also a bully of mine, is serving hard time for an armed robbery. I expected nothing less. The other, I've no idea what happened to him but mutual acquaintances tell me he is now a drug addict and homeless so I'm in the odd position of feeling sorry for someone who caused me a lot of misery.</p><p>On a more positive note, another kid who bullied me in High School ended up becoming one of my friends many years later. He was abused at home as a kid and that was the reason he acted out in school. Now he's happily married and living a great life.</p><p>- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/f0ri76/were_you_bullied_at_school_where_are_your_bullies/fh2mtv6?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">zerbey</a></p>A Lesson Learned
<p>I was bullied and I did some bullying of my own, I am not proud of that, but it did happen and I have since reached out to them to tell them I am sorry and that I had no right to do what I did and asked them to forgive me. They all (thankfully) forgave me and thanked me for contacting them. </p><p>I know that 'bullying' by today's standards is vastly more harmful than what I did in the late 80's/early 90's, with everyone seeing it online with cyber-bullying, but I still feel pretty bad about what I said to some people.</p><p>- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/f0ri76/were_you_bullied_at_school_where_are_your_bullies/fh2dqov?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">elparker74</a></p>Nightmares
<img lazy-loadable="true" data-runner-src="https://assets.rebelmouse.io/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpbWFnZSI6Imh0dHBzOi8vYXNzZXRzLnJibC5tcy8yMjc3NjUwMi9vcmlnaW4uZ2lmIiwiZXhwaXJlc19hdCI6MTY2NDI2OTI1NX0.yxe50Aaw8kX1YLsAVtKnC2GFAy6-RDk8bgvwIoYvYgI/img.gif?width=980" id="d6a8f" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="77f5b558adab707f9235e36644b8b835" data-rm-shortcode-name="rebelmouse-image" data-width="400" data-height="225" />Giphy<p>I had a horrible bully in middle school. I was an athletic (judo) girl, not even chubby, but she shamed me into anorexia and eventual hospitalization. Fast forward 5 years, she jumped from an 8 story building and died two days later. Had extremely mixed feelings about it, even went to her funeral. I'd been wishing death on that girl for half a decade. Still have nightmares of me pushing her.</p><p>- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/f0ri76/were_you_bullied_at_school_where_are_your_bullies/fh2a9td?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">bellezyk</a></p>Better
<p>Ayy, got bullied by someone when younger. Turns out he stole my first girlfriend. We were together for 3 and a half years. It's been like 6 years now and they are still together.</p><p>So briefly, my bully stole my girlfriend and turns out to be a better boyfriend than me. Fml.</p><p>- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/f0ri76/were_you_bullied_at_school_where_are_your_bullies/fh282na?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">morybon</a></p>Mom Of Girl With 'Purple' Birthmarks Admits She Hid Her For Six Weeks After Her Birth For Fear Of What Strangers Might Say
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