Bullied?

I feel as though a ton of my self image came from school bullying. I sympathized with the Columbine kids I knew what they did was wrong. But damn it was something to fight back. I felt so alone in school and not wanting to feel that way again motivates me.

I was curious if others here have had similar experiences.

I didn't exactly get bullied. I was a late bloomer and a nerd and a bit quirky. Two classmates of mine whom I considered friends got - what I came to realize - extremely envious of me cause of my good grades and they were trying to convince me that I was not clever enough to be a mathematician. I was so scared of them that I couldn't respond to the maths teacher in front of them. Therapy helped me to get over them though. I have no contact with them nowadays (10 years after), I only know that the one works now at a major telecommunications company and the other was still studying as of two years ago. I wish them well and hold no grudge against them. Though they made me believe that I am stupid and not clear enough, my CV now says otherwise

Why would people do that? I just don't understand it. I know they were just kids. Glad you are over it.

Thanks for your support! Obviously above I meant clever enough, not clear. However they were not kids. They were 16-17 years old. I guess one is mature enough to control his envy at this age but nope they just couldn't help it. They even tried to bully me on the first day of the exams. But one can't live with a perpetuating teen-drama-trauma I guess.

Don't pity yourself please. Bullies have MAJOR issues and they are projecting their own fears on us, who just happen to be a bit more sensitive than the majority of people. BPDs and NPDs are biologically more sensitive according to my therapist and both are in the same PD cluster. That's why we think it is so terrible, when in reality, it's them who have the problem, name it inferiority complex or anything. They are no legends, their just normal teens with major issues who end up miserable because they are often not mature enough to face the music. As opposed to us, who, at the end of the day, decided that we need a therapist and/or medication. This step takes a lot of courage to take. And guess what: We took it. We were brave enough to face our own fears instead of projecting them onto others by bullying them or anything. You are stronger than them.

I wished they would have kept to themselves.

Thanks for the feedback