When I was a child I was bullied. What can I say? I was an easy target. I did not own any brand name clothes, my mother worked at the elementary school my first three years there, and I was shy. I didn’t have anyone who stood up for me either. The hard part was that some of those who bullied me were my friends or at least they were kind to me before another school merged with ours. The same group of bullies went to the same middle school with me. But getting bullied back then was much easier than it is now. Today you get bullied in person and on the internet. It’s hard enough to be face to face. How do you protect yourself from someone bullying you online?
My heart goes out to all who are getting bullied. It’s so sad that it drives some people to suicide or murder. The question I can’t get passed is why are these people bullying others? I could go psychological and think that they feel inadequate in their own lives that they have a need to make others feel worse. There is, also, jealousy. The person they are bullying may have a great home life when theirs maybe abusive or they feel neglected. Or the one getting bullied may have a successful career and the one bullying wishes they had what they had. No matter the reason, it doesn’t make it right.
If you have issues with yourself and take it out on others, you are not fixing your life or making yourself feel better at all. You are just making someone else’s life worse. Will you feel guilty if that person or persons kill themselves or kills someone else? The only way to truly make you feel better is making changes within yourself.
By the time I got to eighth grade, I wasn’t scared anymore, I was mad. I discovered I wasn’t alone. You’re never alone…you just may not know who your support is yet. Once I decided not to be scared anymore, my rebellious side came out. I decided to get revenge… I decided to become successful. They may never find out about it, but I will know. I would never give up to their wishes. You want me dead; I am making sure you see me and suffer. If you haven’t noticed, I am also a little vindictive. By the way, I did see one of the main bullies in my senior year of high school. It was great watching her expression when she saw this ugly duckling turned into a nice looking swan.
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