reposted from Politics Thread
when you have a history of being bullied, it becomes harder to just laugh it off when someone insults you.
You don’t have to laugh it off, you just have to find a way to deal with it that works for you.
Some of us just can’t seem to find a way that works for us.
when you have a history of being bullied, it becomes harder to just laugh it off when someone insults you.
when you have a history of being bullied, it becomes harder to just laugh it off when someone insults you.
The sad thing about this is that some of those who were so badly bullied are now even worse bullies themselves because they could not or would not break the cycle. I got bullied myself when I was younger and I do try to NOT wreak the same havoc on others but that does not stop them from wreaking said havoc on others.
For a while we had a bit of a bully climate from some here … I’m glad to see that it is slowly changing towards the better recently.
I was bullied for a time when I was school, had an adolescent weight problem. It turned out to really mold me into a better person, I believe. I ended up in a few fights around the 7th-8th grades and by the 9th, I had respect from everyone, not respect by fear, but a respect by being stand up and never backing down. I ended up using this reputation to lift up people and protect others. It ended up being a career, I particularly enjoyed turning the tables on bullies as a cop. I once caught some teens bullying a poor kid and I proceeded to dress them down in almost drill sergeant fashion and they were so scared of me they couldn’t do anything about it. One later approached me and thanked me, made him “see the light” so to speak.
whenever I tried to stand up for myself, I always ended up making a fool of myself. It never worked.
When I was about 12 I put a stop to some punk who was harassing me by punching him in the fact as hard as I possibly could. I always felt bad about it because I think it may have been a bit overkill but I never had a problem with bullies again.
I tried that. I always ended up missing with my punches and/or getting beat up.