Oh, god. It happened to me from the beginning of pre-school to the end of middle school. Now that I'm working with pre-school age children, that seems especially bizarre, but it happened. Augh, the whole thing was awful, but it was the worst during middle school. I'm still not sure how I got out of it without killing myself.
I was never able to fight back, and I know that might have stopped it. When I tried, I didn't mean it and I wasn't very effective. I'm a non-confrontational person, and I don't do anything violent unless I absolutely have to--which is a good thing sometimes, but it means I let people push me around. It stopped because I went to a high school where you had to take a difficult exam to get in, and the people there, frankly, are the people who were getting bullied in middle school. So my high school years were nice and peaceful in that regard!
Ah, I was wondering how much of the story was autobiographical. I knew a good portion of it was, but I was wondering if the iron thing was or not. I'm very sorry that that happened to you! I am looking forward to seeing how you work it into the story, however.
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Date: 2008-01-30 08:29 pm (UTC)I was never able to fight back, and I know that might have stopped it. When I tried, I didn't mean it and I wasn't very effective. I'm a non-confrontational person, and I don't do anything violent unless I absolutely have to--which is a good thing sometimes, but it means I let people push me around. It stopped because I went to a high school where you had to take a difficult exam to get in, and the people there, frankly, are the people who were getting bullied in middle school. So my high school years were nice and peaceful in that regard!
Ah, I was wondering how much of the story was autobiographical. I knew a good portion of it was, but I was wondering if the iron thing was or not. I'm very sorry that that happened to you! I am looking forward to seeing how you work it into the story, however.