Ever been bullied, how did you deal with it?

[Cerys]

Yeah. Too many times to remember.

The one that has had a main irl impact:
My ex-bestfriend Katie had another friend called Emily. Emily basically told Katie to not talk to me and spread bad rumors about me and tell everyone else not to talk to me. *she was rather popular so they listen to her etc. you know how highschool works. it's rubbish..* So for a few months I was left with noone to talk to. I sat by myself everyday at lunch time and breaks while in tears. I had nowhere to go for advice, no friends to have a laugh with, noone. I had a bad relationship with my head of year too, so he really was no help.
After AGES teachers began to notice how I was alone and always had a tearstained face and I was sent to the schools psychiatrist as they thought I had problems, like proper mental issues, when in reality it was just me not being able to stay strong whilst having nobody.
Then, when Emily left Katie for someone else, I stupidly went to Katies rescue.. ;/ Atleast now I talk to more people I guess, eh? even if I am now 'bestfriends' with the person who made my life a living hell...



I guess I dealt with it by just running away to the internet (where I encountered loads more bullying issues) and tried to keep everything inside locked away. My mum never really knew a thing about it.

[Calum0812]

I seriously do my best to be good to people but some people just have the desire to dislike me.
To be honest, I don't talk to them, they don't talk to me and I get on well with everyone in my class.
The people who I hang around with are really awesome people too so I'm good

[Empired]

Been bullied more recently but I wrote out a massive paragraph in the thread about this about five months ago (cough).

Yes these boys used to steal my Cheese & Onion crisps every day for about two months when I was in year four so I finally pushed one of them off the swing in the playground and he cried even though he only had the tiniest little cut on his knee and everyone laughed. They never approached me again. Ha.

[MKR&*42]

Yes and erm i don't really know how i dealt with it lol. Not successfully.

But hey ho doesn't happen in college to me so i don't care anymore.

[Kardan]

Ah yes, I also forgot about the time where some chav was in my PE class, and he just stood there the whole match not doing anything until right at the end pushed me to the floor and punched me in my eye... That was fun to say the least.

And another chavvy kid the year below me threw a 2p at my head, which meant I had to be rushed through the school with blood rushing down my face. Everyone hated that kid, never knew what happened to him.

[Adam]

Yeah, got so bad that I was about a week away from moving schools but decided against it, stood up to the bully, punched him square in the face and I've never been bothered since.

Lesson: stand up for yourself.

[CaptainAce]

Theres some bullies on this forum. I'm not going to share my experience because whats the point? These people go around putting everyone down constantly. Its not 'cool', it's not even funny and its not something you should be impressed by. It's something you should be ashamed of even doing because at the end of the day, bullying HAS made people turn to suicide to end their life because someone thought they were just having a laugh or it was all abit of fun. Might be great fun for you at the time but for the people you target it isn't. So if you, the bullies read this...Try thinking about the people you bully for once, think about how your actions can make someone feel. Could you live with being responsible for someones death for the rest of your life just because you were having some fun with your friends? Is it really worth it?

[Daltron]

I was bullied a lot in high school when I came out, even though I was not even slightly flamboyant or obvious about it in any way, but I am glad I got bullied in a way and lost a lot of friends, made me a lot more independent and stronger. I think the way to overcome it is to ignore it, but if someone wants to get violent you should defend yourself, I have only even been in one physical altercation and didn't hold back, and no one did anything more after that.

I've found if you don't make yourself look worried or vulnerable or like it's affecting you, then people back off cause they are not getting satisfaction anymore.

[!x!dude!x!2]

yea . from grade 3 to grade 9 . after a while i took them as jokes

[=Sam]

There's a reason for most forms of bullying, and if you deal with those reasons instead of encouraging it.. it will go away. Furthmore, in general - ignoring problems will not make them go away. It will always make it worse.

I have never been bullied and I feel that is because I'm always respectful and honorable towards all people. I never talk about people behind their backs unless I have good things to say and I always show empathy to the people I meet no matter what they've done or what they say to me. Judgement is good in life only if you judge people in a positive way.

How I deal and react to all situations shapes me towards a better life, and in turn - makes me a fantastic human being.

I recommend this strategy.