Bullying

Im curious as to how you feel they all deserve it, Explain 1 by 1

What mental damage?

They all deserve it.

I really don't think you have any notion of how badly someone's life can be wrecked by bullying. I've been through a lot because of it, ever since I was a small child. I've had very little support after, and no support at all at the time. It's really only due to my own strength of character and God's healing that I'm a normal person today.

But coming to uni has made me realise just how much my world view needs to change. I'm still bowled over with shock everytime someone casually says something nice about me, or trusts me to do something for them. The notion that people might want to be friends with me took several weeks to get used to, the notion that people might be prepared to put up with my idosyncrasies even longer (I'm still trying to get my head round this one, in fact). Someone laughed at a joke I made last week - this too was a shock, and absolutely made my month.

There isn't a day goes by when I don't doubt my ability to be studying at one of the top unis, whether I deserve to have the opportunity to study such a beautiful and fascinating subject, and various other variations on that theme.

On the other hand, I don't dislike the bullies. They may have ruined my childhood and teenage years, but they've made my 20s very sweet, as I rediscover the simple pleasures of life. They've also given me an insight into myself that nothing else could have given me - rebuilding yourself from the inside out is a very rewarding proccess. I know where everything goes in my mind, where I tend towards complusiveness, where my blind spots are, and I know the danger signs that I'm thinking "old" thoughts.

They've also given me a great power of imagination - when your mind is the only place you feel safe, you *have* to stretch it in order to have room to breathe and live. I have my own little world in there, whole nations that I explored.

Gosh, this is shaping up to be a rather long post, I'd better conclude...

To sum up, yes, good things can come out of bullying. But that's only for the lucky ones like me. Plenty others kill themselves, as I would have done given the opportunity, or are scarred for life. For others, bullying is only a passing thing, something they don't think too much of. The worst thing about bullying is that it reinforces itself. After too much bullying, the buliee begins to almost bully themselves. I honestly believed that I was merely the scum provided by God for other people to wipe off their shoes. I thought my chances of going to university/holding down a job were nil.

So there you have it Zooropa. I don't pretend to be the worst affected by bullying, or even badly affected - after all, I've almost recovered. But I do submit the proposal that bullying can cause mental damage, especially to a developing mind such as that of a little child.

you are a ****ing prick

I think bullying is natural. And life by definition is hard.

If Bullying was natural we would all do it,

Well the strong pick on the weak.

Negative? Only geeks get bullied.

I'm not desperate for anything here.

And the weak pick on the strong to make themselves strong.
Your abit indenial there

That never happens.

Intelligence is evil. That's why it must be stamped out.

Only geeks get bullied.

So therefore you would consider Chavs stronger than a intelligent Businessman or your average joe???
and you would consider yourself stronger than most people here??

No I have an education.

So what? Life is tough; deal with it.

Intelligence is evil.

So evil that you can use the computer in front of you because of it

Therefore, if you hate intelligence then you hate yourself???

Not really. Only losers hate themselves.

If you get bullied, it's your karma.



No.