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Dr. Nikki
writes:As thousands of kids have to go through it I was 1 of the unfortanate 1's to be bullied in high scool. It was worse in year 7. I had no friends, the older lads kicked the ball at me constantly and i'd walk round the school on my own trying to find a corner to hide in so nobody could hurt me or bully me. I was beaten up a few times by a bunch of girls who "had been told" I'd said nasty things about them. I'd cry each night and wish it'd all go away and tried suicide plenty of times, mostly with pills. i have to take 175 thyroxine each day (thats a high dosage for my age) and used to take at least 4000 thyroxine x2 a day to try and kill myself, it never worked (obv) i just either ended up with a v. bad mood for days on end or I'd be happy but easily ticked off. I remember sitting on the edge of the bath cutting my wrists trying to go deep enough to hit my main artery, i did it in my arm and the back of my legs aswell. i have a 4 inch scar on my leg were i cut. I can't stand people who bully, they never remember but the victim always does. We always remember when they call us names and its wrong, its not fair. I am a supporter of "STOP BULLYING" Campaign. My Story might be lame but I just want people to know who have / are being bullied to talk out! I know its scary because either they've threatened you are they might hurt you knowing youve grassed on them but its worth it in the end. Its worth getting it sorted before its too late. In the end I moved school went to counselling and talked about my problems bu the names they called me the things they put me through will always be in the back of my mind. Put a stop to being bullied. you shouldnt have to put up with it!( sorry about the essay!)
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reader, anonymous, writes (7 August 2007): Iam a male of 19 i was bulied since i was 10 till i was 15 and i did somethig wrong to get out of it and i want to share my story but first ummm Braveheart i am not disagreeing with you but i think that if you luagh at your self you will get use to it and then become a push ver.... anyway back to the story um it started with me laughing with some kids at me i thought it might worked cause that is what my mom told me ... i hate it now i should have walked away... but the started and i didnt stop it stuck with me so much i went from a A+ student to Ds and Fs ... it hurt me some much .... but that was the first year the second i thought iwasnt working so i tried my way... i got into a figt with a kid at school .. he lost bu he was the biggest bully so i had more come at me ... my parents never knew they thought i fell andbroke my ribs..... but the hit me so much that it broke my ribs... i never told anyone ...... the next year i wanted to do sports so they would leave me alone ... my broken ribs stopped me .. they bullied me again and i didnt do anything.....then i was 13 and they bullied me more so i tried cutting myself ... i have scares that will never go away.... on my spirit and my body.... they bullied me again .. so that year i started a self defence class..... the next year i was still doing self defence cause the cheanged from words to fist .. just for fun ..... i was 14 and i was still a boy ....... this year me being 15 i thought it was time to teach the other boys a lesson... so i beat up 6 boys... 2 cant walk ever again .... 1 cant talk i broke and shattered his jaw bone ... he might have been able to talk again the future.. but i cut off his tounge..... no one saw me do these things but one person and he was thankful but he told the police it was self defence i have a P.O. now and my life is ruined but i still get to take classes and i am doing better i have returned to A+ again and i am doing better but in the end i guess i turned into the bully right? ummm i think i have done wrond .. that boy woh saw me said he was sorry but thx for saving him... he was just getting started up by the bullys ... did i do good there?i just wandered bout that did i do anything wrong? yes violence never answer bulling ... now everyone .. i mean every one thinks i am the biggest baddest bully ever......i just wanted to share my story......I never talked to anyone bout it ether.... no ones knows bout any of those advents but me nad the bullys ( execpt the last one...) but i am Emo ( i still cut my self b/c i like to take out my depression out there......... we need to stop the bulling b4 someonee slse gets what i got
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reader, quarky +, writes (29 July 2007):
 My daughter has experienced bullying in one form or another for around 10 years now. As a parent, I hugely sympathise with your story, which I'm so glad you posted.
It's easy to say that in the 'real world' after school's a distant memory, that things will get better. It's simply not always the case. I know of those (including me) who still carry the scars- not overtly but at the times when they're alone. What it comes down to is the realisation of who and what you are, not what other people think. If you can get to that point, you can at least start to exercise the demons!
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reader, opel  +, writes (27 July 2007):
just rember all the idiots will go into one basket. when you get out of school and go into the big world things will change /.depending on your attitude so look forward to the future and slap it as as hard as you can
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reader, Braveheart  +, writes (26 July 2007):
Can't this bullying just be ignored? I'm kinda confused...if u take these ppl seriously it means ur actually giving them respect and recognition through what they're doing. They gain pleasure out of it by seeing that u suffer. There's only one thing u need to know...what goes around comes around. U should feel sorry for the ppl who bully u cos they do it because of their own insecurities so to try and gain a feeling of superiority. What they don't know is that by hurting u they're guaranteeing themselves hurt in the future...as i said...what goes around comes around. Relax and take the bullying in stride..it's nothing wrong with you..it's their problem and their insecurities. U might not believe this but all these kids who get popular through bullying others are very insecure about themselves and bullying is their way of gaining security. I was never bullied at school. No one ever even considered doing it cos they knew that it would gain no reaction or else i'd just laugh with them (not at them mind you cos that gets them to hate u more). If u laugh with them(at urself) that would leave them feeling confused and u would be relaxed and able to accept anything that's thrown ur way. Try and make urself perfectly capable of ignoring ppl who should be ignored. Don't let them affect you. Whenever everyone seems to be against you, just try picturing in your mind an elephant that has been surrounded by archers on all sides and is being shot at with hundreds of arrows. But the elephant is strong and it withstands shot after shot until the archers get tired and give up. Try and be that elephant. If u ignore it, they will soon get tired of it and it will stop.
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reader, Dr. Nikki +, writes (19 July 2007):
Dr. Nikki is verified as being by the original poster of the question thank you for your replys my bullying started from an ex i dumped first day at high school. second day i got braces and i think it started with then my ex bullying me about my braces. Bullys have no clue and tbh i'm jus like you (Evangeline a straight A student to a D student) its the first time ive spoken aloud on internet about my ordeal tbh counselling hasnt helped me all that much it hasnt helped me forget or put it in the past but it has helped me to talk about experiances in my life that get me down. I hope the victims 1 day wil get their own back on the bullys without the consequences as the bullys deserve it.
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reader, Evangeline +, writes (19 July 2007):
 I was bullied by a group of girls who were supposidly my friends. It was never physical, but they turned everyone against me at my school... their parents were as bad as they were to my mum and tried to turn a load of the teachers against me too. It worked for a little while, then i started to see the school councillor who could hear things from my point of view. The teachers have taken it really seriously and it basically turned out to be a jealousy thing on the girls' part. Still the rumours are spread but im more confident about coping with it. In a year of school ive managed to go from being a straight A student to a straight D one tho as a result of the stress from it all .. still i know i have the moral highground.
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reader, flower girl +, writes (18 July 2007):
 You should not apologise for what you have written or the length of it, you should in fact be very proud of yourself for talking about it.
Kids can be really nasty and they don't realise or care what pain it causes the person they are bullying.
My son at the moment does suffer bullying to some extent just for wearing glasses and it pains me that these children can be so horrible and that he has to go through this.
Take care of yourself and thankyou for sharing your story.xx.
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