I was bullied from grade 4 until halfway through grade 10, by the same group of people. I was also shunned by most of my non-bully classemates because, if a group of semi-popular boys were bullying me, either they were scared they would also be victimized or they figured I wasn't worth hanging out with.
In grade 10, after years of ignoring them, they got sick of my not reacting to them, and they started getting physical, hockey-tackling me against walls and whatnot. I complained to the principal, and he told me to keep ignoring them. The physical attacks became more violent shortly after, and lasted until I grabbed the ring-leader and swung him, headfirst into a wall, so hard I'm pretty sure he saw stars for a couple of seconds. (I'm 4'10", he was close to 5'11" back then.)
But all that bullying did not do wonders for my self-esteem. In fact, between that and a toxic friend who liked to stab everyone else in our group of friends behind their backs, oh, and getting date-raped at 21, I have trust issues with people.
I totally get it.
I really wish that a law could be passed, everywhere, that if a kid who committed suicide due to being a victim of bullying, and has identified their torturers (yes, it's psychological torture and abuse) both verbally to adults and in their suicide note, those people could be charged with murder.
Yes, even if they were family members or peers.
Because it is. It's a murder of character, and it drove the person to suicide, therefore, it also is, indirectly, the murder of a human being.
Some kids go into schools with guns and kill random schoolmates over being sick of being bullied. Let's not forget those either. Who's the real monster/killer, here? Indirectly, it's still the bullies.
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In grade 10, after years of ignoring them, they got sick of my not reacting to them, and they started getting physical, hockey-tackling me against walls and whatnot. I complained to the principal, and he told me to keep ignoring them. The physical attacks became more violent shortly after, and lasted until I grabbed the ring-leader and swung him, headfirst into a wall, so hard I'm pretty sure he saw stars for a couple of seconds. (I'm 4'10", he was close to 5'11" back then.)
But all that bullying did not do wonders for my self-esteem. In fact, between that and a toxic friend who liked to stab everyone else in our group of friends behind their backs, oh, and getting date-raped at 21, I have trust issues with people.
I totally get it.
I really wish that a law could be passed, everywhere, that if a kid who committed suicide due to being a victim of bullying, and has identified their torturers (yes, it's psychological torture and abuse) both verbally to adults and in their suicide note, those people could be charged with murder.
Yes, even if they were family members or peers.
Because it is. It's a murder of character, and it drove the person to suicide, therefore, it also is, indirectly, the murder of a human being.
Some kids go into schools with guns and kill random schoolmates over being sick of being bullied. Let's not forget those either. Who's the real monster/killer, here? Indirectly, it's still the bullies.