If you've been bullied, did you take on your bullies or did you allow them to get to you? Have you recovered or does the bullying still bother you?

[Anonymous]

[exitseven]

No, I never took him down. I was in the 14 in the 9th grade. This kid was 17 and also in the 9th grade. He got left back a couple of times. He actually already had his drivers license. He used to pick on me. In tenth grade he was gone. I never saw him again and assume he quit school. This was before the internet.
I got into weight training and lost weight and got stronger. When I was in my 20s I tried looking him up om the web. I cannot imgine that his life turned out very well. I maybe wanted to find him and maybe beat the crap out of him but as hard as I searched he has no footprint on the web.

[exitseven]

Thanks for the MHO😎

[lightbulb27]

I countered once or twice, but in general let them go. they were too big and I don't like fights.

Jesus is right, if you play the long game, it's generally better... as long as it isn't "too" long. the bully was screwed up and needed saved. I think he's dead now. other bullies changed their ways.

[Crimsyjo]

Yes when I moved schools at 7. It was horrible as I was very outgoing and popular in my school only to get thrown to the lions.

It made me very shy and quiet the majority of my life. Head down. Don't make waves.

I am much more able to stand up for myself now. And if i were to witness any bullying on my daughters there would be hell to pay. Even if I saw a kid I don't know getting bullied I wouldn't be able to stans back and do nothing.

[PeachyPie93]

I was bullied all through school until grade 11 and 12.. I changed and stopped caring about what others had to say and if they were rude I was rude back. I also started talking way more and joking around a lot so made lots of friends so it wasn't an issue any more.

[RingOfFire]

When I was in school it wasn't called bullying it was called being kids. That's the way kids are. Back in those days instead of teaching you to whine our parents taught us how to fight back.

There was a group of older kids that used to gang up on me, taunt me and push me around after I got out of school on my way home. They were there almost every day. I was just a young kid and they were much bigger than me because they were several years older.

They only did it in groups, never alone, it was always like five or six against one. My father told me that's because they were cowards. He told me exactly what to do.

One day one of the kids was all alone and came up to me and pushed me. I punched him right in the face and knocked out two of his teeth.

None of them ever bothered me again.

Today we call it peace through strength. It works for kids and it works for nations. The world is at war because America has been weak for the last 4 years and all the evil countries of the world are taking advantage of it. When President Trump was in office the first time the world was at an unprecedented level of Peace because they knew that he would not tolerate assaults from these tyrants.

If kids think you are weak you will be a target. Once they find out you are strong you will have peace. Don't be weak let them know however hard they push you you will push them back twice as hard.

[AviatorTom]

In elementary school, I was occasionally bullied, but I was never beaten up, just sometimes pushed or something nasty said. I learned to just walk away from the bully, They eventually got tired and stopped bullying me.

I learned an important lesson about bullying that I've tried tp pass on to my kids and others. Bullies are looking for a reaction, to artificially compensate for their own insecurities. When they don't get a reaction, they go away.

A useful thing to know when you start seeing road rage while driving.

[SeekerOfTruth007]

I was severely bullied in elementary school, until one day I choked out one of the bullies. I got bullied in high school too, at least until I got a brown belt in karate. by the time that happened, people knew not to mess with me anymore.

"Zero tolerance" is the worst policy in school regarding fighting. It's also unconstitutional. You have a God-given right to defend yourself against an attacker.

[ClassicDropout]

I never had a physical fight with a bully. It almost happened though. I can ignore a lot of things, but I got pushed against a locker and the lock part stabbed me and I started bleeding. I held back cus I think if I ever actually fought one of them I'd cause some irreversible damage. I did expose one of my female bullies for cheating on multiple exams. Don't know what happened to her but she probably didn't go to college.

[admles]

After school I took many years of martial arts, weight lifting, and worked as a bouncer.

Then I contacted a number of my old high school bullies and challenged them, and the few who took up the challenge got a solid beatdown. A few even apologised to me afterwards. Some who didn't take up the challenge apologised.

Do I feel good about it? Not really, it made me just as bad as them, but at the time, I Was so full of rage about the bullying.

[Yyunnnn]

I have been bullied most of my life, in small ways by a lot of people. I think its because im very good looking. Even if people like me they behave like i owe them something. Its annoying. Basically i have a cold demeanor most of the time to deal with it. I feel numb sometimes

[Kori1236]

I never really let them get to me. But one day they targeted a friend so I unleashed hell on them. They left me, and my friends alone after that

[MoonFace2]

In my thirties, what I do is ignore people. They eventually undo themselves and make me look good.

[236color]

I let them get to me, and yes it still bothers me.

[jshm2]

As a former bully, no I did not get bullied.

[ManHater]

First of all why are you using women in head scaves? They have bombs under their dress's so what the hell?

[PeterLegg91]

I've been bullied and I was the bully oncere-state//background_color_rgba (0, 0, 0, 0), font_color_rgb (77, 77, 77), justifyLeft

[Christopherthegreat]

I hate bullies so much. See a lot of it at schools where I work

[Alex-Snow]

I usually ignored the assholes

[PsychicBoobs]

Nip bullying in the bud.