It's pink shirt day. Were you bullied at school?

From a small town and my dad is a politician...... I was a bit of a princess i did bully a little bit...(filled the smelly kids locker with deodorant) called this one chic bat lady Cuz she wore all black ........ Now I'm a teacher for kids with behavioral disorders..... How time changes u....

I had several mean boys in my life, from grade school to high school. I can remember so clearly the first time they made me cry, I can remember the days I just wanted to die rather than continue to be in my body that these guys hated so much. I wasn't even that overweight at the time, but that didn't matter. Biggest (tall and chubby) girl in class, got boobs before all the other girls, and in high school it was bandwagon boys being absolutely awful at the back of the bus. Even if I sat in the front they'd holler from the back. Only once did I get the satisfaction of an apology and the only reason is because the boy had made me cry on the bus and I basically yelled at the driver until she let me off (totally against the rules, she wasn't legally allowed to let me off away from my stop) and she'd noted the ring leader and spoken to his dad- a teacher at our school. It was a hand written note delivered to me via the driver. I can't say I ever actually believed it to be sincere. That boy never bothered me again but that didn't stop his friends.

My best defense was being as withdrawn as possible. I made an art out of being unnoticed. It has absolutely carried into my adult life, these experiences are a key to how I see myself and how I feel about myself. I can know they were just being cruel, but I still know they were right. Their voices are the voices in my head.

I was bullied for a bit as a freshman in high school by a couple of older guys on the varsity football team. They'd steal my lunch on two-a-day practices and de-pants me and shove me in lockers and whatnot. One day I had enough and when they came after me in the locker room I took a folding chair over the head and across the face of one of them...that was pretty much the end of that...and I got my PB&J back too.

@brb_2013 your post saddens me. However I can relate..

I was bullied when I was younger for having cancer, I was in grade 5. It continued until I moved Cities. Then I was bullied for being bigger, or having short hair, or dating a guy. I would get on the bus and it would start. I would get off the bus then it continues at home. From hearing I wish the cancer killed me, to being a slut, fat or ugly. So I can relate how being withdrawn was a good option. I use to hide in my room when my parents had friends over so my dad wouldn't make fun of me in front of people.

The point is, they were not right then nor are they right now. Every person has worth and is important. I am stronger and more stubborn then ever. Going through that experience in my past made my present stronger and brighter. It took me a long time and a lot of counselling to get like that.

Don't give up on yourself, see your worth and value.

Where I grew up bullying was a common everyday event. The teachers turned a blind eye to the whole thing & that didn't help matters. I too had a father that told me & my bro to suck it up buttercup & defend yourself. You had to make a choice stand-up or get pushed around constantly. Unfortunately the bullies would gang up on you like 3 to 1. I had to wait & catch up with them one @ a time. Once they felt my fist in there face slowly but surely they got the message. Sad but true...

@helenapanda

it was the early 90s, and there wasn't very many cases of ALL around. So I like to believe it was the fear of not knowing what it was exactly or understanding it.

Girls are much more vicious when it comes to bulling other girls. They know exactly what insecurities all girls face and they have no trouble exploiting those insecurities in other girls. In some cases for their own amusement.

I was definitely bullied as a kid. I was an ugly duckling: small, tubby, braces, frizzy hair, unibrow, and a total teachers pet and bookworm. The bullying only got worse because I would always talk back and be a smartass in self-defense. I've been beat up by several girls at a time, had things stolen from me, some boys once held me and punched me in the gut, and a kid smashed my face into a tree and broke my nose.

It definitely messed with me for years and to this day, I think it has shaped a lot of my personality. I'm very self-assured and intelligent and own my personality and make lots of friends and when I was single, never had trouble getting dates, so people maybe don't perceive me as someone who was bullied. I am still very much a bookworm and am most comfortable being a loner where it feels safest, I suppose. I still am very skeptical of new people, especially if they take a liking to me, and I definitely put up a lot of walls.

I did eventually strike back and when I did, I wailed on a girl who tried to knock me over a bench. Guess you could say I had a lot of pent up aggression. I ended up taking karate as a kid and excelling at it, and enjoyed solo sports like running and now I enjoy archery.

I'd gladly give up a little of knowing I could take a punch and dole it back out, physically and verbally if it meant I didn't have to go through half of what I did as a kid.