envirozentinel wrote:
I felt uncomfortable being the class brain in primary school (elementary school) and often if I was the only one who knew the answer, I'd refrain from raising my hand. I was often asked to read to the class. Once I hit high school the wheels came off my bicycle and as my marks dropped, I became more anonymous yet was bullied for being who I was.
I didn't realize that I should feel uncomfortable in those situations.
High school was like that for me, except I dressed weird which compounded it and made me less anonymous. Once I started selling suddenly the same people who bullied me tried to be friends and I often took advantage of those people or abused/humiliated them to retaliate for past transgressions or I'd rope them into 'pranks' that were basically intended to terrorize others who had been cruel to me (ever heard a dozen Christmas crackers go off at once?).
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