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At school kids would imitate my stuttering or try to get me to say words they knew tripped me up. I learnt pretty quickly not to speak at all. There were other incidents but I was very passive so the bullies tended to lose interest because they weren't getting any kind of reaction. I bored the bullies away.
I've been bullied far more viciously as an adult than I ever was at school.

No, I didn't report it to anyone. I was probably too lazy, and I didn't want my mother to find out that I was out that late at night (even though I was already 18 at the time). I also had a entrenched value system--wherein I was never supposed to "rat" on anybody. You were a "punk" or a "sissy" if you "ratted somebody out."

This was in 1979. I would have probably been laughed at by the cops. They would have thought I was gay. They might have even made gay jokes. Times weren't as enlightened then. One didn't hear about "mandated reporting" and all that.

why does it seem like 90% of the cops give the other 10% a bad rep?

Teased, yes. Bullied? I was always the biggest kid in the class up till high school. No one tried.

All years of elementary, and half the year of high school, whenever I go home at school, I'm usually crying or angry. All I hear is classmates and schoolmates blaming me for everything I never did, name calling, calling me a liar when I never was, being excluded, taken advantaged of me when I was desperate, making a fool out of me...
Most of my childhood and early teen years whenever school is involved, there's only anger and sadness.
Adults telling me I'm just overreacting and 'its normal'. Telling me they're just 'teasing' me because they're just being friendly, when they had no idea how insulted I'm. Telling me to ignore them when they never go away. Me telling the truth when they don't believe it and punished me for it. Them knowing is useless, even it happened at front of them! Near depression made my senses turned against me.

Until I isolated myself at the other half of high school years. I almost never spoke to anyone. No friends, no trustees, no 'partners', no one in school so I wont 'mess up'. Just school then go home. No parties, no crowds, only the PC at home and online games.

At least I never had physically or sexually abused, but it still scarred me to lost trust in general. Until now, deep down inside me I still resent everyone and I couldn't get rid of it.

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I was bullied since I started elementary school till last year of middle school when I finally shown the bullies that enough is enough.

They were stealing my stuffs and throwing them to trashcan or through the window, spiting at me or into my food, throwing trash at me, throwing weird stuffs behind my t-shirt, glueing "funny"notes on the back of my t-shirt, kicking my chair during lesson so I couldn't focus, spreading weird rumors about me, trying to throw me off stairs, taking my pants off, calling me names and generally making the whole class laugh at me.

The worst episode I remember was being cornered in the middle of stair by the whole class. Half of them blocked the downstairs and other half didn't let me go upstairs. All of them were chanting "Pest! Pest! Pest" and the group upstairs was also spiting at me.

I was trying to get help but the bullies were always able to stop whatever they were doing before teacher could see them and even if they got caught they could get enough witnesses to "prove" that I started the fight. The whole class was against me so there was noone to back me up when teachers didn't believe me. And I was the one punished, in joy of my bullies.
I was going to school psychologist but she couldn't help me at all.
Eventually I befriended one of our school cleaning lady. I was spending school breaks in her room. Hiding from bullies, talking and drinking tea.

By the end of 2nd grade of middle school I was at my limit and I was planning to commit suicide. But I realized it is not worth it - if I can kill myself at any moment I can stop being human as well(that's when I experienced my "eight grade syndrome" of being an incarnated demon). So I cut my emotions, started ignoring the bullies when they were bullying me and when they were doing something really dangerous I didn't hesitate to hit them using unpredictable, well aimed right hook straight into their face. I couldn't do it before because I didn't want to hurt anyone. But when I "discovered" I am a demon I was thinking they should be happy I used just my hands and I "prevented myself" from using my demonic powers against them. LOL

I hurt them a few times and they learned their lesson. I was never bullied again.

Way too much.
Not comfortable detailing it here.
The vast majority happened in the public school system.

I got picked-on / teased alot, in school----but, I don't remember ever getting bullied, that much.....

One time, I got beat-up by twin girls; and, when we went to the principal's office to tell them what happened, I couldn't tell them who did what, cuz they were identical!! LOL

A slimy girl and her "gang", mangled my bike, one time.

One time, all-day-long, people were telling me that so-and-so said she was gonna beat my face-in; so, by lunchtime, I had heard it quite enough, and went to stand where she'd be coming down the hall, and said to her: "I hear you wanna beat my face-in." She was like: "Who, ME----oh, noooo." The thrill I felt when she lied, and tripped all over herself, backpedaling, I can still feel, TODAY!! LOL Ahhhh.....

My mother and sisters bullied me more than all the people in school----for, ALL 12 years----put together!!

I was verbally bullied pretty much everyday from grade 1 to grade 12, even in my only year at college too. I was physically bullied at times and threatened, but managed not to get beat up or anything like that.

I have a very hard time trusting people and refuse to form friendships because of this.

almost as bad as the bullying was the freezing-out, the big chill.

Yes, social exclusion can be very emotionally and psychologically painful, it too is a form of bullying and is motivated by hostility.

it is like the other side of the counterfeit coin of bullying, a totally infernal repudiation of the golden rule, IMHO.

All bullies, whatever their preferred modus operandi, are emotional terrorists. No exceptions. Their hateful intentions and actions are destructive, full stop, whether it is physical, personal attacks, exclusion, shaming or any of the many forms hostility takes. Their overarching goal is to damage and/or destroy the well-being of others for their own egotistical purposes. I hate it when I see bullying on WP too, and it happens - this needs to be a safe place.