[Thor]

Originally Posted by pylon

There is no reasonable excuse to pick on anyone. Bullying is weak and lame. But mentally stable people do not end their lives over being picked on. All I am saying is, there is more to the picture than just saying "He/she was picked on, so he/she killed them self."

I think it would be more fair to say, "He/she was very fragile mentally, and or depressed/anxious/masochistic etc...and the torment contributed to them killing them self." There are underlying insecurity issues etc.

And no, you cannot pin the blame on just the bully. Bullies are dicks, and can do horrible things. But like I said, killing yourself is not a rational nor a reasonable reaction of a completely sane or mentally healthy individual. I really don't think there are very many bullies that truly hope their victims blow their brains out.

Words can't kill you, a bottle of pills or a razor can. A bully does not plug your nose make you swallow the pills. As I said in my post, I can see it from the side of the victim, and what I endured almost daily for a year, was beyond anything most normal people ever will, and never once, did suicide become an option.

I may not have been liked, but I also just said to myself ,"Just put up with it for another year or two, and start anew in the real world." I knew I never had to see those people again, and just accelerated the process by dropping out.

So because you survived it, those that don't should suck it up?