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Originally Posted by The Yen Man
I was the quiet kid in class, but was never bullied because I didn't stand out in any sort of way. I did befriend a few kids who were bullied, because I'm the type of guy who's nice to everyone, and kids who were bullied would come talk to me and I'd talk to them back.
Looking back, I wish I did more to support them. I mean, I would talk to them and partner with them in class, or hang out with them in the library, but I didn't try to actively help them when they were bullied. I've always felt ashamed of that because I felt terrible for them. In the back of my mind I was wishing bad things on these bullies, but I was too chicken**** to do anything about it since I didn't want to get bullied myself. Its tough being a kid, and I'm just glad the guys I did hang out with who were bullied ended up becoming successful adults. I have no idea what happened to some of the bullies, but I'm hoping they're working at a gas station somewhere as their career path.
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I remember being a kid and getting picked on quite a bit from grades 5 to 9 when I moved to a new school and remember explicitly when someone stood up for me or helped and at the time that was huge. You probably helped out more than you think and the bullies I knew all ended up to be major burnouts or serious criminals headed down a dark path so don't feel too bad. As long as someone isn't being sexually abused, brain damaged or too badly ridiculed it's possible to bounce back in most cases (barring genetic predisposition to psychological issues). Some of the stuff people did to me was ridiculously horrendous and I bear no resentment or pain from it because it takes a fair amount to seriously damage someone.
Nowadays has got to be 10 times worse with how the kids all have phones and are connected to social media.