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Originally Posted by shermanator
As someone who was bullied extensively around the same age as the victim, this comment pisses me off to no end. For me, the damage done during those years will never be reversed. Thankfully I've gotten away from those who did harm and found people who appreciate me for who I am. I'm 37 now, and the negative effects to my self esteem still creep up on me at times.
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People make mistakes. Your bully might even regret what he/she did to you. There's a lifetime between 14 and 37. People change. You've likely changed considerably over that time. And you can still change. You can forgive that broken 14 year old that bullied you 23 years ago. Not forget, forgive.
You're likely not alone in feeling this way. I can only assume this is, at least in part, where some of this vitriol for a young man none of us have ever met comes from. I have an equally, yet opposite, visceral reaction to those so willing to close their hearts and minds.