As with many others, I, too, was bullied at school as a child, and suffered psychological trauma as a result. This was gr. 6 - 8. Didn't help that my parents divorced at the same time and my whole world kinda fell apart from the outside in.
By gr. 10 I found a group of fellow outcasts and we banded together to care for each other in a world where we didn't fit in in the "usual" ways. We called ourselves "The Freak Show".
I survived by banding together with other survivors of the adolescent "clique stupidity". We grew strong together, and found a positive means to vent against our peers.
We found the silver lining. We found the positive in the negative.
I have no sympathy for the killers.
Our paths are our own. We choose them of our own free will.
But in the end...one thing is clear. Let us not be sheep. Let us not run blindly with the herd. Remember that allowing the bullying by not doing anything is just as guilty as those who bully.
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By gr. 10 I found a group of fellow outcasts and we banded together to care for each other in a world where we didn't fit in in the "usual" ways. We called ourselves "The Freak Show".
I survived by banding together with other survivors of the adolescent "clique stupidity". We grew strong together, and found a positive means to vent against our peers.
We found the silver lining. We found the positive in the negative.
I have no sympathy for the killers.
Our paths are our own. We choose them of our own free will.
But in the end...one thing is clear. Let us not be sheep. Let us not run blindly with the herd. Remember that allowing the bullying by not doing anything is just as guilty as those who bully.
Apathy is not a defense.