While I don't want to promote violence, it did work for me. I was bullied quite a bit in my first year of high school by one of the "popular" kids. It was getting quite bad and one day during gym class I completely snapped and laid him out. I was never bugged again and a lot of HIS friends (who weren't really bullies.. just following the cool kid around) ended up being MY friends once they actually got to know me.

Again, don't resort to violence. 99.9999% of the time it doesn't work and it can get you into a lot of trouble.

Pain is temporary. Glory is forever. Whenever someone tries something like that, I just punch them in the face and run until their friends catch up with me and beat the [censored] out of me. Keep in mind that pain is temporary, and wounds heal, while the glory and self respect gained from the aforementioned action will never leave you. also, depending on how fast you can ruin, there's a 50/50 chance you'll get away, especially from the head start over the shock of the action.

ya when I was really young,

but it stopped in high school and college, since I became very sixy as I aged

instead now I just get hit on by girls AND boys, its a good ego boost let me tell you.

But when I got bullied it was a very nasty time in my life although I remember very little, hmm maybe its some kind of mental/psychological defense mechanism!
But the bad memories still made me learn some white crane Kung-fu and karate when I was in college, and archery, but I never had to use either skills for anything but self improvement which I'm thankful for, I had a great time in High school and college, and I only knew nice people which I'm still very good friends with even now.
I was glad to know that most bullies I knew in elementary school. are now either dead or have terrible lives, I know its not good to be negative but I can't help it they were real A holes.

On the boys? Wow, you must have a pretty progressive school if you're not bullied because of that.

he's 27 now :whisper:

Nonononono, they were hitting on him. Not the other way around.

Yeah a bit here and there, if it got me mad enough I threw some punches. Never got into a big fight or anything though, they'd always back off. I usually made friends instead of enemies because I ignored the people doing it. I do remember this one kid throwing stuff at me though and it got me so mad I almost blacked out, good thing I didn't release my anger though cause I probably would have put him in the hospital or worse.

The threat of getting punched is usually enough for most bullies to back off, they get scared when they realise you're going to do something about it.

I was not bullied as a kid, nor was I a bully myself. I was however a fighter. if someone said something to me that aggravated me or disrespected me or my family I had no problems punching them in the nose, or mouth, the other kids size or age didn't matter to me. Which reminds me of a story that happened to me once.
Visiting a friends house ( about 12 or 13 at the time), swimming in the lake behind his house, a friend of his (one year younger than me and a bit bigger) started picking on me, why I don't remember. What I do remember is punching him in the face and leaving him laying face down in the water as I left the scene. A few minutes later they caught up with me and ganged up on me. that was the only fight I ever ran away from.
I saw that same kid a few years later in high school leaning against a wall, this time he was ALOT bigger than me. We turned out to be pretty good friends after that, and still talk to each other from time to time.

I used to get picked on from time to time in elementary school and in a little bit of middle school. Then I grew some thick skin and now I get respect. B)

Now that I'm in High School it's not as bad,
but back in Middle School I got called Albino (im not), pushed around, made fun of, ridiculed, called aneroxic, the whole 9 yrds.
The thing is, I've always been tall and lanky, pale and fair-haired, quiet and shy, and not following what everyone else did.
Also I grew up in a redneck school filled with [censored]s.
But HS is going better, I'm confident, in a relationship, friends with everybody, and it helps I moved lol.

Yes. When I was 14 I changed school and it didn't turn out so good. I was really picked on and often beaten. But I am not the sort that doesn't fight back, sadly it is pretty hard to fight against a whole group of people and they made my life hell. The thing was that it was all the girls, the boys were nice to me which I suppose didn't actually make things easier. I stayed at that school for only one term. I returned to my previous boarding school.

Then, fate smiled. The worst of the bullies, the ringleader, switched schools too and we played her school at rounders, which is like baseball with a shorter bat. She recognised me of course but now she was on my turf, I was no longer the newbie she enjoyed beating up. I am not proud of what I did, but I was extremely angry about the hell they put me through. She was just lucky the bat was wood and not a metal one. She cried much the way I cried when she and her friends pushed me down to the ground and started kicking me for no reason, in front of everyone and no one helped.

It was the ultimate revenge and I know it shouldn't, but it sure did make me feel better and enable me to put the hell I went through behind me. It was the ultimate therapy.
Other then that I haven't been bullied, I got along with everyone in my school. I have never bullied anyone either.

:o You beat her up with a bat like in GTA, that's just [censored] awesome!

Yes. :toughninja:

Obviously in the end she was fine, no permanent damage, but I sometimes wonder if it made her think twice before bullying anyone else. We played her school a few more times. When our team went to her school for a match I got a bit nervous, but I just made sure I was never parted from the rest of my team. Didn't matter though, never saw her again.

Haha it really does.

I'm having a great time in high school :shrug:

I fought some and was picked on by some, never really the weak or shy though.
As had no trouble with anyone that could not cause it first.

Yes I was, some [censored] in late elementary and middle school among other people. The solution was simple actually, the first thing I did was realise that this guys opinion of me was utterly worthless, there was no reason for me to care about what he thought at all. So I stopped caring. The second part was fighting back, one day I decided I'd had enough, if he pushed me I'd push back. He was stronger than me, but I had one thing he didn't have. Support, friends who cared about me and were willing to back me up at any time. That's what I got for not being a complete dike. Sure, he had friends, but not friends who were willing to help him out if I and by extension my friends decided he'd gone too far.

Another important thing was confidence. I'm still not 100% happy with myself, I need to work out, I need to gain weight (Though medical issues complicates that somewhat) and I need to be more responsible and focused. Those things are motivators though. Still, in general I'm a pretty awesome guy, and when i stopped caring about what other people thought and realised that everything got better. I decided I wasn't happy with my looks, so I ditched glasses and got contacts, I cut my hair, got new clothes and I felt better, I spoke my mind and tried to be as outgoing as possible, that helped a lot too. By the time I got to high school, life was pretty awesome. I had no problems of any sort in high school, it was about an hour's train ride from home, but I had lots of friends at school and at home, so it wasn't an issue.

So yeah, i was bullied, untill I decided not to put up with people's [censored] anymore.

For all of my schooling until college I was bullied and teased, kind of got used to it too. But now its alot nicer, peers actually try and work together, I got invited to a student group by someone when I asked if I had the right worksheet for a class. Even thinking of making my own group. It does depend on the school though on how much or how little people are bullied from what I have noticed.

Every time somebody bullied me I just beat the crap out of them after school. So I wasn't bullied much.

Growing up, not a lot. I do remember one guy in high school though. He tried and I just ignored him for a while. One day, hanging on the corner, I lost my cool and pushed him in to a phone booth...there's something some of you may have never seen..., grabbed his jacket collar and raised him up on his toes. I asked him politely to back off and that was the end of it.

Teenage diplomacy. :laugh:

I've never seen a phone booth, but I've seen a Telephone Box.

Usually violence or the threat of violence kept most at bay. There were a few that thought they were tough guys, who would start off with the absurd shoving to kick off a fight. Usually after the first shove a nice punch to the face a kick to the stomach caused most to go into a fetal position and cry. Not saying I never got my ass kicked though.

Never

Disciple, that's a pretty badass story, but to go as far as swinging a bat at someone? Damn, that's just hardcoe ahaha

The only time I was ever bullied was during grade school. I had buck teeth and was a tubby kid, with glasses too. Typical fat boy, nerdy kinda guy. I was never beaten or anything, just verbal abuse. Luckily, I obtained braces in sixth grade, got a sixy pair of Gucci glasses, and I am now 6'1!

I sound like a [censored], don't I? LOL

I used to be bullied in elementary school, but now in 8th grade im probably 2ft taller than anyone who'd try to bully me. <_<