Miscellaneous: Today, it's been months since I dropped out of college to escape...

By Anonymous - 14/12/2014 11:55 - Australia

Today, it's been months since I dropped out of college to escape constantly being bullied and being miserable. Ever since then, I've been having recurring nightmares with the same people bullying me, after which I wake up crying and feeling miserable. My brain is a douchebag. FML

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By cuz803 - 07/09/2021 17:01

Today, despite working out and training in combat sports routinely as a lifestyle, I continue to have nightmares of those who bullied me in middle school in the past. These people can no longer torture me in real life, but still can in my dreams. FML

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Winning

By Winter break - 20/12/2023 02:00 - United States

Today, It's been two years since I graduated from high school. The people in my grade excluded me from social activities and wouldn't talk to me. I dropped out of college when the same trends ensued and people treated me the same. For now, at 20, I serve drive-thru to people who bullied me, on their way to party. FML

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Hazing rituals have to stop

By Anonymous - 13/04/2021 23:00 - United States - Pittsburgh

Today, I woke up again from another nightmare about my university's hazing fallout. Every time I see their faces in these dreams, I remember how they got away with everything, including trying to end us as they searched for the first year snitch. FML

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Virtue signalling

By Anonymous - 06/06/2023 12:00

Today, I stumbled upon a few of my former uni classmates’ social media profiles, all sharing anti-bullying posts and adding sad comments. Really thoughtful of them, if you ignore the fact that these same classmates bullied me relentlessly during my college years, causing me to take antidepressants daily. FML

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Rudderless on Instagram

By born loser - 27/06/2023 01:00 - United States - San Diego

Today, It’s been six years since I graduated high school. My peers in my grade never included me socially, and lots talked down on me or behind my back growing up. My self esteem was ruined and I’ve been pushed into dead end jobs; meanwhile lots of my bullies are now travelling and/or successful. FML

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No friends left

By Anonymous - 18/11/2020 17:02 - United States

Today, I’ve dreamt of going back to high school so many times, every morning I wake up thinking I finished it twice and still have all my friends. FML

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Compassion

By Anonymous - 02/12/2020 11:05

Today, one of my friends got upset with me because I’m leaving our high school. The high school I have been bullied at for the past 3 years. FML

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Haunted

By Anonymous - 21/09/2023 11:00 - United States - Carson City

Today, I had my first trauma nightmare, about my classmates who had drugs planted on them so the police officers could abuse them for being queer. It's been 16 years since high school. FML

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By Anonymous - 15/05/2017 20:00

Today, the person who bullied me throughout my childhood eventually resulting in me going to therapy and switching schools became my boss. On top of that, he refers to me by the insulting nickname he called me during childhood. It's good to see that growing up hasn't changed him at all. FML

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School's out

By Madilyne13 - 28/07/2021 07:59 - United States - Groveport

Today, I realized that I'm not cut out for school when I flunked out… in my dreams. FML

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mif_fml 27

Monday 15 December 2014 0:18

Talking about it to someone you trust will help you and your brain cope with your past experiences. I am sorry for what you are going through.

Garnetshaddow 30

Monday 15 December 2014 0:20

Bullying is a hard experience to go through. Some people just don't understand how much it hurts. Maybe consider going to therapy to cope with the stress? Good luck. I hope you can go back to college and do whatever you want to do.

Comments

Geckosrock99 33

Monday 15 December 2014 6:29

Reminds me of when I was bullied back in elementry school. There were two of them. They bullied me everyday and adults wouldn't do anything about it because it was verbal. One day, I had enough and I banged their heads together. I got suspended and put on Aderall (ADHD medication) for four years. The bullies left me alone all the way through high school, but now I'm pretty anti-social. Choose the method to get rid of you bullies wisely. It might bite you in the ass later on.

doctorhook86 24

Tuesday 16 December 2014 1:37

#63: Sorry to hear that; sounds like you got a shit deal from some incompetent administrators.

Geckosrock99 33

Tuesday 16 December 2014 18:57

Yeah. That school was full of lazy teachers and administers. I was seven and the new kid at the time. This happened a few weeks to a month of transfering into that school. I'm now 21 and it's pretty hard to just be myself. I just shut down and only speak when spoken to.

Chelserser 20

Monday 15 December 2014 7:37

That's really terrible. As a lot of others said, you should try to find someone to confide in. Stay strong OP, you can overcome it.

mine___turtles10 13

Monday 15 December 2014 8:32

I wonder why people think he deserved it

jazzlejay 8

Monday 15 December 2014 9:47

I know how you feel, similar thing happened to me and I suffered with nightmares for years

Divia1 9

Monday 15 December 2014 9:52

You'd think that by college that kind of stuff would ease up as people mature. Some people are just too damaged I suppose. :( I agree with talking to someone, be it a trusted friend/family member or maybe even a therapist. I was bullied horribly when I was younger, to the point someone tried to catch me on fire (charges were pressed). I think about it every now and then and hate being reminded of him but I deal. It definitely shaped the person I became, but instead of letting it destroy me I used it as motivation to go back to school. I'm working on my B. Sc. in Psychology. Work through this, hold tight and later on, use it. *******/dating my bully's best friend years later helped too. lawl. (Hey, nobodys perfect.)

mu89 4

Monday 15 December 2014 10:12

OP, why let others affect the way you feel, or stop from doing something? I'm sorry but I feel like this is a YDI. This isn't worth quitting over. Yes, I know what bullying is like, I took it from kindergarten to Highschool, and from my parents. I just believed that I was stronger than that, as much as they hurt me, I knew nothing they said was true. That I wouldn't accept the shit they said as my reality. You stand up and prove to them and yourself that they're wrong. Quitting is just a way of running away from your problems, one day you will have to face them.