BULLIED

Story 134

What type of bullying did you experience (cyber bullying, teasing, name calling, physical altercations, etc?)

I experienced all.

How old were you when the bullying started?

I was in 8th grade so about 13yrs old.

Who bullied you?

Old friends, they all turned on me for not fighting one of them. Because 2 of them were involved in a gang, members of their gang began looking for me to get "revenge."

How did you feel while you were being bullied?

I felt utterly ashamed and embarrassed, I didn't want to go to school anymore and I felt so alone. You don't know the meaning of the word alone til you experience bullying. Worst feeling ever.

How did you feel after being bullied?

I was beyond scared for my life, I watched my every move. I didn't feel safe until I actually moved not just schools but miles away.

Have you told anyone that you were bullied?

No I never admitted it or accepted it, but I did tell my mom 4 years after everything happened, and she said she wish I had confided in her and the police sooner.

Why/why not?

I didn't at first because it was embarrassing for me, and I was ashamed.

How long were you bullied for? Are you still being bullied?

I was bullied for less than a month at school but it escalated within a day that I had to transfer schools asap. However it still continued since they knew where I lived. I am now in college haven't been bullied since 8th grade but I will forever fear for my life.

Things escalated within a few days, they were once my friends the next day one wanted to fight me when I refused it began and their gang got involved I was chased home by a few of them that had guns. Afterwards bully1 waited for me behind my aunts alley and tried to stab me. Bully2 had a brother that was in the gang and had a Tahoe and her and her brother tried running me over. Bully3 thought I lived in a home across the street where I actually lived and said she'd burn my home, well they did burn the home down but I didn't live there. After having a gun pointed at my head a knife across my neck and them putting a home on fire it was clear they wanted me dead. We moved shortly after they chased me and my little sister with a gun and shot it towards me but it missed.

I am forever scarred by the trauma I had to endure and I sometimes wish I had fought her like she wanted to.

After being bullied I was a suicidal kid telling suicidal kids suicide wasn't the answer, telling them there was always someone who cared not believing my own words.