I was picked on a fair amount in middle school becuase I have a little bit of speech impediment, I have therapy and had a minor surgery so it's less noticble now, but I'm still self counscious about it, and so I'm ussally very quite around people.

What I hate about Bullies is that they just have this illusion that they are better than you, and that gives them the right to harass others.

Yea I use to think that but now realise that they bully because of there own insecurities. If they where confident they would not need to bully, There just trying to prov something and fit in by being the big I am. Course that destroys a lot of childhoods and in the end dose no one any favors including the bully.

I was bullied a little by a couple of people. Mostly on the school bus. Mostly though I was to good at staying invisible for even the bullies to knowtice me. I also think a few people knew I had a mean streak in me at the time because of what was going on at home. Only no one knew what was going on in our home.

Bullies make me think of the movie "Butterfly Effect" . If I could go back in time and deal with people who pushed me around. I wouldn't fight physically. I would use my mouth and have a much better idea of what to say.

I never really got bullied much at school (except in middle school, but that stopped after I kicked thats kids ass). Got made fun of more than bullied though.

High school I didnt get bullied or made fun of, mainly just ignored.

I think every one has experienced bullying to a certain degree. Its when it goes to moor then just a bit of banter and it starts having the affect where you don't wont to go to school/work act and you can think of nothing else 24/7 that it becomes a problem.

Following on from what others have said, bullies are really not strong or dominant or powerful, they are weak. When you realise this, you can control the bully, because they have no idea what to do, and they defer to your empathic attitude. Just realise that they can be broken quicker than anybody else, just by talking to them, they don't like talking, they prefer to distract attention from themselves.

I used to be bullied a lot when I was small.. I don't know why! I guess because I was too nice, I never told anyone(not even my close friends) or did anything back. I remember in grade school, this girl choked me and pushed me up against the bathroom wall and whispered things in my ear threatening me. I just laughed and smiled, I didn't do anything, just hoping she would let go and I would run. When I think about it now, I wonder why she picked on me... did it make her feel good having power over someone? I also had a friend that used to hit me a lot. Like put me in a wrestling move or w/e and hit me for fun. I almost cried once in front of her but held it in because she was my friend... kind of funny, because seven years later I talked to her again. She had been searching for me and she told me how sorry she was, because she remembered abusing me and I was such a good friend to her lol. She said it was because she used to be bullied when she was small so she acted tough to protect herself.. Later on in high school, I wasn't really physically bullied anymore, but emotionally bullied. People would call me names and make fun of me sometimes. All I did was laugh and smile at their jokes because I didn't want to start anything or egg them on(tried to pretend it didn't hurt my feelings). I don't really get why people make fun of others for no reason. I never really did anything else to anyone. Funny thing is that... I was friendly with all the people that bullied me. Once my brother told me that bullying is a good thing because it makes people stronger... I don't think so, it emotionally broke and scarred me. Yes, I may change myself outside to appear confident and strong, but inside I'm still hurt from my past.

I think its a thing that the person who's being bulled is ashamed of it. I have often wondered why bullies bully. Any one who's different and don't fit into a box is in danger of being bullied I think. But why dose a bully feel the need to bully. Some say its cos they use to get bulled. Some say its a need to prove something to them self. It is something I do not understand and would very much like to understand the sociology behind it. I suppose it could just be the animal in us that we all feel the need to be top dog as it where. So primitive we are if you really think about it.

Well as a kid I was quite a bully for a while. Mostly to my own brother. I did it cause I was being bullied by my own father. Most others also usually do it because they grew up being bullied only some people never outgrow it.

Not every one who bullys did get bulled them self tho. But in any case that would still suggest that you was in need of proving something to your self and you did that by bullying your bro.

I have never been able to bully. And in fact have been bulled myself cos I stuck of for other ppl. I look at it that I was stronger enough to take it where the other person that got bulled just cried about it. I never got anything of the two ppl I did that for. Both separate achenes. and in fact I ended up fighting one of them as he tried bullying me him self in with the crowed that I saved him from.

After that I did not bully but did not help anyone. I just keeped my head down and was the class clown as if ppl where laughing at me they was not bulling me. problem is your not concentrating on your work why your clowning around.