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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Fall
Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
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
Today, it's been a year since I graduated high school and nobody, not even my own friends, has hit me up since then. I may as well be dead to them. I was in a band, but I'm now realising they only pretended to be nice to me since I was the only person in the school who knew how to play bass. I haven't talked to a soul other than my family and myself since. FML
Today, my parents used to tell that me life gets way better after high school. Yeah, for everyone else at my school. They’re partying it up in college or travelling during gap years, meeting all sorts of people. I have to work more than full time because my parents kicked me out the week after I graduated. FML
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
Today, the girls from my high school still think they are too cool to associate with me. They ignored/avoided me in high school, assuming I was too weird. We could have 96+ mutual followers from our class and I still only get accepted without a follow back. What have they heard about me? FML
Today, it's my 37th birthday. I was an honor student in high school, went to a top university, accruing a bunch of debt, and got trapped working jobs I hate. All because my teachers told me I was too smart for state school. The drug addicts I went to high school with live a more stable life than I do. FML
Today, it’s been 2 years since my highschool ex dumped me after I went to college. Since then, I fell into depression, dropped out, and am now trying to get back on my feet working at Wendy’s. Meanwhile, she’s been having the time of her life, hanging out with bands, and got rich from TikTok. FML
Today, I got real life Mean Girled at school. The class was discussing former jobs and I mentioned that I used to be a stripper before enrolling in nursing school. No one has talked to me since, and I haven’t felt this excluded since I was the weird kid in middle school. FML
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
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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Anderling 33
Therapy might help you a lot. It sounds cliché, but you can get a lot of opportunities just through confidence, and the opposite is true as well. Right now it sounds like you’re in kind of a vicious cycle.
core01 30
You need counseling. Check if your state offers assistance for mental health resources.
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Anderling 33
Therapy might help you a lot. It sounds cliché, but you can get a lot of opportunities just through confidence, and the opposite is true as well. Right now it sounds like you’re in kind of a vicious cycle.
RichardPencil 32
Oh, that's the reason you're a failure. Sure! Lots of people who were social outcasts in high school go on to become very successful...or mass murderers, which, in a way could be considered successful if success is measured by body count.
sarsuela 29
People think too much of high school. It's just random kids living in your neighbourhood - what are the chances that your best friend goes to your class? Study things you like and find friends amongst people who like same things. It's sad being an outcast but it is up to you to change that.
core01 30
You need counseling. Check if your state offers assistance for mental health resources.
bazjack 26
It makes me sad that you're basing your current self-esteem on what a bunch of teenagers thought 6 years ago. I hope you can meet some new people, some actual adults, and build some confidence.