In the USA, From Child to Adult, I’ve Known Nothing But Bullies

One thing people don’t talk about very often is the concept of bullies in the United States. Oh, we talk about it when our kids are harassed by other kids, and then it becomes a huge deal, but one thing we don’t talk about is when it happens to us…and it keeps on happening throughout most of our lives.

You see — people don’t want to admit out loud that they are the victims of bullies, especially when it continues to happen into our adult lives. Instead, we change the subject, or just never bring it up to begin with. And those that do the bullying don’t even accept the fact that they were — and are — bullies, as they usually see their actions as acceptable hazing, telling themselves that their physical and mental harassment was beneficial to the victim, that what they had done was a favorable action to someone who has probably been scarred for life.

But let’s take a look at the type of people who are generally bullied. When you’re bullied throughout your life, you start to notice the types of victims who are targeted most often. For me, I was a scrawny kid who was poor, which opened me up to tons and tons of harassment from other kids who were taller, richer, bigger and more popular. From childhood, it sets up a constant increase in the amount of activity directed at you, and unfortunately, there’s really not…