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The worst kind of bully..

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*TheRedLightning May 4, 2012  Hobbyist Photographer
Recently I discovered that I was still not over my insecure side.
What I'm trying to tell is that when I was growing up I was bullied a lot, both at home and in school, so I had no real place to feel secure and I couldn't trust anyone.

I've been trying to working on it, but I find it hard to trust people still. It's been better but it's still there.

Not long ago I began to study once again, this time to become a full-fledged lorry/truck driver.
The class is nice, but there is one know-it-all, and sometimes he annoys me.
I should also mention that I don't hear that good anymore (I have myself to blame for listening to my mp3-player with loud audio in the past).
That and I have to travel to school by bus and train and it takes around 1 hour and 30 minutes, and then the walk from the train station to the school takes roughly 15 minutes.

That being said, I have been allowed to come in later because the teacher doesn't want me to get up in the middle of the night, just to be on time. I can take another bus so I'm only 5-10 minutes late, depending if the train and bus keeps their time schedules.

Anyway, that also means that when I get to the classroom, it's already full and I have to take a seat in the back.
Which also results into me not always hearing, especially if the teacher asked a question and someone on the front row kind of mumbled the answer.
When that happened I asked what was being said loud to the teacher, and this know-it-all turns around and tells me the answer before the teacher can tell me, and he said it in a way that made me feel like he treated me like an idiot for not knowing.

Though the said fact he told me was something I already knew, because it is important fact to know. It's just that I didn't hear the answer from the front row, if I had I wouldn't have asked.

Later that day we had to load a truck with load and secure it. It was a challenge, and I'm not very familiar with the lashing strap because I use them way too rarely.
The securing part went okay, but it was when we were done and had to pack the lashing straps when things went awry.

The teacher had shown us how to do it and I was happily trying to follow it and I managed with my first lashing strap, but when I got to my second it didn't want to go as smoothly as the first so I struggled a bit with it.
Before I knew it the know-it-all told me to give it to him and he finished it, and when he did that I felt very uneasy and like he treated me like an idiot again even though he might only have wanted to help me.

I left to seek some refuge, some place to calm down. I was surprised that I could still feel that way, being down and very very sad.
I was in the toilet so I collected myself and told myself that I was ridiculous because I'm an adult now, not some teenager anymore.

Back to the class I went, after washing my face of any evidence of being down.
Everyone was standing around the lorry/truck watching as three people were trying to secure a new load.
I stood next to the crowd, and one of the teachers jokingly said they had to talk to me.
They were not being serious, the joke around a lot, one teacher even does a lot of sex jokes, which can be annoying at times.

I was not responding much because I was still not feeling well. I felt like a crystal glass.
Things went on, and the teacher with the sex jokes were trying to joke with me, I ignored him because I didn't want to talk with anyone because I knew I would break down if I did.

The first teacher whom had told me that they needed to talk with me put his hand on my shoulder and told me that I looked down.
When he placed that hand and said that it was like the crystal glass broke and released the dam.

I quickly turned around and walked away because I don't want to create a scene, so I went to the kitchen to try collect myself again.
When I had almost succeeded, I was drinking water and taking calming breaths and looking out of the window.

The third teacher (whom I think looks a bit angry because of his wrinkles on his face) came into the kitchen, and of course when he saw me he asked what's wrong.
I lost it again, and he was letting me cry into his shoulder while patting my shoulder and back, (just writing this part again made me cry just thinking about it.)

That also made me a bit depressed, because my own dad never treated me like that. Anyway the "angry" teacher was very nice, and I ended up stopping the dam, taking a glass of water and sitting down at the table and talking about anything.
Mostly where I was from and about the train/bus ride to school etc.

It was during this situation that I realised - the know-it-all had only tried to help me, but I was offended and hurt.

:bulletblack: I realised that the worst bully is myself.

I thought I was over feeling like I felt that day, but apparently not, and to be honest I don't like it.
I can take a lot (the sex jokes) but apparently I couldn't take help from the know-it-all.

Right now I have no idea what more to tell you, other than if there's someone else out there with insecurities who have experienced with this and can tell me some tips how to handle it without releasing the dam.

I want some help to become a stronger person mentally, and hopefully lose more of my insecurities and so on.
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Those kinds of people are hard to deal with whether or not you're insecure. It's hard to confront someone without making a scene and looking immature about it. I had a guy like that in my class and he literally made me look like an idiot every chance he got. The kid is a freaking C-student and he thought he had something helpful to offer me. :roll: I, like you, didn't say anything for a while because I didn't know how to handle it. Then, after a particularly embarrassing incident, I talked to him in private and told him that his actions are making me uncomfortable and making me look bad in front of my peers. He half-heartedly apologized and of course...did the same exact thing a week later. So I went off on him in front of everyone...I pointed out to him that I'm paying for my education and he's butting into MY time and preventing me from learning the skills that I need (give or take a few words in between). He finally stopped.

TL;DR. Talk to him in private and if that doesn't work, put him in his place in front of everyone.
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*TheRedLightning Jun 10, 2012  Hobbyist Photographer
Whoops, I never talked to him in private, I just told him off in front of everyone. :lol:
I was just so fed up with his sarcastic comments. I have Raynaud's phenomenon > [link]
Which I've also told him, yet one summer day (it's cold in the mornings and later during the day it will become hotter) so I had some short, socks, shoes, t-shirt, sweater and my thin wind-and-rain-impenetrable, just to keep the cold wind out. Still I got a sarcastic comment "was it cold today? *snigger snigger*" just because he can go in shorts and t-shirt only, so apparently everyone who wears more clothes than him automatically freezes. If I did that I would become white as a dead body, so no thanks. :O

In the end I totally made a scene, but honestly I didn't care, I kept my rage inside and only told him off in a clearly annoyed tone. :roll:
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~Corneria Jun 10, 2012  Hobbyist General Artist
I know there are some people out there who sound arrogant and demeaning, but don't have bad intentions in mind. On the other hand, there are those who do. If there's one advice I should give to you, it's that school is not only a learning experience academically, but also behaviorally. No matter where you go, there will always be people who will love to put you down. Whether it's their being mean-spirited, or just your over-analyzing the situation, things like these will happen in a cycle. The best way to help yourself is not to pay them any mind.

I had instances in university where some of my competitive batch mates who ask me why people from my high school are so weak in quantitative and accounting subjects. Of course, I deemed that as a threat, even if I did better than them in other general subjects like Chemistry and Math. At the end of the day, even if I didn't like what they said, I would remind myself that they're not worth crying/emoting over. Even if I wanted to cry, I wouldn't - because to me, getting sympathy from others is a sign of weakness, and basically it's something scorned by my family members and the people I know.

Just, don't allow yourself to be pushed around like that. Even if someone has good intentions for you, if you feel like you're not getting what you're asking for, then just ask the teacher directly.
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*TheRedLightning Jun 10, 2012  Hobbyist Photographer
Yea, I know and I actually tried ignoring the know-it-all, but thing is if you ignore him he will still ask you later.
Luckily I haven't seen him since I told him to stop with his sarcastic comments. :lol:

No one wants to be weak after all.

To be honest there's been times when I ask the teacher because I want to hear the answer from him, but the know-it-all would always answer even before the teacher could. Kind of like he wanted to shine with his knowledge or something. :shrug:
It is a bit annoying, because I want the teacher to tell me, not my classmates, especially when the question is directed towards the teacher. :hmm:
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Mood: Lonely !CystalBorn Jun 10, 2012  Hobbyist General Artist
Let me tell you this tragic event that i experienced.

5 years ago, I was normal, ordinary, and well known at my elementary school. It was nice. I helped my brothers get back into sports and everything. One day, i was sitting on a bench on the playground and one of the afterschool teacher's approached. He wasn't in a good mood and definitely didn't like me. He said, "You can't be a big brother anymore." then walked off. My rage was triggered for the first time and it knew no bounds. Bullies at my school, older or younger, didn't dare mess with me because of my sudden change. One of them made a mistake of trying to approach me and insult me. My anger was too great, I knocked the poor guy down and slashed at his arm with my nails like an animal. My anger lessened during fifth grade but It was the first of 5 years that i will experience constant pain, torment, mental insanity, depressions, and rage.

I'm a freshmen now and I still suffer from this torment. My anger is gone, but the depression continues. I have hid my personality, talents, and hobbies for 5 years and no one knows what i can really do, not even my best friends know why I am so hard to figure out. Even though I am emotionally battered, I decided to make sure that what happened to me 5 years ago does not happen to anyone else. Having your personality being torn apart is worse than getting beaten up.
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*TheRedLightning Jun 10, 2012  Hobbyist Photographer
Okay, I wish you good luck with your future. :hug:
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!CystalBorn Jun 10, 2012  Hobbyist General Artist
Thanks, Good luck with yours.
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*TheRedLightning Jun 10, 2012  Hobbyist Photographer
No worries, and thanks too. ^^
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Well the key to understanding how the know-it-all might be kind to you is if you turn around and become kind yourself. Then you can spot other people doing good quite easily.

To become mentally stronger you should become physically stronger, because we all become mentally stronger to do things to the world around us. Mental strength leads to physical strength and vice versa. Support from other people is important.

Hope the truck driving is coming along well!
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*TheRedLightning Jun 10, 2012  Hobbyist Photographer
But I am already kind, but being kind doesn't automatically make other people kind unfortunately. :shrug:
Some people uses people who are kind too, been used too many times so I have a real hard time to trust new people or people at all.

How do you become mentally stronger then? :? 'Cause I have no idea..

Thank you.
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