I stay in a boarding house full of total dicks. A bunch of cretins who enjoy insulting, aggravating and pushing people around for their own amusement. Sometimes it happens quite often, other times only rarely. They typically go way too far and then apologize afterwords like it was nothing / blame it on each other (those two faced, manipulative bastards). They all seem to have a split personality where one minute they're friendly and the next all they want to do is torment you.

The worst part is that most teachers, pupils, even some of my friends, think they are friendly.

My response to all this for the most part is to put up with it. I don't like admitting to myself or anyone else that I get bullied. I'd rather not think about it. I've told them to stop countless times, insulted them back, even punched one of them in the face (that felt good). But it just makes things worse. Nothing ever changes the fact that they are bullies and they bully me.

I've lost a lot of faith in people and human nature in general because these people have shown me how devious and two faced people can really be. It's sad i know. But here comes the really crazy part. I actually have dreams of brutally hurting them, even killing them.

in summary: I'm not very popular, not very tall or strong, i can't outwit them, can't move boarding house, can't change school, can't get away from them at all. And don't tell me to turn to someone because I don't see anyone giving these people what they truly deserve.

Advice?

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When I was young, all it took was one punch to make them stop.. as strange as it sounds. That was the only time I even hit someone with a serious intent and I wasn't too big myself either. Later on I made friends with some of them. Anyway, people change.
Sterkte

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Hahaha... Similar story for me... in my new elementary school.
I'm new kid in the class and had to be tested to see where I'll be in hierarchy, and counting 3 from behind in height was easy target. But first kid who tried to fight me, got his arss handed to him on a plate. And become my best friend through out rest of elementary school.

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stand up for yourself and fight

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WOLO WOLO WOLO WOLO

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I used to just punch them in the face. A fight would result, which would then be broken up by a teacher.

Unless you're in some gangster school where this can get actually dangerous, you should be fine with a just bloody nose or so. The point is that those people don't need the whole drama after you fight back, so they don't bother you anymore, even if you actually can't win in a fight against them. It's too much of a hassle to them.

If you ARE in a school that's actually dangerous, then just deal with it I guess. You don't wanna get stabbed or something.

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+1 This works

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Get a gun. Or just get a chair and beat one of them until he bleeds and bones are cracking. Or change the living place. No other options here.

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So I got hassled some, mostly verbally, and shoved around a bit by this group of chicks in high school. One morning break it was one of the smaller ones without her mates, so I fought back - shoved her into the bin, everybody laughed, life was excellent. Until about two hours later at lunch when 6 of them jumped me from behind, I was literally knocked out cold from the first hit to the back of my head, but apparently it took about 15 minutes for the teachers to notice and break it up, during which time they just kicked the shit out of me. So, my advice is don't physically fight back unless you're ready to deal with their pissed off friends :

For me it never really stopped after that, haha, I just kind of stopped going to classes and dropped out about a year later. Not entirely because of that, but it certainly didn't help that I absolutely dreaded the idea of running into them. But, this was like 2003, when anti-bullying policies didn't really exist like they do now - most of the teachers said outright that it was my own fault because lol, I broke up with my boyfriend to start dating my (female) friend and he told eeeeeeeeeeverybody. Nowadays I think you've got a lot more support in place for this kind of stuff, you just have to figure out how to access it - and keep telling them until they listen and act on it.

Good luck dude. :x Oh, and don't forget that literally everybody has awkward years, last time I ran into one of those girls in person I was with my (hot american) boyfriend and she was serving us at maccas, and somebody was telling me the other day that one of the others is in prison...it genuinely gets better. For you anyway.

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Got hit 1 time on my eye, bought weights, began to get stronger and now im ready to fight every moment, remember: everybody is an asskicker from the inside so are you, ive learned alot from myself by getting into puberty

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Only advice I have is to either stand up for yourself and dont back down, get teacher/some authority figure involved, or start making friends. Having a friend or two to hang around with at the very least will make you a little happier than you are now, even if it doesnt stop the bullying.

In the end, all the advice we give you wont help if you arent willing to man up and do something to help yourself. And thats the only way its going to stop.

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1: talk to your parents about the situation.

2: Do not show fear, words are just words.

3: Use your mind. A good placed sarcasm is stronger than a good placed punch more often than you think. Keep calm during the sarcasm and after it. Sarcasm is more about the attitude.

4: If Mr. bully can't cope with the sarcasm (more than probably) he may get humbled, his friends will laugh about the hit, and next time he will not be so imbecile, or he may get violent. If he gets violent you have three choices: flee (worst one IMO), stand passive and receive (not a better one), and fight back. Do not fear a couple of hits: you've felt the pain before, and you'll surely feel it after, during your life. Just keep his eyes in sight (They will tell you when is he going to act) and hit him as hard as you can. A side punch in the nose will render your opponent useless for like 30 secs. Other good places to aim for are the shins (painfull), the chin if you are strong enough (and it will hurt your knuckles too), and the balls, but he will be expecting that one.

Good luck.

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I know exactly how you feel. I'm 16, and I was bullied in my new school last year. I couldn't even walk through the corridor without one of them trying to bully me. I didn't really cared about them, but they kept insulting me, and pushing, and pointing. When I had enough, I couldn't control myself anymore, I was crying, shouting and screaming. It was so loud that almost the whole school came down to see, what happened. I picked up a chair and tried to frighten him. I don't think that I could really use a chair in a situation like this, I mean I fear more from the consequences, if I hurt him really badly. SO I was screaming and shouting like: Leave me alone and things. I didn't even sound human. I sounded like a beast or something from another world. When I'm in that "mode" I can't even control myself. I know this sounds scary, but what I really feel is anger, and hatred. I'm not strong enough to beat him, maybe if I would be really pissed off, I would possibly do that, but the screaming and shouting often scares him at least for a minute. There were boys, who were telling to another one, who was neutral in this situation, to call me names, which I didn't like, and all of my anger, and hatred was beaten down on him. I picked up a chair and even hit him once or twice, and I was screaming and shouting, and went totally out of control during the incident. He tried to block my attacks, and he managed to knock the chair from my hands. The chair fell from , and hit a window, which broke, and I was falling there too. Fortunately I could grab a desk or something, so nobody was hurt, but while the teachers come in, my nose started to bleed (I have a very low blood pressure, so this happens almost every day), and they thought that the boy caused this. I was still shaking and crying, when they took me to the psychiatrist. The psychiatrist was useless, since she was paid by the school, she wasn't private. The only person, who could help me was a kinesiologist. She was a temporary solution, which we found out after I was missing from school for an entire 4 weeks. How I did that? My inner soul or something like that weakened my systems to get more infections to get rid of school. I was very very ill at sunday, but after I got my confirmation for the week, I was healthy like nothing happened. But on Sunday morning or Saturday evening it all started again. The Kinesiologist helped me to temporarily get immune to these attacks. It was just temporarily because sometimes, I even went home from school, because I was "ill" and I was shaking. And since these incidents, every time I get near a group of people, who are laughing, my eyes fills with tear, and I almost start crying. My final solution was to change school. I have a new class now, and I 'm very happy with them I have many friends, and I hope that someday I'll forget about those bullies.

I can't say anything other than Good Luck! If ignoring doesn't work, then you can try my methods.

Sorry if my english was not the best. I'm hungarian :)

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It's very hard to stand up when you're opressed - the hardest thing is to defeat your fear. There are several things you can do.

First, try not to look like victim - have a confident smile on your face, keep your back and shoulders straight. Try to copy the way of thought of some action movie hero: does he get burst into anger when someone is insulting him? Hell no, he gives a shit about what dogs are barking about. He can say something witty in return, with a smile. He knows he's tough and he doesn't need to prove it to every scum. But when someone crosses the line, for example, pours a beer on his head, he acts quick and brutal.

Here comes the hard thing - where do you draw the line. You must remember past scenarios and decide what will be your signal to stop talking and start fighting (for example, when they grab you clothes or make other physical contact). Most bullies are like jackals - going around you in circles, playing with you, hoping to see if you show some weakness. They don't want to fight, they look for easy prey. If you also afraid to fight, you try to play along. This is where you make a mistake. You mustn't play along, you must break their scenario and take the initiative. They start with the talk - you must outsmart them. Do not obey, even if they ask to make a few steps, do not answer their questions - ask your own, jokingly show them how pathetic they are, show them that you know why they're doing it (to boost confidence by finding an easy prey, or because they are to dumb too think of anything better to do, etc.), strike into their weak spots (for example, all teens aren't happy with their looks, so hyperbolize their defects). Don't think too much on you words, don't be afraid to insult them or anger them. And again, smile. Or rather smirk, like a wolf showing his teeth. They would be afraid of a wolf of your size and weight, but as a human you are much more dangerous.

Second thing. Previous things were mostly about some hostile strangers. Now about the people you know and see often. People act different when they are alone and when they are on public. Talk to one of your bullies eye-to-eye, politely but firmly ask him to stop. Explain him what will you be forced do if he won't (won't help him anymore/tell the police/bash his head with a chair when he isn't expecting). You will be sorry, but this cannot continue. Such talk would often be enough, but if he doesn't stop, you must be ready to fullfil your promise.

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Usually bullies are weak and dull kids , who doesn't get any attention from their parents (rich or associal kids for example).
They are acting like a real bad*sses by bullying people who are different than others , so they could just get attention from other people. They are feeling very cool near friends (so they usually stay in groups) but when they are alone they are afraid of you because there is no friends near them.

If you want to avoid being bullied - just don't give a f*ck about them - ignore them and use some sarcasm (wisely , unless you really want to get punched in a face).

BTW Sorry if my english is very bad , forgive me , I'm from Eastern Europe.

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People bully others because they're weak and they don't want people to see their weakness'.

In elementary, I got bullied for a week.Then I beat the crap out of one bully then everyone stopped bullying me and acted like I'm the leader.They're like freakn wolfpacks man, you gotta beat them to make them stop.Of course, when I beat one I made all others stop bullying people.I hate those assholes even now ...

Also you don't need strenght in a fight.Fight is %90 about courage, believe me on this one.I stopped fighting in the last year of high school but until then I never lost a fight.You just need to have courage to make a move and a little knowledge about punchs.Use your shoulder while punching, jump kicks always works, never use your elbow ( I almost crippled a guy with it, I shat my pants ), check your back often if you're outnumbered, run if you see a knife.

That's it, go beat the crap out of one of them.We're not living in a fairy world, ignoring them or asking others for help won't do you any good.And you'll always feel regretful if you don't act now.Good luck !

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Violence works for me but hey thats just me.

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Sta voor jezelf op of vertel het aan ouderen.

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Well, you do have to fight back somehow. First thing is to hit back (if in public the better, in case they bunch up like cholos, people will stop them if you are down, this is for safety purposes).

The second option is worse, because its more "long term", but you should learn to fight. You dont need to be bigger or stronger, you just need how to disable some one real quick. Probably the best method is to learn how to grapple people, with a good teacher, that might just take around 2 months.

Learn how to grapple, break/dislocate a couple of bones and they will understand that you are not fucking around.

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Nearly everyone will be bullied in life, you need to understand that.

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That's true. And if you don't do anything about it, it will continue.

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I would like to say I know how you feel, but probably at a lower level. Just last summer, my brother and I's friend, James, used to come over to my house often to ride bikes with my brother. Almost every time he would stay the night. When my brother would be playing Call of Duty and not letting James play, James would get bored and, he reacted by finding fun for himself, so he would take bike grips and throw them at me. It was somewhat funny at first, he would knock stuff over at my desk and sometimes would nail me in the face, but at first I just laughed it off. After about 10 days it would be torture when he came over, I had a lot of issues with it. I ended up telling my father, so he told my brother, and my brother told James. James said "I will never do it again, I'm sorry" and then continued to do it (he's kind of a dickweed, it's in his nature). Eventually I just broke down and took it, and as much as I'd like to say he got bored of it, he didn't, it actually amused him more to see me so broken. One day I thought really hard about why he was doing it - it was because he was bored and didn't know how to act, so I ended up finding something to do with him to occupy him from throwing stuff at me, and everything was cool :) I'd say just look at why you think your roommates are doing it (sounds like amusement) and think what could be causing them to want to do whatever they're doing, and find a way to occupy the cause to change the effect like I did. Hopefully this helps, have a good one and good luck :)

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Literally shit on them.

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Where are your friends when this happens? How bout a "help me!" and a "Easy to pick on the small guy that can't do anything!"? The more you insult them and enable them, the more it will happen. You don't have to fight back physically. It's all politics. You make the right connections, such as with someone they're friends with who can mediate for you. You play the game, survive to the end, and you're home free. If you work on this you'll be immortal.

Also, get some thick skin to verbal insults. Work your way up from being offended and retorting to everything said to you to not being offended at all and maybe even joking with them that it might be true. By that point you'll be able to jest your way out of conflict. All of this will require some adjustments from you and you'll have to dedicate yourself to being conscious about how you react and why. Also, if you can start working out that's always a good thing.

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i know this is crazy as fuck but be friend with one of then, just invite the dude to go to your house play videogame or go see some movies and let him known how you feel about him and his friends probably he will apologize because people only care about thing that affect then make him fell remorse for bullying a cool guy after that stab he in the chest and write i am sorry with his blood on the corpses of the others and i think everything will be alright.

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Dude, you really just have to get muscular, and no one will mess with you

it really isn't that hard especially if you have the goal of not being bullied in your mind

if you train hard for like a month, and eat plenty of protein, you will be strong and they will leave you alone

you will improve very quickly

try it out, even pushups, situps, and pullups in your own house are really good

you don't need to get in a fight to get them to stop bullying you, you just need to look strong and intimidating, and they will leave you alone

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This is too horrible to hear :( ... Ever watched Survival School? I guess its impossible to avoid them huh...

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Thanks for Skyrim!

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