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        🫵&nbsp; What it means to have grown up with bullying at school
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        <strong>Did school hallways feel like danger zones where you had to constantly watch your back? Did you spend more energy avoiding bullies than you ever got to spend on learning?</strong>
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        Does this sound familiar?
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        💙 Lunch periods meant finding safe places to hide rather than enjoying food and friendship with peers.<br><br>
        💙 You memorized bully schedules and routes through school, becoming an expert at strategic avoidance and escape planning.<br><br>
        💙 Name-calling, exclusion, physical intimidation, or public humiliation became regular parts of your educational experience.
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        You learned that classroom participation meant risking becoming a target, so you perfected the art of staying invisible or developed survival strategies like becoming the class clown, the helper, or even adopting aggressive behaviors to protect yourself. Recess and lunch became military operations—mapping safe zones, timing bathroom breaks, and always having an exit strategy. You developed hypervigilant social radar, instantly detecting shifts in group dynamics that might signal incoming harassment.
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        School buses, locker rooms, and group projects became anxiety triggers because they offered fewer escape routes and less adult supervision. You may have found refuge with teachers, in the library, or with other outsiders who understood what it felt like to be targeted. Even now, entering new social or professional environments can trigger that old hypervigilance—scanning for potential threats, looking for allies, and preparing for rejection or exclusion before it happens.
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        💔&nbsp; The Core Wound
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        "You learned that being noticed means being targeted, that peers are potential threats rather than friends, and that you must constantly prove you're not an easy victim in order to survive social situations."
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Tools & Learning

🏫8 Ways Bullying At School Trauma Affects Your Relationships

Hair Trigger Alert

Hypnotized to Believe You're Damaged Goods

Same Dance, Different Partners

The Advocate

The Chameleon

The Outsider

The Performer

The Social Radar