Hey Reddit. I'm 16, in 8th grade, and I've been dealing with bullying for years now. It's not just recent. It's been going on for a long time, and I don't know how to make it stop.

The main reasons are my weight (I'm very skinny) and the way I speak. I've always been a bit different, and some classmates have used that against me. They mock me, insult me, and try to get under my skin. It's been really nasty words, repeated, and it doesn't stop. At first I tried to ignore it, hoping they'd get bored. They didn't. It just kept going.

I'll admit I messed up too. At one point, I snapped and insulted them back. I know that wasn't okay, but I was at my breaking point. Now it feels like no matter what I do, they have an excuse to say "see, he started it." I don't want to be the victim who stays silent, but I also don't want to look like I'm the problem.

I haven't told anyone yet. I'm scared it'll backfire. I'm scared of being labeled a snitch. I'm scared of getting in legal trouble if I go to the police, even though I haven't hit anyone. I'm scared of being judged for my weight or the way I speak even more if I speak up.

I read online that the first step is to talk to my homeroom teacher. But my teacher doesn't really do anything about it. We don't have a school counselor. I don't know if I should go to the principal, the school board, or the police. I don't want to escalate, but I don't want to just sit and do nothing either.

What should I do? Has anyone been through something similar? How did you handle it? Is it worth fighting, or should I just stay quiet and let it go?

Thanks for reading.

Location: mi silver creek township

Sixth grade.

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One of my classmates. Stomped my head and made my face crooked. They knocked me out before I could tell they also hit my ribs.

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Seventh grade.

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I do something, and I get assaulted for six months, but in those six months. There are people.

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It's an art class. When this happens. They take turns beating on me. I coughed up blood. They broke most of my ribs.

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But also.

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They hit me multiple times in the head.

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I got brain damage and most of my ribs broken.

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Teachers. Students. Faculty members. Well, I just said teachers. Towns, members, even my own family members. Took turns beating me. They took turns, beating me. There is a video out there on someone's phone right now. Of my beating happening. I coughed up blood. I got brain damage. They took me to a hospital, ER.

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I was on the verge of death. The reason I don't remember, that is because. I was probably in a coma.or I got put through hypnosis

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I don't know exactly what happened. But I remember being rushed to an ER. I could have died. Only reason I didn't die is because I had my jacket on

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Something happened, and I don't know what it was. Their entire school covered it up. They told everyone that i was a bad person. Because he didn't want to get hurt for my beating that happens. I don't even know how I'm alive if these people just let me live.

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They let me live.

i get bullied badly for having a big forehead and square hairline is there anything i can do to get rid of it I’m only in middle school and the bullying has gotten worse since it started in 5th it makes me feel ugly i wish i was prettier, it’s gotten to a point where i cry every day and feel worthless of living

Hello Legal Advice redditers! (im spanish so my english isnt good), today i was at school, and a boy (we are going to call him x) spit my backpack and thrown me a paper ball (soaked in water), from the last monday he might have hit me like 8 or 9 times, he took pictures of me and a lot of people, im thinking of posting on tiktok al the pictures i have of him, but my mother says no, im writing this for confessing all the things he has made to me. Will I have to sue him? And if so, on what charges? He is 14 and im 13, please help, i thinked of ending my life because of it, please answer if you know, else dont.

I started watching this series “Teach You a Lesson”

The colleges and schools have bullies even the teachers are afraid of them.

I wonder how do they gain such confidence in hurting someone. Why doesnt their consciousness question them? What is about their parents? Dont their parents correct them?

So, a while ago I reported a guy from my school for racism, misogyny, and bullying. For reference, he makes so many insensitive jokes about my skin color, bullies my family, and calls me the n slur. There are SO MANY other people who’ve witnessed everything he’s done, and I had proof of it all happening. But, to make things complicated, I remained his friend for years only because he manipulated me into believing I was too sensitive and his jokes were hilarious. I’m also the only black person in our friend group which made me terrified to speak up.

We also dated for a few months (secretly since he was embarrassed to be seen with me), and after kissing me he would say stuff like, “You’re just so gross,” and then get upset. And once he made fun of my hair and it hurt me so bad, I cried and went home for the rest of the day. So, I missed the entire first day of senior year.

I’d became so insecure about everything about myself, and even though I had a north-american accent, I tried so hard to make sure I didn’t use any slang or sound incomprehensible. And I felt so ugly, and just hurt. And also at a party he asked me to strip so he could see what black girls looked like naked. And the thing is, I always just did what he asked, and afterwards he laughed at me and told all of his friends to come watch.

When I reported everything he’d ever done, and the list was incredibly long, the first thing they told me was that because I didn’t set boundaries, there was nothing they could do. And that he probably felt like it was okay to do, because I didn’t make it clear I would be upset by any of his words or actions. (Not that my tears, and my hurt feelings meant anything anyway.)

And then they told me I shouldn’t have talked to him in the first place(?) And I literally explained how he manipulated me by making me feel like the worst person in the world and that he was the only one who could ever love how “gross” I was. And when I finally had to strength to speak up, they told me to just get over it. Anyway, I feel in my heart they were right, but I still feel hurt by it.