turntrekgodhead
Lipstick Lesbian
Sorry about the heavy topics ... but MUT has quickly become my safe space. I love you guys, you're geniuses and very helpful. I know there is another rant thread, but I wondered if I could make a separate one specifically for people being bullied about the state of their mental health, sexuality or gender expression/identity.
Bullying is highly illegal where I live, but the people at my school refuse to do anything about it because they don't want to damage the futures of the students who harass and bully me. I've tried to work out my own coping strategies but they won't stand for that either. I usually hide in the bathroom but now they find me and send me to the cafeteria, where everyone pretty much hates me. It's loud in there, it exacerbates my anxiety and my twitch comes back full force. I'm a walking target.
Let me elaborate a bit: I am a lesbian, have dated and been raped by a boy at my school, have severe depression, anxiety and borderline personality disorder. I wear a lot of bright makeup because it makes me feel good.
Rumours that have been spread about me: I am transgender, I am autistic, I was suspended for trying to shoot up the school (I was actually trying to hang myself and someone called the police), I am lying about being raped (I mentioned it to a guidance counselor and it somehow got around to the students. Hmmmm.), I am schizophrenic, I've tried to harass several popular girls at my school and spy on them in the washroom.
Things I've been called: Tr*nny, he-she, wh*re, lesbo, crazy, r*tard, schizo, emo.
I've also been pushed down a flight of stairs and told to "just f*cking kill yourself already" and "oh, go slit your wrists and get over it".
I've reported every incident to the school, my parents have even gotten involved and all they've told me is to "ignore it".
Rrrgh... I'm gonna start recording the insults on my phone. Then they can't ignore me.
Anyone else have bullying stories to vent that deal with mental illness and sexuality/gender stigma?
(delete this thread if you want, mods. I'm not sure if I'm out of line here, just please please don't kick me off the site...)
Bullying is highly illegal where I live, but the people at my school refuse to do anything about it because they don't want to damage the futures of the students who harass and bully me. I've tried to work out my own coping strategies but they won't stand for that either. I usually hide in the bathroom but now they find me and send me to the cafeteria, where everyone pretty much hates me. It's loud in there, it exacerbates my anxiety and my twitch comes back full force. I'm a walking target.
Let me elaborate a bit: I am a lesbian, have dated and been raped by a boy at my school, have severe depression, anxiety and borderline personality disorder. I wear a lot of bright makeup because it makes me feel good.
Rumours that have been spread about me: I am transgender, I am autistic, I was suspended for trying to shoot up the school (I was actually trying to hang myself and someone called the police), I am lying about being raped (I mentioned it to a guidance counselor and it somehow got around to the students. Hmmmm.), I am schizophrenic, I've tried to harass several popular girls at my school and spy on them in the washroom.
Things I've been called: Tr*nny, he-she, wh*re, lesbo, crazy, r*tard, schizo, emo.
I've also been pushed down a flight of stairs and told to "just f*cking kill yourself already" and "oh, go slit your wrists and get over it".
I've reported every incident to the school, my parents have even gotten involved and all they've told me is to "ignore it".
Rrrgh... I'm gonna start recording the insults on my phone. Then they can't ignore me.
Anyone else have bullying stories to vent that deal with mental illness and sexuality/gender stigma?
(delete this thread if you want, mods. I'm not sure if I'm out of line here, just please please don't kick me off the site...)