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I had a friend who was bullied everyday in my school (though I tried to stand up for her, they ignored my protests). They said that she was ugly and stupid... due to this she was suffering in school
I had a similar experience. I was bullied daily from fourth to sixth grade and ignored (or stabbed in the back by "friends") through middle school and most of high school. My overcritical mother didn't help, and my previously healthy self-esteem took a serious beating. I used to think I was the most hideous person on earth, and sometimes I still do -- it's taken me years to get to a point where most days, I don't feel too awful about the</a> way I look*. That's one reason I look forward to college; my self-esteem is immensely higher now than it was in seventh grade, but since I've attended the same tiny private school (50 seniors) for the past six years, it's been difficult or impossible to shake my reputation as an intelligent but shy, awkward, and oh-so-self-conscious person. I even catch myself acting quiet and uncomfortable because by now that's all anyone expects from me, and it's much easier to play along for two more months than to try to prove them wrong.</p>
<p>*I empathize with the OP about having an unfortunate bone structure. I'll never have prominent cheekbones, a defined jawline, or delicate features, and I've never told anyone this before, but I have seriously considered rhinoplasty (not that I could afford it). Obviously, I still have a long way to go before learning to accept myself "the way I am"... :rolleyes:</p>