I don't know about you, but for me, it's not jealousy, it's trying to come to terms with how I was treated. I graduated from HS in 1996. When I was in 7th and 8th grade, a boy in one my classes tormented me all the time, threatening to "get" me and to rape me (I'm a female, btw).
I'm now a college graduate, working as an engineer, with a wonderful husband. I STILL think of this, have dreams about it, etc. It STILL hurts, a lot, when I remember those days. I am STILL extremely angry about what went on. I'm in therapy right now, trying make sense of what happened, what I should have done, etc.
This kid never touched me, but he managed to make my life hell. The way he treated me screwed my relationships with men for a long time. I developed an eating disorder for three years. I couldn't stand to be touched by males, even my own father.
I wonder where he is today. Did he threaten any other girls? (He was relatively popular, btw, and I was relavtively, although not incredibly, nerdy). Did he ever rape anyone? What if he's hurting someone RIGHT NOW??
I still think of it, and IT HURTS. Maybe someday I'll let this go, but until then, he is in my thoughts, every day.
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I don't know about you, but for me, it's not jealousy, it's trying to come to terms with how I was treated. I graduated from HS in 1996. When I was in 7th and 8th grade, a boy in one my classes tormented me all the time, threatening to "get" me and to rape me (I'm a female, btw).
I'm now a college graduate, working as an engineer, with a wonderful husband. I STILL think of this, have dreams about it, etc. It STILL hurts, a lot, when I remember those days. I am STILL extremely angry about what went on. I'm in therapy right now, trying make sense of what happened, what I should have done, etc.
This kid never touched me, but he managed to make my life hell. The way he treated me screwed my relationships with men for a long time. I developed an eating disorder for three years. I couldn't stand to be touched by males, even my own father.
I wonder where he is today. Did he threaten any other girls? (He was relatively popular, btw, and I was relavtively, although not incredibly, nerdy). Did he ever rape anyone? What if he's hurting someone RIGHT NOW??
I still think of it, and IT HURTS. Maybe someday I'll let this go, but until then, he is in my thoughts, every day.
Summer Lynn P.