Bullying, especially emotional/verbal, is the most horrendous thing someone could go through - it really f*cks with your mind and despite going through therapy, group sessions, etc, it will ALWAYS be there, it will ALWAYS haunt you. It's something that well and truely leaves its mark.
I don't think it's THE most horrendous thing, but I do agree it is Massively downplayed, I'm not talking teasing, but actual bullying and it really does stick with you. Talk to anyone of their school days and if they were bullied-that's the key thing they are going to remember.
And another rant is why is it bad to be called gay? Why is it such a put-down in a way? Sorry I just don't get why calling people gay is so common, and so horrid....Maybe summin needs to be done here aswell?
Yeah it would be really nice if people stopped using my sexuality as an insult. Would people get away with saying 'that's so black' as a negative or something similarly descriminative? No. Because we are the only minority group that even the government doesn't seem to want to be nice to.
Haha bit of a sideline there.