I (15M) did (a minor form of) SH for a month and got bullied for it. Bully (16F) is traumatised for life
I go to a private school in Sweden. In Sweden we have free education, so no, I wouldn’t label myself ”rich kid”. Anyway.
I’ve been feeling down for almost all of April. To cope with this, I started to drag out hair from my head. (I know, it’s weird.) It was first now, in May, that I saw that I had a 3 cm wide gap in my hair where the hair was much thinner than on the left side. (I now, of course, understand the consequences of my actions and how severe it turned out.)
So, I went to school. My school, sadly, has a no-hats policy inside the building. This includes hoods. I continued my day like normal. I wouldn’t tell anyone if they didn’t ask me.
The day went like normal. When we were in the corridor, waiting for our maths teacher to open the classroom to get in, my bully came up to me. She’s my GF’s best friend (somehow), and she’s the most bitchy, snarky and petty person I’ve met.
”UM… Ew, why do you have a big bald spot on your head? You look like an old man…”
I finally snapped at her. Everything she’s said to me has culminated to this.
”Yeah, dragging out hair to cope with my feelings is cringe. Being borderline depressed is SO not cool. I’m sorry, I’m going to try to not have feelings”, I said.
Everybody looked at me. The silence was ringing in my ears. Finally, she doubled down,
”Then why did you drag out your hair? There are knives…”
I have childhood ”trauma” from my dad making me cut an onion. I was five, and it was a ”throw him in the water, he’ll learn to swim” moment. I cut my thumb and had to go to the ER.
”Oh, my dad almost cut off my thumb once.”
She looked mortified, huffed and got frustrated, and walked away with her Nee-Doh and her corny friends.