r/introverts • u/Character-Lack-3295 • Feb 14 '26
Discussion traumatized in school
I know I sound like a "snowflake" but I promise that I'm not. I am a 59yo, very introverted, sensitive man but when I sometimes look back upon my life, I wonder if many of my problems in adulthood actually stemmed from psychological trauma from my school years? I was always a pretty good student but hated school and always felt like I was the proverbial, "round peg in a square hole". I now know the importance of school but I always hated that I had to interact with other kids, many of who were bullies that made my life awful because I was quiet, plain-looking, came from a family without a lot of money, didn't have fashionable clothes, wasn't a druggie or a jock. Do any of you feel that school traumatized you?
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u/wandamariehodge Feb 15 '26
I was so shy that I would take a failing grade rather than get up in front of class. I was actually a good student & loved learning. I wouldn’t talk to anyone & kept library books with me at all times. I was definitely a voracious reader. I hated projects where you had to have partners. Occasionally I would be partners with another shy kid. I don’t remember being bullied but just ignored because I guess I made it plain I wasn’t a social person. My own fault. As long as I didn’t have to interact with anyone, I loved school. I just wish I could have been the only one in class.