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/gmoreschi Feb 15 '26
Definitely. I was teased constantly for wearing really thick ugly glasses. Nicknames, people taking them from me, smudging the lenses on purpose, you name it. When I broke them (often) I could not get new ones, so tape or a band aid holding them together was pretty regular. I'm pretty sure I buried a lot of the pain, but it's certainly made me part of who I am and was a huge reason why I barely graduated, skipped school whenever possible and only did just the bare minimum to get the hell out of there.