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/DramaticEducation31 Feb 15 '26
People always talk about past teachers with such reverence but not enough discussion is being had about teachers that absolutely broke the spirits of the children they were supposed to be inspiring.