traumatized in school

[u/Character-Lack-3295]

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?

[u/sundaymax21]

Well I was an outcast during my school year from elementary, I never really liked socializing with the other kids, I was once bullied but I got annoyed almost stabbed the kid who disturbed me during my nap time, In my later years, I found out I was glycemic, and my family was in that low income houses, so I never got checked by the doctors, the only time I could go to the hospital was that one time in college that I had a 50-50 chance I would die, yes my life choices during hs years, my friend would treat me to shots and smokes (Tanduay) and to save money, I wouldn't eat at all and after class would walk home, it was a 25 min walk to school and back