There are all kinds of abuse, and since bullying is what cause Columbine...i think it is fair to say that bullying has major consequences. We are all trying to heal. stay strong. we understand and care.

I agree with you that sibling abuse doesn't get the attention it deserves. Children can be incredibly cruel, emotionally and physically, to those who are younger and weaker, and it definitely leaves terrible scars. I get sick when I hear people say things like: "kids will be kids."

I'm so glad I saw this comment from you. I've suffered from bullying by an older brother all my live and I'm now middle aged. It's difficult to get people to belive how afraid I still am of him even though I've severed the relationship. Everyone in my extended family adores him. He's a real charmer - even though they have seen how he treats me they still feel I'm "too sensitive" for staying away from him. It's isolated me from others and my confidence is low. I think the major part of my ptsd with this is that my parents never reprimanded him and now no other family members stand up for me. Thanks for your post.

As iron is fashioned by fire and on the anvil, so in the fire of suffering and under the weight of trials, our souls receive that form which our Lord desires them to have. -- St. Madeline Sophie Barat

I know what you mean. I recently learned about NPD (Narcisstic Personality Disorder). People with this disorder never grew up past the selfish phase of life. My Mom has it and she is 67!! She was very emotionally abusive. I just found out about this book called "The Narcisstic Family" check it out!!

Yes,I was bullied quite severely...and some of it is still going on.

I know that adult bulling is hardly ever taken seriouly I go though it everyday.When it escalates to the harming me they still don't care I get told get over it, ignore it.Untill police understand the full impact of words day after day especially with PTSD nothing in society will change.
I think some of us bullied in school of by siblings growing up may have been more suceptible to PTSD now as well.
I think this goes on into adulthood because as in adulthood , in highschool and in middle or grade school they have not really gotten very good conequences for the bullying.
I am trying right now to make bullying especially if the bulling is directed at a student with deppresion a hate crime with stiffer punishment in my state.i have been e mailing wrighting and calling all my elected officials and presenting my case and a few others I have found on the internet from school on into adulthood that had minor to dire or deadly concequnces for the person being bullied.Also ones where being bullied you get pused to far one day.Hopefully someone will listen sometime so we can stop this.
I know I can't take it anymore, I have been reduced to haveing escorts to even get my mail now I hide in my house due to the neighors bullying.I only wish more people would understand that more than sticks and stones hurt.Some emotional wounds never heal.

Hi

I think your and mine history are mostly down the same line. For many I thought I was doing ok, I was getting past things, but the fact was I was searching out people in my life that continued the same things that had scared me so bad as a child.

Until the point where I was nearly killed. since then I have gotten away from those type of people, but being isolated is no answer either.

So I guess I am saying, it is like everything else in life, one step at a time. I am here to help if I can.

Meria

i suffered from bullying by my older sister for years, even into adulthood. nothing was done by my parents which i think was wrong but they were actually afraid of her. bullying needs to be nipped in the bud and those kids need to be identified early on and treated. I was abused by my father physically but am sometimes more angry about the sibling abuse because it was just allowed to go on without intervention. not to mention the fact that i was bullied in school too. it has major ramifications on self esteem and trust. i can understand what you are going through.