I have been bullied to my absolute breaking points, a group of guys keeps calling me names

and then did the unspeakable act to me, the one that starts with R. I was unjustly accused

of a crime that I didn't commit and was punished for it. I was forced into labor all night long

outside while it was less than 10 degrees. When they found me out in the field the next day when

the sun had risen, I snapped and unleashed my revenge on everyone. Here's what happened.

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This is my story. I finally feel like I can talk about this particular time of my life and

appreciate what it took. Here's the background. This pro revenge took place when I was in high

school in the mid 2000s. A time in my country when there was much public outcry over bullying and

hazing and boarding schools. A couple of students in different schools had died from injuries

resulting from bullying. Other schools were rioting and burning things. They were under increased

scrutiny. It was a whole thing. Personally, my life in school was not fun. I was a fat boy with

very low self esteem going into my first year. The bullying I received led to a depression.

I was prone to recklessness and a bit of undoing my self ideation. The thing that made high school

particularly nightmarish was the extreme bullying due to my orientation. Low key comments about

my orientation from this group of about five boys led to situations where they called me and my

best friends gay. The social stigma associated with being gay here is really extreme. These boys

would stalk and terrorize me. They left threatening notes under my sheets that would say we're going

to mess you up for being a gay. And even a note that says we're going to do the unspeakable act to

you that starts with R. So I had only one close friend who knew what was going on. And ironically

after an entire term of convincing everyone that I was gay, this same group of people began doing

things to me that they were bullying me for in the first place. I'll spare you the details but

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