Well I've gone through some major teasing during elementary...and grade 9. But it stopped after awhile because I realized I was being really stupid. Sitting there and crying wasn't going to help me.

I just have this belief that whether people like you or not, you can't change that. Seems like a waste of my time to worry so much about it. I've made enemies for doing nothing and I guess it's something like 'why should I go out of my way to act a certain way to please you [so that you'd stop making fun of me] when I know your opinion of me can never be changed anyway?'

I know people can be cruel, and I don't know what happened to you, but through my experience, the reason why all the teasing and remarks hurt me was because I cared about what those people thought of me. I care about what my friends and family think of me, because they matter. The other people who take me at face value does not.