Story Anyone felt like a nobody during school ?

[Gaga786]

I did, for the most part. It was as if I didn't exist, everyone would ignore me In school. I was constantly gazed at strangely by the teachers, my peers refused to sit next to me.And I would be alone in break every single day. I was even going through my old Facebook messages and I found these
'' blank (my name) is back to being a nobody in school).' Blank, you literally have no friends'. "forever loner, probably you'
it just hurts to ruminate about those times and the moments. I guess I really was nothing as compared to my peers. Their perception was so negative regarding me that they didn't even think I existed. I would sit alone at the corner during classes. Even now on instagram, if I send them a follow request, they refuse to accept or follow me back. It's like im not important to them

 

[stermc]

You are not alone in this. Since I was a little child I was ignored. On high school, I would barely make it to class, because I just couldn't take the stares, the feeling of being an outcast. And people would actually laugh at me.
Gladly things got better in college. I would still feel invisible from times to times, but I managed to make friends and I was treated as an individual

Just to clarify: I no longer have as many friends as I did in college, but I really learned that my company is the best one in this world. Being popular or having many friends is overrated in my opinion.

 

[jodes2]

I was, until I was about 16. Then I started DJing and suddenly I was more popular. Now I'm a nobody again. Sigh. My popularity lasted like, 4 years. I certainly know what it's like to be unpopular. I was bullied quite a lot on my younger years and regularly moved schools, always being the new boy, the outsider

 

[Vitya]

Oh I can sympathise. I felt the absolutely same way. Everyone just passes trough you, not even glancing at you or feeling your presence. That feeling of loneliness when you are surrounded by people is such overwhelming experience it eventually led to me avoiding any people. You are nothing/nobody after all, right? Why should you bother yourself to try and stand out when in the end you'll just be given weird looks "who is this guy?". Everyone is so absorbed in their tiny little bubbles they have no idea there are people with whole new world within for them to discover. The human being has been believing to be the center of the universe since it existence started. The ignorance and arrogance has not changed at all from our cavemen ancestors.

 

[VioletNight]

Other people's validation won't always make you feel better. I always had friends in school and wasn't really bullied after elementary but I still always felt depressed and such. As silly as it sounds it's more important to find the few people who will care about you a lot rather than seeking the validation of the many. You probably wouldn't like being around the people who ignore and treat others like trash so try to focus on those that actually care and share interests with you.

 

[Fl4u]

I certainly can relate. Except of one person for a year or two, I never had friends. At my first schools I used to just be ignored most of the time (which I liked), but then I had to switch schools and was constantly made fun of. Not just my class, parallel classes too and others. They all knew I had no friends. They all knew I was that guy that spent his breaks staring at a window alone.

 

[NHLTradeRumor]

This was always me in school, since I've always been awkward and shy, and because of my autism. I would have one friend for a few years, they'd abandon me, then I'd be completely alone until I found a friend again. When I came out as trans in 12th grade, things got worse, as no one would want to associate with me, as I didn't pass. So aside from one or two people at a time, no one ever cared about me in school, especially high school. Teenagers suck.

 

[donttellmybf2004]

Yeah. I'm actually still stuck trying to pass highschool for what feels like the millionth time, and being the oldest student in the building feels incredibly lonely.

 

[oneeyed]

Yup. Hated secondary school. Never even went to the dinner/dance/prom or whatever that shit is called now, no final photo for the album. Fuck them all.

 

[Krieger]

I only went to hs in person for 1.5 years and finished online so not really, I had a small but loyal group of friends when I was there but most people didn't know who I was. I had a real fuck off all black way of dressing so I did feel a bit outcasted from most of my peers. I guess I did feel like a nobody while doing online school because I spent all day every day by myself basically.

Now that I've been going to college in person for 2 years I like keeping to myself but I have hung out / smoked 420 with (it's legal here) a few guys in my classes. I could have a better social life but it feels like too much effort idk. A lot of the students are years older than me so there's a bit of a disconnect when we hang out, like I'm 20 and there's this 27 year old guy I smoked with in between classes but I can't see us being closer due to our 7 year age gap. There are people who are currently in HS at my college too taking dual enrollment courses for extra credit and they're the opposite, too young to actually be friends with. I guess I do feel lonely nowadays cuz it's hard to connect with people my age.

 

[Anon1337]

I can relate. I was like a ghost, observing, but never being part of something. I wasn't really bullied, but I was looked down upon like some inferior specimen.

Those years being the quiet kid were horrible.