Any help for an adult survivor of bullying?

I'm 24 and I went through severe bullying when I was in grade, middle, and high school. Some of the same people who bullied me went to the same schools as I. I can't help but hurt over what happen. I try to understand and take it all in. As a child I never told about the abuse and bullying I endured at home and at school, I thought it was normal, the hurt I should have expressed then, I'm doing it now. It's like I'm making up for past hurt. I sometimes think it was my fault for letting the bullies get away with what they did, I wish I would have fought back.My question is where can I find support and help as an adult I'm still dealing with past wounds. I suffer from depression, post traumatic stress, anxiety. Anyone know of any help groups, forums, sites? Anyone went through bullying or was a bully? Let me know your story. I believe adults still need encourage, support, help sometimes because victims of bullying and abuse have their times of relapse and still secretly hurting.

Mikey and godsynthesis, you must have been bullies or the unempathetic people who messed over me. This has nothing to do with growing up and moving on. I will always move on but what happen is apart of my life and I can't ignore the brutality I faced in the home and at school. I have no place to turn, to turn, to go for protection. My healing is understanding why it happen, and trying to understand the bullies. Not all kids are mean and pricks because I wasn't, either I was normal or abnormal. I could have been one of those bullies who get their bullies back by bringing a gun to school or something, that's how worse it got, but I wasn't stupid enough to do so. Don't talk unless your in my shoes. I would like for people to brutalize you and treat you as if your not human with no feelings and see if you say move on, grow up. I must be growng up because I'm willing to accept and try to heal from it.

My advice: Grow up and move on.

Get over it. Kids are stupid pricks.

your having a hard time letting go.possibly even holding a grudge against those responsible.which is perfectly normal. i dont think you need a group,i recommend seeing a doc and getting the neccesary help you need.

I had previous abuse & get lots of help at a health website
www.DailyStrength.org

They have 24/7 online support from regular other folks, not religious based, free; just people who support each other with journaling, sending e-hugs, sending messages. It's all confidential and safe. You just join the Communities that interest you: Depression, PTSD, Anxiety, for example. Then you share discussions and messages with the people in those specific Communities.

Hope you find it helpful!

Those days are over now.... Be grateful that you got through it and you are an adult now. Kids are mean to each other, and do not realize the damage they inflict .
You are out of that stage now, so be done with it and be thankful it is over.
Do not keep thinking of yourself as a victim. Come on , get tough and take charge of yourself.

See bullying, PTSD, and anxiety, at http://www.ezy-build.net.nz/~shaneris on pages 37, 33, and 6. Also try Groups, at Yahoo, Myspace, and Google. Seek therapy: view the 1800-therapist website, and use the locators on page 1.

Make an appointment to see a psychologist so you can talk one on one. From there the psychologist may ask you if you want to participate in a group. But do see someone. You have stuffed this way too long.

You were abused. No, it was not your fault and abuse is not normal in any way, shape or form. Abuse is abuse. The people who abused you are ugly, cruel people. They should all be sitting in jail as we speak.

I keep hearing, there will be no tolerance for bullying. Then why hasn't anything changed. Schools don't want to own up to the fact that bullying occurs on a daily basis. They don't want there "good name" making the headlines on the 6:00 PM news. But ultimately what does happen. We all read about another "school" shooting. Now how do you suppose that all came about?

The kids that are being bullied aren't going to tell the principal, school counselor or their parants. Reason being, they know it will get worse for them.

You are correct with everything you just shared with all of us.
You have three big hugs from me.

I to had first hand experience watching my grand daughter being ignored, harassed and bullied at her school. It was brought to the attention of the principle and school counselor.
That's as far as it went. I even brought it up at one of her IEP meets. Looked her teacher straight in the eyes and told her what was going on. Her response of course was that she didn't notice anything going on in her class and as she said, I even have a second teacher in the class. These teachers never seem to notice anything except when my grand child finally runs like hell out of class and she gets called on the carpet for that.

How could you possibly fight back when it's one against how many?

Where you live there are groups for abused women. Try your City Social Service offices. The should be able to head you in the right direction and also recommend a psychologist to see. When you get to see a psychologist or group ask them if it would help you to write to each of the people who were involved in the abuse of you. The should be reminded/know what harm they did to you. They don't have a clue and maybe they should know just what they did do. Or take an add out in the local newspaper.

If I could I would be with you just to support you in person. But I guess this will have to do.

Your have my love and support Thank you for trusting us as you have.