Have you been hurt when your were young?
By bamakelly
@bamakelly (5191)
United States
October 15, 2008 1:26pm CST
I am talking about emotionally or mentally hurt by someone or something as a younger person, say as a child or teenager and as an adult is something that you still can't forget or struggle with. I had been hurt by friends and felt left out in my younger days and I still have a hard time coming to terms with why they treated me like that. I would like to hear some of your input.
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13 responses
@ljmacca (86)
• Turkey
24 Oct 08
hi, abuse is something all to common nowadays, i was physically, mentally and sexualy abused as i grew up and it probably changed my complete outlook on life especially men and it made it extremely hard to trust, eventually though you get to a point where (or id did) think that i had to stop pitying my self so i turned all my positives into a negative and sued all my own experince to do an degree in psychology and also do counselling becuase at least i can empathaise to a point with others going through similar experineces although obviously everyones is unique, i guess you have to remember what doesnt break you makes you stronger, fair enough i am probably a completely different person now to what i may have been but i think i am alot smarter, street wise, and emotionally and mentally stronger than what i would have been had i not gone through the hard times in lfe. i hope even if you have to seek help through a counsellor or physhologist or even write about it, however you do it, i just pray that you do some day find a way to overcome the difficulties you have experienced abd remember not everyone is out to hurt you, :)
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@bamakelly (5191)
• United States
24 Oct 08
Thank you for your response and I appreciate that you have shared your experiences. You are right. Not everyone is out to get us. I guess I have become more guarded as I go older. I like to trust people but I still stay leery sometimes.
@paulsy (1263)
• Philippines
23 Oct 08
Yes, I've been hurt by someone who used to be really close to my heart before. I could never forget her words, because I never expected that of all people, she would be the one to hurt me so much. Her words, they still echo in my mind each time I hear her name. I would like to forgive, and totally forget, but it is so difficult because after such a long, long time, she has done nothing to show a bit of remorse for the pain she had inflicted upon me. I know this is wrong, and that the right thing to do is to forgive and forget.
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@bamakelly (5191)
• United States
23 Oct 08
Thank you so much Paulsy for sharing your experiences. I am happy to receive the responses I am getting. I think we all have been hurt one way or another and I believe that we are able to forgive but it is very hard to forget. We do manage to move on with our lives but somewhere in our hearts there is the pain that never really goes away.
@sunny69316 (638)
• China
19 Oct 08
Hi,it is ineluctable that was hurt when I was young.I was hit by my parents as I didn't go to school as I was 8 years of age!
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@bamakelly (5191)
• United States
19 Oct 08
I am sorry to hear of your former trouble as a child. I do appreciate you replying to my question. Take care.
@JayJashG (290)
• India
20 Oct 08
Yeah I have also faced situations like that! I used to feel bad and I used to be alone mostly. I stopped interfering with them and only during my high school days I was able to find some of my inborn amazing talents. After which I enjoyed my days though there are certain feelings that still hurts. I am trying to forget those and live a happy life now! :)
@bamakelly (5191)
• United States
20 Oct 08
Thank you for responding. I appreciate the replies I have been receiving. It seems that although we have all been hurt at one time we can still find the strength to move forward and carry on. I wish you well.
@gaisri (154)
• India
20 Oct 08
What u have mentioned is a part and parcel of everyone's life..Right from the president to beggar,no one can be a exception..Sometimes, people hurt us unknowingly and sometime deliberately..Even though hard at times, we should try not to take it to heart always..As you grow in life,when we think back, we can see for ourselves that the thing which used to hurt us emotionally once is nothing now..Always have a detached attachment to achieve emotional balance
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@bamakelly (5191)
• United States
20 Oct 08
Your words do make a lot of sense here. I know that it can be hard to let go of past hurts but I have moved on and I just need to think of my present and future. Sure people are going to hurt us one way or another and some don't even know they have hurt us as you say. Thanks for replying.
@tizboysthi (1)
• South Africa
20 Oct 08
if your first relationship was great well you lucky myne was a heart break and still trying to get to terms with it,i have nothing more i want to add thank you
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@bamakelly (5191)
• United States
20 Oct 08
I am so sorry to hear of the heart break you have endured. Unfortunately life happens like that and then one day you will be happy with another person. Just hang in there buddy. Thanks for responding.
@winterose (39887)
• Canada
15 Oct 08
yes that has happened to me and most people, you must get past it to be able to function as a healthy adult, it happened it hurt it was hard but now you must ignore those hurts and be the person you were meant to be.
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@bamakelly (5191)
• United States
15 Oct 08
I suppose you are right. Thank you for your insight. I need to move on with my life and be thankful for who I am now.
@ronaldinu (12422)
• Malta
15 Oct 08
I am certain that there were several episodes which I felt hurt when I was a kid because I was a sensitive child. however I have grown out of them and can hardly remember anything gross. The most think that hurt me when my mum homed my dog. She was against have a dog as a pet and one day I returned home from school and did found it at home. That was really sad.
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@bamakelly (5191)
• United States
15 Oct 08
I feel bad for what may have happened when you were a child. It can still hurt you now. I am still not clear on what happened to your dog. Can you explain further?
@katkat (2378)
• Philippines
17 Oct 08
I have been hurt a lot in such a young age, both emotionally and physically. It was a hard time for me as I don’t understand why they do it to me but as I became mature I learned that people could hurt you anyway they want without a reason. People are mean creatures. If they want to hurt someone they will. I became aloof to people that I think would hurt me. It was kind of painful for me but life has to go on and move forward.
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@bamakelly (5191)
• United States
19 Oct 08
Thank you katkat for your response. I know that it is hard to get hurt at a young age and it does have an impact on each of us. I hope you will remain strong through it all and be the brave person that you seem to be.
@wanderer086 (759)
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20 Oct 08
I was hurt very much when I was about seven. My mother had had a baby about four months before and I was sent to a home for children with eating disorders. I was very skinny. I thought I had been sent away because they did not want me anymore because they had a new baby. It took me a long time to get over the way I was treated in the home. It was in the 1950s and they did not treat people like they do now. I did not get over it until I was in my 50s and my husband took me back to the home and I saw that it was just a family home now. You do get over things if you face them.
@bamakelly (5191)
• United States
20 Oct 08
Some of the replies I have been receiving are quite heartbreaking as your own. I guess you are right. Times were different back in your day and situations were handled differently. It is a shame that you had to endure that kind of trauma.
This is a story that brings a tear to my eye as some of the other replies have. I still say that perhaps these things have happened in our lives just to make us stronger. I do wish I could change things that have happened and people would have treated me better but now I am a stronger person for it. Thank you so much for responding.
@rainmark (4302)
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16 Oct 08
Emotionally and Physically i encountered those kinds of pain in my life when i was young. I remember how my classmates and kids on my age bullies me and say hurtful words on my ego and because of that my confidence lost and i became a reserve person. Im scared to face people coz im scared they will hurt me and i don't want to feel that pain again. Happy posting.
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@bamakelly (5191)
• United States
16 Oct 08
Yes,I can see your fear of not wanting to get hurt again. It can only take one bad experience and that can lead yourself to shutting people out. It is a shame for you and I feel for your pain. I do hope that you can find happiness once again.
@aisaellis22 (6445)
• United States
16 Oct 08
Yes i have been hurt emotionally before when i was young. I was new in that school because I came from a public school and was transferred by my parents in private school. Most of my classmates and schoolmates came from a rich family. I can't forget how my classmates laughed at me during flag ceremony and they are teasing me because they know that my dress was cheap. I was so embarrassed, they all laughed and me i really want to run and go home and cry but i stopped myself and just ignore what they are telling me. I have many unforgettable moments in that school and i asked my mom to get me back to my old school where everybody accepted me and respected me (i perform well in my old school that's why i have a lot of friends). After one year of studying there, i went back to public and live a normal life again. Now, it's just old memories and as i heard, not all of my classmates in private who are fortunate that time are successful today.
happy posting!
@bamakelly (5191)
• United States
16 Oct 08
I can agree that things that happen in school can be very hard when some people treat you bad. You never can handle it well when your own peers mistreat you. Sometimes these things can just stay with you into adult hood. Thanks for replying.
@staysee34 (94)
• United States
15 Oct 08
It's difficult as a child or teenager to understand why people can be so mean. I think every child goes through at least one incident in their childhood where they are embarrassed by being called hateful names or being picked last to play kickball on the playground. It's even worse as a teenager, when you can't get a date for the dance or you have braces, etc. I was a victim of such treatments myself. Not only at school with my peers but at home with some members of my family. My parents were very young when I was born. They were still kids themselves. This doesn't excuse it but now having children of my own I understand it better. But during the adult years when I didn't have children and alot of my childhood made no sense to me, I did a lot of soul searching. Found out who I really was and what I really wanted in my life. Once I had done that, all the childhood drama became a thing of the past. I placed my focus elsewhere as you should do. And when you're having a bad day remember this: What doesn't kill us makes us stronger. If that doesn't work, locate one the those individuals. Write them a letter. Hell, write them a letter anyway even if you never send it. Sometimes the simple action of getting it out of your head and on paper can do the trick and make you feel so much better.