Yes, but you can do something about this other than telling your parent's or adult. You can start by working out and taking up a martial art. I have a black belt in shorin ryu karate and have transferred my skills into MMA. You will develop stand up and ground work. This isn't anything to go and hurt anyone but to build your self-esteem and confidence. Confidence is often detected in a subtle way and people will feel that! Trust me! You can receive all the emotional support from loved ones and adults but your physical attributes are up to you! These bullies are troubled individuals who have low self-esteem and feel better about themselves when they take it out on others the key is to know your enemy and to outsmart them.

Peace

Kind of. Although, one time someone dumped yogurt on my jacket and I couldn't go out for recess because I WAS cleaning the jacket and he didn't even get in trouble ;-; 

TheeDragoniteMaster : lol best way to handle bullying ever(jk) XD

I wasn't bullied nearly as bad as a lot of people I've met were but I was definitely picked on through elementary school for being "the weird girl" and then in middle school it was for just not conforming to everyone else & how they were acting + the things they were doing. It was never physical, always verbal but it got to the point where I couldn't go to school without having panic attacks every morning. My mom pulled me out, and when I did go back to school it wasn't until high school and it was at a completely different school. Even there I felt like I had to fit in [nobody was bothering me, I was just worried that they would] so I changed myself to fit in with everyone else. Finally, I realized I didn't have to do that but that wasn't until a year or so later. Bullying sucks- especially when it affects you to the point where you're afraid to go to school. 

When I was way younger, another kid held me at a knife for a two dollar coin that I had in my pocket. The guy didn't do that to others, just me.

There's also a group of kids who'd take turns punching me.

Glad that's all behind me now. Thank god for high school.

I use to get bullied so hard at school in the 5th grade that i would not finish classwork on purpose just so i have to stay and do it during recess. And after school everyday i would run to the buses so that i can sit in the seat next to the bus driver.....smh sad times....Well im a lot older now LOL

I used to be bullied kinda, but I don't blame there reactions at first but after I stopped... I was being a bit stupid screaming and running around the playground starting from the middle of year 3/2nd grade. In the start of year 5/4th grade I stopped but they still bullied me until near the end of year 6/5th grade which is pretty late. Now I'm in year 8/7th grade and it is completely new classmates. People will occasionally comment on my styles of various things.

I used to be a nightmare at Primary. I used to irritate everyone and they'd give me a beating. I now know martial arts, and I'm now in secondary school so anyone who tries to touch me, will face the ultimate power of Wing Chun Kung Fu!

No, and I am glad for it, there are way too many jerk bullies in my school there are too many idiot bullies out there to list, and they just degrade and destroy other peoples lives for their own pleasure and humor. Luckily I have never been bullied, maybe picked on a little bit, but never in a fight or anything like that before. My school is terrible with the bullying, There seems to be a fight every day, I have just gotten used to it.

If by bullied hard you mean being physically bullied, it didn't happen that often. I got slammed on lockers once or twice, but that's it

I just thought I would share with you guys my thoughts on bullying.

The sad fact is that there is never, nothing and zero you can do about it except to survive through it. Why? Do you ask that why there is nothing you can do about it? Well, as those of you who went through school in your adolescence or are in that stage, you know that school is pretty much like prison. There are the kings of the jungle, there are those in between and there is you, my bullied friend. And one thing you cannot do is to

Rat! You don't rat my friend.

Why? Well like in jail, nobody likes a rat and do you think that sitting around in the principles office with your bully, he making him or her to tell you that he or she is sorry is going to make you guys best friends after you are out of there? Think again.

Oh boy, you are really going to get it. If not on school grounds, afterward and outside. If you thought people thought you as some sort of a freak, geek, weirdo or whatever... You did now what you were told. "Tell an adult. Your parent, a teacher or another authority figure." You are not only going to still be those things mentioned, freak weirdo a geek, nothing will change in real life. You just showed them you are weak enough to rat out your bullies and oh boy, they are coming to get you.

The adults will always have their campaigns about not being a bully, about how anyone should not be teased or excluded. Everybody knows it does not work like that in real life. Not even in the teachers lounge. But there will be always somebody there. Maybe not many but maybe one or two people in every class. Those who are the most popular don't have to be in this team of bullies themselves, they don't have to. They have other people to do it for them.They can go through their whole school years thinking "oh what lovely time we had, darlings..." And at the same time, you suffer... for no obvious reason but you will. And you shall.

But as a consolation. Once you get older, things both change and get more complex. In the adult world you are not allowed to be actually pushed around as much. Things will look more civil once you get to around 17 years of age. But once you join the working force you also realize this: If you don't have friends by then

nobody will ever hear you scream.  The bullies will always be there. Just watching you. And the society is the foolish principle who thinks that making somebody say that they are sorry will prevent them from kicking your butt. And just that if somebody says they are sorry, they actually mean it, especially ifthey are forced to say so. Just deal with it and grow a thick hide. Or just smile and go with the flow.

Not that I am bitter about anything... or this has any autobiographical tone what so ever.

The hardest I've ever gotten bullied so far is when this one kid started tackling everybody and I got knocked down so hard that I couldn't walk right for a whole week.

I was bullied heavily all throughout middle school until one day I fought back and almost put a kid in the hospital. Things were never the same, as the smart, quiet kid in the 7th and 8th grade became cocky and loud. Part of that was because my high school group of friends at the time were also kind of cocky, but some of that had to do with the fact that I was putting up a veil so people would either respect me or leave me alone. When I moved from that school to another one, though, I didn't have the same attitude, primarily because I was angry about moving to a different school.

However, I still wound up liking that school, and aside from two people (and a random guy who broke into the school and sat next to me, trying to blend in), I didn't have many problems. With the two guys I did have a problem with, I head-butt one and body-slammed the other. Both apologized.

My junior year is where things got interesting, though. For some reason, probably due to my lack of knowledge at my football position and the fact that my brother pissed everyone off, I started getting bullied again. However, I was so determined to stay on the team that I just took the abuse, until one day, after the season had ended, some of the graduating seniors started throwing tons of cleats at me. I knocked them down and dodged a few, but I still took a couple of hard strikes. Later, another guy pegged me with a tennis ball inches away from me, and then had the nerve to complain to everyone that he got messed with. In another class period, I went into a bathroom and punched a stall door, nearly breaking my hand because it was metal, and he was there... Tennis ball guy. And he pushed me up against the wall and looked me square in the face, saying, "You do not let anyone treat you like that again. If you do, you ******* deserve it." And I took that to heart, even though my hand was bleeding and I was seething.

The next day, another guy thought it would be funny to throw a shoe at me. I slung him to the ground and dislocated his shoulder, and a few days later, I ripped the locker of one of my bullies off its hinges. From that point on, I didn't take any crap from my peers, and my attitude actually translated onto the football field and earned me a starting position on the football team for my senior season.

I'm not a person to believe whole-heartedly that violence is the answer, but sometimes I think that a bully needs to be taught a lesson. Swift justice worked for me, though there were some ramifications of that, so it's my suggestion that if you are bullied and you are thinking about retaliating, take a couple of precautions.

1. Talk to your parents about what you intend to do. Mine actually came to me about the issue, as my home behavior was erratic and they could tell I was bothered because my grades plummeted. When they offered to go to the office, I refused, and that's when my dad got real close to my face and said that either I need to handle the issue or the consequences at home would be fierce, because my behavior was disrupting our entire family life.
2. If you decide to go through with defending yourself, make sure you are defending yourself. If a bully places his hands on you or your person, that is when you strike, not when he shouts insults (tempting as it might be). I suggest you don't warn the bully of your intentions, because you might provoke him into doing something just to see if you're bluffing. And if you are, boy you have messed your own world up. Lighting him up after him putting a hand on you (I even extend that to your belongings, particularly if he knocks books out of your hand or if he chokes you with your backpack) will give you the upper hand in the fight, and oftentimes he won't even realize what has happened before it's over.
   
3. Do not work yourself up into a blind rage when you strike. This one is hard, and it was something that I failed at, but I realize that operating out of an extreme state of anger not only physically wears you out, but for me, it created a habit and a mindset that sometimes still affects me when I find myself in a weird situation (like the other day, when I was in my friend's town for his graduation, a drunk frat guy at a bar started accosting me, and I almost went berserk because it brought back painful memories). It's with a clear mind where you can deliver effective blows, dodge accordingly, and save your energy in case your bully happens to have some kind of fighting ability.
4. When you carry out the deed, do so with enough force to win the fight, but not so much as to physically injure the guy unless there is no other way. Sometimes, one good sock in the nose will do the trick, and if he decides to back off or run away, you leave him be. If that doesn't work, fight until someone (preferably you) wins. Oftentimes, even if you lose, your actions alone are enough to stop a bully in his tracks.
5. Understand that fear is normal and healthy, but giving into fear is dangerous. Do not fight if you are paralyzed by fear. If that is the case, distance yourself from your bully at all costs, and DO tell someone if you really are fearful for your safety. It is one thing to be a bully who occasionally pushes you around, but it's another thing to be a raging maniac that you know fighting would end up bad, or if he's already done serious physical harm to you. It's not worth it in that case, and it's in your best interest to inform someone who can do something about it, and make sure they know that it's urgent.

Sorry guys, didn't mean to rant all that much, but this is a topic that I am very passionate about. I'm just giving you some advice based on personal experience. You can take it or leave it. Personally, I'd rather you not have to need or want this information, but that is out of my hands. At any rate, everyone take care of yourselves, and know that if you are bullied now, better days are coming. Keep on keeping on, as someone earlier in the thread said.

I hate them sometimes I wish  they would get out of my life! I really hate the bullies that act good around adults but be mean around kids.

Well, back in the stone ages when I was in elementary, junior high and eventually high school I was always that weird kid that everybody loved to tease as well as a target for every bully in school (and people wonder why I could relate so well to the show "Everybody Hates Chris"). People would tell me to stand up for myself, but that was about as effective as telling the sky to stop being blue. Yes, I was also the wimpy kid who was scared to death of fighting. It impacted my life in such a way that I am highly introverted, shy, anti-social and uncomfortable in crowds (unless I am drunk, drinking cracks me out of my shell). I also did not make any serious effort to go to college until just a couple of years ago because I was so afraid that college would be an extension of the hell I went through from the 1st grade all the way through high school.  This coming summer marks my 20 year high school reunion (they hold one for every five years since high school graduation) and I have yet to attend a class reunion because I don't want to face the people who used to make me so miserable. Why am I even sharing this stuff with a bunch of strangers? Wow, OK, stick a fork in me...I'm done.

I used to be in my early years in school between 4th to 6th grade, mostly at 6th grade, I have snapped at those bullies and thust cause me to have a horrible year in 6th grade because of me getting in trouble because of me getting payback on those bullies, but then starting 7th, I went to a different school with different students and thus, a new life began and became one of the most popular people.

So bottom line, been bullied 4th-6th grade and was very popular 7th grade and later.

When I was in a public school, yes. But now I'm in a private Christian school because I wanted to have more friends and nicer people. And for religious reasons.