­Diabetic Cyborg Life 01/24: Scars of Bullying

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I found out on Christmas day, of all days, that mocking and insulting taunts can still trigger me like nothing else. After cooler heads prevailed, I then realized that the scar of 18 years of being a bullied child was still there. Even the family mocking me and belittling me like the various bullies did in school and suddenly I am that little overweight kid.