I Was The Bully.

Recently, my brother told me a story about how he was bullied in school — mostly elementary school, but in high school as well. It really, really fucked him up…

He ended up with serious body image issues, even now into his mid 30’s because he was a bit of a chubby kid, and then he was really skinny and lanky in high school, so he put all his energy and time towards becoming pretty much a bodybuilder. He was a bouncer for years and was never, ever muscular enough to his liking.

As he told me about his experience being bullied growing, my heart sank. I was one of those…