(Serious) what’s something that mentally and/or emotionally broke you?

in elementary school, my teachers locked me in a room and hurt me because I had a literal headache. I have severe anxiety and I'm autistic and as a kid I knew I was different and I was okay with it but my school hated me for it because it gave them a bad look to have a mentally/physically ill kid attending. so one day, i went to the nurses office because I had a headache. I was in the process of getting glasses, for I have near sighted vision. when I stepped in the nurse pushed me out saying somthing along the lines of "you just have mental stuff" so yeah being 10 and hearing that it really hurt so as I walked back to class crying the social worker saw me, insulted me, and took me to the teachers office/break room and it was a small room with one large table in the middle. she put me in there and locked the door. then a bunch of other adults came in and started yelling at me because "I wasn't taking my medicine correctly that's why my head hurt" when the bell finally rang and I was able to leave I was so horrorfied. when my mom found out the school asked me to leave permanently. I never was the same after that. I was homeschooled after that because my mom was a single mother, and we didn't have the money to move and go to a new school. that was years ago, and at least 3 times a week, i have nightmares about being in that school again. when I see people on social media talk about their classes, I have to block it and scroll. I physically cannot handle the thought of going back to school, and I have severe ptsd from it. if my friends are talking about schooling, I have to walk out of the room or else I'll have a ptsd attack.

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