Second year high school. Didn't fit in with fellow boys. A classmate bullied me because his mom compared him to me. Some jock classmates decided it was fun to hide my stuff, twist my arm.

Didn't help that i was considered weird - one of my classmates said "hindi ko alam kung matatawa ba ako sayo o maaawa."

And I fucking hated the school grind: it was 12 hours of school plus 4 hours commute, 7 am algebra class. Lagi walang tulog, pagod.

It was so bad pinagpantasyahan ko nang dalhin yung itak ng tatay ko at pagtataga-tagain sila sa banyo. The worst payback I did was slapping one of my bullies' back - HARD.

It was a long time ago; I'm 24 and several psychotherapy sessions later I've pretty much moved on. But it really really affected my confidence. To this day I still have social anxiety and maybe a long-lasting hatred with one of my bullies.