Jacob Anderson Quotes

I had trained myself not to go to the bathroom throughout my elementary and junior high school years because I was bullied. And you don't understand why you're being bullied, so you just suppress it.

I was badly bullied when I was in the seventh grade - relentlessly, mercilessly - by a group of 12-year-old girls. And it left me with a determination that no matter what, I had to throw my shoulders back, stick out my chin, and project a sense that no one and nothing could hurt me. That turned out to be a life-changing mistake.

The fact is, it wasn't enjoyable being in secondary school. I was a weird kid.

I got bullied so much at 11 and 12 that I became the bully. I didn't want to get bullied no more. And that just carried on through my life.

I'm not surprised that I tend to go for the dark side. I was a really scared kid, so I think I understand what scares people.

When I was a small boy, I was bullied more than most, mainly because I was a foot shorter than everyone else.

Kids used to tease me unmercifully about that name.

I was very unique as a child, dressed a certain way, acted a certain way, didn't fit in with everybody. So I immediately got picked on, especially around the age of 12 and 13, when you start going to junior high and start mingling with the older kids. To counteract that, strictly for self-defense, I wanted to get bigger.

Growing up in the '80s in central New Jersey as a weird kid with a blue mohawk listening to the Sex Pistols and dressing really funky, I was bullied pretty badly. It was every single day in elementary school and kept going into middle school, too. I felt totally alone, without a single person there for me.

When my mum passed away, I was very young, and I became very introverted and very quiet. I became very anxious about what people thought about me.

An introvert as a child, I spent most of my younger years being bullied for my name. It took its toll on me, and by Class VI, I couldn't even have a proper conversation with anyone.

I grew up getting bullied and fighting a lot.

My mom died of cancer when I was really young. I'm not someone who tries to work out their own stuff with a role, but I think that happened despite my best efforts to keep myself separate from it.

I always thought I had a problem socially, because I was pulled out of school so early. I had a tough time talking to other kids and being comfortable with them.

Everyone picked on me in school because I was in foster care.

I was very average in the social label scale going through school. I was neither the coolest person in school, nor did I suffer the slings and arrows of being made fun of to such a degree that I couldn't get through the day.

There was a point in school when I was, like, thirteen, that I didn't feel comfortable at all.

Remember, I'm the kind of kid who used to get stuffed into a locker by school bullies. I've never felt like I'm a big star at any level of my life.

I go to third grade, and I'm scared to death. I'm just 6 years old, and the kids are so much bigger than me.

Bullies generally were bullied and are hurting inside much more than you could ever imagine.

Growing up, I was always the small guy.

When I was a kid, I was afraid of other kids.

I do have an outsider's complex of getting made fun of. I was made fun of as a kid, and I don't have the stomach for it.

Coming into high school, it's scary. You don't know which group to be in, and I can't stand that it's so cliquey.

Childhood bullying was a big part of my life.