TikToker's Viral Video About How Being Bullied In Middle School Forever Affected Her Self-Esteem Sparks Important Conversation

Most of us know that bullying is bad, but we can all use a reminder of how lasting the impacts of bullying actually are, especially for children who were bullied during their most formative years.

TikToker Jordyn Christine opened up on the platform, sharing how she started being bullied in middle school, simply because she had a more "alternative" look at the time and admitted that she liked a boy.

Not only was she critically and publicly rejected by the guy she liked, but she was also severely ridiculed by a girl who she thought was one of her closest friends. But the bullying did not stop there—she was ridiculed in her middle school's hallways, school supplies were thrown at her, and she was even physically accosted, being tripped and having water spilled on her.

These targeted bullying episodes had a lasting impact on Jordyn. In the video that she titled, "Bullying ruined my life," she confessed that it severely hurt her sense of self-esteem, and it impacted her ability to meet new people and maintain friendships.

She intentionally changed her look, behaviors, personality, and interests as a way to combat the bullying, and she continued that transformation in high school.

The TikToker urged other young people who were being bullied to "keep their head up" and not to lose themselves in the bullying.

She even said that she had forgiven the people who bullied her and hoped that they had grown up in ways that would dissuade them from bullying in adult spaces.

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Fellow TikTokers agreed with Jordyn about how damaging bullying can be.

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It's easy to think of bullying as a childhood problem, something that bullies grow out of, and something for the bullied to let go of and move on.

But TikToker Jordyn Christine shows how bullying stays with the bullied and can continue to impact their decisions, including how they view themselves and what they expect from other people.