*hugs back* Leagues don't count. Pain is pain, bullying is bullying and the fact that mine was physical and yours was online doesn't make what you had to go through any less.

...Ahh. Yeah. I get what you mean by that. Maybe at least partly because I do think that if I hadn't had to deal with Christina, I'd be less cynical about the human race in general and far less bitter.

And it feels like you're making yourself a victim all over again every time you remember how much it hurts. Because you don't choose to be hurt, but you can at least choose whether or not to think about a memory that's painful.