friends help: What to do when people use you in the age-old game of popularity at school? - Help.com

You may not be able to stop people from harassing you or bullying you on your own. You can talk to someone about it. You can choose how to go about handling this or just talk to someone about how it makes you feel so you have a trusted ally when things aren’t so great.

Popularity can be a cruel thing in high school. Thankfully, it’s worse in high school than in the real life. So if you can get through high school with a positive attitude about yourself and life even with lame comments and bad rumors, you’re probably going to be allllright.

I dunno. It’s just so annoying. I wouldn’t say I get bullied, but people just keep making negative remarks about me. They have been ever since I’ve gone to school. The strange thing is, I keep on being the target even though I’ve switched school several times because of this.

Aww I’m sorry you had to relocate because of this. And yes, even though it may not be physical abuse, when someone says negative verbal comments about you or to you, that is bullying. Belittling someone for the sake of making them feel better is bullying.

How do you typically approach a situation in which someone acts negatively towards you?

Usually I just go away. I used to give smartarse remarks back but I got sick and tired of it and just couldn’t be bothered.

Do you feel maybe you enable them to do it? Like you are allowing them to do this so no negative consequences come to them?
Not putting all the blame on you, but some people get comfortable as the “punching bag” and allow people to take swings with no punishment.
You should try and break that habit. Have you talked with a counselor about this? I’m sure your family is aware of the situation. What have they done?

My family doesn’t care. And what in the world are counsellors supposed to do? You can’t go up to them and ask them to shut other people’s mouths. It just isn’t going to happen. I’ve done it once here and at my old school, but really, nothing good came of it.

Counselors may not be able to stop the problem at hand, but they can help you through the tough times by talking out how you feel.
I’m sorry your family doesn’t care. You need a good person to talk to I think

Yeah… I suppose that would be nice. But I mean, in a school where everyone is only out for social status and not true friendship, this is quite hard.

hey we all need friends in life we just have to learn how to choose them i know is hard but still life s not easy