Why didn't I even think of this?
I was also bullied very badly for a year in middle school. That I do consider traumatic, I'm just so used to living with it I didn't think of it. For years afterward I thought everyone who looked at me was thinking bad things about me. When I switched to another school and wasn't bullied, my days felt almost... well, boring, not having to be on alert every second of the day. Boring in a good way though.
I do wonder still to what extent this experience has shaped me.