Cyran0,
The more I read other people's stories, the more I realize I'm not alone. Although it's too bad others have had bad experiences/ childhoods/ etc., it just helps to know I'm not the only one. I always felt like such a freak for all the bullying and teasing I got growing up. I always felt like if I were normal, a 'real' boy, no one would have bothered me. It really helps me to know someone out there knows what all that cruelty felt like--even though everyone's pain and story is their own pain. *****, man, I was so embarrassed, ashamed, timid to even tell my therapist for what he might think about me--when I didn't do anything--I was just on the receiving end of the whole thing.

Anyway, thanks again for sharing your story. Sorry you had to go through that--but you've risen above all of it. (That's not to imply you ever get over it though. . .)