After my last post on, "Would you laugh if you heard this?", I've kept studying the issue of adult victims of bullying and I've kept doing my homework on finding a therapist/support group with some focus on the subject. I found some potential therapists on PTSD, but I'm holding out in case I find a closer match. I want more than anything to find a support group, I've never had an open discussion with other victims.

I came across the book, "Please Stop Laughing at Me" by Jodee Blanco. I read it cover to cover, then wondered what other people must have thought when they read it. I identified with Jodee in almost everyway. Same plots, just different details.

I decided to see what the reviews of the book were. I had the time of my life reading the reviews on Amazon. THIS is the discussion I've been after! Most of the reviews are positive, but when I read the negative reviews, I started to understand what people were/are probably thinking about me, but never said it. They'd just behave in little ugly ways....perhaps because I tend to always try to do the "right" thing like Jodee. Almost every review that gave the book a 1 or 2 commented that she seemed self-righteous or that she thought people were so jealous of her because she was/is smart. hmmm. Some people doubted the author's honesty in telling the story or suspected she left out details about herself, in a way the low-score reviewers showed that they would have bullied her too if given the chance simply because they don't like her. I rest my case.

LINK:
http://www.amazon.com/review/product...rBy=addOneStar

Ms. Blanco also has her own site on bullying and it is wonderful.
http://www.jodeeblanco.com/