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Does this make me a bad person? (discuss.online)

submitted 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I’ve done alot of mischievous and unkind things throughout my education time (k-12) I made fun of people, bullied people, stole from people/stores, hit people, kicked people, did things to annoy people, and just overall did stupid shit to cause problems all because it either felt cool or because I thought it was funny. Some of these were things I did because my friends did them, but some were just me being stupid on my own. I am now 21 and recently I have thought about all of this and feel awful about the things I’ve done because I know it has affected people. I wish I could go back and have never done any of it. Is something wrong with me? Am I a bad person?

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago

From my experience, kids can be some of the cruelest people just to fit in/be funny/feel superior at the cost of others. It's a part of your past and you can't change that, but you can change who you'll become. It's not easy being a good person and you're going to have tough choices to make, but it's the right thing to do.

I do understand that abused kids have a higher tendency to abuse others and that is a more complicated issue that this statement does not pertain to.

I also concede that there are kids that never grow up, unfortunately.