(Approximately 6,000 words in length.) Why would I see the need to
write about a horrible "bizarre bullying" experience, that I had as
a teen who grew up in the 1970s, rather than to relate all of the
glory days I experienced? My reason, is because I think we
sometimes forget about just how hard it can be for a teen who is
growing into adulthood, to survive the negative challenges of it.
This is true especially of those harsh experiences involving
mean-spirited people, that the vast majority of kids are affected
by at some point during their transition into adulthood. I do not
wish to imply that this stops when we become adults (there are lots
of mean-spirited adults) but kids are more susceptible to "hurt
feelings." We sometimes become passive about how difficult and
demanding this time in a person's life can be. We see movies and
television that turn the sometimes "horrible experiences" of youth,
into humorous plots and comical skits. The fact is however, that
the "teen years" are sometimes not survived by those who are trying
to grow up through them and it is believed to be the most difficult
time in life, according to experts in the psychiatric fields of
study (especially ages 13 and 14). I was one of those teens who
found myself to be experiencing out-of-control emotions at
different points while I was growing up. Much of this stemmed from
experiences that were occurring in my life, that I found serious
difficulty coping with. At certain points, I began to resort to
methods of escapism, including drug and alcohol abuse. These of
course, did not succeed in providing me real deliverance from my
problems but only served to embed them more-deeply into my soul.
These "vices," as some people refer to them, have a real ability to
quell a person's pain for moments at a time but they also make it
far more difficult to deal with them, once the diversion and
numbing effects of them have worn off. They are in fact "dead ends"
that only serve to cause further bondage in the lives of young
people, who have already become imprisoned by negative emotional
imbalances. I believe by sharing one of my own negative
life-experiences -- one that was seriously and
negatively-impacting, I can help to demonstrate how serious these
types of experiences can be in the lives of teenagers, who are
trying to survive growing up in a tough and sometimes cruel world.
I also share what I believe to be a major source of hope for teens
and that which can give them that seriously-needed realization,
that their lives have purpose, meaning and direction. TABLE OF
CONTENTS: 1. Growing Up and Coping in a Cruel World 2. The
Christian Message of This Book 3. The Cruelty of a False Accusation
4. My School Absentees Were Mounting 5. The Day My Brother Got
Involved (Involuntarily) 6. The Usual Domino Effect of Gossip and
False Accusations 7. Riding Out One Storm, While Another is
Approaching 8. The Light at the End of the Tunnel - An old Cliche
but Very True
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