Why must they make fun of me?

Question

I am tired of people making fun of me. And I hate it because they make fun of me for something I can't change, my chin. They draw me and it hurts when everyone in the class joins in on the laughing.
I just want to disappear but I can't, and I just try to look away and remove myself. I am sixteen and I can't even afford plastic surgery.

I am new to this class and this town and so I don't have any friends to share this with. I told my dad but he understands me but really he can't do anything about it.

I'm not going to tell my teacher or my councelor. That's not an option. I used to like myself but now I cannot stop thinking about my chin all day. I am obsessing over it. Anything that takes leadership or confidence now I cannot simply step to it.

Now, I don't make fun of people and apart from that characteristic, I do not consider myself ugly. I just want it to stop because they make fun of me every day: draw me, call me names, and laugh at me. EVERY DAY. I don't know what to do.

I am a male, yes, and I mean, it's not necessary to know what my chin looks like, it's just a bit more prominent than your average one. And, I mean, it's not like my bottom teeth are over my front ones (if you can't picture it, try it yourself), although I have nothing against that.

Answer 1

Counseling and therapy will help you young man. Many times your peers will pick on flaws they believe others have just to make themselves feel better. You have to remember, it's what is INSIDE that makes you who you are, not your outward appearance. Good luck, and don't let them bring you down.

Answer 2

Peoples IQ and compassion drop with each additional person in a group. You may start out with a compassionate Mother Teresa and an Einstein, but you put them with 6, 7 , 8 others and all of the sudden you just have a pack of hungry or bored animals looking for prey or some type of diversion.
Sounds like you are allowing yourself to become that diviersion. Your chin would be considered a "strong" characeristics in some circles. Go look at celebitries actors and such. A lot of them have odd chins. Have you ever watch a show or movie in which everyone tells the main actor/actres how gorgeous they are, when you really did not think they were all that hot? Yet, by the end of the movie, even you are thinking they are gorgeous. Well, I have. What I am saying is beauty isn't just in the eye of the beholder. it is in the heart of the beautiful also.
Right now, you don't like yourself. And you are becoming a self-pitying victim. We really don't need anymore of either, so look in the mirror and say, "I like what I see" "I like who I am". "I want others to see me as worthy and as a good person".
Now, think. Everybody in this school has NOT made fun of you. Look beyond your classmates. Where are you eating lunch? No, don't eat by yourself. You make yourself a target, a victim. Find some group who will let you sit with them. The band group? The art group? Yep, there are more than the cheerleader groups, the athlete groups, and the gothic groups. Join a clup if you must, but introduce yourself to a group. After you are accepted and have built up your self-confidence again, you can try for the moody loner role again, but not right now.
Humans are a social animal. Despite the fact that social gaffs brin gus much pain and embarrasment, we all want to belong, to fit in. So go fit in. You are not going to change others, but you can change what you do and how you react. Ignore the comments, and they will lessen. Join in and make like it is your joke, and you may win some friends or admirers. Stick up for yourself with a combination of ignoring remarks, joining others, entering conversations before the name calling begins, or making your self unavailable to certian groups (by being amongst others), can all work for you.
Ask and you shall receive. Knock and the door will open. Believe and you will find friends. DO NOT ISOLATE YOURSELF!!
Now get off the computer and call someone up about one of your assignments or something ..... go on. And just keep trying, none of this one rejection and I quit stuff.

Answer 3

Dont let them drag you down. Hold your head high, and ignore there remarks, letting them know they cant hurt you. They want you to feel hurt, want to see you cry and feel aweful about yourself. So many people can be mean. I have my share of mean kids teasing when I went to school. You were made special, everyone has something different another character that makes up that personality of ours. Be thankful you are normal, that nothing physically is wronge. So your worried about the looks of your chin, That can be normal, but you cant dwell on a lil thing like that. Mean people, look for something about a new person in school to pick on. It takes awhile to fit in at times.
Just dont let them win, by making your life miserable. They have things about them selves they are hidding, that anyone could make fun of. If you ignore and act like its not bothering you, they will get bored and leave you alone. Mark my words. :-) They will feel guilty for being mean, seeing that you arent hurt or fighting back. You may even make friends faster than you think if you do this. Dont feel Bad about yourself, I have never met you, but can read this letter and tell your a awesome Kid!

Answer 4

I don't know what gender you are. If you are male, you can grow a goatee to help cover your chin. If you are female, try different hairdos that don't make it emphasize your chin. I have know a lot of less than beautiful people who are very popular. It is a matter of attitude and self confidence. Think about your positive aspects and concentrate on that instead. I know this is a difficult time in your life trying to establish yourself. Things on your body are changing and your chin may not always be the problem you see it now.

Answer 5

Just don't let it get to you. If you do then it will only make you feel worse. Besides, if you ignore it then those people will have to find some other way to make fun of you......of they will lose interest on the subject and find someone else. Just don't let it phase you. What I would do is just listen to music, doesn't matter what kind, if you can't hear them you wont know what they say. That's what I'd do, I don't get affected by petty insults such as what they call you, for example. I think that their usage of the human language has deteriorated in them. It can explain a lot about human intelligence.

Answer 6

That's crap. People are so unfair. If you are fine with the way you are then you are fine! When I was in school, my junior year (I was 16) people used to make fun of my nose. Its rather prominent, and has a natural dent on the end. I was always ok with the way I looked but suddenly people started teasing me & harassing me, trying to make me cry. They were vicious. I got sick & tired of it and started answering back & treating them like they were crazy, and the ones with the problem. I would just tell them that I don't have a problem with my nose and I would look stupid and not look like myself with a different one and after several months they stopped. In the meantime it was very difficult but I stood my ground. I actually went on to be a successful tv actress in NYC several years later WITHOUT a nosejob. None of those other kids ended up on TV!
Those same kids drew caricature pictures of me in art class that came out flattering when unintended to! And the teacher knew what they were up to and complimented their work in a way that was not derogatory towards me.
I have no idea what your chin looks like but don't get plastic surgery if you are fine with the way you look, you'll just regret it later. You want to be you, I can tell by your question's details. Don't let those kids win. What they are actually doing is making you a fighter, and stronger. They are teaching you quality & skills you can't learn anywhere else. Grab on to it and become even stronger. You'll grow up to be a person of substance and depth, and they'll be behind in the game of life.

Answer 7

People do things because they want a reaction. React the opposite of what they expect. Focus on the positive.
I was made fun of in school, now I laugh at some of the people who made fun of me, because I've turned out better than them.
My advice is to go ahead acknowledge it, OK my chin looks funny...
Now that we are passed that...
Take the power away from them, by admitting your chin is not perfect. And matter how bad it hurts hold your head up, nobody is going to do it for you. stand up for who you are inside.

Answer 8

Oh sweetheart, kids are often cruel. Please remember that you are a beautiful person. Inside and out. Take the high road on this. Ignore there pitiful attempts to make themselves feel better about their own problems.

Answer 9

People make fun of me as well. I guess the best way to manage it gracefully is to laugh with them, letting them know that you are comfortable with the way you are, which in turn you will win their respect :)

Answer 10

ignore them, soon they will find someone else to pick on. they are probably picking on you because you are new. after you have made some friends the others will see that and leave you alone. we all have imperfections. they do too:)

youll be alright