On Facebook, I saw on one of my high school pages what might have been one of the brothers. I confronted him about what they did. It turns out, it was one of the younger brothers, and he and his sister were mistreated by those brothers too. After that, I realized it was not about me. Those brothers were horrific.
I hope that was some consolation, and perhaps dulls the impact of their behavior toward you. We all respond as the individuals we are, but there were a handful of events/traumas in my youth that have never left me, they recede now and then only to return unwanted, unbidden, unrelenting.
Thank you so much for your story, or at least that part of it you can share.
Those young boys who threw stones at you learned that behavior and, I fear, may have perpetuated it in their families.
On Facebook, I saw on one of my high school pages what might have been one of the brothers. I confronted him about what they did. It turns out, it was one of the younger brothers, and he and his sister were mistreated by those brothers too. After that, I realized it was not about me. Those brothers were horrific.
Thank you for continuing that story. One wonders how far back that abuse goes. So much needless suffering in our society.
I hope that was some consolation, and perhaps dulls the impact of their behavior toward you. We all respond as the individuals we are, but there were a handful of events/traumas in my youth that have never left me, they recede now and then only to return unwanted, unbidden, unrelenting.