Unforgettable compeer adversity

We have often heard about and even experienced peer pressure. Its just the pressure or compulsion you feel by your peers to act according to their ‘rules’.Many people often succumb to this ,not knowing that they start living their lives for someone else.Before I delve into the present topic,I would like to recount one of my experiences with the above mentioned topic and how I dealt with it.

I studied in a school for six years and moved to another one and had just finished grade 8 ( 14 years old).For the first few weeks I was thoroughly enjoying with my newfound friends.Then,all of a sudden most of them started to ask me about my interests ,clothes I wear,food I eat,etc.At first I thought they were very inquisitive about me because I was a newbie and wanted to know my information as a friend.But I never knew they used it as a weapon for exploiting and humiliating me whenever they felt like.

They often used to say that the clothes worn by them were the hottest ones in the city.Worse,they even wore them to school just to ‘prove their words’.They also talked about having a crush on a very cute celebrity and much more. I am not the kind of person who is into all this stuff.When they found that I am not that’trendy’ girl,they started to ignore me .I was deeply hurt,and got stuck in a sea of confusions regarding all this ‘rubbish’that my peers spoke in class.During class ,no one used to answer any questions asked by our teachers whereas I did.This further increased the humiliations faced by me.They would ‘advise’ me to sit in class not answering questions.Most of them had actually lost their own identity just to be accepted by all.

I lost my peace of mind and felt that what they said was right.Ultimately I lost myself. My parents found my behavior unusual. To be honest,I completely let out all my agonies that night when my parents wanted to know what was happening in school.They patiently listened to me and guided me in the right path.I then became clear of what was actually happening and didn’t care about what others spoke about me and just did my work.Then,things became alright.

The reason for me to reckon this incident at this instance is to just to let all of you know these three key factors when you are dealing with such a scenario:

1. Feel free to let your parents or your well wisher know about this matter.

    2. Be brave to face any insults or harsh comments on your face or at your back.

   3. Feel proud that you have not fallen for their words.

So,I hope that this post was very useful for many of you.Thank you for reading my blog.