My daughter hates everyone

Vot123
Sat, 18 Aug 2012 23:48:51 +0000

Even though the bully is gone, it sounds like he did real damage to your daughter and that it is affecting her life, her self esteem, the way she sees the world. Her whole hostile attitude seems to indicate that she doesn’t feel safe, even now. She is angry and fearful of people, thinking that maybe she’ll get targeted again; fearful that maybe she already is being targeted, starting to be afraid even to the point of paranoia. Running from school to school won’t help, as you have concluded. You can’t hide from yourself. I agree that your D needs to talk to a professional in order to help her get back control of her life, and to learn how to trust people again so that she can develop friendships and feel accepted as a good person who deserved better than she got at the hands of a nasty and destructive person.