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School bullies left me paralysed - born different

School bullies left me paralysed - born different

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20-YEAR-OLD Chelsea was the victim of severe bullying all the way through high school - and it was often physical. Chelsea was first attacked by two boys who were older than me at the age of 14 - they punched her in the face and broke her jaw. A year later, while walking her dog in the park, Chelsea came across a group of teenagers and was confronted by a girl who accused her of flirting with [her] boyfriend. As Chelsea turned to walk away, she felt the girl jump on her and remembers feeling her elbow going into the side of my face. Both incidents resulted in jaw surgery - with doctors fixing screws and wires into Chelsea's jaw to hold it in place. Worse was still to come though, as the attacks had left her jaw weak and vulnerable. Just a couple of years later, when Chelsea went to spend time with her best friend Katie and the two started play-fighting, Katie's knee accidentally caught Chelsea in the side of her face. She immediately headed to hospital to prepare for her seventh surgery on her jaw - but she could never have predicted how all Hell would break loose post-surgery. Chelsea remembers how she woke up in her hospital bed and couldn't feel my legs, it was like nothing was there - and soon she was paralysed from her neck down. She was diagnosed with Functional Neurological Disorder (FND) - a life-changing condition that affects how the brain sends messages to the rest of the body. Chelsea underwent months of grueling rehabilitation and gradually regained mobility, but with some lasting symptoms. She continues to experience seizures, fatigue, chronic pain and her left wrist is affected by functional dystonia, leaving her with the use of only her finger and thumb on that hand. And when Chelsea took to TikTok to post about her situation and quickly gained a
Date: 2023-09-12

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So recognisable. Although my bullies also used to hit and stomp me, it-s the verbal abuse and the constant fear of being targeted that can break you. I was bullied from age 7 until age 17. It was terrible and I didn-t want to go to school. I wasn-t a bad student, in contrary I was better than most of the kids in my class. Something that also seemed to trigger the bullying. Now I am an adult in my fifties and I still remember everything. For me it was probably my low self esteem, a lot of self hate and not fitting in the herd (because of a bad home situation)that triggered the abuse. Sadly my daughter was also bullied for a while. I told her to be no victim and to fight back (I never had the courage to tell my parents about the bullying. This is exactly what she did. In the girls bathroom she cornered the -leader- of the bullies, grabbed her by the throat and said that from now on the pestering would stop or she would be worse off next time. Well, I do not condone violence but if you are treated violently, sitting down for a nice chat doesn-t work. After the -toilet incident- no one ever bullied my daughter again. I-m so proud of her. It-s because I believed her and supported her that she had the courage to fight back, she told me later. I did go to the school to talk to the teacher in charge because I deemed it necessary for the school to know what happened. There was a talk with both girls and they never bothered each other again.
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I was bullied from kindergarten to college, I know it's hard to believe, but that happened to me. In the second grade of secondary school I was a victim of bullying and cyberbullying, they threatened me (with d34th, in fact I heard that a classmate told another that she wanted to throw a stone at my head, a classmate wanted to give my name so that she could file a report for me, (the one who wants to throw a stone) wrote my name and the nickname they called me on a wall, they tore up part of two of my works, and when my parents changed me from morning to afternoon shift, one of the bullies told some classmates to continue bullying me.
Another thing that happened, but they were kids from another class, who were also from the morning shift, is that there was a blind classmate and he brought his typewriter, they hid it from him and nobody did anything. Nobody helped us.

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I would have pressed charges and file a lawsuit. It's ridiculous how people gotta attack others. I always defended myself, but once a guy who was my so called friend tried putting his hands on me. i told him to stop grabbing my arms, and during our little argument, when i moved. I accidentally kicked him. I apologized for kicking his knee but he didn't respond. Instead he punched me in the throat. We were neighbors, so my mom knew everything and she ended up pressing charges and the cop she went to, she knew. He would check up on him and his family every week to make sure he's not doing anything, teachers also found his -hit list- and at one of the festival's that we have in town. He came up to me mad cuz he couldn't catch a break because of the police checking in, well anyways the family ended up moving and he hasn't been in this state for years that i know of.
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Chelsea is a very strong young woman, the only reason they bullied her in my eyes is because she is beautiful and shy! Jealousy is a very cruel thing, I remember when is was in school a 35 yrs ago there was a shy girl and her parents didn-t have much money so she would have hand me downs from sisters she was bullied so badly it was heart breaking me and my friend asked if she could come round to one of her houses, her parents weren-t sure about so we went her house armed with a load of our clothes we didn-t really want, make up and we styled her hair she looked the business p, we kept her close and she was never picked on again she was beautiful inside and out -
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I-m sure that you know who these criminals are - contact the best lawyer money can buy, and sue them, the schools involved, the teachers, the principal, the school board, sue those involved and their families - you can't let this go without getting your pound of flesh: this is unconscionable - it's NOT right - surely some lawyer or lawyers will step in and correct this. IF this is a true event, then these criminals will do it again to another person, it's time to let these fools spend time in JAIL and let everyone who allowed it to happen PAY! Deepest pockets - sue everyone.
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I do not understand why parents did not do anything. send her to different school and go to the police. I remember my Dad protected me very much to the point that when someone accidentally hit me and I started crying the entire street went empty. her parents did a very bad job protecting her. and the community had to help as well. teachers, the police for God sake. doctors had to notify the police. how come no one did anything to punish those school criminals?
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Your friend Katie is absolutely sweet and adorable. I know it was a complete accident, and she didn't intend for you to get hurt. You two where doing what friends do and play fighting. I want to know why your school didn't do more to protect you from being punched in the face. They didn't just decide im going to punch her in the face they were probably taunting you for weeks prior to that. You are incredibly brave and strong. Thank you for sharing your story.
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Beautiful friendship between Chelsea and Katie. Her injuries and the FND were caused by the bullies hurting her and the friend incident was just an accident unfortunately as a repercussion of the physical bullying. Absolutely not her friends fault though completely normal to feel guilt though she's learning with time it was an accident. I'm glad they are so close and can continue supporting each other and have each other.
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She didn't have to go through all of that. I wish the kids who bullied her suffered consequences for their actions, and if she's lucky they might even have a trauma about it.
Btw does her friend have a type of dwarfism? Because her height and voice make me think she might have it. Just curious, no hate. I love that they've got a friendship that's lasted this long despite the incident they went through.

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At least Katie was apologetic for something that was the bully-s fault. It wasn-t really explained how exactly she became paralyzed but it sounds like it had more to do with constant head trauma from the fights than the jaw surgery. I was going to say her bully-s should be charged and jailed. It-s clear their parents failed.
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I would not let people physically harm me. Anyone who would I'd be like get away I think people knew dont physically harm me or you'll pay but they would still talk or not let me get in my locker or send me awfull emails. And I'd talk back to them in awfull ways cause it was defense agianst them and you get what you give!
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This girl is a true inspiration, to go through all that she has endured and be as strong & determined as she is, that's amazing character & fortitude.
Kids that bully at school or elsewhere and/or cause physical injury just don't see the long term hurt & emotional stress their victims will go through as a result.

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Bless her. Her friend is not to blame. The boys who originally did this deserve to never see the light of day again. Anybody who doesn't the harmed this woman on purpose should never see the light of day. I also was bullied and beat up my groups of boys. As a survivor of bullies myself my heart goes out to this girl.
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Those people sound like they have some extreme anger problems. Breaking someone-s jaw with your fist alone is crazy. If you feel compelled to do this, maybe get yourself a pair of boxing gloves and a punching bag or one of those dudes with no arms or legs instead of hurting real people.
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I DK, why they put people who went through horrific accidents into born different- Did the bullies break into your mom-s womb before you were born in paralyze you? Yeah, I don-t think so. Y-all might want to make a different segment for people who went through accidents.
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I really hope those bullies at least got sued, if not put into prison for the horrific crimes. I-ve always wondered what evil force makes people want to attack innocent people. Some sort of mental illness or something? Because that-s not normal
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It's HORIBLE what is happening in the world in this days, some people are not human anymore. they just hurt with no mercy. but God is the one who pay back allways. even if many don't believe that.
May the Lord bless you both dear once!

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bullying is traumatising. i'm 26 and i'm still traumatised from all the bullying i was subjected to.
of course, i wasn't bullied to this extend. but this is a story i believe more minors should watch and learn from.

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To those who wonder why I-m not fully positive all the time, this sort of stuff happens in this world. Need I explain more? Bullying is a terrible thing and we should work to teach our kids not to bully.
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Please tell me who did this to you beautiful girl?
I will make sure they don't see the light of the day.
Please tell me there names/details.
I will destroy them.

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I love the life stories but they need a new title because yet again this isn't a Born Different story. This girl is amazing for dealing with all the life changes.
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Cheksea, I am sending you massive hugs. You are a beautiful young soul. And your worth so much xxxxxxxx Bullies are just insecure cowards xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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Imagine katy did this on purpose tho, imagine havong to face what you did every time yousee the person, and eben more guilty because she was a nice person
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People bullied and tortured u because they were jealous of you. Its sickening!
U must be an awesome person for them to do that to you, its super wrong.

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What the hell is wrong with people? This was assault, why haven't anyone been brought to justice? This young woman is so strong, what a beautiful soul!
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The only thing more beautiful than your outside is your inside. What a positive attitude; the joke is on the bullies. Nothing is dulling your shine. -
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I used to get verbally bullied at school. Never been physically bullied. Cant imagine this omg its so sad --wishing you the best for the future -
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Her friend seems like a sweet girl and so does she. I'm glad she forgave her friend I would also. I wish both the best in life for the both of them.
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I couldn't do that to another girl - cause I went through like bad physical bullying from people that's why I would love to have my protector.
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How wicked of these evil bullies to attack you for no reason, I hope Karma visits them very soon. Beautiful ladies, love you both -------
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