Just Another Sappy Story of Life-Changing Ponies

[Pulcinella 1,016]

I became a brony in fifth grade. Fifth grade was the worst of my life, mind you. My middle school goes from fifth to eighth, so I went strait from being in forth, top of the school, oldest around, to dropping strait down the totem pole. I was now a tiny little kid surrounded by giants, they seemed. My sister was in a completely different house (it was kinda like Griffindor, Slytherin, Hufflepuff, and Ravenclaw), so I barely ever saw her during school hours. Teachers were mean, kids even meaner. Some of the forth graders from elementary school had the same house as me, and wouldn't let me hear the end of it. See, I had always been lightly teased in elementary, about small things at first, things like my speech impediment and anger issues. I had many friends at that time, though, so I could deal with it. But now it seemed that a new school meant people became more brutal with things like teasing, and to make it worse, most of my friends were now in different houses, and the ones that weren't ditched me to avoid being teased themselves. I was alone. Nobody was nice, it seemed, and the ones that didn't tease me came across as too shy to be good friend material. To make it worse, nobody was crush material either. Every year of my school life I had a different crush, even kindergarten. I guess you could say I was a lover girl. But, with nobody to love, I didn't know how I could continue with my school life. It was always my crush that kept me going, even in the worst of times, but this was too much. No crush, no friends, paired with anger issues and demon spawns for classmates? It was a recipe for disaster. Not to mention I already despised school. I was actually thinking about maybe quitting school or escaping to somewhere where I could be alone. Then came my very good friend, @Thundershock. She was definitely the shy type I was talking about. In fact, when I first saw her, she was sitting alone with her back against a tree. By then it was about a month into the school year, and I would do anything for a friend to talk to, even if only at recess. So, I went over to her and asked her if she wanted to play. She shyly nodded, and within a few days, we were friends. But that didn't mean things were suddenly hunky dory, kids still teased me, classes still sucked, and some days I couldn't handle it. I would run into the hallway crying, only to have it be the next thing kids teased me about. It was a living hell. That's when MLP comes into the mix. I had seen these colorful equines around the Internet, and like most bronies, I absolutely despised them at first. All I know is that they were some adaption of that stupid show I watched when I was three, and it completely eluded me as to why grown men liked something so stupid when an eleven year old girl would gladly take a shit in the face of whoever was responsible. That is, until, during a very fortunate game of Truth or Dare, my cousin dared me to watch the entire two-parter. I did so, to avoid being called a chicken, and, well, it captivated me. Somehow I felt as though I had found the thing my life was missing. Some light needed to be shed on me, and it seemed candy-colored ponies were the sun. That is, until my classmates from the black lagoon heard about it. The teasing level was, well,

It was nice while it lasted. I should have known the thing that actually made my life bearable just made it worse. I I don't give up watching it, though. The damage had already been done, nothing worse could happen now. What would be the point in giving it up? So, I watched it more, and soon I came across Season 2, Episode 18, A Friend Indeed. It started off to me as a normal Pinkie Pie episode, then came the world famous anti-depressant, Smile Smile Smile. I couldn't resist it. This show had been my light. It had changed my life definatly for the better. I joined this forum after thinking about it for a while. My Little Pony was the one thing that kept me going. And, for that, I can't thank Lauren Faust or all of the brony community enough. Without any of you, my life might have truly been a wreck. Thank you all so much. I'm actually crying as I type this. Thank you. Thank you. ;-;

[Rough Pathway 157]

I actually have a similar story. My middle school went from 6th to 8th. When I was in elementry school I had friends and all, and then everything changed when I entered the sixth grade. My friends went to different middle schools, and I was on my own. The teachers were crazy (I'm not even kidding, one of my teachers would send you to the principals office just for raising your hand) and the other students would get into fights all the time. I was never bullied since I was always nice to everyone (I let people take advantage of me all the time) but I still hated it there. I survived and after that I homeschooled. In seventh grade I was depressed because of that and I was getting cyberbullied. Now in eighth grade this show comes along, changes my perspective on alot of things and is helping me overcome my fears. I've heard people say a show can't change your life but that isn't true. I was actually having a bad night last night and I listened to Smile Smile Smile and that cheered me up. Anywayyy, I'm glad to hear that this show has changed your life for the better. Its an amazing show.

[DITR 180]

I've been a brony for almost a year and I have had no change whatsoever in my mood. In fact, after I finished seasons 1 and 2, I entered a severe depression which I am still dealing with to this day.

[Commissar Alexer 763]

Those are really sad stories.

They are many bastards in the world but also many good people too. Schoolf life was for many people the hell on earth but that's how life works.

 

I just you hope you guys don't hate now humans or are losing faith in humanity because of the things you experienced. There are genuine good people, it just takes time to find them but it's definitely worth.

[Planty 1,053]

Wow,

 

Yeah middle school totally suck massively, and it's almost a cause of bully or be bullied. Everyone get's teased so much for nothing really it's unreal :/!

 

I'm glad you found MLP though ! Your great to have on the forum! For me MLP was one of the only things that made me smile , and it came at the right moment to help me thought a touch period of my life .

 

After middle school everyone stops caring and it becomes a lot nicer !

[NocturnalRainbow 248]

Boy does the transition from Elementary to Middle School suck... I know for a fact my 6th grade year was the worst of my life. I hated everything.... I had a few "friends" (if you could even call them that) and I got made fun of a lot. Well it continued into seventh grade but then I got a lucky break. I made a really good friend, then made some more friends, and suddenly in just a few months I had a lot of good friends. That flipped my life up on it's head and so far life has been great since then. MLP didn't really come into the mix until 8th grade, I was already happy enough by then XD

[Scootalove 10,689]

Those stories are really sad. Ever since middle school, my life was a complete wreck with depression on the side since it was the worst three years of my life. But now, that ponies came into my life my mood started to change when high school came around.