'Friends'

[blueboy121]

Ok basicly I'm 15 and for the last few months I've been haunted by a nickname that I despise with a passion. One of my best friends thought of it one night and it could have died that night but others kept it alive. Since then I've been refered to it by everyone I know (at school btw) and it makes me want to snap just hearing it. I've begged with my friends to stop, I've shouted at them and even stopped talking to them. There is one in particular who I just started to despise weeks ago. Just the sight of him makes me want to hit him.

It's still going on now and it's got to the point where I just can't stand the sight of these people. Occasionally they ask 'What's wrong with it?' and they know I hate it but keep going on. Every week or so when I get so pissed with them it's all 'Oh, I love you really.' but if they did love me they'd stfu.
I'm very, very close to dumping them but I don't know what to do because I won't have any mates then.

I have important tests coming up in school, which start tomorrow and the last thing I need on my mind is this.
Can you answer am I depressed and what advice can you give me. I'm desperate at this point, Please help me.

[j17c27]

I agree 10000% with bradian.  Ignore it completely.  Dont act angry, sad, or happy.  Just be like stone faced. It is really hard to do this in the begining...but it gets your point across more than anything.  Good luck!

[nlr_tiff]

I'm sorry this is happening to you. That happened to people I knew in high school too.

This may sound lame, but I swear it works! Ignore the F outta them. For like a month. It's going to suck for both you and your friends. But they will stop when they realize that the name creates no reaction out of you anymore and then it's not amusing for them anymore, and they will drop it.

Hugs-Bradian

[LilDarlin09]

Are they calling you it just to make you angry? I think that sometimes people will just keep going and going with something if they think it's funny, and it becomes even better for them if you get mad and start acting out because of it. It's really rude, and if I were you I would be freaking out, too :( I think what you should do is talk to each friend seperately, and tell them each that they need to stop or you won't talk to them anymore. If they keep going, then just stop. A close friend would have stopped the instant you asked them to.