This is whole thing (situation and responses) is a good example of context, impact and overall awareness. If you heard about this in a small bite (like Twitter), all you see is "bullied person gets revenge" and it's easy (depending on how cynical you are) to brush it off as "someone being petty" or "disproportionate retribution". Being able to read more of the details? Not petty. There are serious factors at play, including the fact that this isn't "bully lite" - this is full on causes-people-to-commit-suicide bullying. 10 years? A DECADE of severe bullying. In that DECADE sounds like they just got worse. And their chosen degrees are in fields that serve up vulnerable people to them? ARE YOU KIDDING? Add to that - the bullying is RECENT. This isn't some 10 year olds pulled her hair, and now everyone's 25... only 3 years passed since the incident(s)... meaning that WHILE they were getting that degree, they were FRESH off the bully train - if they ever stopped.

If you feel strongly that this was an overreaction, then you were/are a bully and you know it. Bullies do not change. They do not grow and overcome, they just become better at not being noticed by the general public. They become abusive parents, tyrannical bosses, hateful friends, and felons. They are the friends and family members people refer to as "toxic." They feed their insecurities and jealousy with anger, violence, and hate and often they put themselves in professions where they are in charge of the weak and vulnerable because it's an endless supply of victims to feed on. Children who act as bullies NEVER grow up to be good, decent human beings. They may fool a good number of people but look just a little bit below the surface and you'll see the carnage in their wake. I applaud any scorched earth policy when it comes to bullies. They brought it 100% on themselves and deserve to live, fester, and suffer the muck of their own making

I also suffer from depression since I was bullied at school. Years of therapy and antidepressants can't cure what this classmate did to me. I am glad this woman got back at her former classmate

Good for the OP and f**k them ! S****y people need to learn consequences.

Good! F*ck them. Of course people grow up and change but that doesn’t excuse what they did. If you bully other people you are an a*****e. Period. They are not allowed to just go on with their lives just like that. Life doesn’t work like that. They have to make things right first. I know this sounds bitter but I absolutely do not care.

Good for OP. There's a serious problem of abusive people in the nursing profession, and if this post is helping to prevent some of that, then hurrah. Article on bullying and hazing in the nursing profession: https://www.marieclaire.com/culture/news/a14211/mean-girls-of-the-er/

As someone who was horribly bullied at home and at school, I am on the fence. It is hard to forgive people who knowingly damage you. However, two wrongs don't make a right. A lot of people have to answer for not helping you. If it was so well-documented, why wasn't anything done? My biggest issue here is how these women got into their fields without anyone looking at their past. OP has a right to call them out, but why did it take so long for someone to find out about their behaviors? I also dislike the idea that a social media post can exclude you from a job. I am glad OP feels better, but when does the cycle stop?

I am glad OP put up the post. This is great. Bullies getting the revenge they deserve. Well played OP. Well played. PS: I hope you can mend the wounds from a decade of bullying, that is horrible.

Schools are aware these b*tches were making someone miserable and they did nothing - how utterly criminal. Perhaps schools and parents getting sued would put a stop to this kind of harrassment.

I am 52 now and still have a lot of mental health issues from being bullied for years at school.

I think that one comment about them not deserving that was made by one of the bullies, lol. I hope this actually does wreck their careers before they even start.

The comment about the therapist talking her patient at the family dinner triggered a memory of something I wish I reported many years ago. It was 2007, I was at a popular bar and this sloppy drunk girl was in the bathroom and talking about someone telling EVERYONE she could. She was talking about a girl I heard of but didn't know, very beautiful and made many jealous and slept and was a model at the race track. That's all I knew of her and her name. A lot of people knew her name. This other woman (drunk slovenly mess) worked at my OBGYN office reception. She had access to all the files and told every one who would listen that this girl had been treated for 2 STDs and has herpes. I was so disturbed I wish I got her fired. I changed OBGYN offices but this article comments reminded me of the incident. People who breach confidentiality laws need to be brought up on criminal charges

I had a school bully for 6 years - from 7th to 12th grade. He was relentless and made me feel awful on a daily basis. It wasn't just me either, he had many victims. A few years later when we were both in college I ran in to him during the summer while I was home working. He apologized, saying he regretted the things he had done to me in school. While I appreciated the thought, I never really forgave him. I didn't owe him that. All it would have done was make him feel better about his behavior - I'm still the one who suffered the abuse. I never would have done anything to affect his livelihood, but I honestly wasn't sad to hear that as an adult he was estranged from his family due to a drinking problem. I'm not sure I believe in karma, but......

im gonna say it. i have an anxeity disorder and its so bad i need to b on disability bc i cant do anything or go anywhere without my husband, family member or close friend. i havent made a new friend on my own since 2012 (not including my husband i happened to use the hotel parking lot where he worked for jogging laps so there was repeat encounters). i wouldve lived a fairly normal life if something didnt make my already bad anxeity disorder spiral out of control. that something was bullies. i graduated high school in 2008. i started getting bullied in middle school but it got worse my freshman year of high school. i got the nickname floppy fish bc i had a seizure while at school. high schoolers r smart enough to kno a seizure is dangerous yet my bullies who were picking on me to begin with not only witnessed the whole thing and did nothing but they were the cause. my panic attacks can get so bad they trigger my epilepsy. i was being bullied the were crowding around me cornering me which made me have a panic attack and they thought it was hilarious so they kept going. next thing i kno im lying on the ground barely able to move with drool coming out of my mouth and they r laughing hysterically. the next thing i heard was a teacher screaming at another student to call 911 and the teacher yelling at my laughing bullies. they didnt stop either. it wasnt until the cops who came with the emts told them that i couldve died. thats wen they stopped laughing. that didnt stop them tho the moment i was back in school its like the cops words went in one ear and out the other. they called me floppy fish and other names referencing the seizure. my dad told me to hold out until graduation. during senior year they all turned 18 before me during that time they caused 4 more seizures. all my dad said was "now we do something". my dad called the cops to press charges against each of the bullies responsible. they were arrested not only bc of the fact they were now adults but they endangered the life of a minor. all of them had a repeat senior year, they had a criminal record and their parents sided with me and my parents. all 6 of them cant get their dream jobs due to their record. bully number 7 stopped after the first seizure and y is that? they wanted to b a cop and they knew i could ruin it for them bc of the situation. after high school number 7 apologized to me. i accepted their apology cuz they did stop bullying me completely. she even said her reason was bc i have a medical issue. even if it was for the sake of her future she did aknowledge the bullying was bad for my health and life in general. i respected that. i never got an apology from 1 through 6. i mean they were arrested before winter break even started and werent allowed back until next year to repeat senior year. the 2nd half of my senior year was a calm one. alot of ppl came out telling me they wanted to help me, they wanted to stop them etc but they were all scared of them too. to this day im still friends with the others who were bullied and wanted to help me. im also friends with bully number 7 she is the friend i made 2012. she contacted me to tell me she decided to become an emt instead of a cop. but bullies 1 thru 6 r the reason my anxeity spiraled out of control making it impossible for me to live a normal life. the trauma of wat they did and the fact the teachers couldnt protect me no matter how many times my parents begged is still with me. my dad definitely took the revenge he did bc he had had enough and yes it was extreme but it was also the reality of the situation. i wasnt 18 yet and they were. 3 of the 4 seizures went unnoticed. the 4th seizure ended up happening just as school ended and all sports ppl were walking to the locker rooms. a whole bunch of students and teacher saw it. i dont feel bad at all bc their bullying could have actually resulted in that one seizure that ended my life. thankfully i knew ways to prevent that due to previous seizure hospital trips. the thing is.....wat if i didnt? theyd b given charges much worse then endangerment if the worst case scenario happened. especially since multiple students and a teacher remembered wat the cops told them wen they caused the first seizure. they knew wat could happen but kept bullying me anyways.

I have never read something more satisfying in my life.

The whole premise of this post frightens me. This woman might have been the victim of vile bullies but if social media posts from one person can screw up an entire career, it's very easy to imagine this getting misused. All it takes is one crazy person who you looked at the wrong way once.

she did the right thing. She is saving animals, vulnerable people, and those grieving the losses of animals.

maybe if their degrees were in something else, where they wouldn't have people or animals at their mercy, then i would say OP is an AH. but because they are looking for careers where they could potentially abuse others without notice, i think OP was in the right to post their past actions. who else would tell potential employers that they've committed serious abuses and assault against someone? do you want your pet or family member "cared for" by someone who did these kinds of things just 3 years ago?

I am probably in the minority, but I was bullied as young kid. Punched randomly, thrown in a trash can. Backpack thrown over walls. Called names and talked c**p about. Beaten up. Chased. Etc. Anyway you get the idea. Anyway. I don’t wish anything bad for those people. They were dumb kids and I made it easy for them, I never fought back. I was the new kid. It got better and I stopped putting up with it and making friends, getting involved at school. After high school none of it mattered I became who I wanted to be. Started fresh and moved on. Kids are dumb but most adults are pretty cool, nice and caring. I’m not afraid, I’m not angry about it, I just don’t care. It was so long ago ago and I’m a different person and I know they are too. I’ve met many of them later in life and some have turned out pretty well.