For the past three years, Chase says one boy in particular has targeted him. Dr. Lipkins asks Chase how he feels when the bully calls him a fag—the term Chase says bothers him the most. "Sometimes I just want to hit myself and ask myself: 'Why me? Is it my fault?'" he says. "I just think it's me because they know I will get mad and they know how to get to me."
Dr. Lipkins says Chase is right. "The bully can smell the perfect victim," she says. "What I mean by that is they know which kid is really going to get upset and how to upset them, and it sounds like this guy knows how to do it."
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