Stop the Bullying!

Heyyyy!

Okay, so I'm really sorry I've kinda, you know, fallen off the face of the Earth. Life has been pretty crazy lately and I just haven't had any time to blog! Hopefully I will be back on top of things within a few days, but today I wanted to talk about bullying...

Here are some experiences I've recently been through:

I've been thinking about bullying a lot lately. A boy who I've know for a while was really good friends with this girl, who was only 13. She was being bullied, being told she was fat and had no friends. It got to the point where she just didn't know what to do with herself. She had stopped going to church, reading the Bible, etc. and she just didn't know what to do, so she took her own life. It's sad because I know she was a beautiful girl and I know she truly had a lot of people who loved and cared about her.

Last Thursday, a girl in my study hall was being "harrassed." She has special needs, but is one of the sweetest people I have ever met. There was a balloon in the classroom and she started playing with it. She started tossing it to this guy. He didn't seem to mind, but some other people did. I saw people walking by, staring at them, and heard some of them say in a whisper, "look at that girl! What the hell is she doing?" I said, "look. It doesn't matter what she's doing. You shouldn't be talking about her." And guess what happened? I got laughed at. In the face.

Have you ever been bullied? If so, it hurts. So many people have taken their own lives because of a comment someone made to them or about them. You know that saying "sticks and stones may break my bones but words will never hurt me?" Well, in my personal opinion, I think that's wrong. Words do hurt.

One of my good friends has started an anti-bullying movement, and I think that it has really influenced people to stand up for others and to also speak up.

A question was asked "What have people said about you that have been hurtful?" They're were so many comments, it's sad. It even made me cry when reading all of those hurtful words and even I posted some things that have been said to me. Some of them were: "you're so ugly," "why are you even here," "no one cares," "go away," "no one truly likes you," "fatty," "stupid," "kill yourself," "I just really wish you'd stop breathing," "you're such a loser," "faggot," ect. Some of the things that have been said to/about me: "slut," "stupid," "ugly," "whore," "bitch," "fake," "you have no friends," "why are you even here," "no one cares," "no one likes you," "you're not pretty," "fatass," "depressing," "attention whore," "loner," "you're going to hell," "just leave no one wants you here," "you'll never fit in," "get a life," "you need help," "you suck," "you're worthless..." etc.

These things can be so tough to handle, which explains why people are so down on themselves. I think that everyone should stand out and speak up when you see this happening, or if it even happens to you. I know it can be really heard to stand up for someone/yourself, and people might make fun of you for that, but know that it's okay. Eventually, they'll stop, but you have to do something about it in order for them to stop.

People are so mean, and they're only doing it because they have no self-esteem, so they have to go around and make people feel like crap so that they can feel better about themselves.

Stand up and speak out, and know that one day, everything will be okay...  <3