Real Teens Speak Out

WHY ME?

So my name is K, and I’m 14 years old and i’m in 9th grade. When I was in 4th grade I was a weird kid (Still am) and I had trouble speaing. What I mean is that I stutter sometimes (EX: I-I-I-I Like D-D-D-D Ogs), and hard for me to say R’s, W’s, etc. So this kid, Lets call him A, I was talking to my friend D, and he overeard are conersation, I said “I-I-I-I-I…….” and then he said “I-I-I-I-I can’t speak” something like that.) and I cried most of p.e since it happend then and my P.E. Coach didn’t even care when I told him I was bullied. So that hurt a lot and now I don’t stutter at all basically now. I just can’t say some stuff correct like my last name they think i say totally different, etc.

Loud Girl

Hi. My name is M, I am 14 years old and a sophomore. I am young for my grade and everyone knows it. I moved to a new school right before high school started. I thought it would be great because these people wouldn’t hate me like the old ones. I could start out new. I could be new. But it’s hard to change old habits. I am known for being super loud and happy all the time. People didn’t like that and they started bullying me for it. In high school I had started dating this guy and he was on color guard. Everyone made fun of me for dating him. But when I broke up with him for a good reason. (He said he’d kill himself if I didn’t stay with him forever) Everyone started to hate me. Color guard girls wouldn’t talk to me, at all. They even looked at me like I had killed someone they loved and was released from jail. I was mad that everyone thought I was the bad guy and that everyone believed that he was the one to feel bad for. I lost one of my friends because of him and even after I got that friendship back 1 year later, it still wasn’t the same. I really wanted to be new and not have people hate me. But where ever I go guys look at me and think, “She might be cute but she’s annoying and loud.” And girls look at me and think, “She’s so freaking annoying.” The year before I moved I had gotten people in my grade to sign my yearbook and when I saw it by the time it got back into my hands people had wrote, “Kill yourself.” “Die B—-.” “N——” The last comment, I hadn’t understood why they called me that, but they wrote all these words in big letters on my yearbook. I really hoped that it would change last year, but my 9th grade year was the same, if not worse. People wouldn’t talk to me because I was loud, different and spoke my opinion on things I thought were right. I was even reported for depression when I was going through a rough time, which didn’t help at all. My family was suddenly worried that I would cut myself, that I thought suicidal thoughts. I didn’t though. I just wanted a friend. But no one looked long enough at me to see who I really am. They just heard my voice and ran.

My bullying story

It all started when i waz in 3rd grade i waz getting bullied everyday at school i didn’t know what to do so i ask one of me friends she said “you need to go tell a adult or stand up don’t back down they wont u to show how you feel and for you to back down” so i did what she said and it didn’t work i told the office my mom called the school they didn’t do nothing and this day i am 13 turning 14 on December 18th they still bully me and i am in 7th grade and the other day i got hit over and over with a really hard soccer ball by one of my bullies getting bullied sucks just letting you know and dont kill yourself just because you are getting bullied that is the wrong option don’t listen to bullies listen to your family or friends not the bullies.

Aspergers Syndrome bullying .

I grew up with Aspergers Syndrome . The high functioning end of the autistic spectrum . In high school I was always smart and good with academics but very lonely and isolated . I felt separated from the society at large . I was bullied almost every day in Middle school and high school . I was called a loser and a nerd . Kids would throw pencils at me and kick me under the table . There was even bullying that went all the way back to elementary school . I reamiber clearly where a few classmates said that I was so weird they wished I was dead . I have somewhat moved on from this . I have a successful part time job as well as being a successful collage student with a high gpa and many friends but lately the bullying I experienced in my early years has started to bother me .

IM NOT GOOD ENOUGH

im not good enough.

continuous bullying

My name is K, i’m 16 and have been bullied since i was 8. i first got bullied because of my severe overbite, now it’s because of the way i look.

Last year, sophomore year i favored a gothic, all black appearance. I wore Dark purple lipstick, had blunt cut bangs and dark clothing. I received soooo much attention, more then i ever had in previous years over it. Every period people in my class would just laugh at me. Boys would say i looked like a witch…. it got so bad someone even messaged my little sister on social media about me. That time i had enough confidence to tell him off.
Eventually i just stopped dressing the way i wanted at the time because i couldn’t handle what came with it, i thought it was stop but i was really wrong.
Later that year, this girl a year below me started on me. She and her posse would point at me and call me ugly all the time. She got guys that were her friends to look at me, asked them if they found me attractive. Obviously they didn’t. She would continue to do the same stuff over the years, she would countlessly call me ugly. more of her friends would call me ugly. i dont know how it started considering i didn’t know them. they knew my name and everything.
Fast forward to later that year, a girl above me who’s actually my cousin turned on me. Its always the same stuff with them. Laughing at me with their friends, criticizing and analyzing me, getting guys who also thought i was unattractive to bother me… it just never ends.
I recently attended my county fair to see my friends i haven’t seen all summer, i shouldnt’ve. Because the same people that bullied me in school where there, saying i looked like a hot mess, staring me down and gossiping. I seriously can’t even enjoy myself with these people .
It’s now only three weeks into my junior year of high school and you would think these people grow out of it but they didn’t. The teasing and bullying has somehow gotten worse. Now its a few freshmen who i assume know these girls bullying me are doing it too. I had to change my whole schedule because of it, and even tjat doesn’t do much anymore because they would see me in the halls, glare me down and say “ewww”. I had a meeting with my principal recently over it, and my therapist is now on site at my school to handle my anxiety attacks. Even guys bully me too. I hate the way i look, these people have made me believe im the ugliest girl ever. I just reported their names and i’m hoping itll do something..,,,,

It gets better

I’m 16 years old and I’ve been bullied since I was about 11 years old I’ve been called every single name in the book and even been told by others to take my own life , why am I sharing this ? Because I just wanted to put on here that things only get better life goes on regardless of what happens in life and people mature such as myself I use my bullying experience as a form to help others and I just wanted to say I know what it feels like to be and come from nothing , from being told by teachers that I would be a drop out to an honor roll student I believe that people have no negative say in you whether it’s your about your clothes, your race , your gender , your sexual orientation, or your personality never let anyone belittle who you are and the potential you have

Bullies ruined my life..😟

Hello I’m a 17 year old girl here. My name is K. I’ve been bullied throughout my life. It hurts. It started in elementary. It wasn’t bad. One boy didn’t like me,one girl kept sticking out her tongue at me and one girl sometimes gives me mean looks. In middle school, people called me weird,ugly and ratchet. These 2 boys were laughing at me in the bus. I got mad and couldn’t stand getting bullied and I callled him ugly. He laughed and pointed at me because i was wearing glasses. But I didn’t really mean it! Only did it to stand up for myself. In high school, it was really bad. One boy pushed me in lunch, people were saying threats,calling me names,etc. In Ap art class, these girls were bullying me. One called me the b word and the f word. One girl stole one of my artwork. They’re pretending I stole it. The girl was fake whining. It made me feel worst and I did cry. These girls in lunch were bullying me too, they said hurtful things. One girl wanted to fight me. One other girl said I have dodo hair. It was insulting. One boy threatened to murder me in lunch. I suffered from OCD,anxiety and depression. I also had suicidal thoughts. I’m still a little now. I did cry in the school bathroom. If you’re getting bullied, seek for help. Ask someone you really trust. And you can get through it! Stay strong! Don’t bully back. It will make it worse. I’m nervous might get bullied in college. I know i am.

I’m just a quiet girl

I had suffered from bullying when I was in elementary for being introverted; my classmates disrespect me, made fun of me, and called me names. Remembering my days of elementary school gave me horrible memories. In the beginning, they made me feel anxious and nervous. I was afraid of asking help from adults because I knew that it doesn’t stop the bullies from hurting me. I decided to ignore people who wanted to rouse a reaction out of me. They judge me for wearing my older sister’s old clothes and not spending money on unnecessary things. Despite the circumstances, I still managed to smile at my classmates who bullied me back in elementary. Being bullied, taught me to choose friends who like or love me for who I truly am, not by the mask I put on to just fit in with the group or by my social class. I learned that we don’t need to take vengeance on the bullies because payback is only for the unsophisticated and it doesn’t lead to a resolution. Everyone deserves to be respected, regardless of sex, race, social class, and physical appearance. No matter how good you are, people will always criticize you; learn how to distinguish between positive criticism and negative criticism. If you don’t feel comfortable depending on your parents, you can ask for guidance from your parents or teacher instead. You are awesome and extraordinary, that’s why bullies are jealous of you. 🙂

d e a d .

I don’t even know if my email will be shown or not but whatever. It’s a Tuesday night, I have a lot to do and I just suddenly got into this mood wherein I feel like the world hates me. I haven’t been bullied but I felt like I was because students at my school see me as a weirdo. Like… I just don’t have a pretty face that people want to look at… I just don’t have a dream body to show off with wonderful clothes and all that but I’m just like everyone else but I don’t think they see it that way. I suddenly don’t have he rights to be what I want to be— to express what I want to say and to do what I want to do because I am not pretty. Yesterday was the worst I felt because on a dance practice, we were asked to have a slight body contact… not even “body”… like… hands… we were— asked to hold hands— everybody was asked to hold hands. I mean if I were to ask myself I’m not unhygienic but their reaction as to holding my hands were as if I was a piece of rotten garbage which resulted to me feeling like it… was I really that gross and ugly? Sometimes I think to myself, are my “friends” just here because they pity me? Because if I didn’t have them I would have no one? Whenever I tell them things they don’t seem interested but they act like they do. I hate it. I hate life. Family problems on the other hand are worse but Imma let them pass because I could deal with them myself. Just the thought of people being grossed out by me is what made my already 0 confidence level go from that to the negatives, thanks people from my expensive unprofessional school with horrible students and teachers who lack both discipline and good attitude!