Real Teens Speak Out

Turned

I was best friends with this girl. Then one day she just stopped being friends with me. She kicked me out of her birthday party and thats when the bullying started. At first it was just spreading rumors and nothing I couldn’t handle. One night, a bunch of people texted me asking if i had seen her livesteam. To 30+ people she wrote “F*** Caitie” on a sign and 5 people signed it. Then, she told me to kill myself in front of all of those people and they all laughed. She would post the sign on her social media and everyone would laugh. She would tell everyone to hate me so they did. They all would make fun of me to my face and call me ugly and stupid over and over again. We were on the same cheer team and they told her to stop but she wouldn’t. By this point I was totally alone. I went from 50 friends to 4. She would call me fat, ugly, annoying, a bi***. Her friend and this guy all hated me and would talk about me all the time. I have never felt more alone. I would skip classes that she was in and sit in the bathroom. This should never happen to anyone. If only 1 of those 50 would have stood up for me.

I was really badly bullied in 9th grade. I was made fun by a group of  ‘popular’ girls. At first, I didn’t think it was a big deal the first few times they said things to me… but it never stopped. Before I knew it, most of the popular people in my Grade were making fun of me. I had friends, but I felt that everyone else hated me, I was inferior compared to everyone else and was completely worthless. I thought things would sort themselves out, but it didn’t get better until 10th Grade when people started to get bored and i went all that time without telling my parents or a teacher. I used to skip class to avoid the bullying and got behind in my studies so needed extra tuition. It really damaged me as a person and it left me with social anxiety which still affects me today. Thing’s have been a lot better since leaving school, but because of the bullying, I tend to ‘label’ people and get really anxious around certain types of girls in fear they’re thinking negatively of me and I still feel inferior and unattractive compared to them. I find it hard to trust people and think the world is out to get me. Looking at it today, I think to myself that I didn’t deserve to be treated like that. Nobody does. It’s important to speak about your problems to somebody close to you. You shouldn’t be made to suffer alone in silence.

My story

I’ve been bullied pretty much all my life, starting out at preschool. I was a outgoing little kid but most people just used me for their own reasons and turned all my friends against me. Through 3rd to 5th this one girl used to bully me constantly, by stealing my pens and homework. I had asked for help but not many of my friends believed me. I had told the teachers multiple times but none of them took much action. So after more than seven years worth of bullying, I had fell into depression. My grades became lower than they already were. It’s always better when you tell someone, believe me. Just letting my parents know what was happening was a relief. To all those people who are in this same place I can tell you all that you’re not alone. Heck, I’ve seen so many things saying this but it’s so true. You might not realize it but I’m 99.9999% sure that there is at least one person who is going through something like you. And whatever your going through, I hope that you can at least communicate with someone cause it helps so much.

Not Your Typical Bully

Throughout the years, I’d been bullied here and there by a group of girls in the grade above me. When that finally went away, I thought it was all over. But boy was I wrong. A girl in my grade who I have known for 8 years (8 years!) suddenly turned on me. She spread horrible rumors about me and claimed that I gave her anxiety and that this was all my fault. None of our mutual friends or even teachers or the principal have done anything to help me since. Just know that if you are not helping to solve the problem, you are a part of the problem. By having nobody at my side, this has been very hard for me. Learn this lesson now and be there for those who are being bullied. Thank you for reading my story.

Bullied

I was bullying for 7 years: 4th grade-10th grade. It was so bad that I regret going to school every morning and sometimes I wouldn’t even want to wake up. All because I was heavier (and still am heavier) than other kids in my grade. There was this one girl who bullied me constantly with all of her friends. She insulted me, pushed me, and spread rumors about me until I graduated from junior high. She was the main reason I regretted school every morning. I knew that just looking at her would send a barrage of insults my way and the only way I could handle it was by crying almost every night.
Being bullied, I developed a habit of not looking up when I do things because it just came naturally. I constantly told myself “keep your head down,” “don’t make eye contact,” and eventually it’s the only way I knew how to do things. What I hate most about being bullied is how insecure I became towards myself. I always preach about loving yourself and not calling yourself “ugly” but even I don’t think I’m pretty. Being called fat, gross, and disgusting for 7 years changed the way I viewed myself. I still cant look in the mirror at myself because people that I went to school with implanted this thought that I’m fat, gross, and disgusting. Being a high school senior now I still hear comments about how I look but I just try to keep my head up and make it through because at the end of the day I’m going to graduate and not see any of these people ever again.

The life I had to have because of bullies

When I was 6 I started at a new school. In first grad it wasn’t bad at all, kids were nice and I had real friends. Then in second grade the torment began, girls that were my friends teased me because of the clothes I wore or the back pack I had so I made repeated changes to please them. Each year it got worse, I had no friends and spent all my time that I wasnt in class on the cooling vent sitting there because no one talked to me. In fourth grade my teacher bullied me too and I first noticed depression at that point. At least in fifth grade I had a teacher that always looked out for me. I didn’t mind the kids in sixth grade because I didn’t care. If they wanted to bully me they could, I told the school many times about the bullies but nothing was done about it. No punishment and no discussion, in fact I got in trouble for repeated reports and was told that they were taken care of. After I went on to junior high in another district then I had friends and great teachers and I’m in high school now and in 10th grade. However I saw these girls at a store once and they kept pushing me around and teasing me after years apart. At school I’m very popular now and worked hard to get there but when I run into those girls it takes me back to the days when I was trash, worthless, and small. No kid deserves this, it has to stop, and while schools have a no bully policy they don’t follow through with punishment, believe me I know. Thanks for letting me share my story !

cliff leads to falling

WHY!, WHY do we do this to one another, why are you hurting people just because you are insecure about your self and to make someone feel worthless. THIS IS NOT OKAy! I don understand the point of bullying…….to make you feel better…. well watching someone suffer how does this help you feel better i really don know how we could do this to our friends or even peers. I get if you don’t like someone but do you think it’s okay for you to do this, and social media is one of the worse places. That is where most of bullying starts and at school as well this happens worldwide people please im begging you please take a stand against bullying if you see someone being bullied stand up for them you have no idea what words can do. YOU COULD SAVE SOMEONES LIFE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Stop Bullying!

I transferred to a new school for Kindergarten and 1st grade, since my school didn’t have those grades. I thought this school would be awesome, considering all the students there had a learning disability like me. Although, that was a lie. I was bullied every day for mostly my weight and my voice and had no friends. It got so bad that I would fake sick so I wouldn’t go to school.
Then, I went back to my old school. In the 5th grade, I tried fitting in until I fell in love. I cried every day and ended up friendless. It got to the point where i started to hate myself. Things definitely got better in the 7th and 8th grade but in High school, I was a huge bully. I judged others and followed the latest trends, despite it not looking good on me. I slowly started to become confident and grew popular. But, I didn’t feel happy. I still had self-hate in my mind and insulted myself every single day. I didn’t want to live anymore. Soon, an angel came to me: My best friend. She is my Savior and I don’t know what I’d do without her. I became friendly and more social shortly after that thanks to my parents, my teachers, and my sister. I became comfortable with myself and didn’t care about what anybody else said about me.
Now, I don’t care what anyone says. I am 18 years old and I want to be an ASL interpreter for children.

Bullying completely changed who I am and it was not for the better.

I have been bullied for almost all of my school life but now that I look back it isn’t so surprising really. I was born with Aspergers syndrome which is a disorder on the autism spectrum, people with aspergers have serve difficulty in social interaction and nonverbal communication along with repetitive behaviour.   Most students in my year picked on me, almost everyone did and I didn’t understand why then but I do now, I couldn’t understand their non verbal communication, their jokes and their way of behaving but I do now. I never did anything to fight back other than telling the teachers a few times and sometimes my sister who was reasonable and would not hurt them but only tell them to stop which they would for a while but eventually begin again.  I have became cold, manipulative and so ambitious. I hate losing control, I must be in control. If someone could tell me that they have felt like this or have had a similar experience I would probably be overjoyed to know I am not alone but anyway yeah, I generally have to fake what I do in order to fit in with others because it doesn’t come naturally like it does with them. One word though, never keep your pain within as it WILL build up and change you, for better or for worse. Don’t think badly of me, I am not evil, I do things for a reason and I think about it. Thanks so much for taking the time to read my experience and what it did to me, if your bullied don’t kept you’re feelings in, let them out as they build up overtime and can be difficult to contain.

The girls who were jealous over me and a boy

So I was with this boy and my friends didn’t like it as let’s call her A she was the main cause of all of this she wanted him and he didn’t acknowledge her which she didn’t like; then there was my best friend who we will call B and she tried to get with him and when that didn’t work A and B decided to make my life hell! They made rumours and intimidated me and made me not want to go into classes or school. I ended up going out at break and dinner because I hated school and still do! They’re just awful people! Who will never regain my trust!!!!

STAY STRONG❤️