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I was bullied by someone who I thought was my friend
Anonymous

I became quick friends with this girl in 6th grade. Her and I were very close friends. December of 6th grade I started getting mean notes and it turned out to be that friend. Then later in February of that school year she stole my ice cream gift card that I won in a raffle. After all of that I had to stop being friends with her. She bullied me even more after I stopped being friends with her. She sent me a mean email threatening me to my school email. She sent a mean email about me to one of my friends behind my back.

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I was bullied so bad I can’t even function anymore
Anonymous

I was picked on all of elementary school and the trauma from it stuck with me, I can’t go near a school without feeling like I’m gonna vomit, kids are brutal and I have no future because of them. Keep your kids safe and raise them right, never let them get bullied even if what they’re getting bullied for is dumb.

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Stay strong
Anonymous

I was bullied in 6th grade a lot, but there was one girl specifically who would force the teachers to sit her next to me, and when the teacher wasn’t looking, she would get out of her seat and slap me in the neck really hard. The people who saw it always denied it. We sat together in almost every class, so she did this a lot. She would call me fat, ugly, and make fun of my name. When I went to the bathroom, she would go into my backpack and steal my stuff, sometimes breaking important stuff I needed for school. She called me bestie, and the first day we met (I was new to this class) she asked me, “How do you drink from a straw if you have no lips?” I reported her multiple times, to multiple teachers, but none of them did anything. There were times when I just wanted to cry, but I couldn’t because she would just laugh more. I moved away, and I’m no longer being bullied, but those experiences will always stick with me.

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Why
Anonymous

ever since I was in grade 1 I was bullied for the way I learn and the lifestyle now I’m in grade 9 and still fighting against the bully everyday of my life in school and at home I feel like dropping out cause of this I’m sick of it

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What bullying does
Anonymous

I am a seventh grade student. I have had to protect myself since I was in first grade. There have been times where the bullies aren’t there when I want to speak out. Being bullied for years, has token its toll on me i have been mor isolated recently for fear that if I get too close to someone they will use what I have told them against me. I will be the kid who has a tight group of friends who I trust more than myself. I am a depressed child living through it slowly but surely. I want this to stop because I protect my friends at the cost of my happiness and life I protect them from comments that could make them beat a kid up but I keep them calm because if we do that we are no better than they are.

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Never give up
Anonymous

There was this one time i was in grade 4 and i told a girl i liked her scrunchie, she didn’t respond to me and i felt really embarrassed. After that experience, i decided to make mean remarks on her to which i now realize is bullying. I am now friends with her. I just had to let that out.

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A Bully
Anonymous

I have to admit I started off as a bully. But soon realized my best friend Kels was getting farther away with all the “popular girls”. I mean i was one of the “popular girls” but now not really. Me and her are not really friends anymore but I have made better friends. 🙂

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Unlikely Friendship
Anonymous

In a quiet corner of Maplewood High School, a shy boy named Ethan endured the torment of relentless bullying. Every day, he faced ridicule and ridicule from his classmates, feeling like a fool.

One afternoon, while sitting alone at lunch, a kind-hearted girl named Lily noticed Ethan’s loneliness. She approached him with a friendly smile and introduced herself. Their conversations became a ray of light in Ethan’s dark days.

As time passed, Lily’s determination to stand up to bullying grew stronger. He gathered a small group of friends and together they came up with a plan to raise awareness about the harmful effects of bullying. They organized workshops, designed posters, and held assemblies to promote kindness and empathy.

Ethan, inspired by Lily’s courage, decided to share his own experiences. His heartfelt speech during an assembly moved the entire school. Many students who were previously unaware of the extent of their suffering were deeply affected.

The tide began to turn. More students rallied around Lily’s cause and the once divided school began to unite. The bullies, seeing the change in attitude, realized the error of their ways and began to change.

Over time, Ethan’s friendship with Lily blossomed. Their bond served as a testament to the power of compassion and understanding. Together, they transformed the culture of Maplewood High School, replacing cruelty with kindness.

In the end, Ethan and Lily’s story became a beacon of hope, teaching everyone that even in the darkest of times, a single act of friendship and the courage to stand up to bullying can create a ripple effect of positive change.

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Bullying
Anonymous

Sara is a girl who has a deficiency for which her classmates make fun of her but some girls helped her and made a billboard on this topic and this helped Sara to be more confident and improved her emotional stability

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My history
Anonymous

Last year I suffered bullying from my classmates because I listened to a k pop and they didn’t like it and that the boys seemed gay just because sometimes they wore skirts and during all that time every time someone spoke to me they said not to approach me because I’m a fan of “gay Chinese” and they repeated it so much that I stopped talking about them and just 9 months ago I talked about it again and they still kept making fun of me but I started to think that they just want to get attention by telling me that and the truth I don’t care what they say about it anymore because it’s my life, not theirs, and I decide what to listen to or not, and that’s how I left that fear of not talking about my tastes, that’s all, thanks for listening to me 🙂

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