Hi I'm Katie Korfin. I am 12 years old and in 7th grade. I am a short person for my age, I was and sometimes still am bullied. I was called short, people would ask me why are u so short, your a blonde, u must be really dumb. I was excluded all the time. I would come home crying, thinking about hurting myself, but I want to live and not be bullied. I made a change I stood up for myself and for others. No matter what shape or size u are, gay or not, you are still beautiful and precious. Thank you.

 where to start... well i think ill go backwards instead of forward i have always told my story forward i guss ill mix it up this time ha-ha :D

          Hello my name is Dakota B. Kinslow I am a seventeen year old boy looking to become a man here is my life from the star...

 

I've been bullied. I'm not ugly, I'm not fat. I play sports and get good grades. Girls get jealous& take it out on me. They find the littlest things and bring me down with them. When I was in the 6th grade, boys called me pig nose because my nose was slightly larger than theirs. They called me a fat pig because i wasn't as skinny as their girlfriends. I started to starve myself. It didn't work, it lasted for about a week. I lost 10 pounds and i was cranky. I hated myself, i wasn't myself. I was mean to people i normally wasn't i was mean to my mom who's my best friend in the entire world! So i stopped starving myself. This year, 8th grade. I've decided to start a new, to help people who've been bullied worse than me. I didn't get bullied half as bad as others. I made a club in my school for anti-bullying. It's called "Project Unsinkables" and we refuse to sink to the bullies' level. 

People will try to tell you who you are or who you should be your whole life. But the truth is, only YOU know who you are. There have been many occasions during my high school years where I felt that I was never good enough or that because no one seemed to care about me I wasn't worth anyone's time or consideration. However, I was lucky enough to have a family that always stood behind me and would listen to me. Unfortunately, not everyone is as lucky. To those who feel alone and victimized hear me when I say you are not alone! Whether it is a family member or an outside advocate someone does care. Never let anyone tell you who they think you should be, and do not ever be afraid to tell an authority figure who can stand behind you the truth. I have personally been cut, threatened, verbally and physically abused and people have even attempted to push me down flights of stairs. Luckily all of that is in my past and I am a strong and driven woman because of the hardships that others put me through. Do not ever give up hope of a magnificent future because it can be achieved! With your perseverance and courage to end this epidemic you will help so many others become who they are meant to be and let them know that they have a place in this universe other than someone else's scapegoat. Use your voice and we can help anyone who cannot find theirs! Peace, love and happiness to all!

Hello my name is Sarah I am 20 years old. I was bullied from the time I started school to the time I quit. I switched schools a lot so at first it was the new kid in school stuff. in elementary school kids would tell me to go back to mexico where you belong (though im not mexican). the kids would push me and call me names, they told me I was stupid and I didn't belong there. then I gained a little weight I was all of 70 pounds going into middle school and I was told I was fat and ugly. I fought to stay home from school everyday I thought nobody cares especially if they send me to deal with this everyday. so it went on when I got into middle school I had very little friends all of which were outcasts and got picked on too. I remember it like it was yesterday because some boys thought it would be funny to write a letter to the principal saying I said inappropriate things to them. I spent 5 days in alternative school. when I got to go back to regular school one of the boys confronted me in the hall he hit me in the mouth busted my lip and laughed. every time I told a teacher or principal they would say what did you do or they would say they would take care of it and did absolutely nothing. I attempted suicide 8 times that year. in high school it got a little easier but I still had my problems but I changed the way I felt about things I stopped caring about what everyone else thought of me. I think my experience made me a stronger person today and im proud of who I am. next time you think nobody cares think twice because there are people who have been in your situation and they care.

I never really knew how bullying could affect someone--their health, their attitude for learning, their general behavior, until it started happening to my little brother. My little brother is handsome, a fantastic chef, compassionate, but that is not what he is described as in school while struggling with algebra--he is called "fat," and "fag." Numerous times he has stayed home for fear of being bullied. My mom's heart is broken by this so most times she just lets him. He is in his last year of middle school and it is still happening--his only hope is that high school is different like everyone tells him. I've never met a sweeter and more caring person and I can only hope that these peers of his won't make him jaded and weary towards life when he has so much ahead of him to be excited about. I am thankful for this site and the people who's stories I have read as I now understand the struggle and the community in the fight to end bullying. Thank you. 

Every one tells me to forget about the past. There are scare that you may not be able to see. Last year I went to the worst middle school in our area. I sarted to stay home most of the time because I was being bullied. The school had a meating with my mom and my princapal told me and my mother that I need to quit useing bullieilg as an excuse. This year I have been bullied more but not as bad but the other day I snaped I just started kicking this guys chins because he kept calling me names. So yes bullieing does leave scares concidering I still feal hurt when someone says the word bullieing but it also makes me stronger.

Ever since I was in 3rd grade I've been bullied. Being called fat , ugly , and worthless is one of the worst things to hear ... When I got into middle school it got worse , the school didn't do anything . I would literally refuse to get up in the mornings for school because I didn't want to face everyone , I'd lock myself in my bathroom .. my mom pulled me out of school to be homeschooled , little did I know I could still get bullied , I was cyber bullied a lot ... people even got my phone number some how and would call me and tell me I should die , that I'm not worth it .. I started to believe them .. I started cutting .. I felt like I wasn't meant to be on this earth anymore , so I tried to commit suicide which it didn't work , sometimes I regret trying but then other days I wish it would've worked .. I still cut and I still get bullied , but I want to make a difference . you're not alone , so stay strong and please , remember you're loved !

My entire life I felt different from most people.. I got teased some in junior high and high school but In grade school, I was honestly the only one who invited the "fat girl" as she was called, to my birthday party. I was the only one that did invite her to a birthday that year, & I couldn't see, inviting everyone else and not her.. Other kids asked why I invited her to my party and I simply said my mom made me.. So I made an excuse for my kindness at a very young age by lying to others...sad but true.. Yet I probably atleast made the girl smile for a day. I also always tried to be friends with new people at school.. Sometimes we would stay friends sometimes we wouldn't.. I just like to be nice to everyone and didn't really push a friendship with anyone.. Unless they wanted to be friends. I did not do well in school.. Infact I hated it all of my life. But I graduated late but graduated. I was different.. I am different than most.. Maybe we all feel that way.. Idk.. But I never trusted many people still don't..had issues with parents that let me down often.. But now as a 30 something woman with 2 kids a great husband and a nice home, a job I work hard at & make pretty good money at, most people that had been mean to me don't have all that I have now.. Not that I'm better than them but I think I made good choices for myself unlike them..maybe I don't know. But my point is, we should all be more kind to others and don't let people ruin YOUR own life! It maybe hard sometimes.. I know it is but school is not the end, things can get better if you make your own good choices in life. I couldn't learn like other kids in school.. I had ADD.. Which back when I was in school was unheard of..but as an adult I now know I had it. So I always tried to hide my "stupidity" from others.. Now knowing I wasn't stupid.. Just different..if I am/was stupid.. Then how in the world could I be making good money at work and have a wonderful family (2kids) and a wonderful husband? My brain works differently than others.. Guess that's why I was picked on in school so much & even treated badly by some teachers.. One liked to embarrass me and even grabbed my face in front of the entire class and made fun of me because I couldn't do the math work as fast as everyone else in class so I would hide it in my desk.. She dumped out my desk full of unfinished work and grabbed my face and screamed at me.. (I don't remember her words to this day, just her reaction to me struggling along in school) no help just bullying.. From a teacher... I was embarrassed.. I was hiding my stupidity again.. Or so I thought at the time.. That was a memory from maybe third grade... So am I so stupid if I remember that from so long ago? No I was just different, Just one story I have more but this is a lot I wrote already.. Just please know we all probably hurt and if you are hurting don't let it define you.. Reach out to someone an adult a teacher anyone that you can be a friend with.. Make good choices in life. Also sometimes the bully's have there own issues they maybe hiding behind & bullying to feel better about themselves and that's just how some people work.. I knew people that made fun of everyone and enjoyed it.. Because they then would feel better about them self.. Sad but true.. So in conclusion: I tried to be nice to people when ever I could, still do and I always felt like I had to hide my learning disability, sometimes still do, I was bullied some in school because yes I was different ..I acted out was a rebellious teen , but moved out of town as an adult and I lived and learned at my own pace.. I like myself.. Don't know if I always did.. But life can be good..Guess I will end this story here

Many ppl get bullied I'm one of them. Ppl call me fat stupid ugly and I believed them. One day I even started cutting myself and I am in elementary. I just wanna say your not alone. And if you need someone to talk to talk to me because I've been through everything from physical actions to almost camanding suicide so you can trust me. Just remember YOUR NOT ALONE!!