My bullys were an off duty k9 Officer and my next door neighbor, both of whom I had never met prior to the incident.  I approached the neighbor one morning to find out about her 4 pitbulls who are in deplorable conditions and were escaping into my yard.  She took defense to this, and started to argue with me and then became physically abusive.  She was in my face, pushed me as hard as she could in the chest and then sucker punched me in my left eye, all the while had her cop friend across the street on speed dial from her cell phone.  He quickly took me to the ground by an arm bar and tripped me to the gravel where I fell face first in the gravel.  He layed his entire body on top of myn shouting to his wife to get his his handcuffs and shouted to the neighbor lady who assulted me to call the police.  He lied to the district police who then took his word for it and did not investigate properly, took me to jail.  Faced 6 years for two erronious felony charges.   I ended up at a trial by jury, with an amazing lawyer, and was aquitted of all charges by the judge.  Bullys come in all shapes, sizes and colors.   It can happen over time or in an instant.  Never give up and Never give in!!!!!

It started with primary school. I was undergoing a dramatic family change, which heavily effected my school life, resulting in emotional breakdowns and other trauma. 

I was bullied because I showed my feelings.

But I grew, and became bigger and stronger. That resulted in me finally being bigger than the bullies. I became a bully.

It was only in my later school years that I let it all go - changed my habits and embraced people for who they were. 

At university one day, I came across a schoolmate in class, so I sat with him and talked. After a few days, he said "You were my worst fear in high school". I felt horrible. I apologised profusely and tried to explain - knowing that it would never be enough. But I felt like I had to give him some definition - some background. He then said that he spoke up because our conversations over the past few days of uni had made him question his stance on me. 

I do not condone bullying at all - I hate it. But I was the victim and instigator. I never went to the extreme - mostly teasing when I was the 'bully'. But that doesn't excuse it.

I feel that 'the bully project' message needs to be spread wide and far - and all kids need to understand the psychology behind it all. All adults need to support this message, with their own kids and any kids they are exposed to.

I have went through it. Most people have. I remember coming home crying after days of endless bullying but I'm here to take a stand. I'm here to make a change. My friends have gone through it. I have known people that have committed suicide. But I wasn't there to make that difference, I was scared about what they would do to me. It may be too late for them to make a change but it's their story that will make a difference. If all of us come together around the world it will be unstoppable. For me this would mean a lot. I always thought if I don't show a reaction then they would stop. It doesn't I'm still bullied and I'm now almost 16. I know how it feels to just want to skip school and to be alone but stand up. Make your voices heard!

I know it's hard, I really do I was bullied all through out my 6th grade year. It got so bad that I would force myself to throw up so I could stay home from school. I attempted suicide 3 times in one month. Please don't ever give up you are worth so much more than that and I promise in the end you come out stronger. Don't let people get to you because when you get older it isn't going to matter what they thought of you. Keep holding on! (:

Being bullied.. I was probably the hardest thing to go through. Not only was I bullied in middle school. I was.. I am bullied at home. 
My siblings put me down more than anyone. My mom called me ugly & fat. She once said "this is why you don't gave friends" or something like that. I mean, isn't family supposed to tell you the opposite? Aren't they supposed to make you happy, make you feel good?.. 

Do you ever feel like an outcast or a peice of dirt that gets kicked around like no tomorrow. well i am an out cast and a victum of server bullying, doesnt matter what it is people in my school will always find  something to bully me about, wether it be weigh, sexuality, the people i chill with or where i live. sexuality is the main though, sorry i forgot i live in sydney australia aaaand my name is kaitlyn. anyway back to what i was saying i self harm and i have attempted suicide 5 times in the past 3 years, i have 2 friends in total and my dad is the only one who loves me for me. i dont understand why people bully, do they get some sort of sensation out of it, or do they like making people's lives a living hell well some times you just cant put up with it anymore and you do what ive done, made a suicide date, for this year and once again over 1000 student will kill themselves because of bullying but there is one thing ill get out of leaving this world, making those suffer who made me suffer

I was bullied as a teen.  I felt so bad about myself that I dropped out of high school.  I suffered from night terrors.  I strayed far from the life I wanted.  I learned I have autism at age 27 when my son was diagnosed.  Despite my openness about our autism, my public speaking to help educate others, and my involvement at school, my son is bullied.  I want to see this stop.  I have been silent too long and I will be silent no more.

I am a honest girl, and top of that I have many friend in my kindergarten, girls and boys. Well, that was I thought before I got to go to Elementary school. Because my kindergarten friends is also at my elementary school, I think they will be my friends too. Before I got bullied by our seniors. After that my kindergarten friends bullied me too. Everyday, especially when I got  free time. Lucky enough I still have my sister on my elementary school even she will graduated after 1 year. After that I choose to defend my self, I already do that before but without violence. Now I stand with it. After that my torturer become afraid and decide to not bully me again. But because of that experience, I'm afraid to trust and to close with others, also I got phobia around man too. So I choose to be alone and lonelier than got betrayed again.

I got bulled be people saying ,"omg she is tall and fat ," i felt bad about my self I didn't know what to do. so then i took a stand and stood up for my self and friends. so now we don't get bulled anymore. but we still see people get bulled and I hate is its scary to go up to a bully and say stop but for me its nothing I'm sick and tied of it so I'm stand up for people who need help like i said ," I've been bulled be for and I still be called a tree because I'm tall bUT I don't let it get to me.

I was transfer onto my neighborhood from my Grandma house since my first grade student at my Elementary school. I was the new girl around here. Boy used to pick me up since none of my parent accompany me like what their parent did, I have a baby sister and another younger sister so my Mom always stay at home. At first, I didn't even take a glance to what they did but since the parents all gone and the teachers not at class. It became worst to me, they (boys in my class) pull my hair, lift my skirt, and so on. I cried almost everyday and that made the girls join in, they call me crybaby everyday and for years later. Bad thing is, even my younger sister bullied me at home. She gladly kick me, push my face into water, chocking me everyday, and so on every single time I was at home And my Mom always said, I must not do anything bad to my sister because I'm the oldest. I really want to run but I had nowhere to run, I never had any penny left with me to go back to my Grandma house since it always used up, my mom never gave me much pocket money and my Grandma had no phone. Kill myself is not a choice, I still love my Grandma, she deceased now, and I'll get an Express-ticket to Hell.

Good thing is, I got some friends that also my classmates from another neighborhood that stand against my Schoolmates, yup its not just my Classmates only but also the senior and even those younger than me. Every times the bully getting worst than the daily bullied they used, my real friends (my up-standers, thanks to you girls, I owe you my life) always told me, "stand yourself, high and mighty, fight them back". It still need years for me before I stand and fought them myself and I swore to myself, "I'll never let people bully another when I'm near even if its one against team." I use not only my brawl but also my brain for that, sometimes you must showing your scariest side to make them decide to make problem with you or not.