I've been bully since first grade till fourth grade. I didn't really have any close friends. They always judge me because of how I speak and my looks. I had one friend in kindergarten, but she moved away. So the kids in school would make fun of me, push me around, hit me, also cyber bully me too. I didn't really care about them and their stupid comments, but I threaded the idea of going to school every morning. 

"You're an idiot." 

"You're stupid."

"God made a mistake of making you come to life."

"Get a life."

Those was what I kept hearing from the kids in school when I was bully. I tried to push all of that away...but sometimes it gets to me. After fourth grade, my mom made me move to a new school, which made me a little terrified. 

"What happen if they don't like me?"

"What happen if they're like the kids in my old school?"

Those were the thoughts that I had, but I was pretty glad I move. I met a friend that was royal and never think of me as different. From that, had I gotten over bullying. I know that it's just a fresh start. Sometimes, I was still made-fun-of and push around, but I would always laugh at it and sometimes I would try to help others to get over bullying. I really didn't want other kids to go through what I had. I've been through bullying for five years straight, not having any help. My parents had other things to worry about and just worry about my education. So i guess that that's my story of how I actually overcome bullying and why I want to help out other people who is being bullying.

--Alice

Bullying is an issue in so many places. There have been times where i have been made fun and teased. I want to take a stand against bullying. After I watched the movie I realized the extent of bullying and how it really effects children and families. In my community a 12 year old boy committed suicide because he was being bullied. The movie made me cry and realize we need to teach the importance of not bullying. We don't need to be at war in our own country.

I used to think it was "just me". That if only I was better looking, smarter, taller, more athletic, then...I would fit it.  So I tried..hard...to be something and someone that I am not.

4 years of bullying through middle school.

3 years of bullying in High School, until I found a group of like people to hang with, and a boyfriend who was my first advocate and bodyguard..and has been ever since. 

Would I do things differently in hindsight?  Well..bullying is tricky, and the bullies, like any abuser, knows how to cover their tracks.  They bully when no one is looking..(hence..no proof of being the perpetrator.)  If they do, it is because they are in a position of power...so even if someone cares, they don't. (Parents, teachers, employers..can all be bullies.)  I was a kid.  A small kid with no skills to handle bullying situations. 

Thank goodnesss for this conversation.  Learn as much as you can about how to protect yourself.  Letting others beat you down emotionally and physically is not okay, because whether or not you believe it, you were designed to be just who you are.  It might not fit into other people's plans, and that's ok.  Use your experience to learn, and understand that if you can, this is your sign to find some help, an adult, an advocate...change a job, avoid situations.  Ultimately, you can only change your own behavior.  But protect who you are, because when you loose that, it is hard to get it back.  Not with violence.  Find your advocate.  Mine saved my life.  They are out there.  They don't  have to be your boyfriend or girlfriend.  These angels are everywhere.  Keep your angel searching eyes open.

Now..as an adult, I can spot bullies and have no tolerance for them.  The behavior has taken too much of my precious time.  Ultimately, bullies feel the need to feel superior, because they really don't.  So they find someone who they can dominate.  Make an exit plan if you encounter this.  I have left a couple of jobs because of bully bosses.  But have had some wonderful bosses out there.  The grass can be greener.  Not all the time, but with effort, you can find the lawn that you can plant your feet on and be who you are.  Which is just what you are supposed to be.

Hang in there.  Many people care, and you are not alone.

My whole life I've been bullied. Since the first day I started school till today and everyday. My best friends have been bullied. I'm taking a stand because I know how hard it is for others and because I've been through it on my own. I'm sorry to all those who've been through it. The movie really touched me. I've gone through periods of anorexia, I've cut, I've tried to do everything I could. Sometimes I wish I could have died. 

This movie was a real tear jerker for me, because it showed those feelings i'd once had. At the time that i was being bullied i didn't really know it but now that i look back i realize just how bad it was. Walking through the cafeteria to your table of people that didn't judge you and knowing people are laughing and talking about you..i lived near a little community center that was next to the school and the football players and the basketball players as well walked over there everyday to workout and practice and whatnot and my walks home were absolutely horrible. They called me names, threw things at me, made sexual jokes..it was just disgusting. It got to the point where i'd wait at the school for them to leave then i'd walk home just so i didn't have to deal with it. But then i got in trouble for being late getting home. Excuse after excuse. Then the cutting, eating disorders, depression started. I didn't want to live anymore, i was so tired. My arms were covered in cuts..my friend at the time saw it, and she told a counselor that day..i was called into the office and had a talk with her, she called my mom and my mom came in crying..she asked me why i never told her about any of this. I don't know why i didn't, i guess because i didn't think anyone cared. I didn't think it was as bad as it was..i mean, i thought getting a corndog thrown at me was pretty funny. But no, it was a problem. I just want everyone to know to tell someone when these things happen, don't ever be afraid. 

im a twelve year old boy in cincinnati ohio and i love to play yugioh its a passion and i hope i never stop when i wacthed the movie i saw the parts with shelby and how she wanted to make a change and it really made me want to do the same so to all you readers this movie can be a pick me up on a bad day and i will always enjoy it 

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well, in all honesty i dont write a lot but.. for to whoever reads this. hello, my name is Kayla Gonzalez. so for Ive been in 4 different schools. right now im an 8th grader. for every year except for kindergarden, i always found a way to have someone hate me. i just feel like somethings wring with me at times. everyone knows im vulnerable and very weak. i lived my first years watching my parents fight and dealing with my alcoholic dad. 

when i was 6 years old my parents separated. and that was really hard for me. when my parents were together we lived in this big nice house with a nice front yard. at the time i was in first and second grade. times were a bit tough because during my younger years i had a girl that i thought was my friend but she really wasn't. she just made em do embarrassing stuff and made fun of me because i was bad at art to her. and art was my passion. so when my parents split i had to leave my fancy private school.

we moved in with my grandma and her boyfriend in a small one bedroom apartment. it was very small and cramped and my mom and i had to sleep on the two mini couches in her living room. since i was in a new city i went to a new private school. his was the worst place i ever been two. on the first day i already had someone make fun of me because i was too small. im just gonna call him Chris. chris made fun of me all the way through 7th grade and his torments would just get worse and worse each year. he made fun of my height, he called me stupid, ugly, pathetic and every other name possible. and yes, it really hurt. i didnt know what to do, and before i knew it i started starving myself. i wouldnt drink or eat anything for days and it was really hard. i became skinny, cold, and pale. and i looked like a mess. life wasnt as hard i guess. my best friend Eliza and i were technically part of the popular group. they kind of hated us and thought we were annoying but we got to sit with them at lunch and talk to them sometimes. Eliza and I had a mutual friend in the popular group so we got hooked up. these girl would gossip about us ALOT though. and they were kind of mean. but i tried to ignore it. i just wanted friends

this is longer then i expected. if you read up to here i love you!

in 7th grade new girls come to our school. ill call them Krissy and Lauren. lauren came into our school and easily detected the poplar crowd. she tried her absolute best to fit in. i welcomed her nicely she looks cool. but she didnt like me and my best friend Eliza for some reason. anyways, long story short. she got s kicked out of the popular crowd and got us replaced. everyone hated us. they gossiped abut me and eliza, called us names. but eliza was confident and she didnt let it get to her so she eventually stopped. but they still aimed for me because i was vulnerable. i lived off of what other people thought of me. and i still do. after the first break i befriended krissy who was the other new kid. we became close friends and i told her all my secrets and blah blah blah. typical girl friends stuff. krissy eventually became super popular and she figured she didnt need me. and people already didnt like me so they told her to dich me because im a dumb bitch. so she did. she also spread all my secrets so everyone made fun of me. mainly for the big secret about my big crush on Chris oops. so they all bullied me especially krissy, Lauren and chris. and my best friend eliza was gone on vacation so i totally lost it. i came home so angry i would get in fights with my mom and she would be angry at me all the time so she wouldnt talk to me [we moved out at this point by the way] so i had no one. this was 7th grade. i became anorexic again, i started cutting myself like crazy and i attempted suicide more than once. it was a madhouse. eventually krissy left me alone because "im getting annoying" so everyone except for Chris left me alone.

summer came and i finally convinced my mom to let me transfer to the school im at now. and of couse my story doesn't end because i suck and thats just how my perfect life works. 

so, since my fingers are hurting im just going to skim the parts till now.

had best friends named hannah issabel and karen. 

hannah convinced issabel and karen to turn on me

sadness and cutting

karen and issabel turned on hannah because they thought she was annoying.

issabel gets boyfriend

hannah is sad. i am still her friend though because i trust and love everyone pathetic. i know

everyone makes up. we are all happy again.

we find out hannah lied about cutting. everyone except me hates her and ditches her. 

hannah is mad and tries to get revenge. 

she gets kicked out of school

so its just me issabel and karen 

welcome to the present. 

issabel stopped talking to me now because i guess i got annoying. issabel knows she can do whatever she wants since she is the most popular girl and everyone adores her. so she backstabbes me. she then cheats on her boyfriend with another boy and leaves him. 

her boyfriend then develops a crush on me uh oh. i didnt date him since they just broke up but i really wanted too. i felt loved which is a rare thing for me. i felt so happy with him i told him, i was ready to date him. but i backed out. it was too early. i got scared. i feel too young to have the responsibility of a boyfriend. 

i found out issabel told everyone that her boyfriend cheated on her with me. jerk. alll the 8th graders hate me now. its so lonely. her x boyfriend even hates me too because i didnt date him. i have other friends but none of them are 8th graders. i was cutting. i stopped though because it didnt help. life is hard now guys. everything is kind of tough and its still going on. 

i just want everyone to know that we can get through this. together. if you have no friends or no one there for you, ILL be there for you. bullying is tough everyone will bounce on that little flaw you have. mine was trusting too much and forgiving so easily. we can make it through this. together. united. we will make it through this tough time and rise above it!

if you ever feel down remember this:

you are smart, beautiful/handsom, sweet, loved, accepted, amazing, and super awesome! dont ket anyone bring you down! keep your head up and march on

if you feel alone you can email me at [email protected] i reply fast. im here for you. 

my name is kayla and this is my story

I was bullied from elementary school until I graduated high school for being overweight. I never wanted to go to school or even leave the house. I felt so alone and not good enough to anybody. I would make myself throw up just so that I didn't have to go to school. Or so that I could leave early because the bullying had gotten so out of hand. I told many people but nothing was ever done about it so eventually, I stopped. I had thought about suicide a few times but never went through with it. I see kids that get bullied and it sickens me. I want to hug every person that I see getting bullied because they don't deserve it. Nobody deserves to get picked on because of the way that they look or for who they are. I'm now in school to become a counselor so that I can help the victims of bullying it and try to stop it from happening in the schools. I know it's hard to be bullied, trust me, but I've stayed strong and only getting stronger.

I live in a very small town in Oregon. Our school closed down in late 2011. We were transferred to a school in Hood River. Our first year there went good. Those of us from the small town of Cascade Locks just stuck together for the most part. We never had real problems until 8th grade. My best friend and I met a boy who moved from Astoria. He was nice at first, but then, when my best friend moved away, Nathan started calling me and my other friends things like 'Whore, Slut, Bitch' and other things like that. We talked to the principal and the counselor but they didn't do anything. It's still a problem and I try my best to ignore it. I guess we've kind of given up telling the staff about it because they have yet to do anything. I don't even know why this guy says these things to us. We've honestly been nothing but nice to him. Many other people have witnessed these things and have gone to the principal and counselor and told them. Still, nothing was done. Nothing is being done.

I grew up in an alcoholic home, it was pretty much like walking on eggshells and I was afraid to speak...when I spoke it didn't come out right, or I just sounded like "an idiot" I sure had a hard time adjusting to a change of school in 6th grade. Friends were formed and I was well, afraid to speak because I felt I really had nothing of importance to say anyway. I had 1 best friend though, on days she didn't come to school I would go and eat in the bathroom, I had nobody to talk to. On the bus ride home I would have gum thrown in my hair, my hair pulled, kids would      talk bad about me and I would run home crying everyday. One kid would call me an "adopted C...t!!" I ran home, ran to my room and slammed the door. I didn't know how to stand up for myself because I was afraid...I lived in fear. As I got older the tires on my car would get popped and my car would be paint balled. I wanted something to take the pain away, anything, I resorted to drinking myself; that took the pain away...for a moment.  I was different...I know now I was born an alcoholic and today I have been sober 4 years and I am happy, joyous and free. If I can do anything about bullying I sure will, this has got to stop. Everyone deserves to be happy!!