Bullying

Bullying
It needs to stop
Recently a young girl has taken her life because of it
She was a beautiful young girl who died too young
I find it hard to believe she was bullied because she was just that beautiful
But I guess that just goes to show anyone can be bullied for anything no matter what they look like
Bullying is a disgusting thing
It seems like such a small thing
But it’s not
It may seem like it’s not affecting them, but in reality it is
These small words and names can leave scars that last a lifetime
Wounds that won’t heal
For example
I have been getting bullied since grade one
The day I stepped into my classroom that’s when the nightmares began
It all started with these small words
“Fat”
“Ugly”
But they’re not small and meaningless
They’re the exact opposite
I kept it bottled up inside me as I was only young, their words didn’t mean much to me
As I neared the ages of 10-11 the words started to hit me
Started to take affect
Started to cut me deep
But I held my pride
No matter how much the words hurt
When I turned 12 I couldn’t take it anymore
I couldn’t take the hurtful words I was always upset and hated myself more than anything
I tried to change myself to fit others standards
I was crying myself to sleep every night wondering what I had done to earn all this hatred
I wanted to die
When I hit 13 I was over it I wouldn’t take it anymore I started fighting back
If they said shit about me I would give it back ten times worse
I wouldn’t let them take advantage of my sweet nature I became frostbitten I showed no emotion whatsoever
I started using violence to solve my problems I regret some of the things I did but the others had it coming for a long time
But I hated the person I became I didn’t want to be doing this to people
I started cutting, I had cuts all up my left arm
I don’t know what it was
The feeling of the blade against my skin or the scarlet red dripping from my open wounds
I enjoyed a bit too much, I was addicted
It was an addictive thing
I couldn’t stop
I’d find myself cutting for no reason, even when I was happy I’d cut
Any excuse I could get to just graze that cold metal across my arm
The pain it caused took away the emotional
I replaced my emotional pain with physical
The pain went away
Just for a little while
I understood why people felt the need to take their lives
I understood how they felt
How they felt it was the only option
The only answer

If you’re bullying someone just stop and think, how you would feel if you were the cause of their death
How would you feel knowing that you pushed them so far that they felt the only way out was death
That the only way to make it stop was to end their own life
You wouldn’t be so popular then would you?
You wouldn’t have so many friends cheering you on as you make that person’s life a living hell
Next time think before you act
If you know someone who is being bullied or who has depression, tell someone because you might just be the reason they’re still breathing

It may seem like it’s not affecting them but look closer
It is

STOP THE HATE!