I have been bullied because i was different. Because I was who I wanted to be. Nobody took the time to know me and so they ridiculed me for what they saw. Everyone says that sticks and stones make break my bones but words will never hurt me. That saying just isnt true. Bones can heal. Bullying leaves a permanant scar on a persons life. It can change them or keep them from doing what they are meant to do. I care simply because I dont want to sit by and watch was was done to me. I want to stop this horrible act. No one should feel that they have to comform, that they dont matter, or that they are an outcast simply because they are amazing in THERE OWN WAY. Bullying has got to be stopped!!! 

Aleah - 18 - CA

i was bullied in 8th grade and now i have a lot of kids sticking up for me. especially my friends i never told anybody but my friends did and i went to the police.
i will recomend you going to a teacher or councler or teacher.

david scot - 16 - new york groton

it just really hurts that you can't be who you wanna be simply because of the fear of getting bullied and left alone.

Patrick - 18 - Philippines

I know that people have taken there lives away, self-harmed themselves, and have lived there life worried about going to school because they are being bullied. NO ONE should feel this way. Bullying is never okay. IT HAS TO STOP. 

Daysha - 13 - USA

A couple years ago at camp my tent mates and I were discussing our bad experiances with bullying when one of my friends started crying. After we calmed her down she told us that in elementry she was very depressed because of something going on in her familly. She was so angry and scared she decided to join a bully group. Her frist subject was some girl she didnt know. She was mean and heartless like smacking a pillow against a wall over and over. She actually felt a little better until it was time to go inside and she saw the girl crying all alone. Insantly all good feelings were gone. She ran over to comfort the girl soon crying more than her. The two are now friends but my friend is tourmented every day for how cruel she was. Though I had a few bullies as well I now feel kid of bad for them what were they going through that made them so mean? And why was I  mean back?

Emma - 14 - utah

No body should be bullied. Everyone has the right to be who they are! (:

Katie - 20 - South Bend

schools are not doing enough to prevent kids from being bullied. I have a 14 year old son that started to get bullied when he was 12 and he is not the same care free happy go lucky child anymore. He played sports for 7 years, had freinds over every day, and we always went out and did stuff as a family. Now I can't even get him out of the house and he had to go to a tutor for school for 1 and 1/2 years because he was bullied so bad. Even counseling does not help because he constantly wonders what people think of him. It is very sad to see him like this. i just want to say to bullies that not only do they ruin the kids life but they also ruin the family's life of the kid because we have to suffer just as much as they do if not more. We deffinately need to educate more on the effects of bullying!!!!!!!!!!

wendy - 40 - ny

i was physically, socially, and verbally bullied for seven years. It stopped once I entered high school. But now I have an anxiety disorder and just speaking to new people is terrifying and I know it shouldn't be. And the fact that other people are being bullied right now... It makes me want to cry. I really want anyone who's being bullied to know that they should go see a teacher they REALLY like and trust, and talk to them. Please, talk to them about your situation. I didn't. I thought it would make things worse so I tried to ignore the bullies. But now that I'm out I remember and know that telling a teacher would have made things MUCH better. 

Please find someone to talk to.  

Hannah - 15 - Canada

I care because i got bullied. In fifth grade this girl who was my old friend got my 3 other friends to turn on me and bully me. One was my ex best friend. I knew she didnt want to do it, but what other choice did she have? she would come fter her if she didnt. After a while she got the whole class to hate me. I felt so alone.. so wothless. I cut, and i had thoughts of what it would be like if i was never born. It hurt so bad and i dont want it to happen to anyone els. 

Renee - 11 - Sterling Heights MI

i get bullied and sometimes i am the bully. but that all changed when i saw my friends getting bullied 

sidney - 11 - ia

.......do I care anymore? Is it normal to feel so alone on your birthday? Is it normal to feel alone everyday where ever you go? Is it normal to feel like you just want to leave everything behind? For me it is. I haven't felt happiness in so long I've forgotten what it feels like. But....I know for a fact that there are many others in the world who deserves better, who needs happiness. I want to say, don't lose faith...there could be others like you and you wouldn't know it. Don't worry, you're not alone. I care because I want to help others not go through the same life I have.

Elizabeth - 15 - California

I've been there, I have felt the pain. I know what its like to have nobody. I know the feeling of not knowing what to do because thing have gotten so bad. I know the feeling of wanting to speak up but being scared it will make things worse. I would get physical sick from cryng so much because of all the things I'd read online all the looks I'd get walking into school.I know things can get so bad and the pain is unreal to deal with but trust me things do get better. Even when your at your breaking point thinking that nothing is gonna stop it and always blaming yourself for being different and wanting hurt yourself because of it. But always remember you will get through it one way or another and it takes time but remember NEVER GIVE UP!!! 

Lissa - 16 - Ma

  This is my life, my friends,my family and i want everyong to have a safe enviroment.

leng - 15 - mpls,MN

I was bullied when I was in highschool. I tried to commit suicide because it was that bad. Recently I met a boy who is 15 and he was bullied so bad that he is in a coma at this moment. The bullies nearly took his life and they currently unprosecuted and run free. There doesn't look like ever will be charged. Bullycide is very serious and I am trying to raise awareness. This should never happen to anyone.

Darby - 20 - Pa

im sick of beying the one they laugh at all the time they make jokes that arent even funny they are just stupid and people alwse turn me down alwase .

shelby - 14 - fl palatka

No one in this world ever deserves to be bullied and brought down by people. And no one deserves to hold in all those situations that have happened to them. If you are being bullied open up and talk about it.I know it is hard to do but you are not alone. Others get bullied and know how you feel. People love you and will listen to you and be there for you. Stand up against bullying today.  

Jessica - 19 - MIchigan

There Is A Lot of bullying going on not just in person but now on the web. You Don't feel safe anywhere , anymore and that's not how it should be stand against ignorance, and bullying not for it. Our voices need to be herd something needs to be done bullying should end worldwide we should all be united.

Carina - 16 - Brooklyn , New York

I was bullied when I was younger because I was quiet, nerdy, a chubby little girl with her nose always in a book. I was made fun of for my mom, I was never picked first for any sports, and I hated P.E. I was a teacher's favorite, I never wore brand name clothing, and I didn't conform to anyone else's standards. I'm still quiet, I graduated fourth in my class, I'm still a short girl with her nose in a book. Nobody makes fun of my mom, I'm still not picked first, and I definitely don't like P.E. I was still a teacher's fave, I have maybe five things that are brand name, and only because they have to be brand name, and I absolutely do not conform. I stopped caring what people thought of me a long time ago, and when I did that, bullies lost their power. I started to stand up to bullies at my school when I was still in middle school. Nobody should be treated like a leper because they are different. I refuse to turn the other cheek like teachers do when I see it happen, and I will not stand for it when I become a teacher. Some things are kids just being kids, but many times kids go too far. If those who are bullied stick together, and stand up for one another, then no bully will stand against them. It's not violence, but a show of unity. No kid should cry himself to sleep ever. 

Jackie - 18 - Texas

you are all beautiful.  What others say or think should not ever determine your self-worth.  Bullies are predators; the best way to beat them is to survive them.  Hold your head high knowing that, while the bullies at school may not seem to care, strangers all over the world do.  I do.    

Macy - 22 - Michigan

It hurts to be bullied I was bullied before a lot I currently am not getting bullied to a level that I can't Handel every once and a while I get called names and I had a friend who was a bully I don't think she knew she was bulling she got in fights called people names and talked behind peoples back I did not stand up for the people she bullied I didn't want to loose my best friend now I am very ashamed that I didn't but now I am 100% agenst any type of bullying and I do stand up for kids even if my best friend is bullying I have talked to her but she doesn't do anything so we aren't as close anymore o really dislike bullying and I'm here to stop it I want to help and I'm ready to help

Layne - 12 - Columbus Ohio

i am been bullied

daniel - 15 - pa

yes it tarted when i was in six grade i was about 12 going thru puverty so started Ganning a little weight my nose got bigger and i also started developing men boob wich a got ma kefun of every single day by people the were suppost to be my friend and often people the ididn't even know but the one the realy hurted me  were the one from my female cusing they started making fun of and callin me name at first i tough of it as a joke but them it got real serious what started as joke it end up as bulling. they started calling me ugly everytime they would see me. i couldn't stan it nomore my self coffident was in the ground. everytime  would go to my cousin house would go back to my house crying cause of the name calling i took enough insult from them so i stop hagin out with them. when the summer came i had more time to reflect about my weight so i went in to and streme diet and work everyday i would go to the gym and work out none stop for about 2 month the when stoped i i had lost about 10 pound but the did'tn stop  them from calling me ugly. but it was not only my cousin the started calling me ugly eben my grand father started saing the allok like a dog by the size of my face like if wasn't enought the call every ugly by my cousin and in school no body seen to undestand my pain the i was goin thru when igot to eighth grade my bullyin got worth people started callin me gay for no 

mike - 15 - pensilvania

2 months ago i almost lost my sister well not only my sister my twin my best friend we fight and argue but i love my sister and i also almost lost my older sister because she starved herself they were insecure because  people/bullies are judgmentle i was too but my friends got bullied and i did too so i realized i needed to stop its not cool people just think your lame and stuff  and people are scared because they wanna be popular it doesnt matter what people think you aint going to live with them the rest of your life so i want to take a stand its not right someone tried to kill herself at school i felt bad because everyone picked on her i did too but i said sorry and i actually ment it. ilove my 4 siblings and i almost lost all of them2 of them because of bullies and critisism and 1 from diseases and my other sibling from depression..and depression i believe takes a stong part in being a victim in bullying!

Amber - 13 - oklahoma

I dont want to see people hurt by other people. Especially at this young age, I dont think kids have to endure this from OTHER kids. We should all try to work together to stop bullying and make us all one. 

Jina - 13 - South Korea

I was bullied for all of my primary school life. So much that i had to move schools a few times. 
But no matter which school i went to I couldnt escape the bullying.
And it even continued through high school.
It got to a point where my sisters had to threaten the bullies to stop.
And because of the bullying I have become bi-polar.
Now i have to take medication and do lots of stuff to keep myself intact.
Bullying ruined my school life and possibly my whole life but that doesnt get me down anymore, now when i get bullied i walk away or just tell them straight what i think about them bullying me.

Rebecca - 17 - Australia

I know how it feels. I was once "mentally" bullied by my friends when I was in Middle School back in Indonesia, I just moved to the United States few months ago. I never got physically bullied, but the name calling and knowing that people are gossiping about you and talking bad things about you can really make you get depressed. I know how it felt being alone, without having anyone to support you behind your back, I really struggled to stay strong and keeping my head up high. That is why I care, I was a victim and I want kids and teenagers to be able to go to school peacefully.

Anissa - 17 - Washington

I care because I have been bullied and still am and I don't want other people to want to do the stuff I want to do. 

h - 14 - ny

I kind of bully a friend of mine sometimes but I regret it EVERYTIME because I know it makes he feel awful. I wanna stop but he's so annoying sometimes... I don't know what to do I can stop if he stops.

Sara - 14 - Portugal

I used to be bullied. I was bullied ever since i was seven. It hurts a lot. I know how you guys feel. 

Lizzie - 16 - SC

I have been bullied all my life.. Being called fat, ugly, useless, dumb, and slut... Now i am still bullied but i am starting to learn how to handle it correctly.. Bullying literally ruined my life.. I was leaning towards cutting my wrists and thinking about suiciede everyday..  Now i have reliezed im not the only one and now im here reading all these stories and reliezing how good i have it... there are people with much worse stories than mine. but bullying is bullying and it should all be stopped ASAP. you are beautiful . remember that. follow your dreams and never give up. I have learned how to control my actions and love life and you should too.

Sophie - 13 - louisiana