"I was bullied from the first to the sixth grade, then I moved schools. It really hurts when the bullys tell you mean stuff. It made me want to kill myself. I cut myself all the time because i can still hear what theyre saying. Sometimes I'll have flashbaks of them slapping me to the point where I got frustrated and cried. I know how it feels to be bullied. I still cut myself but I'm trying to get help,i just dont know how to ask. I have suicidal thoughts too. I hide my body by wearing long clothes,even in the heat. Please stop bullying,in a way it saves lifes if you dont bully."

Marie - 14 - ca

Even though i have never been bullied or anyone i knew was i still think its a horrible thing.Bullies should realize what there doing and why it isnt right to just pick on someone who does absolutley nothing to you. everybody is there unique self and the shouldnt be bullied by it and im here to help fight against the cruelty of bullying 

odalys - 12 - IL

I know how it is... I know how it hurts. That's unnatural. Unnatural because you think people will be nice to you, as it is in home. The expectation pierced hurts, the surprise, the fright is terrible. People being rude and violent to you just 'cause you're not the same way they are... the "correct" way. What the hell, can't you be yourself? Can't you have your own style? What is worst? Being beaten or not having control of yourself, your feelings and opinions? Why loose your time? They don't give this kind of choice.
I went through almost every type of bullying. But what affected me the most was people destroying my dreams and i did nothing.
I remember that I was going to sing in a festival of school, i was so exciting! But i wasn't the only... And for the competition a had to be detonated, so i'd be emotionally scarred, i assumed. The worst is that they succeeded. Since that i don't really believe in myself singing. I'm so insecure, my voice just hangs when i'm not alone. I don't know what to do! Music is my life, but bullying destroyed that. I feel weak to not overcome this situation, but i do nothing for that.
And nowadays people just don't accept the way i am. 

Ingrid - 15 - RJ

I have a little sister, I never knew what bullying really was until she began middle school, most likely the toughest time of her life. I began to notice she was acting distant from her friends down the street, and that everytime we would leave the house, they would stick their tounges out at her and call her names. She began to stay alone in her room a lot and after a while I noticed scars on her wrists. This worried me a lot, I told my step mom and one more person. We then thought it was just for attention and backed off from it for a while to see if it progressed. After a month or 2 we are in my car, and she rolled up her sleeve saying she was hot, I just happened to notice that the scars were on both arms now, and deeper cuts. I asked her if there was anything she wanted to talk to me about and she said no, but it felt like she was screaming yes. One day she finally came up to me and told me girls at school were calling her fat, and ugly and she was really hurt and thought about taking her own life, (hense the cuts) but she realized that life was not about making people happy, its  about makin yourself happy. I am so proud to call her my little sis. I AM 100% AGAINST BULLYING!

Shelby - 19 - Mo

I have been bullied for a long time and because of that loads of my friends were gone. But it was usually cause I was always getting used cause every year I had a different friend and then they still left me. I told my family but they told me that you don't need friends and i usually got bullied because well i am not sure but my friend told me this that because i smell and i think that i don't and then ontop of that i am going to a new school and me and my family always care about my brother and not me. Even when I want to cry the tears won't come out and i made a promise that i wouldn't cry infront of my parents cause they scold me if i do.
WHAT SHOULD I DO?

Esha - 11 - DE

i care because i know what it's like to feel lost, lonely, and like the feelings of sadness and pain would never go away. i felt like there was nobody in this world that could understand my thoughts or view the world through eyes like mine. i needed support but was too afraid to let anybody into my world. i wasn't as lucky as youth are now with websites and hotlines available with truly caring mentors eager to listen and support. i urge anybody thats struggling to speak out. whether it be through a parent, sibling, email, phone call.. let your voice be heard. you are NOT alone. there IS hope. trust me, it gets so much better.
I LOVE YOU

Stephanie - 20 - Texas

when i first moved to a new school i felt scared and insecure because all the other girls had their own little group and i was way to shy to go up to the guys cuz i was scared that they'd make fun of me. I was alone for my first 2 weeks i only went a few days in that 2 weeks though, i couldnt make it through the day ever, but one day a girl came up to me and asked if i wanted to come and hang out with them after school, so i went and hung out with them and now 3 years down the road im friends with my whole class and everybody says im fun to be around all because that one girl felt really guilty about me being alone 24/7! I  wish everyone was like that because this bullying is so mean and it causes a lot of peaople to turn to suicide ! I BELIEVE ... so should you!! us teens can make the world a better place only if you believe in yourself!!!

Samanthe - 12 - CA

I care because, one of my best friends in the hole entire world was bullied so bad, she started cutting herself. I tried to stop it and it stopped because i tried my best. But she could still hear what people said behind her back. Scince she was always alone at the lunch table i had to sit with her. But my friends said if your gonna sit with her you cant sit with us anymore. And i gave up my friends for her. But one of my friends came too. It became so bad she swiched schools. And on top of everything else her father died. So she was totaly heartbroken. She had no one. THE END.

Elissa - 11 - NY

I have been bullied so many times I've lost count, and at one point I was nearly suicidal, so i know how bad it is, and i think it shouldn't even exist. The good thing for me was that i hade my friends and family to help me through it, and I'm actually helping a friend through a bad time with bullying, so it's nice to know someone is there for you, but alot of people don't have that. I would really like to make a difference and help other kids out there to not go through what I've been through! :)

Rachel - 14 - UK

I care because I have been bullied since the 4th grade and now im in 10th. and i still get bullied. It has been like a rollercoaster...you know like one year the bullying would not be that bad....but one year it would. i have been bullyied mostley cause i have a big nose and being called ugly cause of it hurts alot and to me it makes me feel well of course UGLY and insecure and not confident. even the people who i think are my friends say rude little comments that hurt. i mean saying comments even when joking is still like bullying....it hurts. i havent really....well actually i NEVER talked to anyone about it....so this is my first time saying anything. the main reason to this is because im embarresed but I have been holding on and am really glad the bullying is not as bad as it could be. and i want everyone who is reading this and has been bullied to know that....these people who are picking on you are going to go away. so try and stay confident....and remember PEOPLE CARE <3 

Joelle - 15 - NJ

i'm being bullied.and it can make you feel mad or sad . because i know this because on the weekend i am a happy funny girl but on the school days when i get home i'm mad but in the inside i'm sad . my family asked me way are you mad  and i say because i feel tired and they say your always to tierd to do anything . but really it's because i'm being bullied so i know how it feels

michelle - 9 - Tx

Bullying is not okay. Even little comments people write about you on the bathroom wall at school is not okay. I have been bullied before, probably not as harshly as a lot of people have, but I know what it feels like when your world is crashing around you and you have no idea what is going to happen next. I have seen people who have just centered their world around what people say about them and it is tragic. Bullying seems to make people feel better about themselves because the person doing the bullying is uncapable of facing their own problems. It is terrible what people do to get away from their bullying. Remember it is never your fault if you are getting bullied. I AM AGAINST BULLYING COMPLETELY!

Anna - 14 - SC

I was bullied for years. Year after year I got made fun of. When I transitioned to high school I hoped I would have a fresh start, but I was just picked on more. I became a bully myself. I started making fun of others. There are many reasons why I did it. I had to feel better about myself by putting down others, I did it because I wanted the spotlight of being humiliated to be put on someone else. I didn't realize how bad it was until I made someone cry. They were so embarassed they went home early. How do I apologize for something like that? I'm going to stop bullying because I know what it's like on both ends of the bullying.

Bethany - 15 - TX

I've been bullied since I was 10 years old.It started with the people I thought were friends.  I've been called nasty and told I have bugs in my hair.  I've been called poor because i had to shop at the Dollar Store.  I've been called gay because I have gay friends.  To this day I get asked if I'm anorexic or if I have an eating problem because I'm scrawny.  I was one of the lucky ones.  I stopped caring what other people thought and said about me because the people whose opinion mattered to me knew that what was being said wasn't true.  But I can't just act like one of the victims because I have to admit that me and my friends helped bully a girl so bad in 8th grade that she switched schools. It haunts me every day that I helped to that to that girl because it wasnt me and I have never gotten the chance to apologize to her.  Bullying isnt fun and I don't think any of us actually realize what our bullying does or how it makes people feel.

Kirsti - 18 - TX

"it hurts to see no one was making a difference until now its kids that are obese and no one really cant say anything because their scared that no one will help their scared that teachers friends any one will look down on them and if the teachers counselers dont help they just keep getting bullied SPEAK OUT SPEAK NOW show respect show love get in their shoes and feel their pain and show compassion!!!!!!!!!

Christi - 12 - IL

im losing confidence in myself. Getting pushed around during school hours and as seeing those people never getting caught. Getting bullied about my size,my weight,and my height is painfull. Teachers see you get bullied yet they dont do nothing to stop them. People like me dont know much but we still get hurt.We get this awful pain inside. I'm a 13 year old girl who is losing confidence in herself but still wants to change the world and make a difference and gain that confidence back to become a better yet stronger person in life.

yanette - 13 - MA

I care because I am bullied for a severe peanut allergy.  I am not only bullied but threatened and the school will do nothing about it.  A few girls think it's funny to say they want to shove peanut butter in my face.  This has been going on since last year after I stood up for someone that was getting verbally bullied behind their back and this bullying and threatening continues into high school. They don't understand that I'm scared for my life.  I want to make a difference and try to stop bullying!! 

Jessica - 14 - NY

MY FRIENDS  AND ME BULLIED SOME PEOPLE  BUT THEN I STOP HANGING AND WITH PEOPLE THAT GOT BULLIED AND I SAID SORRY HANGED UT WITH THEM  TO AND NOW I HAVE GOOD FRIENDS  NOW SO DONT BULLY BECAUSE YOU CAN MAKE SOME BOY CRY AND WHEN YOU GET OLDER YOU ARE NOT GOING TO HAVE FRIENDS BECAUSE YOU ARE BULLYING SO DONT AND NOW I AM GETTING BULLIED BUT AT LEST I AM NOT BULLYING PEOLE AND ALOT OF PEOPLE BULLIE    MY SISTER ALOT MORE THAN ME SHE ALWAYS CRYS HOME TO US  I FEEL BAD ABOUT MY SISTER

KAITLYN - 9 - PA

A lot of times the ones being bullied end the bulling in their own matters by unfortente events. But I think people need to be aware of ALL the effects of bullying. People need to be aware that one little spark can cause a major combustion. I will admit that I was probably the one doing the bullying in the "not hurtful" way...BUT I WAS WRONG and there is NO such thing as "not hurtful" bullying. And because I became aware of the effects bullying could do I stopped. I am thankful in so many ways that I have never known (personally) a person that has experienced any effect of bullying. And I am very sorry I ever did anything to hurt anyone. I AM AGAINST BULLYING! 

AMD - 18 - NJ

You are so right no one deserves to be treated like trash. Every time I see a movie about bullying I cant sit through it. I dont want to watch the news and here someone took there life because they have been bullied! so lets do some thing about it! I AM A KID AGAINST BULLYING

Victory - 14 - NJ

I care because I was bullied at school for years. I even became a bully, until I saw how it hurt her- so I stopped knowing how bullying affected me; just at the age of 16 I deal with a prolonged Self Injury Addiction. I was always told that pain was what I deserved. 
Don't be afraid to say Stop, or tell someone- because bullying may never stop, but you can slow it down.

Tish - 16 - MO

I've been bullied throughout the first two years of high school... after that i completely shut down. I wasn't able to build a social group around me and because I felt so insecure about everything I got really depressed and basically shut out the few people i had still left in my life... I pushed everybody who cared about me away because i wasn't able to trust people anymore.  even my best friend gave up on me eventually. I'm not able to talk to people or try to make new friends because i just don't know what to say and i don't know who i am anymore. I feel like i lost my self in the process. I feel all alone and i have nothing left and i feel so empty.... bulliying has  pretty much ruined my life. There's still things I wanna try in my life but I'm scared to do anything because if whatever i undertake doesn't work out, i am scared that people are gonna make fun of me once again. some people get stronger, i just get weaker every second. So I care because i'm still suffering and I still haven't overcome this . I'm still right in the middle of all off this. And I would'n wish it upon anybody. I care because nobody should have to go through things like this!!!

Audrey - 16 - tx

I was always bullied because I was to of the class and won terrific kid 7 years in a row. And then, theres my weight. Not everyone is picture perfect. I have fine self- esteem, except for when I'm  teased. I don't like it; no one does! Ease up on me. I don't starve myself, either.

Jessica - 12 - FL

..............................stop

Madison - 13 - IN

I was bullied. and its not nice. it really hurts. and we have to stop it. Just Believing. I support this cause anf i'll tell all my friends to support it. SPEAK NOW.

Nathalie - 14 - ch

No one deserves to be bullied, we are meant to be loved and adored.  

Leandra - 16 - SA

my little brother is autist, he have the asperger sindrome and he has been bullied since elementary school, he is now in middle school but he has been in a different school almost every year since first grade and when he finally gets adecuate to the school, something happen that he has to change school. i just want him to feel safe and respected by the others kids, and they don't bully him because he is diferent than them.

Paulina, Chile.

Paulina - 21 - CL

i want to make a diffrence and help kids out  one voice is not loud enough but we can all change that 

karen - 13 - fl

Because ive been bullied and is still being bullied  because of my facial features and its caused me to become depressed and its also caused me to Cut myself and it needs to stop thats why im putting my foot down

Phylicia - 16 - CT

I have been always bullied.  Everybody in the shool laugh about me and my friend. They make me a lot of jokes about my face or gestures. I can't resist anymore, now  I'm always depressed, I don't feel secure with my face and body, so I never wear skirts or dresses cause I'm afraid about other people, I think they will laugh about my aperance. Now I don't have friends, nobody talk to me, they just laugh. I 'm always alone and the teachers look at me and they believe that I'm werd. I CAN'T RESIST ANYMORE!!! I don't know what to do, I have been thinking on cut mysel but I resist!!! I need help!!!

Tania - 15 - CA