Shared Stories
"I have a 14 year old son who is being bullied by girls as well as boys and it is stressiful for him. He is in disable class because of mental issues. I want to help him but I don't know how. I have spoke to the school but they have just ignored my alligation. What should I do about this?"
"The story realy touched me and thank you I will never forget it. I will never be a bully again.
THANKYOU"
"Hi my name is Kacie, I was also diagnosed with attention deficit disorder like Megan. I was also diagnosed with a deseise called touretts at 9 yrs old. People at school called me fat and I belevied it because my classmates would call me fat sausage, pregnate lady, boys would "MOO" at me! Nothing helped until I got into about 6th and 7th grade when I sprouted up and got thinner. I made a lot of friends. Im looked up to now! I have to be a romodel. If I see anyone getting bullied I will stand up for them! Im thankful for your speech today it really touched my heart! I will continue to share your story! Thanks!"
"My name is Marisa. And I am a freshmann in highschool. The story of Megan touched me so much, I decided to do a report on it. I want everybody to know just how bad words can hurt. I was diagnosed with manic depression and bipolar disorder when I was in the seventh grade. I wish I could of been one of Megan's friends on myspace. I could of helped her through this. I once tried it too. I know you've heard this a billion times, but I'm so sorry for what happened. I hope things have gotten easier for you and your family. Love, Marisa."
"I made some new friends in 8th grade. At first, they accepted me into their "clique" and I was "popular." That only lasted a little while. I remember that one of the boys they liked - turned out to like me. That was, apparently, my crime. Abruptly one day they decided to shun me. They avoided me, laughed, pointed, shoved, yelled at, refused to sit by, me. Whenever they had the chance they yelled the name of a female dog at me in the hallways each and every day for literally months. It was so hard to get up and go to school to face the same cruelty. One night I told my mom what had been happening and I told her that I felt like killing myself because "everyone hated my guts." I don't know why I hadn't said anything before. I think I must've been too humiliated and ashamed. She told me that it would pass, that kids "can be cruel." I don't think my mom had the slightest idea that I was really, truly, thinking about killing myself. I remember that later on in the school year, right before 8th grade ended for the summer, these same girls started suddenly being soooo nice to me. I remember feeling so relieved that I was no longer being bullied. I agreed to go to a party with them. They all acted like nothing ever happened. Inside, though, I knew what these girls were capable of and I was able to avoid the ones who ended up with me in high school."
"its was the first day of 7th grade, expecting this year to be perfect: i made the cheerleading squad,had the best and coolest group of friends, and the boys all talked to me.
Boy was i wrong.
My "best friends" decided to just one day not like me. and if one didnt like me they all couldnt like me
Because thats what bullies do. i was cyber bullied over myspace thats were it all started. i deleted that. After decided to keep my facebook it happened there. mean nasty hateful comments,posts,etc for all the world to see. it torn me apart those girls abused me mentally.
i was very deeply depressed and had thoughts of suicide filled my head.
but what would that leave me with.
no justice for me. sadness and guilt for my family.something in my head told me no.
Today im stronger and i would like to continue my dream as being a public speaker and a school guidance consular and continue the fight for the victims of bullying. RIP<3 and for the rest stay strong<3 somebody loves you,believe me."
"I was in 7th grade when it happened. I guess it wasnt really cyberbuling, but i guess you could call it that. It was one day last year after school when i got a call from a Private Number, it had like a animated voice so he\she sounded really weird. He\she kept calling me and my friend and saying stuff like how much he\she hate me and my other friends and stuff like that. he\she were saying he\she hate one of my friends because she is colored. He\she said they could enter my phones calls. I didnt really know what they were talking about, but then they were some how listening to me and my friends conversation on the phone. It was very strange, and they were saying mean things. Well the next day we found a typed out note in my friends locker saying, "I'm watching you" and other stuff. WE deciced to take to my principal and deal with it. Well me and my friend were talked to for days and they tried to look at the camreas to find out who stuck it in my friends locker. Well they couldnt find out who it was. Sadly. But we noticed that at the bottom of the typed out letter they little place were it puts the date and you email adress, well it was cut out. I remenber the last call i got and they said, "way to go on telling the teachers". Then I thought they must be really watching me. But, sadly we still today have never found out who it was......."
"Hi am Alexis, am 14. Am here to tell you that i been bullied. I was in 7th grade and some girls were acting weired at me. They been asking me a dummy questions. Then at lunch room i always sit at the girls table. About 2 weeks later, they been acting weired. Their were like "oh that sit is messing. Am very sick!" Why can they we don't want sit their. The 7th grade got bad that i thought. I cried after school when i was 12 in 7th grade. Then my mom got me a new school and love it allot. The kids are nice and cool.When i heard about Megan, that's really sad that she die at age 13. I was like her course i want to kill myself too. But i didn't and the teacher help me what's my problem is.Now am in freshmen in High School. Megan you are a beautiful, smart and funny girl but it sad at the same time. I love you and miss you. RIP MEGAN MEIER 1992-2006. Just remember you guys, you are smart and amazing people that god made you."
"My Name Is Lydia And I'm In 6th Grade. I Heard About Megan's Story Over The Summer And It Really Touched Me And Made Me Realize What Words Can Do. I Didn't Find This Website Till Just Today. Megan And Her Family Have Been Placed In My Heart. I Find Her Story So Heartbreaking, Yet Touching. Everyday, I Pray For Megan And Her Family. I Pray For Their Pain To Ease As Easily As Possible, Even Though It's Pretty Impossible For That To Happen. Tina, Or Any Other Family Member Of Megan's, If You're Reading This, My Heart Goes Out To You And I Send You Warm Wishes. And To You, Megan, Rest In Peace. I'll See You In Heaven One Day, Girly. You Seemed Like Such A Nice Girl. I Wish I Could've Known You. Happy New Year To Everyone Reading This... Especially Megan's Family.
♥R.I.P. MEGAN TAYLOR MEIER♥
♥NOVEMBER 6, 1992 - OCTOBER 16, 2006♥
♥MAY SHE FOREVER REST IN PEACE♥
♥SHE WILL ALWAYS BE REMEMBERED, WHILE NEVER BEING FORGOTTEN♥
Fly Way Up High With Those Angel Wings, Megan Taylor... Fly High And Touch The Sky.
We Love You And Miss You Dearly."
"Hi Tina, I'm Mariah. I suffer from Depression,and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. I was always known as the nerd, or the girl who always had her hand up.The summer after 4th grade year i moved to a new school. I was so embarrassed in 5th grade because of how geeky i looked.. I was made fun of all the time, and i just got tired of it.. It was the same in 6th. Well now that i'm in 7th.. I have made many changes, i cut my hair short, lost my glasses, and still have high grades but i never speak up.. I have been bullied alot this year.. Well, i was so fed up with it that i put a garbage bag around my head and attempted to take my own life.. I was so scared that i ripped it off and put a lot of holes in it.. I can't say that i haven't had thoughts, or haven't tried a few times after that.. I always felt that i ment nothing to this world and i had no reason to be here.. I finally found great friends, and have a wonderful boyfriend.. I do still have thoughts but, somehow i learned how to control my emotions towards suicide. I am hoping my school will be able to pay for your services to come, Tina, it will make a big difference for us! I really wish i would've known Megan! She sounds like a terrific girl! We would have a lot in commom.. I bet i could've made a difference in her life if i had known her.. I know what she went through.. I'm going through it right now, with weight issues.. I'm 5.2 1/2 and 120 pounds and my butt is the size of China! People may think i'm fat and ugly, but they don't really know who i am. I'm happy the way i am, and i don't need stupid insecure people in my life to make my life worse! Tina, your story had a big impact on me,and my family.. I really hope you can come.. You will get through this! Thank You!
Mariah.."
"Last year, I had a girlfriend who was 2 years older than me. It was fun, but she left me after a month. It didn't end badly, but we still didn't talk for a few months. When we started talking again, we got into an argument. Later, after I heard that she and her friends were saying terrible things about me, I removed them from my Facebook. Within a week, I discovered that they made a Facebook page about me. It upset me, but later someone reported the group abusive. A few weeks ago, my ex-girlfriend and her friends made 2 more Facebook groups about me, and I forced myself to deactivate my Facebook account. It still upsets me that people would be cruel enough to harass me over the internet, but I know I'm not the only one. It has caused me to become very angry, and my family has also felt the effects. The best advice I could give to other young people is only talk to other people on the computer when necessary, like for homework. And don't join social network sites like Facebook and MySpace, since they open the doors for bullying. I hope cyberbullying, and any other kind of bullying, will come to an end soon, and that we will not have to lose our young people as we've lost Megan Meier. I keep the Meier family in my prayers."
"Hi I am 16 years old and I have been bullied at school since the third grade and in jr. high it got worse. Kids called me names, spread rumors about me, wrote stuff in the bathroom stalls about me, and called me pregnant. Then on August 24th, 2009 my freshmen year of high school it started again this time a sophomore girl was bullying me. She called me a b**** one day while I was at my locker. Fast forward to March 19, 2010 this same girl tells me to "Shut up and go kill myself." this really hurt my feelings. This year I am a sophmore and still being bullied. Last year, I joined Facebook to keep in contact with family that lives far away and friends that have moved away and already more than once I have been cyberbullied on Facebook. I have been called mean names and one of my "friends" made their status up about me one time. This year at school I have been called some harsh names and someone even wrote "You suck" on my locker. I don't know how much more I can take last year really stunk."
"I was sitting at my laptop and when i got on weeworld this girl was threatning me say ing mean and hurtful things about me all i did was delete the messages and delete her as a friend the messages continued and i continued to do the same thing until school stated back and then we got over the argument and we learned that dont believe anything anybody else says unless you hear it from them then get mad thats my story im so sorry for your loss Megan would be so proud of you Megan was a very pretty girl may she REST IN PEACE NOW!"
"Hi, Tina Im 12 years old and i know what its like to be bullied and i understand your story...I was in 6th grade and today you came to my school and talked to us and your daughter is VERY beautiful also heres my story I sit there minding my buissness and people start laughing at me then i find out why people start calling me katie-big-dot and laughing at my braces what do i do R.I.P. MEGAN MEIERS <3"
"you came to my school today and spoke, and i was really touched. you are so strong and i can't imagine what you're going through. i don't necessarily have a personal story, but i would like to share about the freedom only found in jesus christ. i deal with my emotions and tend to internalize things, and it gets really hard to verbalize how i'm hurting. but i have found that through my relationship with God i am able to be strong, and know that he has overcome the enemy. i am so sorry for your loss, and i will pray for you and your family."
"i just broke up with my boyfriend and he is calling me a bitch, whore, and some other nasty words. Ive done nothing but try to be nice. He is now dating my best friends ex girlfriend. But i broke up with him 2 weeks ago. What should i do?"
"I am now 25 but all my school years before dropping out of high school i was considered Not popular, and didnt have many friends at all. and i defenitly didnt consider myself pretty and neither did anyone else!I moved to that city the beginning of my 7th grade year,the very 1st day of school there were a group of boys calling me names and making fun of me.I felt like it was the end of the world for me,and would have done anything to end it! I'm so sorry for megan. Life would have got better for her as it did for me! Gos bless you and your family!"
"I dont really have a story to tell but in all actuality it could be.. the day that Tina came to my school to speak honestly changed my life. That night I felt upset and happy at the same time. Upset because for some reason I felt like I should have helped Megan which is silly seen as how I didnt know her but thats how I felt. Megan looks like the type of girl I would definatly be friends with and its totally unfair that her life was stollen away from her. I feel happy because I know that Meagan losing her life is helping kids around the world know what bullying can do to others and this could keep it from happening again. Tina talked for about an hour and in that hour she made me feel like I have known her entire family my whole life...so I feel like I have lost Megan as well..Tina speaking has forever changed me. I will not bully in any way nor will I watch as others get bullied. Thank you so so much Tina.
IN LOVING MEMORY MEGAN MEIER, YOU WERE AN AMAZING GIRL."
"hi im mikeala and im 13 yrs old. ive dealed with bullies before. in sixth grade i had huge issues with emotional distress.people where calling me retarted because i was in special education at the time and i had trouble concentrating with school. people started turning against me because i was a very bad person. by the time seventh grade came i tried to commit sucicide but i couldnt because i tgought to myself "why would i want to kill mylsef when i have a life to live?" then my myspace account was hacked and people saw the modifications and they thought i said i was lesbian but it wasnt true but people didnt belive me. i wouldnt go to my parents because they would have been worried, but then i transferred to a new school and things have gotten better with me. so my selfesteem is getting better and ive made new and better friends but i still only have two friend that go to my old school that care about me. so this story of megan really touched me so thank you for your suppourt."
"Hey, my name is Meagan.I'm 14 yrs. old.Ive been bullied myself and still am. But I've learned how to cope with it. At one time I almost lost it and came to the point where I just couldn't take the pain anymore and nearly killed myself.People called me ugly and tried to make me feel bad. I was also pushed in the hallways and tripped. I felt like crap.Nobody even treated me like I was a human.When they passed worksheets out in class, instead of placing my paper on my desk like everyone else they threw it at my face or snatched papers from me.I became deeply depressed and cried myself to sleep at nights.Thanks to my bestfriend I didn't commit suicide.But when I saw this story about Megan, my heart just went out to her and her family.I'm so sorry and may Megan rest in peace. I wish you all the best of wishes.I pray that one day all this bullying will stop."
"this story is so touching i hope this is alright but im going to use it for my speach and how to help and stuff thank you for shareing your story i know how hard it is to go through this iv been throught it myself"
"I have been a victim of bullying all my life. But the worst I've ever endured came during my junior and senior years of high school. I had a friend named Justin. We were best friends. Then Justin got a girlfriend named Mikki. Mikki was very "territorial" as Justin put it. A few months went by, then Mikki came to our school, 6 months pregnant. She went crazy, accusing me of trying to kiss Justin almost a year before. I laughed at her and shrugged it off. But she wouldn't leave me alone. Every time she saw me she would yell "slut", "whore". She would come up to me in school and threaten to kill me and write what a slut I was and how she wanted to kick my a** on her MySpace page. The final straw came when she threw 2 eggs at my house and broke a window in my carport. I never saw her to confront her, but the first day of my senior year she found me, asked me how my window was, threatened to kill me, and called me a p***y when I said I wouldn't fight her. I went to the principal and she never bothered me after that, she even allowed me and Justin to be friends. During that time, I was over at their apartment and Mikki was angry with Justin about something and sulked in their bedroom. When she came out she started a fight with him so I left. Then I got a text saying that Justin and I were sitting too close together on the couch and I couldn't come over anymore, but we could still be friends. I told her no, that I don't have friends like that. After that, the harassment started again. She posted status updates on MySpace using my first and last name, that I cut myself, and I'm a whore. It still hasn't stopped. But I don't let it get me down, because she has a baby and dropped out of high school. But every day I still think about what hell she made my life. She made me not want to come to school. People like her need to be stopped."
"This story is so sad. I feel for you all! Im sorry! I wish you all my best wishes and hope that Megan will live forever in our and your hearts!. Me and my 2 friends were so moved by this story!
~CaItLyN!1!1!"
"Hey you went to my school today Gentry. Thank you for coming I have been made fun of because of my looks and because I am so short. But this is what I do ignore people, I under stand for Megan she could'lt "Josh Evans"should be ashamed. I hope you know Mrs.Meier it was not your fault at all for your dauthers death. I hope you know you have a lot of people behind you in foundation. Thank you again for coming to my school. I have a question what should I do if someone sends me a sexting text?"
"After being home schooled and living on a farm going into a public middle school was the most exciting thing for me. i knew the very first day i was the odd one out when people would whisper and point but i thought at the time it was just because i was new and i would soon make friends.
i was so wrong there were boys and girls there who would tease me about things like my hair or my clothes and even at one point a teacher got involved with some girls who said things like "those mexican gals you know how they are so dirty and slutty you cant trust them around guys you like "and my Math teacher says " yea i know what you mean haha" and nothing was done about it after my parents reported it.in high scool my principle would always tell me i would never make anything of myslef and i was worthless and a waste of my teachers that weekend i went to a party and was gang raped and none believed me even though they told friends i was picked on about it by them and others so
i dropped out and still had problems with my self confidence. i moved in with my older sister thought i could make friends there and got a boyfriend and went to his house all the time and we had fun my sister and i had a fight about me being late. she kicked me out on the street and i went to a shelter for 2 weeks got out after no contact with my boyfriend i went to his school to see him and he ended it with me at that point i felt there was nothing in this life for me so i went to a friends house for a drink of water as i had nowhere to go and used his bathroom stole razors sleepmeds and liquid medicine took them all and the slit my wrist and then ran out in the high way a cop saw me had me taken to the hospital called my mother and father my cuts were so bad the stitched them shut i have to live with my scars but now im a graduate with a 3.85 gpa and a happily married mother of three after the death of my second child i look back and think Wow that stuff wasnt nearly this bad but bad enough still and thank God for keeping me here my kids need me and there is a reason for me being here i would never think to do that again"
"i am so touched by megans story, unfortunately the
cruelty of the human race to others still exists.
some are too beautiful inside and out for this world, like megan............"
"Hi, My name is Alyssa. In November, a friend of mine, Samantha Kelly, Had commited suicide. Such a nice, young girl gone. From earth forever. She was harassed and called mean names. Whenever I was down, she would make me feel better. Though I was younnger than her, I was still her friend. Even after her painful death, she was cyberbullied. AFTER! Mean comments like "She deserves to die" , "That liar!" , "She was a waste" all made the most horific event even worse. Her young soul is gone forever because of the mean nasty bullying. I miss her everyday.
Rest in peace Megan and Samantha
Your loved and missed!
XOXO Alyssa <3"
"my name is yvonne and my daughter dani was 14 when the bullying started. another girl was angry because the boy she liked was interested in dani instead of her. so she made up a horrible facebook page about her full of horrible lies and other very private and personal information including her bipolar disorder. 97 children had joined this page before it came to my attention. i immediately got it taken off but the damage was done. by the time monday morning came it was all over the school. my daughter lifted her head up and went to school anyway. the tormenting went on for months. the other girl got suspended and all her friends blamed my daughter. then that all snowballed. the school punished anyone who added a nasty comment and they all began to hate my daughter so it just escalated. five months later things were so bad for dani she attempted suicide. i am blessed that she didnt accomplish this. but i know any small difference could have changed the outcome. dani has since been removed from school and due to her bipolar and NOT DUE TO THE BULLYING. she is allowed to be tutored 5 days a week. but her ability to function normally in a school setting is a thing of the past. her social disorders and inability to trust and befriend people is a horrible problem. this cyberbullying must stop."
"My name is Caroline and I'm 14 years old. When I was in the second grade, I was diagnosed with ADHD. When I was in the fourth grade, I got teased a lot and had no friends. I just try my best to fit in with the other kids. I can relate to Megan a lot. If we'd met, we would be friends for sure because we have the same conditions, same life and all that stuff. Her story has touched me and now I know why my mom won't let me have a facebook. I love you Megan. I know you'll be waiting for me. I'll see you when I get to Heaven."
"I can kind of relate to Megan's story. Ever since I could remember, I have been bullied. I am overweight and I get called every name in the book. I have tried everything to become skinny. Not eating, making myself throw up, but nothing worked. In 6th grade, I started cutting myself. It helped me deal with my pain. I am in 8th grade now and I am still bullied. I have tried to commit suicide, but right before I wrapped the rope around my neck, I stopped. I didn't want to die. I thought of my family and my friends. I thought about how they would feel if I was gone. Just seeing the presentation about Megan made me cry and miss her even though I didn't know her. So if I love and miss someone I don't even know, I wonder what my family and friends would be going through right now if I decided to go through with my plan. I am glad I am here today and whenever I see bullying, I try to stop it. And I will always do that.
*R.I.P. Megan Meier*
*We All Love and Miss You*
*Our Guardian Angel*"
"Hello, tina i am now 19 years old and i know your pain of Megan's death. Because i, myself witnessed my sister Jazmine dangling form the cieling at my home bcause her ex bestfriend told her that her boyfriend hated her and thought she should die. This was her breaking point! She came into the house at 2:45 pm. Sunday, December 20, screaming and crying. She ran up to her room, and locked the door. I ran behind her because i was 17 at the time and she was 14. That is my sister and was the closest person ever to me. She told me that if i didn't let her be she'd kill herself but i thought this was all out of anger. So i called my mama and daddy told them what was going in. They made to the house like 15 minutes later. When they got there i was hysterically crying and couldn't stop myself because of that dreadful moment, She said to me through the door "bye, sissy i love u and mama and daddy, always remember me." i then yelled "No, Jaz don't do it!" thats when i heard the chair move and then silence! My dad broke down the door and all i saw was my sister hanging form the jammed hook on the cieling. i HAVE BEEN devasted but i know she is watchiong over me and i know she is where she needs to be. I apoligize for Megan even though i didn't know her her pictures mean something to me because of what i went theough."
"Hi, my name is Christina and I live in Canada, today I somehow came across your daughters story. It broke my heart. see I am 14, and have always been the target for bullies, I have ADD and ADHD and sometimes I stare at walls. I left my public school 3 years ago because of bullying. Kids can be so mean! Out on the playground kids would throw basketballs at me and 1 group of girls yelled "eww" whenever I walked by.
I managed to escape that when I went to a private school last year, but as the year ended I got scared. this new year has brought totally new levels of bullying. At one point I friended someone on facebook who was a good friend and didn't have facebook before, just to find out it was someone under his name targeting me and posting bad things about me.
That was hard. I'm so glad that you have decided to have your daughter motivate you to do good. Keep going. It will make a difference! Hugs- Christina"
"When I was growing up more in the 5th grade I started to get tanner, frizzy hair,and fatter. I noticed people had been being so rude to me in school. I was the only indian girl there. Almost all were american. People were saying " ew,shes ugly" and this one girl even said "her skin looks like poop". Boys would always be picking on me and treat me like I'm retarted. I would get so mad and tell the teacher, "I can't think, they won't stop talking about nasty things. They talked with a very dirty mouth in the 5th grade you wouldn't think they would know about that stuff they talk about. They would just immataite me with a high pitch voise.I was crying into my pillow everytime I went home. My mom would say "how was your day, baby?" I would smile at her closing my eyes a little bit so she doesn't see my watery eyes. My mom never knew how depressed I was. She would check in my room to see what I was doing and I would pretend I'm sleeping. I don't know what she is thinking, if I needed help because I "sleep" too much. I would always stare at my celing trying to think of ways I can kill myself and I was kind of scared to kill myself but I just really wanted too! .I had 2 best friends, Courtney and Belinda. Belinda lived in my complex in the same building. We would hang out in the hallway all the time. She was the one who was always there for me, when I cried and even though I was ugly she didn't see that, all she seen was my heart and the inside of me. She knocked on my door if I wanted to hang-out with her and my mom says "sure just be carefull" We would ride our bikes to Courtneys house if she wanted to come too. Courtney was always fun and would make me forget my bad thoughts of myself. I just couldn't do the the suicide because I think God was trying to tell me not too. I always have a feeling in me not to do it. In the 6th grade I started getting more friends and I had enough friends people couldn't pick on me. I felt proud of me and yes, I still had enemys but they would pick on me barley ever. I'm so thankful for everyone who made me stop my depression. I hope anyone one who feels like they need suicide, they don't! EVERYONE NEEDS PERSON TO TALK ! SAVE A LIFE"
"Just like most, I was bullied in middle school. It was never anything big,and I had never thought to kill myself but it still had an affect on me. I often came home crying because I just couldn't take it any more. I was more quiet and reserved most of the time but I made a great effort to be more outgoing and spontaneous. People really didn't like the way I dressed or the way I wore my hair. I had glasses I already dreaded wearing and the chose to pick on me for wearing glasses. Since when is it a sin to wear glasses? I didn't understand why I was so different or why it mattered to them so much. I guess any reason is a reason to be bullied and kids know that. I've gone to high school since then and have had no problems fitting in. I have changed my hair, the way I dress, and the people I surround myself with. I did it for myself and not for the people that said I should change. I try to watch what I say because I remember how it felt to be tormented as a kid. I never went on Facebook or MySpace because I knew it would just continue there too. It caused a lot of fear and humiliation to be that girl who was bullied. I got through it by breaking the silence and telling my mom what was going on. I let my guidance counselor know what was going on and I filed a report. You are bullied because you let yourself be the victim. If you speak out, you will not be the victim."
"Lillian is my little sister she is 13, tall, and plays hockey. Girls liked to make fun of her because of what she wore and who she hung out with. It doesnt seem like a big deal but everyday Lillian used to come home crying and telling our family what girls say about her. This was going on for a long time but it got worste when the new school year started. It has a impact not only on her but our family what is said to her was like having it said to us.Lillian is 21 now and is in collage and doing well but she will always remember the bullying and tears that came from her eyes.When she herd about Megan Meier her stomache ached all day because she knew what postion that she was in. It may seem fun at the moment that you are bullying someone but is it worth it 8 years later? is the rushing sensation and heavy heartbeat worth it?"
"Hi my name is Nicole Hrvey. People make fun of me because one of my eyes are crossed and i dont have a left ear. I dont know what to do and i was wondering if anything or anyone had suggestions i asked my mom if i could be homeschooled and she said i could i just want to know if its to that point or if theres anything to help my bullying problems"
"Hi I am currently being bullied right now and I wanted to share my story with you before you came to my school this week. My problem started when I made my school cheer team. My best friend started calling me a snob saying I was going to start being snotty and ugly and rude like all cheerleaders. She use to pick up the class text book and throw it at the back of my head. Then, I stopped talking to her and made some new friends but not for long. After, I make a new friend she has to steal them and tell them to stop talking to me. Next, all the girls were calling me names and cussing me out. Now, I have personally dealt with the situation by telling them to leave me alone and not talk to me at all unless they want to personally tell me nice and only nice things. This still doesn't work though."
"Hi my name is Jon and i personally feel what its like to be bullied. The rumors here at East Prairie High School started with me having a hit list that wasn't ture. I suffer from Mental Depression and a child disored. I was put in the mental hostipal for five months for cutting myself and going crazy from all the bullying. I have been put under after the fiive months locked to a one full day under a sucide watch. I have tried seven times but i failed doing so. I tired taking piles, hanging, cutting myself but never worked. I like what your doing and i hope you are successful to your plan to stop bullying works."
"i have bin through abuse at home since i was very young. my mother did drugs and my stepfather was cruel and degrading and so was my mother and my father and i constantly argued and i had a group of people who bullied me. they said they were friends, but i knew they weren't... if i didn't hang out with them and agree to be bullied i would get stalked and harassed. eventually i couldn't even go to school because my body would have a panic attack when i would leave the house. they put me in a school with emotionally disturbed kids and all of the kids had some form of mental illness, however for the first time ever i had real true friends and people who cared for me regardless of there own issues. i had one friend and he became my best friend and i loved him more than anything... he was so kind, and so caring and he was there for me and was always there when i needed him. but eventually he replaced me and i had to go to school everyday dealing with being replaced. he soon began to avoid me and say hurtful things about me and some of his friends also turned on me and i was once again alone. it was the worst feeling ever to be loved and to have it taken away. i stopped going to school and one day me and him became friends again. but i ended up leaving the school anyway because they couldn't deal with my absences. after leaving the school he avoided all contact with me and it is to this day hard to get over. its one thing to be picked on but when somebody shows you happiness and than takes that from you and becomes your worst enemy it is the worst thing ever. and that's exactly what happened with Megan, i cried when i watched this story. my heart goes out to you and i hope my story can possibly help others"
"My God Megans story sounds so much like my daughters. She recently has been given the nick name "twinkie girl", which was started by a 39 year old mother. In addition to her passing out twinkies at a basketball game she proceeded to post on face Book and text messages what a fat ass she is and how much she hates her. We have asked her to stop and said we would press charges if she continues but she wont stop. She drives through the neighborhood and continues to tell everyone how much she hates my daughter and wants to kick her ass- again this is a 39 year old women. In addition she told my daughter that the boy she liked would never like her b/c she is so ugly. My heart breaks for my daughter. She was 37 pounds over weight and through the last year of hard work she has lost 27 pounds and is beautiful! She is a sweetheart but this women continues to embaress her and humilate her and I feel so powerless..... Her entire situation reminds me of Megans. This is differnt than the average your a jerk ect. this is sick!!!!"
"When my oldest daughter, who is now 21, was a sophomore @ age 15, internet bullying started and then quickly turned into heavy verbal bullying and ultimately, a physical mob attack by a group of teenage girls that were juniors and seniors. My daughter entered high school as a beautiful, bright and athletic student. We live in a great area and moved here for the excellent school district. She is not shy, but reserved. There was alot of jealousy from the older girls we were told by the dean and they taunted her daily. Thinking we were giving her the right advice, we told her to hold her head up and stick it out and when they graduated, she would be free of them. It was heartbreaking to watch her slowly lose friends because of the pressure these girls put on her current friends as well. Her sisters were all affected by the constant heartache as well. The summer that she was entering into her junior year, they planned a mob action attack on her and invited over 50 classmates to come and watch. They held her down and beat her up, breaking her nose. The police were called, but no charges were pressed since we decided to contact every parent of the three main girls who attacked her instead. They each defended their daughter. Although, the high school was very supportive, we decided to pull her out and allowed her to attend another. She had a hard time making friends there, quit sports and started drinking. She did decide to return to her original high school since the older girls had gone off to college, but she ultimately lost all of her friends and became addicted to alcohol. She entered into rehab at age 18. She is now 21 and every day is a struggle with self esteem. I suspect she still has alocohol problems, but she is now living on her own, dropped out of college also and is waitressing to support herself. I regret not handling it different, although, I'm not sure what we could have done differently. I am so thankful to people like you for raising awareness. I now greatly understand the feeling of never wanting another young person to go through this.
God bless you and press on for the innocent. Megan was a beautiful young girl and will ALWAYS be remembered.
In Christ,
Terri"
"I'm not here for a story, but i just wanted to say that my band is doing a show at Boney Junes, in Evansville IN to benefit Megan, i read all about her and it was wrong, LessThanThrees best wishes to your family, we will be ding a shout out to you and raise awareness about cyber bullying"
"I went to school with these two girls and one i grew up with.Long story short Sydney was bullied by a girl named Montoya The boy that Harris was so obsessed with left her. But she begged him not to leave her but he didnt know that she was pregnant. He found out that Sydney was his cousin and then started hanging out with her and Harris found out about it and thought that they were dating but they werent. Harris went over to her house playing like they were friends. Sydneys parents made sure that they werent fighting anymore before they left to the store. Next thing you know these to get into an argument and then when Sydney was going to go inside Harris pulled out a knife and stabbed her 10 time in the head, neck, back and chest. Pierced her heart twice. I know what its like to lose a close person."
"~Hi~
I'm Gefei. I had a best friend named Daffodil. She was my BFF. She id dead. It was a horrible day that day. Here's a poem for you Daffy:
Daffy...
You were so bright, so loyal, and my best friend,
Why did you leave me?
When you left,
I thought I was alone and wasn't able to survive.
But... Friends were by your side and with me.
Still, Daffy
did you have to go?
I am always thinking of you...
I am also sorry for not helping you so much.
But I knew you forgave me,
Your not in pain now,
Cuz' your in heaven with the angels.
I know I will join you in heaven one day...
Daffy,
Good-Luck in heaven and I miss you.
P.S I love you too."
"HI WHEN I WAS 9 MY BROTHER KILL HIM SELF BECAUSE
HE WAS GAY WE DID KNOW WHAT TO DO SO ON DEC 9 2007
WHEN I GET HOME FROM SCHOOL IT WAS HIS BIRTHDAY SO I WENT UP STAIRS TO GIVE HIM HIS CARD WHEN I SAW HIM HANGING BY A ROPE I CALLED 911 AS FAST AS I COULD HE WAS DEAD BEFORE IT WAS HORRBLE YOU CAME AND TALK TO US ABOUT YOUR DAUGHTER MEGAN IM AT EAST NORRITON MIDDLE SCHOOL YOU ARE VERY BRAVE TO TELL YOUR STORY AND I WANTED TO TELL YOU"
"The story of Megan really touched us. In my school we are doing a research project on Cyberbullying. And we used this as an example of how it can harm people, an or what could happen to a person that is being bullied. A lot of people are doing this for their research project and we shared that this was one of the biggest stories in the US. We could only imagine what you are still going through. Our hearts sincerely go out to you."
"Well my ex- boyfriend Dillon is calling me a lesbo, ungratefull, and a liar, and doesent care about other peoples feeling. But i don't lie,i am gratefull for everything, and i care about other peoples feelings!! please give me advice"
"I read this story and my heart BROKE into a million pieces. No matter how you try to comprehend, these parents KNOW the real feeling of the pain that goes with losing a child at such a young age and then.... to think that "other" ADULTS were involved.... I just cannot seem to get over this one. How on earth do these people live with themselves. It might not have gone to court...might not be recognised through all the right chanels.... BUT THEY... these two adults know what they did..... and it's a damn shame. A real, true, damn shame that as adults they inflicted such huge enormous pain on a family. I am so so so sorry for Megans family. I really am and I hope that somehow.... SOMEHOW.... you find it in your hearts to forgive these evil people so that they no longer control you or any of your loved ones. Karma has a way of coming round and knocking you off your golden chair and I'm guessing... that is exactly what will happen to them.. maybe not today...maybe not next week and perhaps not even next year... but it WILL happen. xxxx"
"hi my name is liz and i have been teased on because of my weight since the 5th grade and now im in 7th grade and im still bein bullied you came to my school on friday april 8 and the story of your daughter made me think of why my parents are so strict about having mspace, facebook,twitter etc and my dad had deleted my face book for the same reason he did not want me to get cyber bullied and i thank you for comming to our school and telling us this i rally appreciate that you took the time to do so."
"I have always been emotionally bullied by this one girl. She used to be my friend but then I realized she could never change. Then about halfway into 6th grade I just gave up. I started planning suicide but never went through with it. Megans' story really inspired me to just stand up for myself. However I do worry that I could do something bad on an impulse. I just hope that Megan knows that her story has inspired so many people and she will never be forgotten!"
"When I was in 7th grade there was a group of kids who would constantly pick on me. They would make fun of me for everything from the clothes I wore to my family. I live with my grandma because both of my parents are unfit to take care of me, and they would call me pathetic for having no parents. This went on for a few months until I told the school counsler, and she talked to them. But it didn't completley stop, so I finally stood up for myself and asked them why? None of them had an answer. It haunted me for a while but it's getting better. I've surrrounded myself with good friends who like me for me, and if I ever feel bad or hopeless I just have to remind myself that I am beautiful and as long as Im happy and like myself it's okay."
"Hi my Shyla, I am a 16 in high school. I was bully in k-6. I am a freck in school. I stand out because i am quit and wear alot of black. But i like the now i am. I sorry about what happend. That sad. i was think about doing that but i can not do it. my sisters and little brother goes thown it. They made fun of there brith affet. i tell the one that in school with them to talk to the kids. it sametimes works. i know what its feels like to be bully. i was bully but it made me a better person."
"Hi, my names Cheyenne and I've been getting bullied since I can remember, it all started with a girl named Jessica S. she always hated me because I didn't like fighting, I've never fought anyone to this day. We're okay now, but she tormented me until middle school, during middle school I was tormented because I was "emo" when that wasn't true, I just wasn't loud and obnoxious to people like everyone else at the school was so I was bullied. Now I'm a freshman, class 14' and I'm no longer bullied, I am sometimes though by the people in the school who discriminate upon race, nationality, sexuality and cliques. I've cut before, I still have scars. I didn't do it to kill myself, I did it to ease the pain, it's a terrible thing to do, but it helped. I always have felt alone, unwanted and unneeded. I throw my pain into my photography, that's how I still make it each day. What the moral of my story is, there's always something that can hurt you, you need to fight back. Keep your head held high and don't let those haters get you down, the phrase "haters make me famous" is sadly, not true. What makes you famous is being able to stand up for yourself and what you believe in, never ever give up and don't give into what others say about you, you're beautiful and I love you."
"My school district is constantly lauded for it's "anti-bullying" work. In reality, the school's policies work against the victim; I've seen it happen many times.
The incident that really disgusted me was at the end of 8th grade. A girl who's father who had recently just gone to jail, was enrolled in our school after relocating to her new foster home. She was smart, nice, and caused the administration absolutely NO trouble- a model student and fun to be around.
For three months she was bullied non stop, on and offline by a "mean girl". About everything. Her weight, her hair, even her family (lack there of). She told teachers- they did nothing.
Finally after a particularly hurtful comment by the "mean girl" she had had enough and fought back. The school has a "zero tolerance policy" meaning equal punishment for both sides of a fight regardless of the first punch.
(Sidenote: self defense is now wrong. Forget federal law. if someone assaults you, you'd better just lie down and take it. Maybe they'll spare your life?)
The victim through the first punch in this case. But that was the only way she could get the bullying to end. Anyways, the "Mean girl" should get equal or more punishment for participating in the fight and bullying her all those months right?
Nah. It's all about socio-economic status in these parts. The rich mean girl got off clean. Slap on the wrist, call home to mommy (despite ripping this girls hair out and making her cry everyday).
The victim of the bullying was expelled from school. And yes, the administration knew about the bullying. It was easier to expel the poor, foster kid, than punish the wealthy bully whose mom wouldve fought tooth and nail for her child (and also pays a nice sum in taxes for the school).
So who really is the problem? Does anyone think these zero tolerance policies are useful? They're not. But apparently they get you a shiny new plaque and the title "state principle of the year"
Who do you turn to when your school is acting as a dual bully?"
"When I was in High School, I suffered from depression. I had lost a family member and it effected me deeply. In addition to this loss, I was picked on by my peers. I was called so many names and treated so badly at times that I would hide out in the bathroom to get away from everyone. It got to the point where I started skipping lunch too. I was ridiculed and harassed so much that I eventually developed an eating disorder and became more depressed. Finally one night, I slit my wrists and took some pills. I was lucky. My mom found me and got me to a hospital in time. I still bear scars from this that remind me every day how bullying can effect someone. I have two children of my own, and I can only hope that they never have to experience this. Thank you for sharing your story, and for advocating for this cause. Everyone should know about this. Bullying is wrong, regardless of how it is done. You never know how the other person will take it."
"hi i was really touched by your story. i was kinda in tears. see i have this friend and she has had many problems and i dont know how to help her. she is the sweetest little thing. im only a year older than her and i just hate to watch this stuff happen to her. she is constatly called ugly and fat but she is soo pretty and thin and i just dont understand what these girls and guys are thinking. she sometimes get sexually harassed by many guys the say she is a **** but clearly if u got to know her sh isnt she wears the cutest clothes and she has a great sense of fashion. she loves everyone and she cant bear to be mean. since i heard about this story i have wondered what to do sith my cousin... please tell me what to do....
**let Megan Taylor Meier R.I.P.**
****** she will always be remembered***"
"When i was in fourth grade i was teased alot and at times bullied.Studnts would call me mean names and such things like that.I liked old fashioned stuff and not so many others didnt so as a result i would sometimes be called "old school".I was having acne problems from ten on and the treasing about the acne problem didnt occur til fifth and sixth grade.
When i was in fifth grade i was pretty much annoying and didnt really fit in so i didnt have any freinds.I tatled alot and would sometimes get hated for it.I read nancy drew books and some students would make fun of me asking why do i read girl books?
When i was in sixth grade people often called me "pizza face" and when boys would sit at one table for lunch and girls sat at another some of the boys would say "go sit at the girls table" but i refused.
One of the students would often emabarass me in front of the other kids,say lies about me,once beated me up,and teased me alot.
I was bullied alot as in elementry school so i know how much it hurts."
"Hi im kaitlyn and i have anger issues and i now take anger managment i have ADHD (hyper deficent disorder) i thought of suicide in 6th grade also and people started to call me mean names and called me fat and a fat ass bitch i just want to know what to do THANKSSS
R.I.P. Megan Meiers <3"
"I have been cyber bullied befor but I didnt take to much to it i cried for a little bit but then I told my best friend and she told me that noine of it was true and stuff. I've been teased befor about acne when i had one blemish by some kid in my grade my friend yelled at him for it,
you came to my school on tuesday 26 apri
i cried during the assembly i wasin the front row by the (right) screen Im so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so sorry for you Megan was such a beautiful girl and she didnt deserve that but i know what you are doing will help kids everywhere <3"
"My son Dax is a recent survivor of cyber bullying which had a violent outcome. Unlike the stories of self-harm, Dax was a victim of an assault which almost killed him. Dax was approaced by his cyber bully at the local mall and was severely beaten within inches of his life by Jacob E. an 18 yr old who supposedly had a friends back taking revenge or as I like to call him a hired hitman for helping his friend take revenge for a jilted relationship. Unfortunately I like many others tried to turn to my son's school and the liason officer when Dax first received the threat message over Facebook and was turned away by the sorry our hands are tied there is nothing we can do unless your son is touched..Well after several back and forth messages between Jake and my son over a period of two months, Jake did touch my son. A 3 cm crack to Dax's skull from the final kick ruptured an artery in the brain causing so much swelling and bleeding the brain stem almost snapped which would have resulted in instant death. Dax is one of the lucky ones he survived a traumatic brain injury but will forever be changed by the impact of a cyber bully!
It has changed my small family ( me, my husband, my son) in so many ways but is also pushing us to get involved so that at least here in Maine we can take a stand against cyber bullying and hopefully educate enough people to change the laws and prevent similar heartaches so that there is a place to turn before that final kick finds another victim.
We would be so pleased to work with the Megan Meier Foundation to spread the message to stop cyber bullying. Thank You"
"~Hi~
My name is Katie.I have a friend named Isabel.She was tormented and bullied.I stuck up for her because she was my best friend.But I still couldn't stop her from committing suicide.The horrible day was on June 20,5 days before her 13th birthday.She committed suicide. :(
I know I helped her but couldn't help her get pass the depressed felling of wanting to kill herself for that.
Even now I still think of Isabel and how she would ALWAYS comfort me no matter how she was feeling.The bully, Elizabeth wanted to be forgiven days after Isabel's death.
But I couldn't though.Because SHE was the one who made Isabel be gone.I miss you,Isabel.You were my best friend, Izzy.I miss you and <3 you.
I went to Izzy's funeral, and kept on crying, Elizabeth came too.I was shocked and was not so mad at her.
Here's a poem for you Izzy:
Izzy,...
I am thinking about you today,tomorrow, and so on.
You were so bright,so loyal, and my best friend.
Why did you leave?
I know the reason now Izzy.
I'm sorry.
For not being able to help you that much.
Izzy, you were the best of them all...
Why did you go?
After you left, I thought I was alone.
But I wasn't,
You were looking after me in heaven.
Weren't you?
I will never forget the precious moments we shared.
I WILL NEVER throw out our special scrapbook,
Cuz' Thats way too cruel.
Izzy,
You were the light of my life and my best, best, best friend.
You were the only one I trusted.
But you didn't have to go.
Izzy,
I had a special present for you for your 13th birthday,
but just like that, you were gone and leaving me in the world.
Your present was a book filled with our special memories and pictures, etc.
Izzy,
You rock and I <3 you.
I miss you too. <3
~RIP Megan Meier~
~Rip Isabel Lopez~ Rip Izzy <3 <3 <3
I love you and miss you and I WON'T FORGET YOU IZZY!
~You were a great person!!!~
From your best friend: Katie <3"
"i wrote these poems to the girl that threatened my friends life. she didn't kill herself but she came close.
She was my best friend
You threatened her life
she said if you didn't stop
she would do it herslef
she's gone
and you wonder why
I HATE YOU!
It wasn't her!
It was you!
She did'nt do it
You lied
You blamed her
You acted like
She should've been acting
Because of you.
She was scared.
You laughed!
You were friends.
You turned on her,
You turned them on her.
But not me.
I'm loyal,
Trust worthy.
Me and her were friends, too,
Except I don't see her anymore.
She didn't move,
She was going to though.
To get away from you.
Just a coupke more weeks,
But she couldn't wait that long,
And now she's gone."
"I'm only 13 but your stories have touched me! Since I am a girl I understood what you said about what some girl do or say because I hear things like that. So, me and my youth group just came back from your speaking in cherry hill. I have heard your story and I have have discieded to tell you my story. I have a CLOSE friend of mine and he cuts himself. I tried to help him but he still cuts. At this time he is dating a girl and she hates what he is doing. I agree with her so I try to help him. Then she dumped him! It went down hill from there...so the next couple days I hanged out with him. I told him things about what he was doing and show him things like fml (F my lfe things) and he notice people have it worst then him. So now he stopped the cutting but it took a while and we help people with the same problem. And know with what I learn from you I can help kids even more."
"When I was in third grade the bullying really took off. I would end up crying, I was really afraid. I was afraid to tell my mom because of threats made, so I wrote her a letter. Everything was hard to do in third grade because I was afraid. In fourth grade I became self concious of my wait, and thats what people started targating. They called me fatty, piggy, and it was terrible. It was because of my experience of bullying and stories of others that I started a bullying program in my school."
"'When i was in 5th grade i had met some friends. They were super nice to me, loyal, relatible and everything you could ask for in a friend. I got invited to their birthday parties and slumber parties. I thought this was going to be the best year of my life, but i was wrong. In febuary of my 5th grade year my 3 new friends started acting a little shy around me all of a sudden. I just thought maybe they were feeling tired or had a cold. It happened fast. Then on a sunday i was just watching t.v. and i got a phone call on my cell phone from a restricted number. A prank call so to speak. The person who called *67 There nu,ber so it wouldnt showed up when they called. Anyway, they were being goofy and i just hung up. I though it was my cousin so i sent her a text joking around with her. But she had no idea what i was talking about. I got another restricted call and they said hey you ugly piece of crap why dont you die! I hung up and started to sob and i was scared. Then immeditly i kept getting restricted call after another and antoher. I could take it. One of my new friends called and was talking in a goofy voice saying hey fatt ass its your mom. But i said i know its you jackie your numers not blocked.They kept calling saying We know your prank calling us were gonna tell the princible for your harrassment. I was in the doctors office and they were calling. Finally my mom answered and they said (all 3 girls) hey is addy there! and my mom said yes but you cant speak to her. They were even calling my mom asking to talk to me. I thought my life was over. They texted me saying they werent my friend anymore. The next day at School my best friend said on facebook they started a club about me called the i hate addy club. I got the school involved showing them all the nasty text they said about me and voicemails, they didnt do anything about it.They just tried to make us "get along but they didnt understand to well. But it must have scared the girls so they stopped. I dont talk to them anymore but they are popular in my school now. I want to make a diffrence and reach out to those and cyeberbullying. I also want to make an end to *67 on phone numbers. Its not so funny as a prankcall, its harrassment. Thankyou. xoxo, Addy :)"
"My name is Sierra and I was so touched by Megan's story. I am so sorry for your loss. My school assigns a public policy paper and a project about how the media effects issues for every Junior. I decided to do both my projects on cyberbullying and each project focuses on Megan's story because it is so touching. I want to thank you for providing all of this information for everyone to read. It really does make me think twice before I send something on the internet. I hope all is well."
"I've been bullied since the 5th grade. It got so bad that I attempted suicide 5 times. I'm in the 10th grade now, and I'm still bullied. For anyone who's being bullied, your life is NOT worth some words. Tell an adult. Stay Strong. <3"
"HI,
I DEALT WITH A VERY LONG STORY OF ABUSE BY A NIEGHBOR MALE WHEN I WAS YOUNG.
BUT FOR A STORY ON BULLIE'S, I WAS 16yrs.old , IN MY SENIOR YEAR OF HIGHSCHOOL ( i skipped a grade).
I KNOW TO SOME GRADUATING IN 1985 WAS 1,000 YEAR'S AGO. BUT MY STORY WAS HELPING A FRIEND ON THE BUS!
I RODE A BUS TO SCHOOL THAT FOR SOME REASON
ANOTER DID NOT LIKE.
WE HAD A GIRL ON THE BUS WHO WAS ALL MOUTH.
SHE WOULD NOT LEAVE THIS GIRL ALONE, SO FINALLY SHE SAID ; " LET'S DEAL WITH IT WHEN YOU GET OFF THE BUS AT YOUR STOP AND BE DONE WITH IT?"
MY FRIEND AGREED, I KNEW IT WAS A TRAP , BECAUSE THIS GIRL WAS ALL MOUTH.
SO WHEN I DID NOT GET OFF MY STOP, SHE SAID ;
" CASEY , YOU MISSED YOUR STOP!", I SAID " NO , I AM GETTING OFF W/VAL's.
SHE SAID WHY , I SAID BECAUSE I KNOW YOU HAVE SOMETHING COOKED UP FOR HER , AND SHE IS NOT GOING THEIR IN ALONE.
GUESS WHAT IN A " BLIND SPOT", AND 4-OTHER GIRL'S STEP OUT.
THEY SAY ; " YOU DID NOT TELL US CASEY
WAS GOING TO BE HERE." HAND TO GOD, I HAVE NEVER
FOUGHT A DAY IN MY LIFE, I HAVE A HECK OF A MOUTH!
I LOOKED AT THE GIRL WHO STARTED ALL THIS CRAP AND
SAID " I KNEW YOU COULD NOT DO IT ONE ON ONE!"
THE OTHER GIRL' LEFT, SAYING THEY DID NOT WANT TO
GET IN A BEEF WITH ME, OR ON MY BAD SIDE, I AM
TELLING YOU, NEVER THROUGH A PUNCH IN MY LIFE.
I SAID OK! NOW IT IS ONE ON ONE, GUESS WHAT
HAPPENED, YOU GOT IT SHE BACKED DOWN!
TO THE INSTIGATOR I TOLD HER THE SAME THING!
NEEDLESS TO SAY ; NEVER HAPPENED AGAIN!
THIS DAY AND AGE SCARE'S ME WITH COMPUTER'S.
I AM 43yrs.old, A CANCER SURVIVOR AND AM UNABLE
TO HAVE CHILDREN , BUT IF I DID THE COMPUTER
WOULD BE IN THE LIVING ROOM .
THE CYBER-BULLING, HAS TO STOP AND HOME IS ONE OF
THE PLACE'S WHERE PARENT'S NEED TO PUT THEIR FOOT
DOWN ABOUT GOSSIP & LIE'S AND HOW MUCH WORD'S
HURT.
CASEY
R.I.
USA"
"When I was in eighth grade I was bullied to the point of suicidal thoughts and attempts.Going into eighth grade I was a normal girl with lots of friends. These people I thought were my friends,however, ended up being horrible people. I began to feel left out when they all had code words to talk about things and wouldn't tell me what they meant.They would always yell "it's Friday" to each other, and when I would say "no, it's Tuesday" or something of the like, they would give me the death stare and ignore me. I soon learned what "It's Friday" meant at a volleyball practice. One of the girls, Lexie, that i considered my friend sent a text message to everyone on the team saying that on Fridays everyone was to ignore me. They would be called "ignore Logan days" and anyone who didn't follow could be next. Thankfully, one of the girls on the team showed our coach who then had a meeting with us. I remember the humiliation I felt when she said, "I don't like hearing about you guys starting ignore people days" I had said, "I never heard of those." That's when she told me they were about me. From there, the horror continued. I had to sit at a table all alone in the lunch room because when I tried to sit with others, they all got up and moved. Girls said the meanest things to me and about me, calling me a whore or a slut when there was no reason for it. I would be sitting in math and Lexie and my best friend, Kianna, would be talking about me while I sat between them. It was the worst experience of my life. Every night I would go home and cry until I couldn't anymore. All I wanted to do was escape the torture and that's when I tried to kill myself. My parents found out and took me to the doctor. I never saw a therapist because I said I would figure it out myself. And I did. I made friends that weren't so dramatic and catty. My best friend became a guy in my class, Andrew. He, to this day, helps me whenever I need it. My parents were so supportive and helpful, but I would not be here today without a friend like Andrew. I also learned to not care what other people think. If you like you, that is all that matters. To anyone being bullied, it will get better I promise. Never do anything that would put your life in danger."
"Hi, my name's Becca. First of all, I'm so sorry for the loss of your gorgeous daughter. I definitely know how it feels to be bullied, being one of the biggest 'emo kids' in my year. People frequently tell me to go slit my wrists, but I laugh it off. I don't see the point of giving them the satisfaction that they're hurting me in some way, although I know others can't always do the same. I'm using Megan's heartbreaking story as an example of what even a few mean words can lead to in an essay for school, and it will hopefully touch the hearts of my classmates as much as it has mine. Again, I'm so sorry about your beautiful daughter <3"
"here recently i was hospitalized for suicide attempts...when i heard megan's story i decided to speak out...i was a victim of bullying i only had one friend, everyday on the way home from school i would be pushed up my street from the bus stop and names like "whore, slut, burn out, bastard baby, and ugly" it didnt stop with those few teens...they started spreading it around school and soon i had no one to trust, my one and only friend had moved to another state on the mainland...i started cutting and burning i felt like i was in a bottomless pit and no one was at the empty void to catch my fall....my mom and i went to the school and tried to get help but the school did nothing we went 8 more times and still nothing...the last incident i remember was one that words could have been the death of me...i was coming home from school and this girl looked at me and yelled "oh look the slut is working her corner we better lock up our men" and a boy began saying things like i hope you die! you bastard baby, your daddy never cared he beat your mom and now look at you a prostitute all used up" i came home crying and ran to my room grabbed my knife and began to cut my friend texted me and said hey whats up ? i said i wanna die alone and he texted my mom she got to my room in time i am grateful for him cause of him i have hope!"
"I am a 'mature' adult but I was a victim of cyberbulling in a very similiar way to Megan. I got involved in an online forum, the members of which 'migrated' to a private forum hosted by one of the longer established members of the group. Posting alternated between the externally managed forum and the private one.
I had been concerned for a while about some of the 'biting' comments of others which seemed to be directed at me in particular. I also noticed some unusual features on the private forum, especially the IM/PM system, in that I was unable to read any messages that I sent. I also noticed via an admin button that a few indviduals seemed to have 'moderator' rights to see rather more than would seem reasonable.
After a while I became sufficiently suspicious about the private forum and offered a gently worded IM to the main board host to the effect that I was taking a break. The private forum was immediately closed, and those who had been making mothe derogatory comments posted allegations on the public board to the effect that I had been bullying them.
Almost five years on, I have had cause to complain to the two sites hosting the forums and several ISPS, who have withdrawn services or removed content. However, I have recently found that private emails between myself and one of the members were being copied to or POP forwarded to third parties. I have also had problems with my Facebook account, which has been accessed, with polite, benign messages to some of the perpetrators having been withdrawn.
I have suffered long term depression and PTSD as a result of this, and when this first happened I too felt as though I wanted to end my life. Why did this happen? Well it appears that someone from my past is linked to the people who were responsible for the online bullying. This person caused me a lot of significant problems in the past and because I challenged their unreasonable treatment of me back then, they were keen to find out about me and what I might be saying about them.
Be vigilant, tell someone if you notice anything suspicious or if someone's online behaviour makes you feel uncomfortable. Keep/print messages/emails or sim cards - evidence is important."
"A boy I once knew stole nude photographs of me and uploaded them to a porn site. On that site, he made a fake profile impersonating me, used my legal name of Arika as a screen name, and kept up this profile for months before I found out. Now my mother no longer speaks to me and my entire small town knows what I look like nude. I'm harassed daily."
"My daughter Caitlin was in 7th grade when she began to be bullied by a group of girls that use to call themselves her friends. I noticed the sudden change in attitude and lack of self esteem and confidence and knew something was going on of course she was embarrased to discuss it but I began to do a lot of soul searching and realized what was going on. It was being done to her at school,on MySpace, text messages...I found and heard some of the ugliest and most disgusting things I would have never imagined and it was happening to her some girls even had the nerve to tell her she didn't deserve to live. Naturally I did what any mother would do and I brought it to school officials but they tried so hard to sweep it under the rug but I just got louder and fought harder...in the process I made enemies and lost friends who called themselves my family but nothing mattered more than the life of my precious daughter.I kept copies of all the evidence...everything to show proof but other parents thought I was blowing it out of proportion but this was far more greater than I thought...I mean what if it were there daughter? To this day the healing process has been hard it's an every day thing this has emotionally scarred her for life and no parent/child ever realizes the impact that bullying has on another individual."
"I am Cristy G. and I am a victim of cyber bulling every single day. It's been a rough few years for me honestly. I have people constantly attacking me for my weight and it hurts. I would not only get cyber bulling it would be in person as well. School was my personal hell. I wanted so badly for it to stop but it never would. I am 20 years old now and I am still a victim. This generation is horrible and they don't see what it does to the person they are picking on. Every time you say something hurtful towards someone it sticks to them. Even if they say it doesn't effect them on the inside it's killing them. I've grown older and the things that people say still are effecting me. My self a esteem is low and I do not like to look at myself in the mirror often. When I do I hear what people say about me. I have people to talk to about my issues with cyber bulling but many don't. I am thankful for people who were there for me through the years."
"It all started in 5th grade in music class. These group of girls would kick the back of my shirt up and at first i didn't think anything of it untill they would do thhat and tell the boys things like "she has a hairy back" and other mean and curel things. Then everyone started to make fun of my size and i didn't tell anyone but after a couple of months of being teesed but my own cousin. I got tired of It so my mom called the school and emiditly the did something about the girls and my cousin."
"I heard about Megan's story a few years ago and I was really young then and it really scared me.At about the same time these older boys at school would tease me and tell me I'm ugly all the time and I felt very alone. All of my friends when I didn't say anything about it and I felt like whats wrong with me? 2 years later these girls would come up to me and harasse me and say they'd beat me up if I talked back to them, and I didn't do anything wrong. I don't know why people do this to other people and now that I'm older I understand how serouis this is. I fully support this site and I am doing everything I can to stip cyberbullying!! RIP Megan Meier <3"
"my boyfriend tagged my pic on his facebook and when he brook up he posted "F*** Maddy stupid b**** i hope you die in a hole goodbye and thank fucken god ur gone" and other people commented saying im a slut and im a b**** and that im ugly and stupid and i felt like they were trying to hurt me and i felt like i wanted to die cause if they kept saying that it would be true but now i see that if they think there right it makes them do it more and it makes people hurt them selves cause they think somethings wrong with them and for some time that was me but it did blow over but with others it doesnt or atleast not fast enough."
"I feel for you. I wish you would've had someone to talk to."
"Hi, im savannah when i was 13, somewhere in November or December i was talking to a girl and she said "Boys must be going crazy over you", i said "no". Then me and my cousin were looking up crazy dances, all of the sudden she sent me a YouTube link.
My cousin said "If this is spam, your in big trouble". First thing i saw was the title "Leave Savannah Alone!".....next thing i saw was a boys face whom i had gone to school with for 2 years. He said "Savannah has 2 Chins, and 2 stomachs". I fall out in the floor in tears next thing i hear is my cousin shrieking "MOOOOMMMMM!!!". She says "What then my cousin replays it....my aunt alerts my mom, my mom called the police, My mom was a former 9-1-1 Operator so she has cop friends.
The boy has his face on the video, So the police tells YouTube to take it down, 3 days later the boy took it down and aplogized to my mother.
I blocked hom on facebook."
"All these stories make me so sad. Ten years ago I was preparing to start my senior year of high school. We didn't have texting, few even had cell phones, there was no facebook, myspace, twitter, or linkedin. We had yahoo instant messanger but teens then were not as into the internet as they are now. However, bullying still happened a lot. When I was in 8th grade, a bully started to spread rumors about me, after I stood up for another girl who was being bullied by her. It all started with a whisper, then a passed note in class, by lunch the whole grade knew. People would make crued remarks as I walked down the hall, leave hate notes in my lockers, or call my house and harrass me over the phone. I began cutting myslef to help deal with the constant verabl bullying. It got so bad that I did consider and attempt suicide. After that my mother had me start going to a therapist. Unfortunately life at school got worse. Of course everyone knew about the suicide attempt and the cutting; because a friend told someone who told someone else and the word spread like wildfire. It continued into high school right up until I graduated. Looking back I still find it amazing that I made it through. I do know that I couldn't have done it without the support of my mother and the therapist I was seeing during that time. I find it terrible how much worse bullying has gotten. Social networks have opened the door to make it easier for people to be bullies; and to do it under a mask with a fake cyber name. To all those who are bullied through these cyber networks BE STRONG. You know who are and that's all that matters. I know that easier said then done. So seek help. Talk to your parents, friends, a therpaist, or support groups. Don't give up. One day things will get better and you'll be away from all this petty mess. Your life will be better agian."
"Hi My name Yamina and I am 16 years old I haven't been cyber bullied but I had an anonymous person send me mean text message the person wrote that I was a B****, a whore, a slut, I should die and that I should commit suicide since the world would be better with out me in it. The person even wrote that she or he was going to beat me up, have me jumped, and was even going to kill me. I told my mom and turned out that same person had sent messages to my mom so we were both being bullied. We went to the Police station the next day to get help unfortunatly my mom had deleted her messages and I had saved mine so we went the next day to report what was happening what happen even next was MORE SCHOCKING. The officer told me that he couldn't do anything to help and that it was Probably a friend who was sending the rude messages. He said that it should die down in a few days. He didn't give me a chance to explain my story at all. He turned us away.
The Truth is I only had that phone for a week before I got those messages and only a few people knew my number and only two of my friends had my nummber at the time. After that I got text messages for days intill finally I wrote back that I had gone to the police stations and had filed a police report and that who ever the person was was going to jail. After that I got no replies at all till three days later when I got a message telling me to die and that was the last message I ever got. I felt so alone I got so sad I even wanted to commit suicide. Thankful I didn't, My phone ended up dying two weeks later and I haven't gotten a phone since then so it been a year already. I felt so hurt and alone. I am better since then but I still have trust issues and I still don't know who texted me. Thank you for everything."
"My name is Libby and I am a 23 year old survivor. I say "survivor" because I survived one of the toughest battles in our daily lives, bullying. When I was in middle school I was bullied online as well as in school. I never really knew what made me a target because I didn't feel different, but I guess they could see what I tried to hide. At a very young age I was diagnosed with Tourettes Syndrome as well as Attention Deficit Disorder. I hid my symptoms fabulously and no one ever saw my tics but I just wasn't like them so I was a target. By the end of 7th grade I was begging to stay home. I remember sitting at the family computer in tears while my mother begged me to turn it off and tell her what had happened. I never did. I just continued to hurt inside and feel alone and often tried to think of ways to end my life. I was diagnosed with depression which only made me feel more alone. The bullying continued through the beginning of high school. I even remember a time when fliers were posted in the school with my picture saying cruel comments underneath. I'm not quite sure why it ended or how it ended but I will never forget how powerless and alone those moments made me feel. I wish I had talked to someone and not held it inside, as it would have been easier to get through. I just want all of you reading to know that it does get better and you are not alone. You are not powerless, you have a big voice and every right to use it to stand up for yourself."
"Hi, My names Briea. From the time I was little, before kindergarden is the earliest I could remember my mom's boyfriend at the time's son was sexually molesting me, he did it until I was eleven years old and one day I finally decided to tell my friend about it because she started liking the guy that was doing it to me. One day we were talking about it online and her mom saw our conversation and called the police and so on and so forth. After that people started finding out about it, and eventually people started to ask me about it. People used to say that I was a liar, and I made everything up. They also called me a whore, slut, bitch, fat, gothic, emo, ect. They would do it online through myspace, IM, and in chatrooms. People that I didn't even know would say things to me. But, it wasn't always just online, it was in school, and sometimes they even texted my phone or called me. It became really hard to deal with because it was like I could never really get away from the drama, or the hurt. One night I got so fed up with everything I actually tried killing myself. I took a bunch of pills, but I believe I just got a high from it. I never went to the hospital or told my family about it. It was a really scary thing to do. I know now that I can get help from people and should tell someone if someone is hurting me. I believe now something should be done about the people that bully others online, so they can realize how much hurt they cause towards people. I would like to step up and be a voice for myself and everyone else that is being bullied!"
"this all started when i was 12.i went to south waco it was the first day of school and i wanted to have friends a lot of them.i first meet Kristine she was new to the school her first friend is Ruthann.ruthann was nice sweet whell i thought we became good friends and about 3monts later her and her friend Julianna wanted to beat me up.they started callin me a hoe a whore b**** stuff like that i ended up friend less.time went on and evrybody hated me i was the schools hoe.i made a face book and thos girls wer posting lies bad things i tryed to hide all this from my family,i bloked them but out of all i was scared i was sad i was hurt what did i ever do wrong?i was me but Ruthann came along and i changed...i need help on thos last days of school the girls said they wer ganna jump me.beat me up till i was dead thats when i was relly scared thos girls dont play arownd the schools they have beat up people and wrores thing was is that thos girls ended up missing people said they moved one of the girls that was beat up is trama tizzed i never saw her again im relly scared for my life i relly need help please help me"
"Hi, my name is Kayla and I was bullied in the 5th grade. My so called friends would treat me differently because I acted and dressed different. They would call me names and just ignore me and when other people talked about me they just laughed and didnt try to help.Sometimes they would threaten to beat me up or just hit me and because I was smaller than them they would think they had control over me. I hate to see people get bullied and I made it a factor to stand up for someone when they are being bullied and to not let anyone have control over me. I am a regular human being like anyone else. My advice would be to just stay off of social networking sites because it doesnt do anything but cause trouble and hurt people. STOP THE BULLYING!!!!!!!"
"It all started when I started my first and only P.E. class of my sophomore year in High School. There was a girl named Jasmine, and she was best friends with my best friend, Cheri. Her, Cheri, and a girl named Katt had been best friends ever since Cheri started High School. I became best friends with Cheri after that. Katt was a nice girl, and she never bullied me. Jasmine hated me though. She said I was too preppy, and that my voice and me as a person was annoying. She tried to take Cheri away from me in class, because I never had many friends in there. But I became friends with the group they hung out with in class, and eventually I started dating one of the guys, named Santana, who Jasmine tried to convince that eh shouldn't date me. It made me cry and feel horrible, because even though I could stop her from having power over me, I couldn't stop what pwer she had over other people. Ever since then she's yelled at me, told me to shut up in front of people (even when I've just asked OTHER PEOPLE in the group simple questions.), and shes indirectly bullied me by saying things like "Oh my god why do you say that it's so stupid?" and ect. I wanted to go to a counselor and talk about it, but he was a guy and I KNEW I couldn't exactly prove how she was making me feel, so he wouldn't take me seriously. It was all indirect. I knew I could deal with it. But because she was best friends with Cheri, and having Cheri NEVER stand up for me or tell her to stop, it hurt me even more. I would cry constantly because of me. Jasmine even kicked a soccer ball in my face and didn't apologize. She just laughed. (again, indirect and not really bullying.) She even kept a really nice guy named Garrett from talking to me because she has so much power over him. But it always killed me that Cheri, and no one else would do ANYTHING to help me. Cheri even told one of her other friends about something that I told to her in confidence, and that girl told someone that knows Jasmine and Katt, and eventually they were all calling me 'slut' and 'whore'. I felt so hurt, even though they weren't saying it to my face. No one comforted me or helped me, they just said to ignore Jasmine.
It's still hard to handle it sometimes."
"My name is Megan. I also have ADD and have suffered from bullying. Throughout my life, I was teased for my size (I'm a bit heavy set) and had to deal with people. I never had to deal with it often, but when I did, it was horrible. I knew people said stuff behind my back but when it was said to my face or when I was nearby, I hated it.
Megan's story touched me. It really is something that makes you think about things: mortality, the human mind, your words and actions...
Thank you <3"
"This story happened in late 2008 or early 2009... I was in seventh grade, and MySpace was my "go to" website... I loved doing bulletins and messaging my friends, just having fun. Then this day came when I was looking at one of my MySpace friend's site... I was looking at his friends, seeing if I knew anyone on there that I could add from our school. His last friend was intitled "-My Name- is a slut." The picture was one that someone took off of my page and edited. There was a gun to my head... Something dripping out of my nose... etc. We brought attention to out county police field. They never figured out who did it... I still think about it from time to time... One of my friends told me she heard someone speak of it before... Saying that this girl and her group made it. None of them knew me, they were just itching to talk bad about someone online. Bullies. NO ONE deserves this."
"My younger sister Jennifer Tracy began getting harrassed over the internet in the 8th grade. She lost a friend she had for a long time and that friend turned her back on Jennifer and began sputting out personal details about her. Everyone on her facebook and myspace account could see. Another girl on her school bus was the one whom was primarily involved. Her name was Lauren R. Lauren would set her statuses about jumping Jennifer or ganging up to fight her in malls or in parking lots. We all thought it was a scare tactic until Lauren was caught throwing frozen water bottles at one of her "ex best friends" parents car. Breaking the winshield and denting the car majorly. After Lauren R. voluntarily dropped out of school the bullying came to a stop. A few months later Lauren came back to school and escalated the problem. It was then sexual harrassment involving other boys on the bus as well. Myself being 17 at the time had to go and pull my sister off of the bus several times after i got to school. The bus driver was confronted about all that was happening on the bus but didnt care. As a matter of fact she encouraged it. My sister wasnt the best student, in fact she was in the principals office alot, and because of that was never believed when she told them what was occuring. It was difficult for our family. My sister came home crying every day and begged my mother not to make her go to school. Ever since then my mom would get calls from the principal at my sisters school and would tell her that a girl in Jennifer's class punched her broken wrist or tripped her while she was on crutches.
Please Help Us!"
"In my junior year of high school, my best friend committed suicide.She was the smartest, brightest, individual I had ever met. I am now 20 years old, and I see where people like my friend feel helpless. It is a mystery to me why my friend would take her own life, but she suffered with self-esteem issues. Aside from what happened to her, there was a girl who made a profile on Myspace of naked pictures of a girl that went to my school. The girl who posted these pictures was mad because they were sent to her boyfriend. I look back on that, and I am disgusted. At the time, I didn't see any harm, and I didn't say anything. Now, after seeing people's stories, I wish I had. Because I am out of high school I don't face the day-to-day cyberbullying. But, I do understand what it is like to lose someone. And I want to help."
"I was one of those kids who if i was in a box i wouldnt care how to get out but what i was going to do inside. which means that i would try to help my self through and nt stop it immeditetly. I loved riding the bus in afternoon and i would usually sit in the front so i was supposidly safe with the bus driver in front of me. then a kid named brett started coming on the bus and somehow he figured a fear that i have which is clowns and at first i thought it was a joke but after a couple of weeks it just got wore. he brought paper clown masks and let everyone on the bus put them on and freak me out. he later figured out more fears of mine and he would just not stop. finally one day i had enough and screamed at him calling him a loser. it just made it worse. i didnt wnt to tell anyone though i knew from school lectures that i should have but i didnt. i thought about suicide over and over in my head, staring at knives and ropes and pills. but i knew if i left this world i would let the bully know he won and i would be leaving behind my neighboors who r just like my little brothers and i knew i just couldnt do tht to them. i finlly told my parents and they told the princible and the bus driver and bret was expelled off the bus... just like that. i wish i knew about it sooner i would not liked those thoguhts in my head EVER again!!"
"well umm im novah and im 12 years old im not really popular im just the populars friend it like im in the the clique but im not im 4'7 or 4'6 and im 120- something but it doesnt actually lokk like that i really dont get teased but i do .after my friends come tell what somebody said about me they giggle or the people that said try to say they didnt .i grow up in a very fake people envoirment people are just FAKE FAKE FAKE and i cant wait to go to middle school around none of my old friends im srry for writing this i just really need to get my feelings out"
"well i had been bullied as a child because of my6 weight but it never really mattered to me because i thought of those people as neanderthals who couldnt think for themselves.the really hurtful things started happening about a year ago...my freshman year in high school.you see,i live in the deep soputh texas where the majority of people are hispanics.despite my last name i am pure white.well, i was in spanish class and someone said something that changed my life(it was in spanish of course).they said that i was just a dirty little whore and that i didnt belong in that class and maybe i should go back to germany.i found out later what he had said from my best friend who was present at the time.i had never discriminated against hispanics because it made me feel comfortable thinking i was just like them..and for someone to say that really hurt my feelings but i just sort of shook ity off thinking the guy was just angry and i was the victim.it got worse though.people started to call me cracker and other things.now we go back to first grade..there was this boy who sat next to me and throughout most of the year..he was molesting(sexual harrasment)he threatened to kill me if i ever told..so i never did and eventually forgot about it...until ten he sat next to me in my6 english class.he told some friends and they called me a slut and that i deserved it and i lead him on was his story.my frinds didnt believe it though thank GOD.and just when things were starting to get a little bit better.i got diagnosed with a disease called ITP for short...look it up..i was always missing school to travel 6 hours to austin for various doctors visits and people at school started calling me a freak and avoiding me like i had something contagious and they would catch it.then finally the school year ended.i think if i didnt have my friends i would have tried to end it all..8im glad i didnt.but the school yearis coming up and i am more than a little terrified...but i think i can get through it...i just dont want to feel so alone and scared anymore."
"Hi! my name is hailey and i am going into the 8th grade. i really do know what its like to be bullied. lasy year i had just go back from hanging out with my friends. i was laying in bed waching tv when i got phone call from a resricted number. i wasnt sure if i should answer it but i did anyway. i heard a bunch of girls in the background they were all yelling things into the phone things like slut,whore,fata**,freak. they also told me that i new what i did i was a fag and everyone hated me. i hung up and cryed into my for an hour when i got another call it was from one of my very close friends Kalani she ask me if i had gotten a mean call from a restricted # and a bunch of stuff. the next day i went to school and a bunch of girls confronted me (including Kalani) they said why did you prank call me! and i told them i didnt. anyways it turned out Kalani had gotten a hurtful phone call from a restricted # and she thought it was me so she had her friends older sister call me and say some of the hurtful things and even worse things to me that were said to her.
And this is when i refer to the movie cyberbully. just because you get bullied dosent mean you need to be a bully back. then your just the same as they are. mean, crewl, hurtful instead stand up for yourself. i will forever fallow that because i know how words can hurt.
R.I.P Megan Meier. i will probably never know what you really went through but you and your mother are a great inspiration to everyone."
"My best friend and I were so excited to start 5th grade. We sat next to each other in all of our classes, ate lunch together, and made tons of new friends, until science class. We sat next to each other, of course, but we sat at a table (5 desks per table). Across from my friend was a really nice girl and on the other side of me was another really nice girl. But across from me was a bully. She bullied my friend and I for almost the whole school year. Some days, she would be "nice" and my friends would go and hang out with her at lunch/recess. But not me. I felt like I had no friends. I told my mom about the mean girl and she told me to tell my teacher. So, I did. My teacher confronted the mean girl (without using my name) and the girl acted a little nicer, then got mean again. Everyday from her mouth I would hear, "that's stupid," "how stupid are you?" "dummy," "loser" and many more mean comments. My other good friend came to me once and told me what the mean girl had said behind my back. "Hey, listen, I was talking to her about the play try-outs and I said that you would be good for the narrator. Instead of saying something like 'that's cool!' or something, she gasped at me and slapped me for complimenting you! I'm sorry, but I think she's being super-duper mean again. Mostly to you." she said. I felt tears in my eyes, but didn't let them fall.
One day when the girl was being mean to me again, I told her straight-in-the-face "Hey, I'm sick and tired of you bullying people! Knock it off." And from that day on, she wasn't mean again. My story isn't really like Megan's, because I never thought about committing suicide, but either way, bullying hurts.
R.I.P. Megan Meier.
And good luck to her family. :)"
"I was your typical teenage girl. I liked to go on myspace & facebook. Facebook started getting to a point where I became addicted to it. I couldn't go one day without checking it. & my mom noticed. I was popular on facebook, with more then 1000 friends. People knew me WELL. After acting all cool & this big bad girl, I started to notice a change in people, including my friends. So one day, I logged onto my facebook account & seen that people were making fun of me. Calling me ugly, saying I looked like the pig from Piggly Wiggly, & just going on & on about how ugly I was. I already had a low self-esteem & the words that these boys were saying about me, really hurt. I started going back & forth with them, making it worse. I would literally go into my room & cry my eyes out for hours. It got to a point where I didn't want to leave my house because I was afraid I'd run into one of these boys wherever I went. I became suicidal. I felt like no one needed me anymore. When my sister & mom came across the things these boys said about me, they told me to delete my account for awhile & take a break from this. I didn't think it would work, but it did. When I realized that I didn't need to know what these people where saying about me, it make me feel much better about myself. I realized that you don't need 1000 facebook friends online, especially if you don't know them. So stay safe, & ignore the bullies. Don't make it worse for yourself."
"in 4th grade i met a new girl and we became really amazing friends. we told each other everything and anything that came to out minds. she encouraged me to make a myspace account because the guy i liked always asked me to make one and he would be the first one to add me as a friend. i was so excited because i wasnt really the "popular" girl in the class and probably only had about 5 or 6 friends. This girl was really popular and told me that once i made the myspae account she would mae sure everyone would become my friend and that i would have the chance to be popular. I encouraged my mom to sign me up and everything was fine at first. Then my "friend" turned on me and posted all of my secrets even the really embarrasing ones. The guy i liked said that i was a retarted freak and that my 6 friends would leave me in an instance. Some other girls i barely knew posted on my wall that i should just get a life and go to hell. They said i was a pathetic loser trying to become popular and that they would make my virtual life and my real life a living hell. i didnt tell my mom about this because i didnt know what to tell her. I just started 4th grade and i wanted to kill myself. So i tried. If it wasnt for the only friend who actually stood by my side through ll this to come in the girs bathroom at 1:45, i wouldve been dead on the floor from massive blod loss. i punctured myself in the arm with a sisscor from the art room and i just layed there watching the blood ooze out of my arm. i was getting drowsy and then finally my friend came in. She saw the blood, then the sisscor, then me helpless on the floor. she gave me paper towels and called the nearest teacher she saw. just the idea of killing myself when i was only 9 years old was terrifying. I was so glad that i had my friend to save the day. Life is to precious to kill yourself. Cyberbullying and other forms of bullying can screw up a person's life. they may not be pshycotic but to damage a person's life is seriously messd up and the bullies are the ones who need help NOT the victims."
"My best friend hung herself because of bullying. I miss her everyday and am trying to be nicer to others because of her. She was always smiling and always trying to find the best in people. If I see someone being bullied I stand up and say something because every life is precious and no one should receive threats in school, via text messages and social networking site. Babydoll I am soo sorry that I couldnt help you but I promise to share your story and help someone else because I know that it is what you would have wanted."
"At the time my sister was roughly 16, now shes 20 when she was in high school, she was made fun of terribly.It wasnt cyberbullying it was in person. She became very scared to go to school it got that bad. She cried almost everyday and I didnt know what to do, i was only 13 at the time and felt like I couldnt do anything to help.she was born with only four fingers on one hand so they would follow her around and go "high four jackie" and sure it doesnt sound that mean but it was too her. they also would be rude and ask her where her finger was and not in a curious way they were saying it to be mean. I talked to my other sister and she told me she would get one of her friends to walk my sister to all her classes. She has special needs and doesnt do well with others so she didnt really stand up for herself. My mother eventually went to the school department and nothing was done, that didnt stop her she got the police involved and they went to the kids house and told him he was to leave her alone or he will be arrested and tried as an adult. He stopped and so did all his "followers". Never give up when you think there is nothing left to do. Get others involved all you need is one person to stand up for a child. I have vowed ever since then to NEVER say anything hurtful to someone, sure you get angry and it slips out, but i always apologize if it does slip out and i feel horrible. just never give up. always have hope."
"My name is Jaque T. I wanted to share my story and realizations. I have to say I have been a bully myself as well have been bullied. It was in the 6th grade. Most people hung out with their race at my middle school. I was the only black girl that did not hangout with the black group of kids. Mostly everyone was my friend. I did not have short hair, had long hair, I did not speak slang, I spoke correct English. So I was considered an outsider to that particular group of people. I remember one day I was walking from lunch all my friends had left and I had my hair in a braid that day. I remember walking and sensing someone behind me. It was a group of girls that always look at me, they said, "look at her with her ugly hair..." I know for a fact that God was watching over me, because as soon as they began pointing and laughing at me, a group of principles called them over. They were caught. I also remember wearing a pair of apple bottom jeans one day. Walking from lunch once again those same group of girls came I could hear them laughing say," Look at her! She doesn't have an apple bottom but!" I was done really I told them to shut up, but I ran I didn't want to get hurt. It may not have been a big deal but it hurt deep. I thought my own race would except me but they never did. I was always the weird one, the Oreo...just because of who I was. I never told my parents until now because at the time I didn't know how to take it. I had never experience it before. Do I have black friends now? Very few because of my past, I cant seem to get past it...
I guess the Lord will have to help me with that.
Being the bully... huh. You know you can be a silent bully, you say things about a person, that one person you think is different under your breath. Its soo easy. Making jokes about that person because you think its funny. I did that. I am guilty of it. And you know what I realized? They hear it just like I did, they feel it, it hurts deep. You know I look back and see how childish I was. Its not worth it. The lord found me when I was 12 years of age, and I came to him when I was 14. He has allowed me to see through his loving eyes."
"My name is Abby and I got the privilege to hear you speak at my school, Olentangy Orange High School this past year. I must say that your presentation touched me more than I ever imagined. It made me want to go out and do something about this horrible epidemic that Is spreading so rapidly. This past year at our school we had a beautiful girl named Leah take her own life. Not only did this effect our whole school tremendously but it effected me in a way that I can't even begin to explain. I quickly got with one of my great friends Blake who had a great idea of making a memory wall for her at my school. The next day we went to the principle who was all for the idea. This ended up being a wonderful idea that gave Many people the opportunity to reflect on a life cut way too short. Quickly after this we designed bracelets in honor of her and people were pouring out ideas. This tragedy hit me very hard and I got this feeling that I had never felt before. I hope this never has to happen to a school and a community because it leaves you feeling lost and sick. But what this experience did bring to me was a sense of awareness. I wanted to do everything I could to bring this to peoples attention. Bullying has to stop! All forms of it too! No one deserves to feel alone, ugly, fat, worthless, and many other feelings. Every person is unique and beautiful in their own ways and no one has the right to bring another person down with hurtful words! I have dealt with these feelings before when I had depression and let me just tell you no one should ever have to experience this. Words do hurt! Remember that. I am looking for some ideas about what I can to do help and make a difference. I want to start or be apart of something where I can help put a stop to this. Please let me know of anything I can do to help! Thank you for taking the time to listen."
"I am an 18 year old girl. While I struggled with depression over the years it all got worse my Senior year of High School. I had a group of friends that I hung out with all summer. I became really close to them. I even started dating one of the boys in that group. School came around and everything was going great. I thought it was going to be a great senior year. Over the Thanksgiving break things started to take a turn. The friends I thought were great ended up hating me for reasons I still don't know. They all turned against me. It hurt quite a bit. They would tease me at school, online, and over the phone. They even wrote "FU" on my car. I wasn't safe anywhere. No one stood up for me, not even my boyfriend. My parents and I tried to go to the school many times but they said that there wasn't anything they could do. As I read the messages every night, I started to hate myself. I blamed myself for everything. I thought about suicide many times. My mom eventually had to pull me out of school. The last month of my senior year was spent doing my work from home. Eventually my boyfriend broke up with me and became friends with the people who attacked me. I couldn't go to any senior events because of these kids. I finally did graduate and I thought it would all be over since everyone is moving away to college. I was wrong. They would use my ex boyfriends cell phone to call me and say horrible things to me. They would leave voicemails, and texts. I confronted my ex boyfriend about it and told him to tell them to stop. My mom went to the parents of the kids and told them about what was going on and the parents blamed me. I felt this would never stop. Finally we had to get the police involved because of a physical threat that was made. The cops talked to the parents, and kids saying this is harassment and it is something they can be charged for. For now it has stopped. I hope it does forever. I hope kids can learn how much words actually hurt."
"I live in. Very rich subborb of Seattle where you have to be pretty and skinny to be popular. Anyone else is an outcast. I ended up being one of those people. At the beginning of my junior year I rebelled and started wearing the 'emo' or 'goth'clothing so that people would stop talking to me and I could hide. In my senior year everyon started getting accounts on formspring, so I did the same. It wasn't until then that I truly learned how people at my school saw me. I was called fat, ugly, a juggalo clown, worthless, almost anything you can think of. It got so bad that I would just skip school so that I could avoid facing those people. We had an assembly near the end of the year and we were named one of the nicest schools in the state. I wrote an annonymous letter to the principal disagreeing and she didn't really seem to notice. I ended up not graduating that year and returning for a super seior year. That just nded up making it worse. I got tormented even more because I didn't graduate. It got to the point that I went to school maybe once a week and got more and more depressed that I was only a few more comments away from seriously killing myself. I thought about it every day. I eventually dropped out of school. I still avoid the downtown area of my town so that I don't see those kids. They'll never realize how much they truly hurt me."
"Well, let's say it's not just one person. Hello, I'm Emily H., a current 6th grader in M****** Shadows Middle school. The year hasn't started yet, but I'd like to explain my story in elementary school. It all started in 3rd grade in the starting of the year. I used to go to N******* Elementary and there were three girls. I won't give names, for I don't want to expose too much info. All they did was walk around the school making everyone's lives miserable, as I was a victim. They said they had the best trends and they could do everything better than everyone else. They'd curl their lips if you had a "Shabby" look. They are in the same grade I am, but instead of three girls in third grade, the triple the amount of "frenemies". Now, in school talent shows, they try to make themselves look hot and pretty, and they'll do anything to get a rise out of
girls and boys. But whats worse you ask? I'm certain you've heard about Facebook. But they chat with people and talk mean about people and post mean things. I wish maybe you can teach a lesson to both the middle school, and the elementary school, because the bullying has gone out of control! Thank you for your support! -Emily H."
"I was only in 6th grade, I've always wanted attention, especially from boys. I'd watch romantic movies with my mom and I would always think to myself, "Wow that girl is lucky, I wish I had a boy that treated me that way." I was desperate for attention, for a boyfriend. My mom would always tell me I was mature for my age and I took it as I'm acting like those girls in those movies. So I wanted a boyfriend to follow up on my good behavior. I would take my moms new camera phone and text boys, older ones mainly. And they would always ask me, send my dirty pictures, and I did, like a dummy. This bad behavior followed me til my freshman year in high school, everyone knew that I was the girl who would send Pictures to everyone. And I didn't realize what I've been doing the past 3 years was wrong. I thought of it as a good way to get guys to like me. I would always get called a slut in the hallways, rumors where always passed saying I had a disease, and my friends turned their backs on me. But yet I still did it. Why? I liked knowing that boys liked the way I looked. All it took was for the wrong guy to convince me I should trust him and to send him a fully naked picture, me as gullible as I am, I trusted him and sent it to him. All the sudden word was out he sent it to people, and to this day he still has those photos of me and still shows people, even my current boyfriend, which im still with. To be honest, now, I look nothing like I did then, I mean I'm a junior in high school now. But what bothers me is that this boy needs to be stopped... I know every once in a while he pulls out his Phone and shows people the pictures that haunt me and remind me of what a horrible decision I made..."
"I was 15 when all my so called friends turned on me after we had a falling out at school...I started ditching school so I didn't have to hear the bad things that were said....but it didn't stop there I started hanging around someone who also didn't want to go got school after 6 months she decided to befriend the people who had harassed me ...I was heart broken now I had no one.. The real bulling started...It was one my house phone and on AOL... This one particular day it was bad I was home alone and every time I picked up the phone to call someone there was already someone on the line calling in...4 people were continuously calling me.. I got to the point where I was just picking up and hanging up....It was so overwhelming and they kept saying that they were coming over....About a week earlier I told my dad that this was happening and I couldn't take it anymore and he said just don't let them get to you they will get bored...But that day I felt like I was in a box and couldn't get out.. So I walked in the bathroom and slit my wrists.. My dad walked in not 5 mins later..If he hadn't I wouldn't be here today...looking back today I cant believe it affected me so much. Being a adult looking back it doesn't seem as bad as I thought it was..I have 2 small children now I want to take a active stand and help in anyway I can so now other teen takes their lives....This needs to stop now..."
"On February 21, 2011 my 10 year old son planned to kill himself because he was being bullied at school. We thought we were doing everything we could as parents to make it stop. We went to the teacher and asked her to move him away from the specific bullies. She refused to do so. We went to the Principal and all he could say was that our son was the "perfect student" straight A's, participated in the morning school news broadcast. When we discussed the conversations with the teacher he basically ignored and acted like it didn't happen. If he didn't see it or hear it, it never happened. Once our son was moved to another school after being on homebound for 11 weeks, he was then cyberbullied. Apparently since the students couldn't torment him on campus they resulted to the internet. We immediately called the principal at the school where he use to attend and he told me they were not responsible for things on the internet and he would have to check with the attorneys.
Our son thankfully shared his desire to kill himself with the guidance counselor and we were able to get him the help he needed.
It has now been 5 months and we are still struggling with the ramifications of the cruelty of these bullies. This is a horrible thing and it affects not only the child themselves but the entire family.
We are determined to make a change in South Carolina and get justice for those that are struggling."
"I am now a happy, healthy 20 year old college student. But in middle and high school I was the girl everyone picked on. I had family problems and a father in Iraq, eager to talk to someone who would listen to my family pain. I was looking for anything that could help ease the stress at home. Except I trusted the wrong people with private information, and it ended up all over MySpace. I had a mom who monitored my internet use, I was only allowed to use the computer in the dining room where she could see me. We didn't have a lap top or wireless internet like most young teens do now. But even that didn't stop people from posting, even after my account was deleted. They'd just post on another classmates page. I was bullied online throughout middle school and the beginning of high school, before I moved across the country from Florida to Central Maine. I finally escaped the drama and the hateful people and was able to start fresh. Not everyone has the opportunity to escape like I did, but everyone has the ability to rise above it if you ASK FOR HELP. It may sound dumb, but I believe it saved my life."
"Hi,
thank you for all the work that you do. Having experienced bullying and cyber bullying as a teenager that I'm still trying to get over I know how traumatic it can be.
I went through severe homophobic bullying and cyber bullying that ruined so many aspects of my life.
What this foundation is doing seems ground breaking as there is a massive need (all over the world) for the support you promote.
I hope for the sake of many innocent children and teenagers you continue the pioneering work that you do."
"Hi. I just wanted to say how much the story of megan has touched me. I watched the movie "cyber bully" that came out recently. It was such an eye-opener. I've always been such a sweet person face to face. I'm loving and kind. I have a great group of friends, and I'm known for welcoming new people into the group. There was one girl though, that I've always held a grudge against. On the internet site "formspring" I said some pretty terrible things to her, and tried to ruin her friendships. In the end, she had to delete her facebook, and make a new one. Like it said in the movie, when you are doing things online, it doesn't seem so bad. It's not like you are telling them face to face. I didn't even think about what I was doing. Didn't think about the consequences. Lucky for me, nothing bad happened. I still think about what could have happened though, even more now after seeing the movie, and reading megan's story. The words you share hidden behind a computer screen can hurt, wound, and kill. Thanks to your story, and "cyber bully," I've made a promise to never hurt online again."
"I know two girls who have taken their own lives due to cyberbulling and it needs to stop! Both of the two girls were bullied on this site Formspring.me, its a site where people can log on and send anonymous post on your profile. Majority of the post that are sent are all people calling them such horrible things. My middle school had made news one day when all the student including myself to sign a pledge that we will not log on to sites such as formspring and send people terrible stuff. I personally thinks it should happen in all schools. I live by a saying that my mother has taught me and it is "Calling someone ugly doesnt make you prettier, calling someone fat doesnt make you skinnier, calling someone stupid doesnt make you any smarter". And if you were wondering how the girls killed themself, it was simply done by hanging. People who hide behind a screen may feel supieror, but by giving them a reaction your giving them the satisfaction."
"I have been cyberbullied and didn't know how to handle it the first time. It went back to a boyfriend who's mother spread complete lies about me. Teens didn't know what I was going through and only knew what they heard/saw. It was much more complicated than they though. However, I had really mean things said to me and about me on the internet and outside of it. It was really more than any child or person should ever go through.
In college the bullying (by a different group over the fact that I wouldn't be cliquish like them) was mostly non-internet, but there was quite a bit of status' being posted. They thought it would never show up, however it came back and hurt them when I took it to people higher up. I should have gone to my on-campus psychologists because they could've helped me remove myself from the situation way earlier. (I didn't do that.) It took until the last 5 weeks for me to be removed, and by that time, my GPA had taken a beating."
"I just posted under this same info and thought that this is important:
My advice is: Parents, be involved with your children, but don't force it. Explain to your child some of the stories you have read. Inform them of cyberbullying and that they aren't alone. Try to start when they're younger and form a relationship. Know that it takes a while. And DO NOT tell your child that they can't do something that you don't want them to. It will only make them want to do it more. Just tell them your concerns and pray.
Children, Teens, Students: Your parents are there for you. If not them, someone else is. Know that the people who are bullying you, aren't worth it. They're doing it to make themselves feel better. They won't matter later in life. You won't see them. And by the time you do, usually they will have convinced themselves they weren't that mean at one point and that they didn't do that stuff, because in the honest truth, they can't handle the guilt. There IS someone for you. Whether you've met that true friend or not, someone in your future is waiting for you to make it through this so that you can be true friends. Also, it only makes you stronger. I can't stress how important it is that you understand you're not alone, and there are tons of other people your age, younger, and older that have, are, and will be dealing with this monstrosity! Live life and enjoy what you can and realize that there are some things you can't control, and things WILL get better. If we didn't have bad times, we wouldn't enjoy the good times."
"I remember I would walk down the hallway at school, or through the lunchroom and see people staring, whispering, and laughing at me. I did and still do struggle with acne. I have since 3rd grade. And ever since it first started, I've been bullied for being ugly. Sometimes it would be rumors, or they would say it to my face. Another thing they would do was make fun of me over social networking sites or email. It just kept getting worse. There were days I would be bawling my eyes out when i got home from school. Sometimes people would yell things out on the school bus. "Youre ugly!" or "Hey pizza face!" they would say. Finally the principal found out, and they got in trouble. I was being bullied by multiple people."
"First off I would like to say that this story really touched me. I only heard about it today after seeing the message about Megan after the movie Cyberbully. That's when I began my research. After I read articles about Megan's story I was in tears and was upset. I too have been bullied. In the 8th grade I was called a slut, whore, flirt merely because I was friends with guys. And after I broke up with my ex boyfriend he would come up to me and say, "___, you look like a slut today.". I got rumors spread about me and I felt horrible about myself. Then, at the end of my freshman year. A guy I don't even know said I was the ugliest girl he's ever seen, I was fat, and that I look like a man. I have been struggling with self confidence issues and skipped out on meals after that. I later realized that what these people were saying are totally wrong, and that you should not let those lies get to you. I know it's hard, but it's what you gotta do. Talk to someone. It really helps. I thank you for putting up this site and teaching people about this growing problem. I'm sure you have saved many lives. I'm sorry for your tragic loss, and may Megan rest in peace. She is up in heaven looking down and smiling at you guys for helping so many people."
"Hi I'm Kassidy But most people call me Kassie or turtle, Well Turtle because i am obsessed about turtles. But my story is i feel i have no one. I am always getting nasty comments or msgs on facebook about how I'm a prude or I'm fat or I'm ugly and stuff. I try not to let it bother me but sometimes I can't let it go. I have cut my self so many times and people found out and they tell "Well how about you go cut yourself until you lose so much blood you die!" I cry about it all the time. My dad died when i was 9 and my grandma recently died and my mom just got out of prison. My oldest sister has a kid named Aidan. i have never met him and i have met her once that i can remember. My only brother is married in Ohio and his wife never lets him come see us. She thinks he is all hers. I miss him. And then The last but not least my 17 year old sister. She's a senior and she has a life. I really never get to talk to her, she's always with her friends. I guess what I'm trying to say is i want my family back. I want to be able to know that i have family there for me. I miss them. All of them. I need them to get through my life right now. For i am the baby of the family. I get treated like i am 2 but i am as mature as a 16 year old a lot of people tell me. I have so many friends i try to help because they think they need to kill them self to get respect and i need them i only have 4 true friends and they all think they have a horrible life for i am the one that doesn't show it because before my grandma passed she said "Life's too short to waist is on hate or forgiveness." And after that i will never forget her voice in my head of her saying it. But i still struggle from depression because i have no one to talk to but god and i love god but sometimes i need someones shoulder every once in a while."
"I got online and started talking to my friends on facebook and I saw I had a message you know so I clicked and a guy with any hidden user name saying Hi I replied back Hi. Then Out of no where the next message he sent me said your a bi*** and then I freaked out I had no idea who he was and I didn't even do a thing to him. He called me names like slut, ho*, who**, and every name in the book then he finally crossed the line he said how many have you dated today? 10, 20??? I said I havent had a boyfriend In a while he said Ya know you have, I know you probably gave them diseases. Your just so gross I bet if I breathe around you Id probably get and infection. I swear I had never said anything to him in the past but I have no clue who he was... That just goes to show when you make a social network account have safety only add people you know. I made that mistake too many times."
"Back when I was a teenager, I went to an over populated school. Coming from a military family you tend to go to very diverse schools.
I was invited to my friends softball game after my drivers ed school. I just passed the test to get my license so I was excited to go see my friends to show them.
At the softball game, I wore my boy friend at the times hoodie. My best friend of 10 years was sitting next to me. I got a text from my friends (who was playing the sport) boyfriend. It said, "I feel real uncomfortable sitting with the baseball team, they are making fun of me. Can I sit with you." I had no objection against it. I was sitting right in front of my friends mom to cheer her on with her mom.
Everything was fine. I was innocently talking to this guy and my best friend. The next day I got a dirty text saying I was a whore and slut for making out with my friends boyfriend. He wasnt my type, nor would I ever do that. I was confused to why they would talk like that. I got to school and people stared at me. In everyone of my classes I was being called bad names. Even teachers seem to treat me differently. I went to each lunch with whom I though were my friends, and they objected to me sitting with them. Said I wasnt welcome. I ended up sitting in the library and crying.
I got home and told my mom. She said it will calm down and ignore it. I did. I let it last a week. Everyday was the same thing. I had one friend who would hang out with me, they ended up treating her the same way.It lead me to self mutilation (cutting). Eventually my mom found out and threatened to put me in a hospital. I begged her to transfer my schools and she did. At the new school I started a new life. I didnt make friends, i just wanted to do my work and get over with school.I did.
Your story really helps people, and I hope that all states will adopt cyberbulling laws, even school bullying. It really gets to students. It can cause more pain then we imagine.
RIP Megan Meier."
"♥I just wanted to say reading this story about Megan really made me want to read more in on how to stop bullying all together, because when I was in the 7th grade I was bullied for wearing a skort one day for a spelling bee, and I was called nothing but a whore a slut a skank etc. My parents pulled me out of public schooling and I am now cyberschooled which makes life easier on me and not have to deal with the drama of public school, and the bullying that happens everyday online and face to face it is just more common now with facebook and so on. I just hope someone or anybody realizes and helps out because it is a horrible thing, and I want it to stop. I feel all the compassion and etc for the Meier family.
R*I*P Megan Meier~♥~"
"I have been teased because of my weight all my life. Boys are very rude to me, and girls call me fat all the time. I never like to go out shopping because I'm afraid that I will lose my already shattered self-esteem, well, what's left of it anyway. I wear the same thing all the time. Shorts or sweat pants and a t-shirt with a hoodie when the weather is cooler. I have been diagnosed with pre-diabetes that I try very hard to get rid of, but never succeed. I find myself late at night surfing the web to find easy ways to lose weight, but I never find anything promising, and since I am only 15, I can't order anything without my parents, whom always say no. I play soccer for my high school. I walk a lot more than one would think. But I always feel miserable as I see all my friends are so pretty and they get complimented on their looks all the time, and I get "Oh you have a great personality!"...It just isn't the same. I also find myself wondering if anyone would care if I died, or thinking of suicide, but I don't tell anyone, because I don't want to be anymore of a freak than I already feel. But Megan's story has inspired me. My life is more precious than I realize, and many people would care. Thank you to the Megen Meier Foundation for opening my eyes and not leading me down a road that will end too shortly."
"Im savannah im 14 years old, i guess the bullying started in 6th or 7th grade, in 7th they just called me fat. In 8th grade somewhere in November, i was IMed on facebook by a friend, she said "OMG Savannah you have to watch this its important", me and my cousin were looking for dance moves, and she said "If this is spam, your in trouble". She clicked on it, the first thing i heard was "....Savannah has two chins, and two stomachs". I fell to the floor in tears, my cousin screamed "MOOOOMMMMM!!!!", She said "What, Tab......, Oh My God!, CL", "What?". Nezt my mom calls the cops, that was the end of that then he apolgized to my mom,"
"For me, it started long before I reached the tens of my age. I can remember back in second grade that no one wanted to play with me, no one wanted to talk to me because I was the freak. I don't know why, I just was. Throughout every grade, even if I made a friend...it was just all a lie. I found that out last year. In real life, at school, you can hide. Once something's said, you can pretend it never happened. On the internet, it's there forever. You can't get rid of it. It's there and it just won't go away. It makes me feel trapped, like everyone is going to know, like they already know. Slowly, everyone told each other that I wasn't worth it, that I was never going to be worth it. It hurt more than people intended, I guess.
I fell into depression. It felt like a large black hole was swallowing me up. I couldn't breathe. I couldn't face anyone. I thought that I wasn't worth it, like they said. I didn't deserve to breathe air. I didn't deserve to be alive.
Because to others, it's a joke to them. Cyberbullies don't understand how much it hurts. How much it slowly kills you inside. I don't know if I've fully gotten over it, and I know that you've probably heard a thousands "I'm sorry"s and stuff, so I'm not going to repeat. I just wanted to let you know...Megan isn't alone. She probably never will be alone. There are a lot of us out there, victims that just think that they want to get it over with. That it's easier to die. Even now, I can't go outside, I can't face them in fear that I might just really breakdown. I've tried to kill myself...yes, I have, but for all those times I haven't been able to go through with it. I was scared. I was scared what they were going to say afterward, of all things. I felt pathetic. It feels like the whole world is against you.
That's why I think that this kind of bullying is crueler than killing someone yourself. Instead, you're doing it slowly from the sidelines. You may have not shot the person, but you gave them the fully loaded gun and the motive to do it themselves. I hate that.
I'm just another of the 500,000 that attempt to do it every year. I'm nothing special. I'm not worth it. But it doesn't mean that I'm going to stop trying."
"I'm sure every single one of you have read these inspirational and heart wrenching stories of the perspective of one being bullied..here's a twist. Here's a first person perspective of a "bully". I don't know if that's what I would even classify myself as but truth is I regret it every single day of my life. Story: I myself was in a relationship with a boy for an entire year. I thought I loved him. I started dating him my freshman year and I didn't think anything could go wrong. Well sophomore year him and I broke up because I found out a girl slept with him..I was obviously heartbroken. I attributed my anger with the classic "Tay swift" lyric status' on face book like a regular teenager. This girl already had problems to begin with:depression due to her fathers death, bipolar and etc. And she is known for being....promiscuous and un loyal to people. Let's just say my boyfriend and I ended and after that the girl went back to dating my best friend, like everything was normal. I was devastated. I felt like everything was perfect for her and I was going through the hardest thing I've had to alone. I was at a party and saw her have sex with a guy while her bf was out of town..and the next day she posted on her bf's wall and said "i love and miss you baby" and from there it escalated..I couldn't take it anymore and I wrote back and was saying spiteful things to her basically calling her out..Everyone was on my side, the entire school from then on would boo her in the hallways..She ended up trying to kill herself go to rehab. The point of this is that I have this on my mind every day and I live with the thought that I could have influenced someones death. One way of another you learn there's more to life, and I regret it every single day that I caused this. It makes me sick to my stomach, although the only thing I did was call her out on fb, the rest was everybody else doing harm. But I did start it. I should have been more mature. We all learn lessons, and thankfully I learned."
"This was a very recent thing that happened to me. It was yesterday actually. I was on facebook and a friend of mine had a status that was depressing and i commented asking what was going on and next thing i know her cousin was bitching at me. The first thing she said to me was "Ur nosy asz is goining on bitch". I didn't understand, why did she just say that? It only got worse from there. My friend commented saying that she shouldn't talk to me like that. It went back and forth her saying crap to us and us telling her she needed to stop and stuff, but it got really bad when a friend of mine said something to me... The last comment he posted was this, "Idc who it is if there tryin to get inbetween me and my babey im done wid them.
Nd no i think that name fits you perfectly dont ever talk to me or melissa
Again!! And good be done u shlda been done forever ago im done to dont even say bye no ones gunna miss you!! Just leave everyone be and and no one will have to waist their time so just be gone!!
Nd dont come back ur ass ur just tryin to break us up how many times do i gotta exsplaim to everyone that me nd my babey are unbreakable?! Well were unbreakable so be gone wid your bitchy Attidude nd ur shitty shittyness so just leave us alone!! ( forever )". It hurt reading that time and time again. How could someone who i trusted do that to me? Say all those things and then for no reason say that to me? After that my friend asked him what i did. He said i did all these things that i didn't do. Only one thing was true, but that was from forever ago and me and him had talked that out and he said it was in the past. I guess i was wrong. I broke down, i admit. i cried and cried and was so depressed. I wanted to take my life, but i didn't. I knew that i didn't need this. So i deleted them both, reported them for bullying and then blocked them. I wasn't going to sit there and let myself be bullied... Today i watched Cyberbu//y and it made cry. I felt how the character Taylor felt in the movie... No one deserves to feel like that."
"I was never really tortured throughout school. I know what it is like to be bullied though. It happened between my Sophmore to Senior years in high school. I had helped my then BFF through a rough time with abuse (physical) and we had to deal with CPS. Unfortunately, it turned out a little bit worse that what we had thought. She told her parents I had forced her to call CPS and she never meant it and now they were going to be investigated when more important people should be watched. In turn, we were unable to see or speak to each other for a long time. After a year I was allowed back into her life (family) and from then on things were rough. At the end of my Senior year, we had another falling out due to a boyfriend no one liked. I became bullied shortly thereafter because of the fact that some their mutual friends, one's I once thought were mine, started calling me names and being very mean to me and eventually casting me out to be by myself for months. Specifically it started in person and went to the internet world when the girls started putting boxes over my head in pictures and when asked who the box was they would make rude comments and then start tagging me in the picture so I could read the comments. That was probably the most hurt I've ever been. I had barely any friends at school and felt completely alone for the longest time until I met my current BFF. If it weren't for people listening and my BFF (now) I don't know where I would be in my life."
"my friend amanda was hacked on her facebook by a girl named britany and britany was sayingbad words to other people and pretending to be amanda"
"It all started with a breakup. Then, another girl. She changed him. When they would hang out, they would always text me or call me, hurting me, with only their words. It stopped for a while, when my family confronted hers. About a year passed before it started again. Seventh grade started and it was not what I thought it would be. The girl intimidated me off of the school bus for more than half of the year. She was threatening me, both straight to me and behind my back. Unfortunately, I was brought to the point, many times, where I attempted suicide. I never dreamed of being made so upset that I would try to commit suicide. But it became a constant reality, all because of one girl. Soon, the school found out about Ashley cyberbullying, bullying, and intimidating me. However, nothing was done about it. I am afraid that Ashley will begin to target me again, and something bad will happen to me. Maybe then, the school will take action."
"It was the begining of 6th grade and it was very hot! and over the summer me and a really cute boy stared getting coser and closer every day but it never happened. So one day on facebook i posted i wish i had a boyfriend. Really hoping he would reply! but sadly some people started saying really mean things and what hurt me the most saying how fat i am! i didn't start crying and stuff so i just looked away and logged off my profile hoping it would all just go away! but sadly it got worse and my friends didn't eve support me! i was in a bad mood and i suddenly got depressed. so when my dad read what happened he was very upset! So a few days later i was called down to the office ad the people that bullied me. We talked to the principal who didn't help at all. so we called my dad at his work and he was not in a good mood! so after that all that really happened was an apolgy from the people which to me didn't sound like enough! and the people got grounded! and to this day i am still called fat and ugly and other things! i just recently watched the movie cyber bully! i felt conected to the movie and now i want it to stop everywhere i want cyberbullying to end everywhere and these bullies should be ashamed of them selves and i have even though about sucide i have tryed suffercating my selfing and some other stuff and then i reailize what it would be like if i wasn't here! And i was looking at the comments on youtube for the movie cyberbully. and some people were touched by the movie! and other people were saying how fake and stupid this all is if you get bullied its whatever! BUT ITS NOT and people need to realize this and NOW!!!"
"I have a brother who is bullied. He has adhd too. I just wanted to say that the second i heard this story i could not believe how cruel some girls can be. I am so sorry about the loss of your beautiful daughter. She seemed like a really sweet girl. My mother has always told me and my siblings that when things go bad they will always get better.
R.I.P. Megan, you are missed everyday.
You are in god's arms now"
"Hi.
I was bullied all throughout middle school and junior high school. Mostly all of my teachers knew about it, but could do nothing. I like to think that they didn't know what to do at the time, but to tell me to just walk away and ignore them.
High School was a great time for me. I lost weight, made more friends and joined the school band. Now I'm going to fast forward to senior yr in High School, soon entering college.
I liked this guy who I thought liked me back (funny how all stories start with "I liked..."). He started spreading rumors about me to other people, not in school, but the Cadet Corp program we both participated. I ended things with him (we never went on a date/kissed/did anything), but because I was "supposedly" the first girl to reject him, he was not going to let me be in peace.
That's where my nightmares started, someone else picked it up and is running with it.
I have changed my phone number way over 20 times, changed/closed email accounts over 7times, have placed 3 police reports for Aggravated Harassment(nothing was done), had my computer hacked 3 times, stop attending school for a month, and top it all off, yes thoughts of departing this world crossed my mind several times (thoughts of my mother's pain and my future stopped me).
Occasionally I get random harassing messages and emails, or I hear a new rumor about me, but I just ignore it or simply tell the person, "I'm going to report you". That gets them off my back temporarily. It's not a permanent fix until NY passes a law against cyberbullying including cellular connections. I just hope that gets here someday soon. For now I just keep on smiling, because miserable people want to see you down and depressed. And I, I just can't give them the satisfaction.
To the Meier Family: I am truly sorry for your loss. I know these are mere words and can never bring her back, just know that you are not alone in the fight, the pain, and the struggle."
"Hi, my name is Joshua Y. and I used to be a bully until about six years ago when my best friend Sam killed himself over being bullied by highschool seniors. I stoped bullying people because every time I thought about bulying another person the thought of Sam would rush through my mind and as the thought of him past through my mind my stomach would start to hurt as if someone had just hit me with a 2x4 acrossed the ribs or something. Since Sam's death I can't even stand the sight of someone being bullied by another person. I stop by Sam's grave 5 times a year because he was like the brother I never had and I miss so much that now I share his story with people so that they can get an understanding of what bullying does to people and the effects that is has in some cases.
Thank you for listening to my story,
sincerely, Joshua Y."
"Hi.
I was bullied all throughout middle school and junior high school. Mostly all of my teachers knew about it, but could do nothing. I like to think that they didn't know what to do at the time, but to tell me to just walk away and ignore them.
High School was a great time for me. I lost weight, made more friends and joined the school band. Now I'm going to fast forward to senior yr in High School, soon entering college.
I liked this guy who I thought liked me back (funny how all stories start with "I liked..."). He started spreading rumors about me to other people, not in school, but the Cadet Corp program we both participated. I ended things with him (we never went on a date/kissed/did anything), but because I was "supposedly" the first girl to reject him, he was not going to let me be in peace.
That's where my nightmares started, someone else picked it up and is running with it.
I have changed my phone number way over 20 times, changed/closed email accounts over 7times, have placed 3 police reports for Aggravated Harassment(nothing was done), had my computer hacked 3 times, stop attending school for a month, and top it all off, yes thoughts of departing this world crossed my mind several times (thoughts of my mother's pain and my future stopped me).
Occasionally I get random harassing messages and emails, or I hear a new rumor about me, but I just ignore it or simply tell the person, "I'm going to report you". That gets them off my back temporarily. It's not a permanent fix until NY passes a law against cyberbullying including cellular connections. I just hope that gets here someday soon. For now I just keep on smiling, because miserable people want to see you down and depressed. And I, I just can't give them the satisfaction.
To the Meier Family: I am truly sorry for your loss. I know these are mere words and can never bring her back, just know that you are not alone in the fight, the pain, and the struggle."
"I have been bullied my entire life. I am now in seventh grade and starting at a new school. People would call me fat, ugly, and ew when i walked in the room. In the fourth grade, when i sat down at a lunch table, whoever was sitting at that table would stand up and sit at a different table. I only had three friends, and they weren't real friends. they would say 'you are going to grow up and die alone'. They said it so much i even started to believe it. That year, i sat next to the teacher so nobody could make fun of me during class. But that left after school, before school, lunch and recess for them to make fun of me. I even attempted suicide several times by trying to choke myself with a jump rope. but while sitting there, i thought about what suicide would help. nothing, so i stopped. But i still have suicide thoughts every once in a while."
"My name is Colin B., and for years and basically throughout my entire public school life I have been made fun of by the school both online and in person. I am a dancer, musician and very much a theater geek. I know that there a guys like this all over the world and most and just normal people. The school I attended was a sports school, we've graduated multiple profession athletes including Mike M. and therefore all anyone at our school cares about are sports. It's almost like a drug to them, everyone does everything and could care less about the arts. In this environment for years, starting in about first grade, I was being labeled as "gay", "Freak", "Homo", you name it. Most days I came home crying, and there was nothing I could do to stop it. In middle school I began to think about hurting myself. I had no friends, no one to talk to and the few people that actually did didn't every really say much. In seventh grade my dance studio, where I was the only guy, started warming up to me a little more, they became my family and very much supportive. Dance became a release to me, but the more I danced, the more I was made fun of. The next year I began high school band and made another family. Band, at my school, was something we all held dear; we were all not the most popular people, but we were popular within ourselves and helped each other out. Once I got to high school my life got better, I had a strong group of friends who knew me well, and truly cared about me. Those friends stuck and even though the graduated before me we still talked, and more people came through and helped me to the rest of my high school years.
Without my friends that I came to make I don't think i'd be the person I am today, nor do I know if i'd even be here.
I owe them so much and will never forget what they have done for me.
Thank you so much to the music nerds of MAHS and the dance family of LKW"
"My name is Shannon. I'm a senior in high school now, and this happened my sophomore year. During the beginning of my sophomore year, I had just broken up with someone after a year. I was so depressed. When my best friend and I started dating, I was still depressed. It wasn't until he and I broke up that I had started losing friends, and was getting into a lot of fights. Not phyiscal fights, but verbal, and online verbal fights. About a month later, I recieved a private message on facebook from a group/page called "We Hate Shannon." It was a message telling me they had over 100 friends on it. I refused to tell my mom when I read the message because I knew how she would react. She would try to find the person who created it, and create a big huge scene about it. It wasn't until later that night that she called me into her room to talk to me. It turned out that one of my friends had recieved a friend request from them. This friend, who's cousin dates my sister, told her mom about it. That was how my mom found out. At that point, my mom had already been on the phone with my school principal and guidance counselor, who were investigating this facebook page. I didn't want to sit in any of my classes, I didn't want to sit in the cafeteria, all because I knew what people were saying about me. They were saying that I was a whore, and that no one liked me. To this day, I am still uncomfortable in my school, and it has been a year and a half since it started. And to this day, I still have about 10% of my friends."
"I was coming home from School I left my cell phone at home and when I showed up it was about probably 5:00pm and I checked my texts and I had two from "My Best Friend" Sydney saying
"Hey misses fag I hope you feel as shity as you look because the whole world will make sense again so please dont talk to me and get a life" I can see this coming from Sydney but I just couldnt believe it."
"I was coming home from School I left my cell phone at home and when I showed up it was about probably 5:00pm and I checked my texts and I had two from "My Friend" Sydney saying
"Hey misses fag I hope you feel as shity as you look because the whole world will make sense again so please dont talk to me and get a life" I can see this coming from Sydney but I just couldnt believe it, especially when I found out My Best Friend In the WHOLE world Cassidy really sent it because Sydney said h"Her thumbs hurt"
but since then i have been getting evil glances, Cold shoulders and names called, I told my mom and she said "Oh whatever there just girls be the bigger person" but Being the bigger person is really hard, Even when they constantly tease you and look at you with evil stares.
They say "Sticks and stones may break your bones but words will never hurt me".......But they do......alot"
"Hi my name is Savannah, this year alone i made out 5 harassment forms, Last year i made 3. This year i will be in 9th grade, it scares me just the thought of school, the bullies mostly 2 nights ago i saw one of my bullies, i felt like i was gonna cry she hurt me badly. At one time i made sucide letters, then i thought no one cared if i had died, then finally 3 days ago some boy who ive had known forever said he liked me and everything was different. At that moment someone actually cared for me. I want all the teens to read this an realize that someone does care there will be a special someone for you. Now the problem isnt me its the problem they have with me. Always remember the bullies got bullied someone made them cold. In November of 2010 my friend messaged me on Facebook, and said you have to watch this i watched it, all i heard him say was "...Savannah has 2 stomachs, 2 chins..." that night i was planning to hurt myself in a way, then i realize how stupid i was being that only will give him the satisfaction that he wants. Dont let bullies get to you, BE STRONG.
Megan i cried the whole time watching "Cyberbully", your story was touching, im glad my school enforced the cyberbullying law. Thanks Tina, for doing all this or i wouldnt be here."
"I'm an average 14 year old girl, I was on facebook one day and noticed that people were saying that I smelled like a skunk. At school it was bad too, I would be standing outside in the hall before advisor base and a kid would push me into a locker. Or the girls would pretend to be my friend but talk about me behind my back. It got so bad that I attempted suicide. It got to the point where my dad would be driving me to school because I didn't want to be harrassed on the bus. At the end of sixth grade, the year when this happened, my mom and dad transferred me to a different school.
Now I'm doing better but I'm still scarred in a way."
"It hurts, yes people I am talking about cyber bullying. I currently live in the most violent city in the U.S. Flint, Michigan. I have taken it upon myself to try and make Flint a better place. People create Facebook pages, that call girls and women names. I'm talking about bad names. I try and shut down these pages. I have one down and I currently working on two; one in which this foundation already knows about. If my tactics fail, I will need more help. This is my mission, and what I'm good at. So please join myself and others stop bullying of any kind. All it takes is sticking up for those who are bullied. This world would be a better place. :)"
"I am 26 years old, and still remember the pain I went through in school because of bullying. I still experience problems with my self-esteem because of all the hurtful things people said to me in school as a child and teenager. Bullying is one of the lowest things a person can do to another. I am a psychology major and hope to work with kids after graduate school. If any kids are reading this, I would like to give them an important message; you are not alone. Everyone goes through some form of bullying in their lives. The kids that say mean things to you are insecure and likely bully so they can feel better about themselves. What you feel today won't matter as much tomorrow. It will make you stronger and you will be a better person for having survived it. Don't give up on yourself, and don't let what other people say or do dictate your life. You are loved."
"hey my name is Amber H. I Really understand how megan felt. I was bullyed about my looks my everything. i did try to kill myself, but it didnt work. when i woke up in the hospital my mother was crying. she keept asking me why i hated my life why i would want to die.. well i told her about my ex boyfriends mother always putting me down. she was so angry. she preased charges but the court dismissed them. i even had text messages from where the mother was saying she would slit my throat. i am doing ok now. reading about megan i really knew what she was thinking. i know realize that i am glad i didnt die. we cant let these bullys controle our lives. thats why i took a stand and started speaking out at schools for kids to tell if there being bullyed.. dont hold it in. megans story opended not only my eyes but alot of other people."
"I'm a girl from a small town in Kansas. I'm 5'10 1/2" tall and 134 lbs. I get made fun of a lot for being so skinny and being so tall. I've been told that I look like I'm anorexic and I need to put weight on. Everytime I try I don't gain any of the weight. I'm tired of being picked on. When I was in 4th Grade I finally stood up for myself and I have been doing so ever since.. in May 2011, one of my best friends commited suicide because he was being bullied. I've found comfort in praying and speaking to God because I feel He is the one to trust with my life. Its been 3 1/2 months and things are not the same without him here but I know he is here in spirit watching over me. My heart goes out to the Meier family because I now know how it feels to lose someone you care so deeply about. <3"
"Hi I'm Morgan I'm 13 the age that Megan was, but I was 8 when this happened, I've been bullied at school before. People are rich at my school and I feel so low, but when I heard Megan's story, I realized that what I'm going through is very little. I'll pray for your family, I'm sorry for your loss, may Megan be with God in heaven. I also have a friend whose brother recently died. I haven't fully known the cause of it, but he was found in the backyard with a rope hanging around his neck."
"It started when I was in 5th grade. Every Wensday night I would go to youth group. I was the oldest in my class and should have been moved up to the older class soon. All we did in that class was read bible stories that I already knew anyway. But then a group of boys started coming. They started to make fun of me because I have a speech impettament. I already knew I sounded like a four-year-old when I spoke but this made me feel so bad. The teacher knew exactly what was going on but did he do anything? NO! My parents knew but they didn't do anything either. Every one I told thought it wasn't a big deal. I remember crying at night. I tryed every thing to make them stop. Nothing worked. The youth minister (and teacher of the older class) wouldn't move me up. The next year in sixth grade they started to go to my middle school. The bullying began at school too. I didn't know what to do. But at the end of sixth grade year it stopped. I got moved over to the older class and didn't have any classes with the bullies. But then, more than half way through 7th grade year another boy started calling my the same thing. I told my mom (who is a popular subsitute at my school) and she told the boy Andy how much i hated it and he was suposed to apologize. I gess he did but it was the crappyest apologie ever. I am now going into 8th grade and no one has called me that name since. But people still remark abuot the way i talk. Even my own dad and big sister make fun of me. sometimes I feel so alone! I've never told anybody this, but I think about suicide all the time. I could never go through with it but it's always on my mind."
"A year ago I joined a social networking site and made a couple of friends, a few of which I became very close to and hung out with in real life. Unfortunately, two of my friends and I had a huge falling out and I ended my ties with them. For several weeks I read their messages online to other profiles and heard rumors about them saying I had STDs, I was prostituting myself and I had a drug addiction. I was appalled and, in all honesty, I felt ashamed and dirty. I trusted these two with personal information and they twisted and perverted it to make me into some kind of low-class Vegas escort. I didn't do anything, nor did I want to. I just tried to keep to myself, but I couldn't dodge what others were telling me about what these two were saying. When I'd had enough, I decided to come clean how I was feeling about all of this to the last person who massaged me a rumor, and then I cleaned house and upped the security on my facebook account and deleted any other social site profile I had that they knew of. I never saved any information and I never tried to retaliate or fight back, I just distanced myself from these people because that's what was easiest to do. You think this crap ends after high school, but some people never grow up. The best thing I could do and can do is to just walk away from a bad situation. And that made all the difference."
"In 7TH grade I lost my best friend Robert Wade Benson. He committed suicide on October 10,2006. He was bullied,kids made fun of him,the way his ears were,how he could move them back and forth,how his school picutered turned out.A kid that was a grade of head of us threatened to beat him up the next day.which happened to be the day Wade passed away. His own cousin bullied him.Wade could make you laugh. He was funny,caring,a good friend,loved making songs up,he even created an anti santa list.I remember in english class Wade and I got in trouble for talking behind her back.He loved to tell stories. He lived life to the fullest.I wont ever forget Wade.It took me a long time to accept that Wade wouldnt around any longer but I know hes in a better place.I talked to my mom about it,school counslers,friends. I still cant believe that he is gone but I know he would want us all to be happy. I made a video this past school year in memory of him.For me it was helpful to talk to someone about how i feel and I talk about him.Its not easy sometimes i get tears in my eyes but at least I know im strong enough to talk to my friends and family about him. I even stay in contact with his dad,mom snd sister."
"After reading Megans story, it made me think about how precious life truely is. My cousin Krystine Lee W. took her life at the age of 14 because the boy she was "inlove with" was with another girl, and my aunt isnt the nicest person. I have had many suicidal thoughts but in the end i think about my family, my friends, my boyfriend...and relieze that i cant leave this world quit yet. Its hard to lose someone that you love sooo much, expecially when they are the ones that take there life. I have lost alot of people in the past 10 years. My best friend (Jacob K.) was shot by his father just a few years back. My mothers ex boyfriend that i was really close to (Edward G.) took his life because his wife or girlfriend was going to take the kids away because she sensed something was wrong. Megans story has had me in tears for the last few days. Im sorry for your loss."
"i was bullied since kindergarten and it really hurt me. i as first started cutting myself. people thought i was emo bcuase of the way i dressed and that i Cut myself. people thought attention. my own foster parents were threatning to send me to a mental hoostpital. i never attempted sucide, but i thought about it. im over it now. THANX!"
"hi im alyssa, people call me pixxZee. when i started 5th grade i sliped into a "emo" stage and people bullied me. they thought i was trying to get attention by dressing dark. of course that made me more depressed and i started cutting myself in 7th grade. the bulling got worse. my parents even threatened to send me to a mental hostpitle. then i stopped but i started burning my self with a lighter and needle, making it look like scars so my foster mom thought they were old. i got so depressed i nearly dropped all my friends over the summer, and i seriously thought about suicide. if i wasnt christian i wouldnt be here today. thankyou for the reassurance that ishouldnt've. I <3 MEGAN!"
"My name is Hannah. I had a formspring account a year and a half ago. I have a high metabolism so I am naturally skinny, and so a lot of people assume I'm anorexic. I hate that word.
Well anyways, on formspring you can send anonymous questions. So an anonymous person decided it would be fnny so send everyone an anonymous comment on how i was anorexic, a dyke, i did nasty stuff with my best friend. So naturally I just replied by telling them that I had a high-metabolism and stuff. This went on for weeks, but the comments got worse and worse each time. Finally, someone pretended to be me...and I had had enough. I anonymously sent out something bad about the person who I thought was writing these nasty and mean comments about me. By now, my grades had gone down, and I was diagnosed with manic depression 1 month later. I thought about killing myself all the time.
I want to say sorry to the person that I sent out a mean comment to, because I know that it might not have been them. How could i do this?
I emailed formspring about it, and a robot just answered me saying that nothing could be done. Now if you google search my name, all those bad things about me (with a few good ones, from good friends) come up. It's gonna live with me forever.
If I ever have kids when I get older, I hope they'll listen to me when I say that the internet is dangerous. I should have listened to my mom.
<3 and peace to anyone and everyone."
"I'm 15 years old. I was diagnosed with ADD in 3rd grade, and was always socially awkward, strange, and a little bit off. In elementary school I was extremely quiet and would not fight back to the bullies harrassing me. It was in 7th grade that I started to develop a huge attitude and began to fight back. I actually sort of became a bully myself, because my insults that were a response to the bullies were always far more hurtful then the original insult. I would try to fail tests and answer questions wrong on purpose because I didn't want to be a "nerd". But in 9th grade I learned to embrace my nerdiness because I became a techie and started volunteering at my zoo. I made awesome friends, and am happy. Even though I do go through phases of wanting to commit suicide and I burned myself for a while, I am generally happy."
"when i was maybe 8 years old people started bullying me but i didnt relize it until now. kids used to say, "oh, meghan is such a geek. oh meghan is too smart she needs to learn to have fun." also since forever people would call me weird and i had trouble fitting in. no one wanted to be my friend. i made a twitter and an opionaided so i can tell my story and help other kids with bullies. i made the mistake not to tell anyone. i didnt have anyone to help me with bullies and i dont want anyone else to go through this alone."
"Hi. I'm sure that at some point in life everyone has cyber bullied, not always on purpose. I usually try to be very careful with that stuff and I always try to think before I speak. I've been cyber bullied, but I just brushed it off and ignored it. That's not my point though. I've seen cyber bullying before and I try to comfort the person being bullied whether I know them or not, but I never stick up for them, or tell someone who can help them. After reading this story and a few others, I've decided that I'm never going to ignore cyber bullying. If I see it happening to my friends or even strangers, I'm going to stand up for them by telling a parent or someone who can help them. These stories bring me to tears and the thought of someone going through this makes me sick. Nobody deserves that. Everyone is beautiful and amazing just the way they are. I am so so sorry for your loss. Nobody deserves the pain you've felt and are still feelings. I hope that people see this and think next time before they something mean on the internet. I know I will.
RIP Megan and anyone else who has passed. XOXO."
"My daughter had a best friend who was more like a family member we all loved her one say her friend sent naked photos of my daughter to everyone in het school my daughter hasn't left the house since the July 4th weekend when she found out what this nasty Sarah did my daughter cries everyday and says she wishes she was dead she sees therapist three time weekly
My daughter Alexa is tall slender blonde haired green eyed gorgeous girl who when sees herself in the mirror says she's ugly my husband and I tried to get those kids to erase this photos by saying we would have there names added to the sex offender list school starts tue and we have no school for our child. Yet there is no way she will return to any egr school ever"
"i was 17 in high school. i was bullied nonstop. she lived by me and everytime she seen me she stalked me. and to make matters worse my mom was very abusive. my boyfriend at the time was verbal abusive too. so i had no way out. i go to school and get bullied then go home and my mom made everything worse. so i figured life would be better off without me and i decide to overdose on tynler pms and asprin. i took hundrend of tynler and two hands full of asprin. when i woke up n university of md it just made everything worse for me. i can honestly say that i was very impulsive. i regreat my actions now. my moms boyfriend told me that once your out of highschool ull never see any of the people again and he was right. so thats my story."
"I am Claudia Im not 17 but back when I was a freshman15 I was bullied by senior girls because of the attention I was getting from the senior boys. I did not ask for the attention nor did I provoke it. One girl in particular was highly upset with her now exboyfriends interest in me and took the drama to a higher level. I went to school principals but was not heard my mother then wrote an email to all principals including the superintendent of the district. We then had a meeting with the principals and the girl, we were asked to sign a written contract to avoid each other at all cost. Despite the contract the girl continue to bully me. After being hospitalized with Crohns disease the girl took action against my surgery and even hit me in the stomach with a basket at the local HEB where she was employed. After an entire 10 months of the continuous bullying and cyber bullying and becoming depressed I began taking in that I was nearly sent to a juvenile because of the false accusations from this girl I took matters into my own hands. Yes I got physical and I know allot of bullying comes from physical abuse but after a good ol' butt kicking the girl left me alone. Till this day she will not make eye contact with me. Now my life is fun and I can enjoy myself without the worry I will be bullied from her again."
"My name is Kierstan. I am 14 and I have been cutting myself since 5th grade. I cut because I try to hold all of my feelings. My parents seperated when I was little and at a young age I started to run-away. I made it pretty clear that I have problems. I even asked my own father for help but he just told me that there was nothing wrong with me. I change moods really quickly. I was realized that I forgot my agenda at school and I didn't know my homework, I started crying and then I got angry, so I punched a hole through my wall. Well, the point is that I want help but I can't get it so now I'm crying again.
Will someone please just help me!!!"
"Dear Mrs. and Mr. Meier,
I have been bullied from year 6 until year 11 at school, but I stood up against it after attending higher education. At first, I didn't listen to them first, but when I was predicted a low graduation in class 10, I broke down and thought about suicide. I found that killing myself would render my book I am still writing just an idea. Furthermore, I didn't want to leave my chinchillas, my loveley pets. I thought about His my parents, my brother, friends and cousins would react it I killed myself. I rejected the idea of comitting suicide because of my pets. I got to the "Oberstufe" (Senior collage) and was happy. We wrote self-esteem "boosters" at school (I can send you mine to publish) and we learned about Megan just recentley. I can say just one word: sorry. I wish I could have helped her."
"Hi my name is Arriebelle I am going to make this short I was bully everyday because of my disability I am a jr now in school I get call ugly fat stupid words can hurt I cutt my self I always feel like I was not that pretty even when people me I am My so call friends leave me out sometimes I love to sing and been told I can sing then cant I am always sweet to people now I have new friends and things are going great in school it will get better I am really really short My family dose not get along I am the only childe but now I am takeing drama it is fun and dance I just want to say get better if you are cuttinng your self you are always email me if it show my email I will be there to talk to I have mess up teeth so I get made fun of so I hope this help
xxx :0)"
"it was june 5,2011 my best friend sara elizebeth britt hung herslef i have no clue why she was beautiful she had a good life. but when i found out that she had done this tragic thing i felt like doing the same thing and i dont want to loose no more friends but things happen...
This has happened to me.Im in middle school now and everyday i get bullied and i have no clue what to do she calls me ugly but i cant ignore it.. i have no clue what to do!! im so sorry tina mier for ur lose i wish i could get in touch with you!"
"Before my confidence had left me, I was outgoing, and full of love. But as the school year progressed my two closest friends began to bully, harass, and tease me. I began to think am "I really all these destructive words there saying, is the things their doing necessarily appropriate?" Every loving part of me was torn apart piece by piece by two young peers, almost as if it were wolves on the prowl. Every fault and every flaw I had was brought to my attention. This teasing issue brought anger and sadness in me so strong that every aspect of my life was destroyed. I began not to listen to any kind of authority as a way to protect myself. I felt that every human being was out to hurt me.
I began to think it'd be better if I wasn't here. The harassing keeps getting worse day by day. It began to be both physical and verbal. Once I had enough I confronted my mom and my mom told the school, my mom is also putting me into counseling and i hope it will work because the things these girls have said and done have hurt me to the point of where I wouldn't like to be anywhere near my school or near other people because I would listen to the hurtful things their saying. I began to think "what their saying is true!" and it just made me hurt even more upset and depressed. I'm the type of person when someone says something hurtful, I try to change myself instead of saying that it isn't true. At this point, I'm learning who to trust and who not to. I'm going through a horrible time as an 8th grader but as my mom says "this to shall pass" and I just hope every other person whose been bullied understands that they need to talk to someone, get help, stand up for yourself so you don't have to keep your feelings inside! I'm tired of being bullied ans seeing not only me but other people getting bullied. Please just stop bullying when you see it.
- ALycia"
"One day me and my off again on again friend we definaitly no longer friends. We had gotten into a fight. I am very self concious so i care about what everybody thinks of me to much. If someone were to say im fat i'd be depressed. Anyways we were no longer friends. A week or so after our friendship ended I saw Facebook page. The Name of the page was cudahy hoes. I was the profile picture. It made me depressed and all I wanted to do was die. I cut some people out of my life for a week or so. My Picture was on that page for about a month. People at school would start saying "Haha Your The profile picture on cudahy hoes profile" as they walked by me in the halls. Thats when i really was sad & thought life was over. Agter about a month my picture was finally off. I haven't had contact with the person who made the accont for over 4 months."
"i had a best friend in sixth grade who was bullied every single day it all started when a new girl named titi joined our class then she turned on my best friend and called her a whore, slut and made her life miserable she has done nothing to deserve this. then one day titi went up to her and tip her desk backwards and she ran out in tears. i felt sorry for her that she has to be bullied everyday making her feel uncomfortable. then my friend found out that i was friends with titi and she got mad at me because i was spending time with titi than with my best friend. When i heard about megan's story it touched my heart that someone would do something to that girl even when she was being cyberbullied online. my advice is be careful about what you put online it never goes away."
"this sorry broke my heart . my friend told me to look this up and i almost cried . ): it really touched me .. i mean i have had drama and all but never been bullied or never bullied anyone . but if i was bullied i would tell my mother right away . today in school we were talking about bully and the kids who have commited suicide because of it and then though about someone we know , ( our brother or sister , friend ect. ) and i almost started to cry my eyes out thinking about my brother being bullied and again reading this story .. it is stories like meagan's that make me wanna try to do something that can stop bully's so everyone think about what yu could do to stop bullies!!
STOP ALL BULLIES !!
R.I.P Megan Meier <3"
"My name is Brooke Van H., through out my grade school years, I was constantly bullied, being isolated. The only way I made friends was because I accepted to do their homework. Throughout high school I was silent about cyber-bullying and bullying. Now as a senior, I run a bully awareness day, and am currently doing my senior presentation on teens roles in cyber-bullying. Every single story touches me in a different day, and I'm passionate and determined to end these tragic problem. Erase the Hate <3"
"Hi im Ashley i started being bullyed in 6th grade i got called ugly fat and everything else i let it go and moved on from it.But then when i went to 7th it go so much worse students calling me the "N" to everything telling me im so fat my heels make me look so ugly no one would like to buy them.I had a bf and i always wore his necklace and everyone knew i was dating him.One day at gym i got sick cus i took some meds for my stomach and i forgot to eat somthing with it and everyone started saying i was pregnant.The students told teachers and teachers told teachers and started laughing and making fun of me it was bad enough i was being bullyed by students but then teachers makes it a 100% worse.I become not myself depressed yelling at ppl it was bad i stayed to myself and cryied all the time.I finally told my mom went to the princale and told her and she did nothing so we went to the school board and i got homeschooled.I am now still homeschooled i am graduting 3years early and a very happy person.Im so glad i survied from being bullyed because a lot of ppl kill there self.Bullying is very serouis and it needs to STOP NOW its too sad seeing teens like me kill there self.If you see someone being bullyied stand up for them because if u were in that u would want someone to stand up for you.IT NEEDS TO STOP NOW!!!!"
"My name is Brittany and even though I am 23 years old now I will never forget the bullying that happened to me all through middle & high school. In middle school a girl that lived across the street from me & who was the first friend I made when I moved into my new neighborhood and school district ended up being the worst thing that ever happened to me. She would pretend to be my friend one day and then the next she wouldn't talk to me or even acknowledge me. She would get all of our other friends to do the same things...call me names, make me sit alone in class, post mean things about me online, make up mean things about me and tell them to other people. They would reduce me to tears on a daily basis and even made me eat lunch alone in the bathroom for a few days because I was too terrified to come into the cafeteria because I did not want to hear the mean things they would say about me. This went on all through middle school...even when I found new friends. She would always apologize and say she didn't mean it but that didn't make it hurt any less. Finally in high school this horrid girl moved away, i started cheerleading for the varsity squad and i though things would be better but I was wrong because another even more horrid girl started picking on me. She would follow me down the hall shouting profanities at me and calling me names, she would come into my classes and do the same thing, she would get her friends to txt me and threaten my life. I never let anyone know just how much this stuff was hurting me. So many people watched this harassment happen to me every day but no one ever did anything to stop it or to help me...teachers included. I thought about ending my life because all of the constant bullying made me feel worthless. I had never done anything, I felt, that warranted all of this horrible treatment...I was a nice person who kept to myself. I cant even count how many times i sat in my room and thought to myself how much easier it would be to just end it all but I am so glad that i didnt. Friends were what kept me going...my real friends that listened to me when i was hurting. Even though i kept everything inside for so long...finally letting it all out and telling someone just how much this was hurting me saved my life."
"My father, Richard, committed suicide after being bullied, harassed and threatened by his ex-wife for many years. He was 56 at the time of his death. The harassment and threats increased in intensity, frequency and durration as soon as his ex-wife found that he was involved in a romantic relationship. My father's bully resorted to filing frivilous lawsuits against him, threatening to report him to his employer for alleged violations that would have cost him his job. She broke into his home many times, would stand at his door and ring the doorbell constantly. She followed him and harassed him pulicly. His bully called many government entities in attempts to have him cited for alleged code violations and even had his homestead exemptions on his home reversed so that he suffered damages in excess of $15,000.
My father suffered from depression and though he sought help, he fell through the cracks in his attempts at managing his depression and anxiety. He sought inpatient treatment at a local facility and was turned away just over 72 hours prior to his suicide.
I feel that the spotlight shines on teens and bullying. The truth is, anyone can be bullied. People with depression issues and/or other mental health issues are more suceptable to this type of victimization. There is very little remedy at law available to victims of bullying and I would like to see that changed.
Thanks,
Rachel H."
"I was bullied over facebook. They called me stupid, I have no friends, get a life, ugly, loser. One girl told the whole grade I tried to commit suicide. I got voice messages saying I was mean and just a lonely loser trying to fit it. It really hurt. Thanks to my mom a group is coming to my school that teaches us to except that everyone is different and we have to except that.
~Emma"
"Ive been bullied all my life from elementary school to now I've never lived a easy life I was made fun of threw Elmentary school for being over weight and slow learner threw jhs I got picked on for my weight how I dressed my learning problems I was label as different I've had ppl hit me cut my hair on purpose and this was boys and girls I went two different schools threw out my jhs years I tried so hard avoid issues until my last year of 8th grade my life was hell I didn't wanna go school i lost most my friends this girl I had problems with tormented my life and her mom try hit me with her car and all it was stress I got into fight with her turn to legal problems I thou after all that by time I hit high school life would be easy I was wrong I was in he'll in my life being picked on again made fun of Ppl hitting me I switch to four different schools running from everything by time I found a school I couldn't attend due to I developed panic attacks anxiety depression I was sent to home school and was denied a year latter services so I dropped out trying run from problems when I was 16 years old. I started getting picked on threw myspace By same jhs bullies n I felt at one point life was he'll and no getting away Ive locked myself from the world since then go out once and awhile not alone either im currently 23 turned it July I thou since I'm grow all my problems faded and think again past year I've been harassed made fun ppl saying there gonna hurt me told to go kill myself crazy shocking thing it's my relatives from my dad side the made fake pages on facebook of me stolen my pics from my page call my phone watch me I've never done nothing till this day nov.15 makes 1 year I'm going threw this anger and pain and no help I'm mentally Ill person goin threw this I suff from. Server anxiety panic attack deep depression bipolar living a life I don't deserve I wish my life get better but I hope and pray no one lives or go threw the stuff I went threw :'( pain pain"
"Im never good enough, that's what I get from my friends, they have said horrible things about me all because a rumour spread that wasn't true. Not only was I terrorized at school but also through text. Me being bullied has lead to an eating disorder several suicide attempts depression and cutting, but now I am standing up for myself and I no longer struggle withan eating disorder or cutting, I still suffer with depression and suicidal thoughts, but I can't lose hope i know someday something good will happen for now I just wish to get through everything day by day"
"In Jr High I was a victim of Cyber bullying. I got hate mail frequently, my "friends" made a nasty Myspace page about me, and I almost got beat up many times. I begged my parents to switch schools, but they wouldn't do it. I felt threatened staying at that school and all the administration did was suspend one girl. This all started because I had apparently giving a girl a dirty look. Thank goodness I was heading into high school. I found a program at my school called Peer Advocate's, Teens Helping Teens, this program has helped me learn that the ones bullying have deeper issues in their lives, which is why they bully. I'm a Peer Adv, helping teens is my passion. I want them to realize that there are greater things in life. I've learned that letting things get to me will only let others win. So, smile at them and walk away. Watching the movie "Cyber bully" made me realize that this is my passion. Thank you for everything."
"As a junior in high school, I got into a very bad and abusive relationship. He hit, verbally abused me, and eventually raped me. Once I was able to get out of this relationship, he began harassing me online. He created a fake profile and would continue to try to talk to me, threaten me, and I didn't know who it was or why he was harassing me. Eventually, one of my friends found out it was him and she helped me to block him on myspace. But the pain was real. It took a long time for me to recover. He continued trying to find me online, and eventually I had to change all my email addresses and block him from all social sites. It was a hassle, but it was worth it. I have not been bothered in 3 years. I am now happily married. Girls, DO NOT LET A GUY CONTROL YOU or HARASS YOU. Stand up for yourself. Use the block feature on Facebook. Report abuse on FB. Change your email. Change your passwords on a regular basis. But do not allow others to put you down. I am so glad this site is here to help teens."
"First off let me say that I'm sorry to hear about megan and I'm glad that you made this website so I wouldn't end up like megan. But it all started my freshman year in high school. I was having problems with my sexuality and some people that I thought were my friends ended up not. I was dating this guy and broke up with him and he just went crazy and had a lot of people messaging me on myspace calling me faggets and whores and sluts and they were just saying so many means things and it got to the point were I was afraid to go outside or to school. I also felt like I couldn't trust anyone and just felt like dying. I went to the police station about the sistuation and the police said that they couldn't do anything cause they didn't have evidence of the people. The bullying went on for years now I'm just now today on the 24 of october 2011 getting rid of my old myspace account but to make things worse is who ever these people are that harassing me made fake pages with my info and stolen pics and they just won't stop. What exactly do you think I should do about that sistuation? But it feels better talking to someone about this. I'm not gonna lie though I did try to od and started cutting a few times just because I wanted the pain and the mean laughter to go away.
Thank you for your time and again may megan rest in peace."
"i feel bad"
"My name is laisha jordan and me and my two children are victims of a crime,my childrens dad was shot and killed due to two young ladys having a fight. Kruz laviolette Sr. (was his name)He got out his car to help and that when he was shot. he was the next to my dad being the best dad , he worked for us, cared for us and also loved his family. sometimes it seems like a dream how real it was. My story is not about bullying but i am a voice for all violence. I am trying to start a STOP THE VIOLENCE PROGRAM to teach children about violence and to let them know that it is not a lifestyle its a choice.Kruz was 21 years old and my children at the time was 6 and 2 so it is very hard going from having a great young hard working black man to no one to help with your children. And the case is still unsolved, great man google him KRUZ LAVIOLETTE SR. 1-26-89 TO 5-9-10"
"Elementary school was good, there wasn't really any bullies, then middle school came. The worst time of my life so far. So I go to the same school as Sydney who appreared on the 700 Club and the girls who bullied her are the same who bully me and everyone else. My story starts in 8th grade when my best friend Racheal left the "popular group" and then they starting harazing us and one day after school we were all walking and one of them said "I see london I see France I see someones underpants" and my friend Kaitlin had some candy wrapper sticking out of her pocket. Then we just ignored them and walked on. Then Racheals dad picked us up and then we got into the car and then they starting taking pictures in front of the car pointing and making mean and rude faces. Then it gets worse we had a friend Tatianna who went into the "group" and became one of them. So they felt the need to be rude to us and mean and harrass us. I don't know why. Then I decided to date one my good friend Anthony and they didn't like that. I was called a whore, cunt, slut, and bitch many times. I was even confrunted by his ex girlfriend, she even threated to fight me at school. Then many rumors came up that I would give kids blow jobs and sleep around, which wasn't true so now everyone at the school thinks I am a slut and a whore because of rumors. I know the girls were terrible to Sydney and I feel terrible about everything that they did to her, they are just mean and they will never change there really is nothing to change about that they will always be mean and a bully. I just hope one day maybe they will come to their senses that what they are doing is wrong and will not make them any better by the way they are hurting people."
"Hi, my name is Brittany. Megan's story was very encouraging for me to stay up for bullying and not let it happen. I have been bullied before and its not fun, i have never told anyone about it because i've been to the point where i want to kill myself. I hate the feeling when you know someone is talking about or you think they are your friend and they arent. I go to school everyday and do nothing i talk to like 10 people because im always being talked about. Can you please help me, so i can stop feeling like im no body and like im important in the world. PLEASE?
Thank you."
"Hi my name is catlynn hughes and you shared your story with our school on oct.28,2011 and i am very sorry i no how your daughter felt.i have and had alot of stuff happend to me, and i felt like killing myself everyday, and i still do at sometime but i just know that i do have people that care about me and i just dont want to let them down. i am a very strong person of all my challenges and i would love to help you and all the other people that are involed and i would do anything for people that are getting bullied and cyberbullied. i want to be that person that can help people from taken their own lifes."
"Hi i'm Nina,
I am currently 14 years old... Through my whole life so far I have always been called the "fat girl." When I was younger I didnt care... But as I got older everytime I got called fat... I wanted/want to kill myself... I sometimes pierce my skin with my nails just to make some pain go away... I have asked my parent to please get me out of California, but they say that I shouldnt let it bother me, but I cant it hurts too much... I dont know what to do... In 7th grade I weighed 180 lbs at 5'5... Now in 9th grade I weigh 150 lbs... I have lost weight but the name calling still occurs... I feel like everyone hates me..."
"My little sister, who is 14, tried to kill herself a little over a month ago. She was being cyber bullied by some ex-friends, girls who spent a lot of time with my family, girls we invited into our lives. My mom and I were in Philly when we got a phone call from my sister's friend's mom, saying that she had taken pills and that she was being taken to the hospital.
My sister OD on antidepressants. Before she went to the hospital, I talked to her and she was in tears, she couldn't say anything. It never crossed my mind that that could have been the last time I talked to her, thank god, it wasn't. Once at the hospital she started having seizures. The doctors immediately put a ventilator in, because her throat was closing up. She continued to have about 3-5 seizures. She was on the ventilator for 2 days.
She did recover and did get better after spending 2 weeks in a facility. If she didn't reach out for help when she did, she would not longer be alive.
We lost our dad 2 years ago. If I would have lost her too, I myself would be lost. Although she is 5 years younger, she is my twin. I love her.
These kids don't understand what could happen. They think it's a joke. They don't understand the consequences. I don't hate a lot of people, but those girls...
My sister, she is the strongest person I know <3"
"Hi i am Nataia , im Colombian.
Today it`hard to me cause until this grade i have never been bullied , everything strated when i ended up with a guy of a grade less his best friend was from my class , two moths after we where fine but he arrived to school calling me :fat, pig face and also a have a strange disease of the skin so in my skin apear things like pimples but they arent pimples and sometimes they turn to a red color and they look disgusting one day he look at me and told me : Yuck , for me i would cover that disgusting pimples on your arms i dont know how your family stand those disgusting things everyday and everybody strated to laugh at me , nobody knew that it was a family illnes and everybody bithers me all the time they don't let me speak in class it's horrible, but when i heard Megan story, i realize that nobody is not that big to make me cut myself again and also drawn on suicide , hope many girl and boys STAY STRONG . I'll do it no matter what they do :) MEGAN YOU ARE OUR ANGEL"
"i am so sorry for ur loss. i kinda know how Megan felt. i was and still am bullied since 2nd grade. i may not have a disorder, but i was treated cruelly when i was little. i was even teased by kids younger than me! people say im ugly, dumb, fat and b****y. at times when they said something really mean, i agreed with them. at times i thought of hurting myself. Rarely i think of killing myself. when i read Megan's story, i wished i could of helped her if i was there. R.I.P. Megan Meier and please be strong!"
"I have been bullied every scene I can remember. I've been cyber bullied, but the worse place I've been bullied is on the bus. I was miserable on the bus, a few years ago there was one bus that I couldn't stand almost all the people on there acted like they hated me. They would all spit on me everyday when I got home I would be covered in spit. After it kinda cleared up on the bus. Then two years ago in the 9th grade there was this boy he was so mean to me. He had one of his friends slap me in the back of the head. They also hit me in the back of the head with a book. Then one day he when to far he was making fun of my weight, I've always had problems with my weight. He was calling me fat. I got of the bus in tears my mom had to go on the bus and talk to the bus driver, the bus driver gave me a assigned seat. But I still got talked about but not as bad."
"hi my name is marisa and i'm 15 years old and my friend elisa and i bullied this one girl named michelle and we made fun of her because of her weight and we would just stand by her locker and make fun of her when we got the chance to but turns out we were wrong about bullying her after we heard about megan's story now i realize how words can hurt a lot and we both realize that she was ignoring us and we both apolgize to her that day elisa and i learned a very important lesson always treat others the way you want to be treated and be careful what you say because words can hurt."
"I too have been a victim of bullying. I firmly believe that social networking sights can have a negative impact on sensitive, kindhearted people like myself and young Megan. Your whole world is put up for everyone to see, and it is a cruel, cruel world.
What strikes me about Megan is that she was an absolutely adorable looking girl. I can only assume that as is the case in girl-on-girl bullying, the aggressor is usually a jealous, insecure and spiteful person.
Everyone should find this very sobering. What do people expect others to do when they are made to feel like this?
I shed a tear for Megan. The line "it's boys like you who make a girl want to kill herself" was heartbreaking, as I know that most boys would never do anything to hurt an adorable, cute, sensitive and kindhearted girl like Megan.
May she rest in peace and my sincerest condolences to Tina and Ronald.
I know that if something like this happened to my sister, they would not be able to go on."
"im for megan she is a beautiful teenager u should go beat lori drew i love her even know if i dont know her when i readed it tears came down lovin megan we gon follow her footsteps"
"My name is Courtney. Since the eighthgrade, I have suffered from depression. I didn't recieve help and medication for it until my sophmore year of high school. It started with a stupi eighth grade trip to washington D.C. I stayed in a room with my friends. However, they turned against me and became friends with these "popular" girls. They thought it was funny to make me miserable. And it worked. Rumors got spread around about me and they laughed at me when they saw me cry. I got in a fight with them back at our hotel, where one of the girls picked up a chair and almost threw it at me. I called my mom from D.C. crying my eyes out. I had told her the whole story and that i wanted to go home. She said there was only a few more days and I should try to enjoy it. When I got back, me and the other girls wouldn't talk to each other. I let certian people know that the rumors weren't true. I ended up being friends with those girls again after they apologized. But then a different girl started to cyberbully me on facebook. It hurt what she said. I started cutting myself and after my friends continually getting onmy case, I listened to them and told my mom how I was feeling and what was going on. I talked to my doctor and i was perscribed an anti-depressant. I now fell better, I'm not as sad and no one has said anything hurtful to me in over a year. I know what its like and how it feels, but take it from me, who waited too long, speak up if you're having any problems with anyone. Be it on the internet or in person. I waited, and it was stupid, people only wanted to help me and they did. It made my life better. I no longer cut myself, or think about suicide and I have a better connection with my mom.I enjoy school and I'm good at it; this is my junior year. I feel better knowing there are people on my side and that they will do everything they can to help me. But first, you need to help yourself. You have to realize when it has gonee too far and you have to be the one to step up and say enough is enough and do something about it. So don't wait like I did,I garuntee you'll be glad you did something about it in the end."
"Hi, My name is cassie and i go to Freeburg middle school in 6th grade. i just wanted to say you did an outstanding job and i had a question i never got to ask, What ever happened to her little sister who was 10? i no that really wasnt the whole point of the storie but no one did ask that.(: lol Anyway i have a storie but i don't really think it would be appropriate to where everyine can see so if you ever come ot my school again, i'll be there (: Good luck!"
"I am lucky. To say that bullying didn't effect me would be a lie, but I had parents who always made sure I was okay. It started in the 3rd grade. It was subtle and honestly I thought people just didn't want to be friends anymore. Over the years it grew worse. By the end of my senior year in high school I had nicknames, rumors about me, people looked at me when I walked into a room.They made fun of my clothes, my height (I'm 5'10"), everything they could. I got through it because of several reasons.
1) I talked to someone. My mother listened to every detail of what had happened each day.
2) I started to address the bullies, not only for myself but for others. I chose not to allow myself or classmates to be victimized for no apparent reason.
I will never forget their names. Every single one of them remains a constant reminder of their actions and I hope one day they will realize how horrible their actions truly were. You have to be careful to never get angry. It will take you down a dark road that will often make the roles switch. Talk to friends, tell someone you trust, write down everything. Be an example of someone who overcame something that should never be accepted within society. You are amazing. Never forget who you are and remind yourself everyday that it will end. Even if it seems impossible, it is true. Look at me. I am so happy that I can say I became stronger from what happened. I am lucky.
Please, please reach out for help so that you too can finally feel free. People do care. I care. Even though I do not know you, know that I am there for you."
"As I was growing up, I was always bullied. Kids really pick up and act upon what they see and if not corrected, they think its okay. I remember I went to the school counselor to tell her because a group of boys were calling me names of how i looked (face). She said it was okay they "LIKED" me. NEVER did she say anything else to help or did anything about it. I hated school, cried EVERYDAY because I hated being teased. My mom always tried to help, but seemed like nothing changed. I have self esteem issues even to this day and im an adult now and im married. I used to be "chunky" growing up, now naturally have shed over 20 lbs. But the pain that is in my heart haunts me everyday, and I think even skinny now look like " x y z " and etc.
Parents; HELP your child if they are being bullied, online or physically. LISTEN carefully and WATCH, we are giving signs of cries for help.
Victims: Stay encouraged, for ALL things SHALL PASS. YOU are PERFECT the way you are, NOTHING wrong with you, you've just been a target for someone with unresolved issues themselves.
*I've learned there's always a reason for why people act the way they do. Forgive them, and forgive yourself. Set yourself free from all this garbage of lies we carry and believe.*
This little girl, Megan, wow..... Im sorry for that. I cannot imagine the grief and pain the family must feel even now, years later.
God Bless you parents, for through this, you've made a LOUD voice for all of us victims.
Thank You!"
"Hi, my name is Kimberley and bullying has happend alot in my life. this year i am in 8th grade and its my second year and everyone is bullying me i had dated this boy over the summer and this boy spreaded rumors about me calling me a skank a whore and other horrible names its hard to deal with bullying i still get called those names daley my parents are splet up because my dad was abuseive and my mom almost died summer 2010 i am still struggleing from that and its very hard to handle i had heard about megan during a assembly at our school and it made me cry today i watched a movie about cyberbullying its scary how mean people can be. RIP MEGAN MEIER 4EVER IN OUR HEARTS"
"I don't really have a bulling story. I would just like too say. I personally from expierence know how hard it is too loose a loved one. Especially when they left us for a reason that wassnt needed. Megan was a beautiful girl and I wish the best too all of you. for an adult too do that is so immature and beyond me. I will be extra careful of my words. <3 rest in peace.."
"im a 14 year old girl that goes to woodland middle school. in kenton county.. bullting is very bad here. no one seemed to care or take step to do anything about it. plenty of people including me have gone to the princibles about bullying and nothing happens. but the day sam denham killed hiself now they act like they care. he was my friend. he had good grades he was really smart and funny. he was 13 when he killed hiself with his brothers gun. this has recently just happened. im overwhelemed about it. and so are my friends. he was a good kid he had soo much life left. but they ruiened it for him. i was bullyied and still am. i get called fat,ugly all kinds of names even after sam's death. i thought people would stop and not bully anymore but i was wrong. they make you feel worthless and like your a piece of crap,its a very hard thing to go threw after one week it seems like they dont care bout him anymore and try to brush it off their shoulders.my friend went to the princibal and she was saying how she was mad that they have not done a assembly on him or even done anything all they did was get counsalers which dont help at all. and you know what he said to her dad?maybe she needs to see a doctor??!!i hate my school no one cares about sam besides his friends and i miss him soo much;( their will always be that empty seat at lunch;(but in our hearts your still their.."
"Hi, I'm Amanda. I am a sophomore in college and I was bullied in middle school through high school. It all started back in middle school when some of my "friends" started gossiping and spreading rumors about me for attention. She would start rumors about me or my family and say someone else said it so I would get mad and get in a fight with my other friends. This went on for a long time and I eventually ended with no friends. End of my 8th grade year I met a boy. He was nice to me and get me "good" attention. I started breaking the rules, breaking curfew, disobeying my parents, and even getting bad grades. My parents got mad and told me I could not talk to this boy anymore; which only made me want to see him more. Then rumors were spreading around about me and him having sex, me being a slut, etc. None of it was true. My parents didn't believe me because of my lying in the past. My parents didn't know what else to do with me. They felt like their option was to put me in JDC. But instead I was referred to a therapist and I went to counseling. I hated it so much that I eventually stopped going. While all this is happening, rumors were being spread online and in person about me. I met a boyfriend end of my 9th grade year and I thought things were turning around, but he didn't help either. Things were good for awhile but he too started bullying me. Calling me fat, suck at sports, dumb, pretty much anything and everything was said. I wanted to take my life because I felt so alone. Even my own boyfriend was against me. I eventually started to hang around home and somehow didn't listen anymore. I then went to college and met some wonderful friends that know my story and are there to back me up like true friends. God also has a hug role in this. He gave me strength when I had none. He carried me all the way through to make me a stronger person."
"sitting on facebook after finally being ungrounded i get a message from a guy whos a friend of my ex he said hey logan said hi jk he dont like you! i said okay idk you. he said okay yur Captain ugly B**** i have webbed feet and am supersensitive he started calling me webtoed and alot of things. iv never met him neve tlked to him. i ran in my room crying, my mom called his mom i ahve had thougths about suicide i attempted once in my closet with pills but then my cousin tlked me out of it, megans story has helped me alot, i still have suicidal thoughts sometimes but i now think of her RIP megan"
"Hi. My Name is Ashley and im 16. You spoke to my school yesterday. you really opened my eyes to what goes on everyday. its really shamefully that we drive people into giving up their lives because we enjoy picking. i get bullied some because i broke my nose in a car wreck years ago. it isnt funny at all. I dont think i will let it cause me to end my life because thats just letting them win. Im truely sorry about your daughter and i would love for you to talk to more about and help me learn what can stop it. i would love to help out any way possible. just email me and let me know. Thanks,, Always Ashley"
"Hi Tina. Your thoughts and what you have done to show that you have cared about this situation, have stood out to me. They're very thoughtful and bright. However, we have a lot of bullying going on in my school. You should come to my school one day. Deerfield Middle School in New Jersey. It would mean a lot. R.I.P Megan Meier<3
Will never be forgotten<3"
"Hi my name is Sabrina I'm so sorry for your loss, I can only hope you'll see your beloved daughter again one day. Your not alone. May Megan Rest in Peace."
"My name is Sarah, I am homeschooled and live in California. Even though I was pulled out of public school after Elementary, cyberbullying has still hit me hard. Last year through early this year I had an online account where I would post animations I made. I had a following and would get mean comments now and then. But I had noticed, for awhile, a certain troll (cyberbully) would stalk my videos and post extremely mean and hateful comments on them. In March of 2011, these comments started getting worse. He would use horrible language and by this time he had called more trolls onto me. I was getting horrible hate comments, so I fought back. A few weeks later, he got my account suspended for posting false copyright claims on them. In July of 2011, two hours after I woke up we got a call at the house; it was one of the trolls. I went online, and found out they had found my address & phone number. They called every 10 minutes, harrasing me and cussing me out. They talked about my girlfriend (I am a Lesbian in a long distance relationship.) how it's never going to last, how they looked up my house and said it was ugly and I might as well live in a doghouse. It went on through alot of awful things. I closed my YouTube account and stopped answering their phone calls. Once I stopped fighting back, they got bored and moved on. It's horrible to go through, but you are not alone. You are better then these people. Who is the loser in this situation? Them. All of my trolls are older then me. Yet, they chose to harrass a 13 year old girl over the internet? You are better then that. Never let them bring you down; I didn't!"
"I would just like to mention that Megan was beautiful and I wish she knew one guy, or other peoples opinions don't define a person. I'm really saddened by this story and wish the family the best. They're in many thoughts and prayers"
"My whole family has been cyberbullied by my ex's wife. She posted on myspace and on facebook harrassing statements. She claims on myspace that her husband (my ex) is NOT the father of my son and that I cheated. There was already a bloodtest to prove that he is the father and I never cheated on him. He cheated on me and lied to her, saying that I cheated so that it would clear him of any wrongdoing towards me. She made a whole myspace page claiming that I cheated and that my son is not biologically related to my ex. It has clearly upset my son and daughter, of whom he has had nothing to do with (of which I am glad because he was abusive). No one can understand what it is like to a child who has done nothing wrong for her to say over and over that biologically that his father is not related and that the blood tests are wrong. I have made repeated attempts to contact myspace for the bullying and they decided to ignore the problem after deleting her page three times. She has won because she still has it posted till this day. This has definitely emotionally affected all of us. Tears. We have cried together, been angry together, and deliberated about what to do together. We went to a lawyer but there are no internet laws to protect anyone. I have also gotten my son in counseling. I have not done ANYTHING in retaliation to her because I know that it only leads to harm. I have advised my children to leave her alone as well because she is clearly a bully. This happened years ago, but it is still up and I have pretty much gotten past it, but my son has not. He still has problems with being sad and angry. He wants us to get another blood test because he believes that he will get them to tell the truth, but others have said that they will NEVER admit the truth and they are just going to keep rejecting him. I have had to let it go....but in my heart it still hurts that people can get away with such behavoir and there are no laws to protect children from this."
"Hi my names magen and ive been bullied all my life. Ive been overweight since i was about 8 it just got worse as i got older when i was little in elementary school the kids use to tease me and call me barney as in the purple dinosour because that used to be my favorite cartoon and purple was my favorite color. I turned to violence and i started to beat up the kids that would pick on me.then i would get in trouble instead of them i used to try to go for help but no one would listen to me they would tell the kids not to do it again but it always kept happining. Im a very unsocial kid but i am really nice to everyone i talk to. but i dont like to talk to people unless i have to because most of the time there just mean. I read alot and loved school but just last year i moved with my dad for 3 months (mom and dad were never together) i went to a different school and got picked on hard core there within the first week they had a rumer going around that i knew justin bieber... i moved back with my mom and went back to my original school but i was still being harrased it got to the point that a girl threw corn at me at lunch so i threw a slushi on her and yelled and tried to go after her but the principle and 3 other teachers carried me out of the cafe. they tried to blame it all on me. The girl started spreading rumers on facebook and i was already kicked out of school 3 days befor christmas vacation..when i went back everyone was giving me dirty looks and whispering i ended up calling my mom to come get me and i just never went back i got into cyber school and to tell the truth i hate it with all my heart but i will never go back to public school i would rather die. It was horrible i love school and learning and im not doing so well in cyber but its not worth going to public school and suffering forever. i went to two schools and been bullied at both i am convinced all schools are the same."
"Hi! My name is Arriebelle I'hve been bullied because of my disability I'll get call fat,ugly reartded.I HATE! The word the word reartded .I will get call that alot I have been bullied ever since I was in elemart school Middle school worst year of my life 7 High school I'm still in highschool :( .My family had alot of arguments about money $ but we still love each other It only me & my mom .My family just did not get alone .I LOVE! My mom she is always there 4 me.I was scertly feeling depressed 4 along time NEVER! Had cutting on my mind be4 .When I was in 4 th grade my uncle Brett was muder sorry not a good speller I was colse 2 him .He always had a disability 2 .RIP Brett may 32004 I 4 got what year he was born .9th grade was the beat year ever then 10 th grade came WORST! Year ever I had some class with some jerks that ere giveing me heard time .I was feeling so depressed because all of my life I have been want 2be a singer/actress it my dream & Im not lateing anyin1 stop me .My so call freinds where leaveing me out .My teachers were saying mean things 2 me saying I do thing 4 attenion but .All I want it 2 *STOP*been told I can sing then cant I start cutting my self so small on my wrists .I did try2 kill my self I over dose on pills .I was praying that it will stop asking God will he make it stop and he did I was consider about me so Now I am doing BETTER then ever more happy then I was I have made a youtube account 2 help out other people like me & people with disability and now I dont care what people have 2 say about me .School did not do much 4 me so I'm hanging in there I am more stronger then ever if you are being bullied stay strong :) My dissability is 22q I had opend heart sugery when I was little unable 2 talk or walk but I can now and sing my youtube username is princesssarriebelle Thanks Ya'll 4 reading sorry 4 the mess spelling thanks :)"
"Hi Tina, my name is Charissa and i have also been a victim of cyberbullying. It was during the summer of 2008 when i moved to South Carolina with my mother. I have had depression with my other family if Texas because the step sister always got everything and not me. I thought moving away would solve all my problems. but it didnt. When i started going to school i met lots of friends and was having a great time. But then one day during spring break i went to hang out with my friend Chris and his friends at a guys house. When i got there all we did was watch some movies. (I was the only girl there until it was around 7pm when other girls came) Some of the boys had to leave and others went to pick up the other girls. I stayed behind with my friend and just watched tv. I saw on my friends Facebook that his girlfriend said "Way to get your slut on Charissa" I was in shock and so was he. He called his girlfriend and argued. Rumors went around that i went over there to cheat on my boyfriend and was having intimate pleasure with them. I was called a whore, slut, wanna be, etc. This was added to my depression and i was on my edge. I begged my mother to let me move. I couldnt stand going to school anymore and have them smile in my face or look at me with pity. I felt horrible. Not wanted not good enough. I wanted to end my life. But there was this one person who encouraged me to keep going. Years later i still experiance it but i am 16 now and learned to delete, block, and stand up for myself. sorry for your loss Tina. I know what she went through and what you must be."
"In junior high I was bullied at times like many young teenagers. I had cried at times and not really known what to do. I made it through without social groups and help but others don't. I am 21 now and am in college and have a wonderful job. I would like to give a few tips to any parents with children who are being bullied or kids who are being bullied themselves. I know that it doesn't seem that way at the time but "this too shall pass". Remind yourselves that in the moment it feels like the worst thing in the world but I promise it really will get better, MUCH better and I am an example. As for the parents,monitor your kids activities online. I know we want privacy and respect as teens but this is important. It's important to know what is going on in your kids lives. If you see any sign that something is wrong talk to them about it. Yes they may be reluctant and again want privacy or just to not talk about it but it's important and explain that you can help. You may even want to get them enrolled in a program for this that may help. So much of the time people brush things off but this can not be brushed off. Talk to the parents of the bullies. Get advice from others who have been through this. I'm not sure what you can do about harassment for teens but constant phone calls and emails are harassment. Ask a police officer anyone what you can do. There is always a way!"
"First of all, I want to Thank you for all that you have done and continue to do for our kids. I am 52 years of age, a mom with 3 children that are almost of adult age. I still have one in High school. I though was bullied when I was in elementary school. I was always very small for my age especially sizing up to my fellow classmates. They would call me shorty, dwarf, or midget. Granite I am considered short but for the most part thats it. We didn't have the internet of course then. But I've heard through my own kids how others have been harrassed before. All three of mine are the type children that would stand up for someone in that position.
I don't understand the satisfaction that someone could feel by hurting someone else by bullying. To me the bully needs help as well. What I'm saying is parents need to be aware not only of their children that are being bullied and take action for them but also the child that is bullying others, their parents hopefully could pick up on something in their actions at home as well as when the family is out with them. Ask questions, open your eyes get ahold of the situation. As the parent this is your responsiblity to do so. Get the help needed. Our kids depend on us wether they admit it or not.
Looking out for their future is what we're suppose to do.......
Again thank you Tina for all you're doing. I am so sorry for you and your family's loss. From the pictures posted, I can see a beautiful child with a smile so sweet. I am a Christian. I know that this life is just a stopping point and where hopefully we can make a difference to someone else thru Christ our Lord. Those that believe so will be together again. This I can assure you. :)
Pam
Pam"
"Hi , My name is Tracy.I have & Am being bullied. i Want to share my story to be able to help other people out there. Help them know to never give up.
Well,It all started to get worse when i Went out w/ a guy while he had a girlfriend. Long story short, Everyone found out & Attacked me. You can say i Deserved it , Because i Know i Did. But there comes a time when it's too much. Everyday people at school tell me how i'm a slut,Comments of how i Dress,Walk ,Act etc. i Fear of going to school. But i Learned that no matter what, No matter how hard it is , You have to keep your head up & Not let them see you miserable.
Show them that your the bigger person. Because in the end you'll be stronger. They'll realize that it's not affecting you. It's not easy, It's not fast. But it will happen. That's why there's friends to distract you, Family to let you know why you have to be strong and Music to get you through it. That's my best advice. Try to get distracted, Put your effort into school. It does pay off.
You have to take everyday slow, Day by day. Even though i'm still going through daily struggles even if i Do block them i do see them at school and that's the toughest part. But you have to remember they're the reason your going to keep on going. i Really hope this helps anyone out there with the same issues. Thank you."
"Brian Robert Ford, born November 17, 1982, hung himself in his Eastern Illinois University frat house room his sophomore year, November 8, 2002. My wife, Linda, can write her own 2000 characters on the subject of bullying.
The past nine years have been, to say the least, challenging. I just installed the KMOV iPad application, opened it and ran into "The Bully Project" bullying video and here I am.
I have tons of advise from reading and, mostly learning too many things the hard way. If you are in a crisis like this I believe there is no substitute for strong faith and prayer. Next, write, log, diary or whatever you want to call it. I wish I would have kept a very complete diary since Brian's death for so many reasons.
Get professional counseling help.
I applaud the use of this foundation as a way to take Megan's story and help someone else. I would encourage anyone who touches this website to understand the understated severity of teen suicide. Ignoring the subject does not make it go away. Isn't teen suicide the second leading cause of teen death, second only to auto accidents. We spend huge resources on teen driving safety and rightfully so. We best be investing time and other resources right along behind to eliminate teen suicide and its contributing causes, including bullying.
Thank you for all you do."
"I'm Sarah, and I'm in 6th grade. I was diagnosed with a disease never seen before when I was in 3rd grade. I have it again in my left ankle, both knees, and it's appearing in my right wrist as well. I have another disease in my right ankle and I have bulging disks in my back. Last year, a boy started telling my that his life would be better off if I went to a private school from 6-12 grades. I tried to ignore it, until one Fay I was absent. My best friend texted me saying "he is acting all proud abt u not being at school. Ttyl" I turned my phone off, not surprised at all. The next day my beat friend and the guy were talking and holding hands, and when I sat down try started saying " aww dam* it. Sarah's back" I ignored it, thinking my friend was just trying to be cool, until I realized my friend was telling him all my secrets. I ha surgery in 3rd grade, so to him I was a wimp. I was in a car accident, so to him I was a retard for not noticing the car behind my car. I had thoughts of suicide, until my best friend started "dating" him. Than I started thinking "how would I do it?" and " I wonder if I would hurt more than i hurt?". I told my journal about the problems, because my journal was the only thing that could really listen, but it didn't help. One day, my brother went through my journal, and he gave it to my mom, worried. My mom called my school, and the school called my tracer. The teacher sent me to the office, where the principal, the boy, my best friend, and the pshychologist was waiting for me and my teacher. My principal suspended the boy and my best friend for a week, and they had me evaluated by the psychologist for the rest of the day. I now am being treated for my disease, and I'm finally happy again. I have made new friends, and I havnt talked to the boy or my ex-best friend in a year. R.I.P Megan Meiers, that women didn't deserve to even know your name. Your a beautiful girl, no matter what they say. Words hurt, but don't ever let it get to your head. Too many people commit suicide, and they don't realize what they've left behind. We will miss you forever."
"My friend (anonymous) sat next to me in math class. She was always kind of odd, but I hung out with her anyways. One day she came up to me saying, "Last night I almost killed myself." My jaw dropped. "What the heck?" I thought. "How? Like, what w=did you do?" I asked. "I was going to hang myself," she said. Okay. Now this was getting bad. "Tori, your life is so precious... You shouldn't do that!" I said to her. She shrugged. "I just don't feel like living anymore. But please don't tell anyone," she said. I nodded.
I kept her secret for about two weeks. My mom noticed I was crabby and she asked me what was bugging me. I sighed and said, "My friend told me she almost killed herself." My mom stared at me. "What? When?" she said. "Like, a few weeks ago," I said. "Honey, you should have told me sooner," she said. "I know, I'm not supposed to keep dangerous secrets," I said. My mom told me to tell one of the teachers. I did, I told my study hall teacher. She told the principal, and apparently, (anonymous) got a call from the principal.
A few weeks before (anonymous) told me about her near-suicide, I was using the bathroom during 7th period math. I looked at the stalls (they are always written on) and I saw one that caught my eye. It said, "(anonymous) can die in a HOLE." I hurried up and got back to math class. I whispered to (anonymous), "Someone wrote on the stall wall that you can die in a hole!" (Anonymous) looked at me. "I wrote that," she told me.
My friend still shows signs of depression. She doesn't talk about suicide thoughts anymore, which I guess is good."
"My family we just moved to a small town where everyone knows eveyone. Everyone has been ganging up on me,12, and my 13 year old sister, Julia. they are horrible the way they act to us. They will, trip us, push us up against lockers, cuss us out, and even made a fake account saying they were Julia and cyberbluuied other people and me making everyone think she was saying this about them. My sister just dyed her hair brown, last night, just because people were calling her the stupid a** blonde."
"Hi, my name is India and I'm a freshman in college. I first found out about Megan's story while working on an English paper about cyber bullying a couple of days ago. Her name was the first name to pop up. I was shocked when I read this story. Megan would have been my age if she were still here. Her story reminded me when I was in middle school and feeling depressed. I did think about suicide but never had the courage to actually do it to myself.Looking back at how I was back then I realized how silly that I was being. However, at the moment I really did feel as nobody cared for me if I died. As teenagers we all go through emotional hardships and we think that we can solve it ourselves and we don't talk to anybody about it. Megan's story really shook me and I pray for Megan's friends and family and those who do get bullied an picked on. I have a little brother who is now in the 8th grade. He's had a rough time in middle school because he cares what other people are saying about him. I try to help my brother and I pray that he isn't thinking about suicide and that he knows that he has people who love him. He seems to be doing fine and he's got the support system. I cried when I read Megan's story, and I hope that others hear her story and want to make a difference in any way that they can."
"Hey all! I just need to vent for moment, To start off my daughter has been harassed at school for the past two months by some senior kids. It all seemed to start when her and her popular Homecoming King boyfriend broke up and she got a new boyfriend. (mind you goes to rival school or did he graduated last year) Her car has been hit in the school parking lot, drawn on, and trash thrown on it. She has been threatened by Senior girls and now has had these three Senior boys football players that made something up and said she said it to make another girl mad at her and threaten her. Now mind you this has been going on for two and half months now. I have gone to the school, I have gone to school functions to talk to the Principle. I have printed things from the web Facebook, Twitter of them threatening her. That also has happened during school time. Last time I went to the school not even 20 minutes after I left a comment went up and Facebook from one of the 18 year old boys saying your mommy cant you help you,you F....... C....... Other comments saying you will get what you deserve. Showed this to the principle and again no one was suspended or expelled due to the ZERO TOLERANCE? I am not seeing that at all. MY daughter is very popular and very well liked. What was so funny the first time I called that is what the Principle had said to me. I said I know this me thinking it will blow over HS stupid stuff and still 2 and half months later it is going on. She was again called a C.... from a n 18 year old senior threatened by her as well that she was going to jump her after school. Still NOTHING done! My daughter again had to leave school early fearing this. Because there maybe more than one girl jumping in. I think she has spent more time home then at school it is crazy. I have filed a Police report two weeks ago and still they start back up. Today, I contacted the State of Ohio Attorney's General who told me to call The State of Ohio Board of Education. That still was not able to do to much. The said well pull her from the school. PULL HER FROM THE SCHOOL? Is my thought. How can you just let these kids get away with this? She has also been told she needs to just die. TO KILL HERSELF! I now have also contacted a local Youngstown News station! They were floored by this. I grew up in Akron,"
"Dear Mrs. Meier,
Please come to our school. There's a website/app that is leading on cyber bullying in my school called Topix. Peope are saying bad things about each other and it's leading onto more problems at our school. On Topix, you can change your name every time you post, plus the topic can be about anyone.
I hope you can come to my school before it's too late for someone else ends their life or gets hurt.
I go to Farmington Senior High in Farmington, MO.
Thank you."
"Hi Tina
First off imm soo sorry on what happened to Megan. she was beautiful. But my names Brianna B. and i have been bullied since like preschool and its horrible my lastname gets made fun of i get calledd alot of names and Tina you came to my school and talked to 3 different schools in the auditorm and when i heard this i wanted to cry a few tears did go down and i have cut i have had sucidial thoughts and my mom doesnt help she just says to ignore it. That it will get better and it hasnt but i wouldnt want that to ever be my last words and im sure Megan didnt either and i just really hope some bullies in my school listen to this but how can i get it too stop?
sincerely,
Brianna B.
R.I.P Megan Meier"
"Bullying is everywhere. I'd always heard about it in school, but never really thought I'd be one to experience it.
It started in my 8th grade social studies class last year. My friend Rachel was also in the class, so I thought it'd be fun. We even got to sit together. About mid-November everything took a turn for the worse. There was this guy, Kevin, who I didn't talk to that much or even notice half the time. He started picking on me, simply because he didn't like the clothing I was wearing, calling me names like "slut" and "whore" and telling me that nobody cared about me and that I wasn't wanted. Eventually the whole class got in on it and laughed at his jokes about me. 18 kids against 1. I was alone. It came to the point where I dreaded going to school everyday, and having to see my tormentors around. Their wrods stung. In January, my boyfriend broke up with me and my parents and I were constantly fighting. I really couldn't see any point in living. Many of my friends saw this going on, and didn't care to help me. They were too afraid that they'd become a victim if they took a chance and stood up for others. I tried cutting myself once, but didn't ever do it again because it didn't do anything for my pain;just left suspicious scars on my arms. I wanted to kill myself or run away from home. I felt like nobody wanted or needed me in their lives. I thought I was pointless. A nobody who would surely waste away.
But then I opened my heart to something I love: music. I explored all kinds of different bands, and found some I like. I felt as if the songwriters understood me. As if they could feel the pain I was going through. And I made it through okay. And now, a year later, I look back and congratulate myself for being strong. If someone is hurting you, or picking on you, or making you upset, ignore them. Find hobbies, make friends. Because hurting yourself will do nothing for you. When you look back on the whole situation years later, you'll be proud of yourself. You'll say "Now there is a person worth looking up to.""
"My name is Crystal C. I am 19 years old, a Sophomore at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore. I just saw the story of Megan Meier on TV and it made me think about whats going on around me. Me and Megan would be the same age is she was here today. I use to be bullied a lot in Elementary school because I am black, but very light skin. By middle school I had learned how to deal with bullies and never had to encounter cyber bullying, but now my sister is 13 in the eight grade and I am worried about her. She is being bullied in school and online and I do not know how to deal with it. I kept her really sheltered because I know how being bullied feels. I'm not there to look out for her anymore, I'm away at school and my mom has moved her to a predominately white school and they tease her because she is also black, but very light skin. They call her a "wanna-be" and says she bleaches her skin to fit in. I'm not sure what to tell her, but I am very scared for her."
"Reading Megan's story brought tears to my eyes. I know her story all too well. I've always struggled with my weight & ADHD. For years I've been under supervision & medication for severe depression. I attended a local high school my freshman & sophomore year. During this time MySpace was still extremely popular. I can recall several occasions where I was harshly bullied and cried myself to sleep. I was labeled a "fat whore" and a "freak". I lost most of the friends I thought I had. I felt completely alone. I turned to self-mutilation and drugs to dull the pain. The internet can be a dangerous and powerful tool. The anonymity it provides was what hurt the most. I knew who a number of my attackers were, but there were many who I didn't know. Walking the halls at school, I felt like everyone was talking about me and staring at me. It even escalated. One girl who was particularly cruel was absent due to a suspension. She lured me off school property by sending a friend to tell me my boyfriend was waiting for me. She then proceeded to beat me. Only once my parents pull me from public school, enrolled me in a private school, and started monitoring my online life did things improve. I'm lucky my suicide attempts failed, but many weren't so lucky. Thank you for being so proactive and sharing Megan's story. Knowing is half the battle. Thank you for being so brave & helping so many."
"hi, my name is Kelsey. i have recently been cyberbullied by my a girl who acted like she was my friend. one day when i was on facebook she sent me a message saying "hey (curse that starts with b)". i was confused because we were friend. al least i thought we were. she kept calling me names and told me to rot in hell. i knew she was just lealous of me but i didnt know why. she was dating the boy i liked and had alot of friend so i didnt know why she was jealou and all of a sudden hates me but what i did know was not to listen to her. i knew i could leave my friends and family. and that it wasn't time for me to go yet. so i wasn't going to kill myself. but when i heard about the story i was crushed. my heart was broken. i felt so sorry for the meire family and felt hatred for the unnamed family. i know they didn't person kill megan but it seemed like they did because if they didnt mae that horrible fake facebook page and make a bad joke. megan would still be alive. R.I.P megan i'm praying for you every night.
~kelsey <3"
"i was on facebook, and my friend amber is mad at me so she said i was a short shit, ugly, with ugly teeth, and i had a messed up life. And i started to cry and since you came to my school and told us to talk to our parents, i did and she is going to the school to stop it. thank you:)"
"There are many kinds of bullying, and it is often the most silent and invisible ones that flourish and get out of hand. I'm in an all girl's medical college, and you would think that being adults in such an altruistic profession people would be decent and kind, but bullying has cast a shadow on my last 2 years as well as on 2 other medics. It is shocking how some people can badmouth or spread rumours without any sign of guilt, and it is amazingly difficult to confront bullying when it comes from a highly intelligent person who is careful to leave no concrete evidence of her actions and who seem to have the entire social scene at her fingertips. Is she just being over-competitive? Probably, but someone who opportunistically exploits her comrades when she perceives them to be isolated strikes me as too selfish and perhaps even a little dangerous to be working with patients. All the more dangerous because she doesn't seem to realize that openly shunning someone in front of their peers, just because she doesn't like that someone, is both immature and immoral."
"My name is Megan, Im 15 and I've been bullied and I bullied kids. I have been bullied so much on facebook I slit my wrist took a knife and cut open my leg. And to feel more pain I took a lighter and closed the cuts up myself just to feel more pain. I was called a whore a slut a cunt and every other name out there. I was teased put down and just pain out hurt. Until I started to fight back I wanted to get even and I stood up I faught, physicaly and over facebook. I learned it gets you no where and if you do it right back you are just as bad as the people doing it and that they need to grow up because it gets you no where. I still cut to this day because i feels better than to talk I wish I could stop but I cant. And my advice is speak up to an adult before you end up hurting yourself because of others. Its not worth it and its hard to stop without help. Just dont let it get to you and get help dont be scared."
"I am a mom with a 12 year old son who is in sixth grade. He has tons of friends and gets very good grades. Only 1 problem...1 BULLY who has made his life a nighmare. From shoving down on the bus to spreading untrue rumors which involve violence and slangs. It is very hard with today's laws to fight back against a bully. When my son did fight back over the summer...the bully's father called the police on our son. Did I mention that the bully's father was also a Boy Scout Pack Leader at our son's school? My husband and I took took our son out of scouts 2 years ago because of the bullying. The bullying has never stopped and the public school that our son has been in since kindergarten has not resolved any of the bullying issues on their end. They "investigate," but obviously whatever disciplinary measures being taken against the bully have not worked as the bully's behavior has not changed. Our son will attend a private school beginning in January 2012. Tina Meier has been a wonderful support and source of information for us. We could either go the legal route and take on an entire school district or have our son move on to a better environment. Just because a school professes to be a school of Character Awards and Zero Tolerance does not mean that the administration really cares about their students. We have discovered this first hand."
"ok, so, hi,i'm m and i'm 13 next year.
i have this problem because of one thing, my friend has something secret and i don't if it is a secret so i tell to my friend and my mom's friend, after that my mom's friend called his mom and tell what i told. after that his mom got mad to him and angry to him, so he get mad at me and scolded me. this is mine and his problem but his friend also talks bad things to me, it was just like theye were insulting me, so i insult back. and it may called a small fight.and you know? they were talking about my physics, i have many mole and they talk about it. so, what should i do?thanks."
"I was a fairly popular girl who had three best friends, whos names i will leave out. We did everything together until one night they asked if they could spend the night & i said no,i was sick and my mom wouldnt let anyone over. They said okay and i didnt talk to them again. The next day one of the girls mom calls and asks to speak to her daughter, i told her that i told them they were not allowed to come over. Of course these girls were mad I had not lied for them & i logged on my myspace one day to see my profile hacked. My about me said i was "nasty" i didnt use toilet paper, i slept with every guy i met, i was a horrible person & the world was probably better off with out. All these girls made blogs, fake myspaces, bulletins, and statuses about me. This went on for about a year, i had been put on homebound due to depression & anxiety. They night before I was supposed to return to school I took a bunch of sleeping medicine. I woke up three days later in Cabell Hunington Hospital. I was mad when i woke up, i never wanted to wake up, i couldnt stand the thought to be in a world where no one wanted me to be. I stayed in the hospital for about a week with intense therapy before I realized, I almost let somebody control my life. I almost died from false rumors. Those girls wasnt worth the pleasure of them knowing I ended my life over them. I never did return to school, i had graduated by the time this was over. It went on from 8th grade until now. I still here things about me that were started in 8th grade. My life is precious as is everyone else & i dont intend to let anyone take it away from me."
"Your story really touched me. I am so so sorry for your loss. I am really excited though for you to come and talk to our school in January (Garnet Valley Middle School) From now on, whenever I see someone taking their lives in their hands or talking about suicide, I'll talk to an adult immediately.
Thank You.
~Olivia"
"Hi my name its aisha i am a 17 year old girl i could relate to Mss.mier story couse i been in her shoes i was in the 5th grade and i always been a little over weight so all the time i go to school they use to teese me and one day i went home and i decided to commite suicide i drank more than a bottle of pills i took clorox, mistolen detergent and thank GOD i told someone and when they took me to the hospital they had to pump my stomach and i will like to help for they could stop bullying couse that how kids are commiting suicide couse everyone in school its bullying and when u tell a teacher they dont beilive u and dont want to help u so i will like the bullying to stop i will like to help stop bullying couse i know how it feels
have a great holiday"
"Ever since 4th grade and up, I've been bullied by several people. I had bad teeth, dressed differently, could be strange at times, and I failed a grade. Girls and boys still make fun of me for my appearance or what they think of me, that may not be true. Everyday I get dirty looks from girls, have them gossip about me, or get chased around town at times by a girl who doesn't like me and wants to hit me. I've been jumped before, and ganged up on by a bunch of girls and boys. I've had family problems all my life. My best friend also killed herself last year, for reasons nobody knows of. I've been thinking about suicide since last year when she did it. This bullying keeps going on everyday, I go to therapy and talk to the Guidance Counselor at school about it. Nothing has been done effectively yet."
"i had a friend name patience and she was a really good friend and we loved to talk on the bus. and one day we had an arguement and this red-head girl name abbi was new she came through and was talkin to patience. one day she had invited her over and
said that i could walk with abbi and show her. older brother had gotten bitten by there pitbull and there father Dale had said that they were band from being there.After that day abbi and me had became good friends too. abbi had told
me that she didnt want to be patience friend, she had used her to become my friend. my brother thomas and me had gone over to her house everday and she had told us she had no
friends. after a week or two she had friends with the popular girls and abbi had gotten more meaner. she had lied to us all the time and did physical things to my brother and me.
one day she had told a girl name chelsea that i didnt like her becuase i didnt wnna go to her house(wich wasnt true at all) and she had to me chelsea
didnt like me(wich wasnt true at all). i had always wanted to be chelsea's friend since second grade and couple yrs later we were.next day i went to her house and we worked it out. next day at school she was being mean to chelsea after telling her i came over and we r friends. she would always get mad and
jelous that im with chelsea and telling chelsea to do physical things to me. she had threatened chelsea with so many things and had threatened her little 7 yr. old sister. it had
she had always gotten people to hate me and talk bad about me. it had became bad i only wanted to be her friend because i
liked hanging out with her 15 yr old sister smantha. she always got jelous that i would spend time hanging with her sister. i stopped going there. and hung with chelsea more often. it
became alittle better. i loved chelsea alot like a siter to me and her sisters named lanie and haley. i have known haley since i was a baby and if i needed anything was to let her know.
felt little more that day. wasnt so bad after i stopped hanging with her. now no one really likes abbi. im not sure about chelsea, but abbi does get on everyone's nevers (i hear things) nerves i dont like patience either she thinks i get it from my popularity but now abbi has been replaced in my
life with this girl name chelsea."
"Hi there my name is Am, i'm 13 ears olf and i have been bullied since grade 7. It all started because i started to hang out with another group of people. these girls were nice and still are. The other people that i used to hang around with, were very disrespectful to other people and i. Ever since then i have been pushed around and been minipulated. I have been called terrible names but i will not point them out. But getting bullied is such a hard thing to get through and i undertsand all the pain that everyone who does get targeted as the victum, goes through and still to this day i am still getting harrassed. And to your daughter MEGAN MEIER she looks like a lovely girl and shes so beautiful. It's terrible what some people do these days to kids that have not done anthing wrong. All the best to you and ur husband x Amy K
R.I.P Megan. .
You have full support from me :)"
"I was 19 yrs old going on 20 when Myspace became popular. I was the shy, quiet girl till I got to know you. At first I wasn't sure about the website but soon I had an account and started adding my friends. Before I knew it I had most of my friends and family on my page. One day this cute guy sent me a friend request. At first I wasn't sure about adding him but I decided to. We started talking online all the time. I had asked him for his phone number one time so we could text/talk. Of course I got the excuse that his phone was broken. At first I didn't think anything of it, phones break, mine had many times. So we continued talking. A few months later some friends invited me to go to a club in a nearby town. At first I wasn't sure about going. Clubs really weren't my scene and I don't drink. But they talked me into it. Myspace was hosting a party that night at the club. The night of the party I was getting ready to leave and I received a message on Myspace from that guy. He said he was going to be there and couldn't wait to meet me. I was excited also. We get to the party and of course he never showed. Thats when I started putting things together. Someone was setting me up. Soon I found out that it was true and the people behind it were people that I was so close to and that I spent a lot of time with. They were my cousins, and a good friend that lived across the street. I later came to find out that even my own sisters knew what my cousins were doing. I went through some really rough months. I remember crying myself to sleep some nights and debating how to tell my parents. I never told my parents I learned how to deal with it myself and talked to friends. I couldn't let these bullies know that they had won. So I kept my head up and moved on. I pushed them out of my life for a long time. I still see them at family gatherings. I will never be able to trust them but they are still my family, we grew up together. I am very guarded now and it takes me longer to trust people. But every day I get stronger and I have proved them wrong. One of the last messages they left on my myspace was that I would never amount to anything. Since them I have graduated from nursing school, i'm a singer/songwriter and I now have a wonderful husband. So take that bullies. Remember to keep your head up and that you are not alone. You can get through this. Find someone to talk to about it."
"Hi Tina, I'm Libby G,16 from Malaysia.I know Megan's story from watching tv and it really touched my heart.I almost cry. When I was a little girl,I also have been through all of these.I also have been thought of committing suicide before.
So the hatred have been "deleted" from my heart. I wanna share some tips to the readers on how to go through it.
1) don't care what others think about you.don't let others bring you down. Stay strong.
2) don't just hide behind these fears.don't hide your bad feelings.everyone deserves voice out.something's wrong? ask for advice,find the way out.Do not panic and discuss with family.
3) Immediately find someone , whoever, you're parents, therapists,counselor to talk to. express your bad feelings and let 'em know
4) Whatever they called you fat or whatever. no it's not you. remember this in your mind:" whatever you just called me,fat/ whatever, those character should be you." and also remember this :" I'm always beautiful and special , just the way I'm."
5) if you ever think of committing suicide, just think back: if I committed a suicide. what about my parents? what about my family? Is this the way out?what if there's another way?I have my own future to think about. Why shouldn't i commit suicide because of 'em? is this worth?
6) wanna express more: ask your parents take you to beach, yell as loud as you can!
7) write in a piece of paper or dairy all about your feelings. burn it. *It may sounds fun actually
So that's how I get through it.Now I'm feeling better. Even some of 'em still a like kid ignore me,called me blah~ blah~ blah~. But i don't care. In fact , I should be more happier because I can't believe I'm still alive everyday.I need to prove to 'em that I'm still strong. So , YOU as reader , you can make a different if you play your role as well.If you're being bully, all these tips above may help you.I hope you guys like it! RIP Megan Meier <3 Sincerely: Libby"
"When I was about 12 or 13, I was a victim of cyberbullying through a few different people on MySpace and in person as well. I have always been a fairly creative person that loves writing, singing, and dancing, so one day I decided to create a MySpace music account. I posted songs I had written and sung myself just for fun, but I didn't realize that they would be an object of torment for me. Kids soon started laughing at me at school, reciting lyrics from them, and posting comments on my page calling me a "fat loser." It was difficult because I had always struggled with my weight and depression as well as a result of my parents' divorce. Soon, my so-called "friends" began turning on me as well. I use to receive random voicemails from them that were pretty graphic. They would post pictures of me that they drew disgusting things all over on MySpace and at a sleepover they drew the same things in Sharpie all over my face while I was sleeping. My "best friend" tried to break into my house, told a few boys at school to call me horrible names, and then threatened to "make my life a living hell" if I showed up to school the next day. I remember screaming at my mother that I could never go back to school or even live anymore. We tried so many different outlets to make these girl face the consequences of their actions, but we were always told that the internet was "too difficult to regulate." In the end, I switched schools, started over, and am more than thankful for the great friends that I have today."
"Greetings from Malaysia to USA! :)"
"I was best friends with a girl who had killed herself as a result of bullying from someone she thought was her friend.. Her and I had been friends since 2nd grade... Our friendship was always on and off... Always fighting and then making up again... In grade 6 she had told everyone in our class a very big secret about me and from then on we hadn't been friends.. I waited for the day for us to make ammends, but sadly that day never came.. So we went our seperate ways.. Grade 7 came around and she had decided to go to a different school for a reason that I don't actually know.. I never knew she was being bullied until the day that I found out she was dead...... Everyday I blame myself for her death.. Therefore I constantly wonder, if I had been the one to apologize first and we'd still b friends and tell eachother everything... Would she till b alive? **In Loving Memory Of Kimmy.. May 22, 1997 - May 23, 2010... May she Rest In Peace**"
"At first all
they bullyim me since I was like 12 years old but they not picking on me because Im deaf but there only the reason they picking on me because im different because the reason why they judged me because I have Cerebal play and every day I have to get it through and going back and forth going to school like I told em what my problem then they not doing anything and I get in trouble for no reason and I felt that my feeling is ready to bomb and I have to hide my feeling all times and i told my parents about everything and I told em that they not lisening and let kids get away. and my mom and my dad fed up because they dont' want see me end up and it was the toughest things ever i have to do.. and in 2009 i did cutting my self and im almost died. but Im alive today but im doing lot better."
"My name is Sean, When i was in middle school i was bullied alot i was called "gay" mostly i was called gay because i guess i don't have to deepest voice. People would pick on me about it and people would spread rumors about me and how i have done things with guys and stuff like that. I would always tell them that is wasn't true and tell them to stop but it just got to be to much, so i went to my school Principle and he said he would make it stop but it never did. Then i got in to high school and my freshman year i had a couple rumors spread about me that "I had butt sex with some guy" and stuff and i just told my self that i don't care what you think of me because one day when high school ends i am never going to see any of you people again so think what you want about me because i don't care. And from that point on i haven't really let it bother me. Alot of people have stopped saying stuff about me. But i think bullying & Cyber bulling are one of the worst things out there and we as people need to help stop it!"
"My name is Hope. Today you came to my school and it was the first time that I now feel comferetble about telling anyone about what happen to me. When I was younger I was bullied at school, people would call me stupid, fat, and weird, and this one guy would punch, kick, and shove me. I would come home with bruises, cuts, and bumps on my head nothing that I ever showed my mom. Threw the rest of the years I was still called names and the bully who finally moved away I felt safe till his friends took the job over. My fist year of middle school I felt great that I could have a fresh start nothing would or could hurt me that hasn't already but something did. Depression. I finally became so haunted by what happen to me through elementry school and the fact I only had a few friends made me scared what if it would happen again? The thing I chose to do was cut. I would self-harm everynight in the shower and I thought it would take care of everything but then my mom figured out why I had deep cuts on my wrist and my hips, and she made me take a deppresion test, aparently I had a mild case of it and it was since I was young and it got worse and worse. Mom had no idea that I was thinking about suiside and I didn't want to hurt her like that because really think about it all your doing to them is hurting them worse than you yourself was hurt. I found my light after that and the anit-deppresions I take now make it so much more easy and I hope all of you can find your way to and I am so sorry what happen to your daughter and I hope you are doing better."
"Well i'm 12 years old in seventh grade.I've had a lot of boyfriends. So everyday i get called a hoe and a goer, people right nasty things about me on the wall, they write that i've had sex with highschoolers, and that i have sex with eveyone. I've tried to kill myself many times,but i just cant do it. Everyone makes me feel horrible about myself,They make me feel like i cant have any friends. Every where i go people stare at me. My life is horrible. I only have 4 people help me get throuhgh it. My bestfriends They actually help me get through things. But everyday i go home feeling horrible about myself, like that i cant be loved, or i cant have a boyfriend without people thinking im going to have sex with the.Its terrible. People will send me texts saying that no one likes me and that i shouldn't live because im worthless.I just wish it would all stop."
"Hello,
My name is Laura. I am 15 years old and i'm a sophmore. I suffer from bipolar disorder and chronic depression. Last year i got bullied a lot. I still do this year, but not as much. I would get called fat, ugly, retarded, skanky, and goody two-shoes. I didn't know how to deal with it and i still don't. I would cry everynight and wish that i was dead. I can't even remember how many times i have said "I wish i was dead". I used to feel like that all the time. The feeling only comes sometimes now. When they would call me all those names, i would take it out on myself by inflicting pain. I recently got a fiance who tells me im beautiful and perfect. He is the one that stopped me from self-harm. I have been 'sober' for about 5 months now. The best thing that helps me is ignoring them. Sort of like, brushing them off. No one really bullies me except for one person, my ex-boyfriend. But, well, who cares what anyone else has to say. They are just trying to find things to hurt me with but if i don't let it hurt me, they will be the ones humiliated. Anyways, that is my story. I am sorry for your loss, like many others have told you, i wish you a safe and healthy life. R.I.P Megan Meier. I send you the warmest hugs and i pray for your well-being.
Angel<3"
"First of all ur Megan is really pretty and I don't understand how people were calling her ugly cuz she most diffantly was not ugly. Second I really don't have a storie but I have been bullied just not in a way Megan was. I have been called names and lost of people talk bout me behind my back and its just mean. Even tho I did not know Megan she seems really nice and a funny person. If she went to my school Im pretty sure that she would bet best friend in the world. Just remember mrs meiers, u had a vary nice girl who was vary pretty and who
Was 13 almost 14 ya her name was Megan Meiers❤❤❤"
"My sister Zoey Ann Patterson sufacated herself On January 13th 2011 at 6:38PM. She sufacated after being called a Hoe and A Fart face pig! She was at home with me, we were in her room having a chat when she getsa text from this girl saying: "You Bitch You Whore why are u even in this world Nobody Likes you Your Ugly and fat and you look like a Big cow!" She was so upset but she didnt care she threw her phone on the floor. i tould her to tell mom but she said she could handle it herself! The next day she got the exsact same text...From that day for almost a whole month she was getting the exsact text...she started crying and she kept screaming every night!
my sister was up staris in her room. i started hearing people from outside. i looked out the living room window and there was 2 girlz and 1 boy they were cussing her out and calling my sister names..All of a suden my sis ran down the stairs grabbed a bag from the kitchen and ran back up the stairs i herd her say YOU HAPPY YOU HAPPY NOW!!! Then it became silet i ran upstairs when i sawl a bag around her head i ran to get it off but it was too late..She was gone! I Yelled at the 2 girls and the boy to go away and they better be happy!! i ran downstairs to call 911 when we called them they came right away after that i called my mom and my dad and toulled them what had happend. My sister went to the hospital january 10th and was in a coma when she finally passed away january 13th 2011. We all miss my sister and i wish she would have tould mom...:'(
i was only 11 when my sister died and im 12 today! i wish i would have done something. The 2 girls and the boy came to our house apoligizing and saying they will do something for them if we needed it.
Jaunary 13 2011 at 6:38PM Zoey ann patterson died.
R.I.P We miss you"
"I was bullied in the 2nd grade. This one boy, who lived across the sreet, bullied me on the bus all the time. I really felt like nobody cared about me. He blamed everything he did on me, luckily, I didn't get in trouble. He even got a bus ticket because I told an adult!! He stoped for good, knowing what I am capible of. I'm very sorry about your daughter. You came and talked about bullying at my school and it gave me courage. Thanks so much!!! Good luck!!! <3"
"hi, im Gina, well i know many many people are bullied throuout their whole life over something so stupid and i feel horrible for every single person who is or was bullied. i know this has been said by so many other people but the story about megan that i read acctually made me cry and i could never handle the type of bullying she went through. in some point of middle school i was bullied by my absoulute bestfriend and i was brainwashed by her. she told me what to do and how to act and dress and made me feel TERRIBLE for her mistakes or if i didnt do something like her. this story has really made me think of what people do to other people and from today on i will make sure if i see bullying ever again online or in person, that i will try to stop it and make that person feel like they really should be feeling. i am so so sorry about your daughter. she was SO gourgeous and looks so nice and funny, i would have really loved to be her friend, rest in peace megan.<3"
"hi im reagan and ever scence 4th grade these ppl were always mean to me they called me fat and ugly and even worse things but i really wanted to tell u that at my school hopefully if they grant my one and only wish from them is to start a club to talk to kids that have been bullied but when u came to my school Jan. 10th of 2012 i was crying the whole time one because of what u told us and two i was balling while i was staring at one of the ppl that cyber and regularly bullied me his name is Nyjel and theres 4-5 more of them and everyday (old school) i would go to the office and talk to the princable what happend and he wouldnt help he would make it worse and i just didnt know what to do and in 5th grade the last day before SB one of them told me they stole my facebook and then my dad made me cry and get nervous but now im finaly kinda happy but theres this one joke going around school saying "if me and jaden (my bf) went to a collage gathering they would varrify our names as fatty and harry"..... the other night i had a nervous breakdown because i beleaved them and so i was crying and screaming that everyone hated me but i dont think its true..
thank u and GOD BLESS and sorry about ur daughter that neighbor deserves nothing but to have her self be bullied and know how it feels... please email me asap if u can i enjoy talking to u again. :-)"
"It gets better, I promise. I was badly bullied throughout secondary school and I barely had the strength to make it through, but I did and I swear it gets easier. My life is amazing now and I shudder to think that I nearly ended it due to the words of another child, someone who I have not seen now for seven years, but I know has a terrible life. I feel sorry for her, now.
I know Secondary School can be tough, and it feels like the be-all and end-all, but honestly, life after school is amazing, and nothing that was said or done there is remembered. I've forgotten the names of at least half of the girls in my year, let alone who was friends with who. So just keep making it through one day at a time, because life is truly worth living and after all, 'the best revenge is success'.
Use bullying to your advantage, use the tough time youv'e experienced to drive you in something you love. I don't want to be too cliched, but don't forget the people who love you will want to help, reach out to them when you're feeling low. I did and they helped me through an intensely painful time.
All my love goes out to Megan and her family, I wish I could give them their little girl back because she deserved to get through the tunnel to see the light at the other end. xxx"
"I was in 6th grade when it all began. AT first I had many friends who i thought cared about me. Then one day this girl kaitlyn began mocking me. I had never met or talked to her before. From that day on they all turned on me one by one. I was called "ugly, stupid, nerdy.." They would all walk by and say they hated me. Every friend i made began hating me because these people would change their mind. A majority of the girls I had never met or seen before. They made AIM accounts pretending they were guys that wanted me or just simply pretending they were some random person that hated me. I would come home and think it was all over then the cyber bullying would start up. Facebook and myspace provided ways for them to cyber bully me without me knowing who said these things. So finally after a year of torture I was in 7th grade and non of them were in my classes. I told this girl I had never met that I liked her purse. Her and her friend looked at each other and laughed. I knew it was going to start all over again. Basically my middle school life was spent being tortured by girls i did not even know. From the gum in my hair to the thumb tacks in my chair and everything else I was left friendless and hurt. I only told my mom part of the problem but never told her how bad it was because i did not want her to be hurt. At school I would tell teachers and they would just brush it off as if I was lieing. To this day I still am very insecure and afraid of rejection. Luckily in high school most of the bullying stopped. I now am emotionally scared and just keep wondering was it worth it for those girls?"
"HI,my name is tamra henderson and i was bullied all my life for my weight and how i just looked.all the bullying made think twice about my self and mad me feel bad.when i got in middle school,i am still getting bullied but not as much cause i stood up to them.cause i had enough.i was gonna take my life but than i relized what family i would be leaving behind in pain and i didnt want that.soo i got help.i wish megan got help but atleast she's not hurting anymore. STOP BULLYING!"
"I have been bullied all of my life it started when I moved, When i moved I didnt have any friends that i would miss because i didnt have any. WHen i was in seventh grade these boys and girls in my grade were making fun of me just because i had never kissed anyone yet and i didnt know what to do. i had been thinking about suicide for months but i was also thinking of the long term effects that it would have on my mother and well dying at the time sounded better than going to school and listening to the kids pick on me every day. Then one week end came that year and i had been spending the night at my aunts house and there was this 20 year old guy there living with her, she left me and him alone with her little 3 year old boy to go to a bar with her boy-friend. while i was at her house with him he had made me kiss him and touch him innapropriatly. I had told everybody about me kissing a guy but, i didnt have to tell them how old he was because they all thought that he was my age at the time being said. I thought it was cool what i had done but, i would come home from shool and feel like trash and not want to do anything but listen to screamo music and still have thoughts of suicide i would write letters to any-one reading it that i would be dead soon and that i didnt know how to work in the world that i was placed in. I didnt feel loved at all at the time. I had ended up in the office at my middle school telling the councilor what had happened and the police came out and did what they had to do which was write up the report. but i wasnt really understanding why they had to do that but i was scared to death and at the time i really wasnt afriad of death.What i did freshman year of high school i can gladly say that im glad i made the bold decision to ask people to be my friend and look for love, love it might be sitting right next to you. And thats the way i met my friends they didnt really have a place to fit in like me so we joined together and found the love of friendship, happiness and the love of caring for one another.
I am a sophmor right now and me and my friends would not do anything bad to hurt on another and we would fight for each other if one of us gets bullied.I had reached out to my friends that day and i dont regret it. Having friends saved my life, because they are the ones that had talked me out of killing myself. I give them all the credit for doing that for me."
"I was an openly gay adult male that aspired to be a teacher. During my student teaching a group of older teachers wrote and said vicious things to me. They called me the queen of the first grade. They spread lies about me in forums such as I was a prostitute.their final assault collaborated with the principal to have me removed from the school based on fallacies they invented. It took me five years but I fought back filed a lawsuit against them. It was hard to take that first step and say I do matter I am a person gay or not."
"hi my name is salena f. and i have been bullied many of times it once started when i was in 4th grade it was all because i didnt have perfect teeth i had a huge over bite many people called me beaver teeth or bucked teeth there was many of time i cried in school but not in front of people. also there is many times i came home crying from school because people would call me that even when i was walking home i would pass people and they would shout it across the street. my mom did call the school and the school didnt do anything. and i finally got braces and my teeth were all perfect and nobody had anything to say. when i was in 7th grade i moved to another school 2 hours away nobody knew me i thought hey i have a new start now and nobody knows me. 2 or 3 months down the road i started getting called monkey because i guess i look like a monkey and people would bash on me all the time. and it was going on for years and years and once again i told my new school what was going on and they didnt care at all they didnt do anything about it. i was now in 9th grade i moved to the school i am currently at and i am still getting called a monkey and i am even a senior in highschool and i was just like your daughter and wanted to be home school. i just wish i was perfect. any school i go to i get bullied maybe since you came to my school it will change after all thank you soo much for coming to our school and talking to us:)"
"hi my name is katie and i always get bullied non stop about the way i look i really hate it because i love this guy named aj but hes to old so i cant date him so now everyone is saying that he wont date me because my looks im so mad and want to die but after looking at megans story i know i can make it through all of these haters and hang out with my real friends that i love and trust and think of my family thank you for this pledge"
"One of my friends that I've known since 3rd grade started calling me and my best friend ever 'whores'. Just because he donesn't like how we act anymore. But truth is were both 13 and virgins! And we don't sleep around or anything! And we dress like normal teens!! And recently thanks to him people started a blog about my best friend. And I got a feeling that before long there gonna start about me to. And we've done evrything BUT beat him up!! And he don't listen to the adults! Most of the time they make it worse!! AND HE IS RUINING OUR LIVESS!!!! He makes everyone hate us! And he tells our boyfriends lies just so they'll break up with us!! And we've NEVER DONE ANYTHING TO HIM!! We try & be nice but it just gets worse!! And he recently broke me and my boyfriend up by telling him that I was sleeping around with evry boy in my school!! And we just don't know what to do anymore we have tryed everything but it just gets worse!!!!
"Becoming a teenanger was something i had waited my whole life for; for me was like becoming a princess. I couldnt wait to be sitting at lunch with everyone, and just being me. Well, reality hit me... and it hit me hard.
It all began when i got Facebook, freshmen year. I felt different, and well i went with it. The pain i went through was hard. And the people i called friends, were now my bully. I had attempted to kill myself many times. I now live with those scares everyday reminding me that i am so much better than that. This was when i was a freshmen and sophomore.
I am now a senior, about to graduate. I had a relation with a guy, thought he was a sweet heart, but then he turned into the big bad wolf. He bullied me online, and it was quiet plan and simple. I was once again feeling hopeless, and lost. I had finally had enough of his words, and insults. Istood up for myself, but had to pay the consequence with a little pain.
I blocked him, and he later got through, with his friends... ( remember i blocked him, and it is now three months later and i have seen nor talk to the guy) he has now rebullied me. I don't know what to do, and i am getting hurt again.
I would like to stop this, because innocent people are getting hurt. Please help!!"
"My daughter was premeditatedly assaulted by two teenage girls at one of the girls homes recently while other juveniles watched her beating. My daughter suffered a concussion and black eye and swollen jaw. We contacted the local Police dept. and they took the report but the girls were never arrested on the assault charges. The police sent the report to my daughter's school officer and to the family court to sit in probate for several months until they get to it. The school said they cannot suspend or expel the girls because the assault occured off school grounds. The girls are spreading the word around about her assault and telling peers lies about the assault which is leading other kids to threaten my daughter. My daughter never provoked the assault and . She was beaten because of a confrontation my husband had with one of the girls two yrs ago. Both girls have been in trouble before. I am a parent who is frustrated with the judicial system along with the school system. I contacted several attorneys but no one wants to help."
"hey my name is autumn and i go to lms in gdsden alabama. me and a couple friends of mine and were doing a website for our schools tech fair and we included megan mier and ty smalley we have many diffrent storys and we want to stop bullying as much as you do. i almost commeted suicide y=myself because of bullying"
"My friend has been bullied alot and she comes home crying because she gets made fun of, so she hasn't been in school. She says I'm her only friend & I have known her since we were two years old. I really don't like seeing her get bullied. She has counseling. It means the world to her tyo have me over because she never gets to have fun with anyone from school because they make fun of her. I really want it to stop. I try my best to stand up for her, so it can end. Today, Tina Meier came to my school & gave her testimony. I cried. I hate when that happens, and I just don't want that to happen to my friend. I'm really sorry about what happened with Megan Taylor Meier. :.( Thank you for taking your time to read this."
"Hi, my name is Heather and Tina Meier came to my school today and gave her testimony of Megan Taylor Meier. I'm really sorry about that. We did a whole day of just bullies instead of our usual classes. My heart goes out to Tina, Ron, Megan's little sister, & the rest of the family for their sad loss. I didn't know what I would do if something like that happened to me or my friends, but now I see it differently. I know now how much just one mean comment can lead up to suicide & how it can change someones whole life. Thank you so much, Tina. We love you. :.)"
"Hi. I'm Robyn and I'm 12 years old and I live in Toledo, Ohio. I have been bullied everyday because of my weight(70-80 lbs.) I almost killed myself too. Well I went to the counselor before I got picked on even more. They said that they were going to investigate it but I did something for revenge that I'm not proud of doing. I poured milk on the girl. Ever since I've been trying to get her to be my friend again. But now she's telling little kids not go near me at all. And I get picked on by 4th graders at my school and they do nothing about it. Please help me with this. Thank You.
From,
Robyn
12 Years old Toledo, Ohio"
"Hi im a boy who goes to a middle school. As you know, school have electives. I somehow got sewing... and it is really hard for me. I lag behind all the other children and get low grades but i try hard. But this past week, we had a project of making boxers short pajamas. I accidentally messed up while sewing the shorts so i ruined it forever. Because of that, i decided to take a break for a couple more days cause it was almost impossible to fix it. I then got a small tomato cushion and started sticking bobbins in them. My teacher saw and freaked out. Because some of the metal tips were pointing out, she said i was deliberately trying to hurt someone and i could get expelled. I was so surprised because only i got in trouble while some other people were making bobbins with string so that it clings on to things; like a harpoon. I was sent to the office where the vice principal and i talked. He said i wasn't trying to do anything in sewing and said i could get suspended for having a weapon and trying to hurt someone. Then he said people like me are jerks and that im a jerk. The funny thing is, during lunch, before sewing, my friend said he hates that teacher because he called him a jerk. When i my parents found out, they were so surprised that i was called a jerk. What should i do?"
"This year I liked this guy. For safety reason I'm not going to tell his name. He was a very attractive guy and still is. My class and I went to a movie Sherlock Homes2 and I wanted to sit by him, but didn't. After school he gave me a hug and told me to call him after school. When I got home I decided to call, so I did. We talked for about 4 hours. After a couple of weeks he told me hated me and he wished I was dead. My heart had been broken and I new I couldn't handle this situation by myself. I need help but my mom wasn't there to help me. My mom was upset with words that I would say to her, like I want to kill myself, I'm going to hang myself, you don't know how to treat me, you were the one who adopted me in the first place. After a couple of weeks the situation got worse and worse and worse and worse. That night I decided that I wanted to hang myself or kill myself with a knife. Instead of doing that I hung a t-shirt. 2 weeks after that I decided to run away, I came home after 15 min. The next week I decided to try to hang myself with a hula hoop which didn't work cause I got scared. The next day the boy pushed me into my locker and told me to die and cut myself and to get lost and that I didn't belong here on the earth and he wished I was never born. That night I went home and cut myself with a knife. I came to school and showed it to him, and said, you told me to cut myself so I did. He felt bad. That night I cried myself to sleep and cut my throat a bit, but didn't die.
I found out that boys aren't gonna be there for you always, but that your friends as girls will be there to hold your hand and will be there when you fall down, and they'll pick you up. BOYS ARE STUPID! and they will tell you things to make you feel better, but in the end they might break your heart. Don't kill yourself over a guy. Pray, and talk to friends and people you trust. Suicide is not the thing that will cure you, it just makes thing worse."
"Hi guys,
I used to have a friend named Giffy but Giffy was very sad at the time and she committed suicide right after graduatio.
Everpone was sad and was filled with grief.
Giffy is still missed in every second of m life. I love you and I miss you <3
Love, Jialing
R.I.P MEGAN AND GIFFY (:"
"Hi My name is Nina,
I thought about killing myself. I thought about staying alive. I thought about my life. When I attempted sucicide, I remember I had to do an essay on Megan Meier. I remember that she would want me to live. I remember that I am loved. Just because I bunch of stupid idiots made me feel bad, I knew they were jelous. If I were to kill my self, I knew thats what they would want. I WILL NOT GIVE THEM THE SATISFACTION. I love myself to much. Now that I am 16, I think back at my hard years (10-14 years old). I am so HAPPY to be alive. I thank God for Megan and her foundation. I thank GOD for my wonferful life.
THANK YOU MEGAN
RIP"
"Hi my name is Hailey My story is kinda like Megans only i didnt kill myself. It was this year 2012. I started talking to a guy on Facebook. I thought I loved him. We talked for like 4 weeks. He told me he loved me an that he was going to come an see me. Two days later he messaged me an was being mean i didnt know why. He was telling me i was fat an ugly an that no one loved me an that i should just go die. Later that night i cut myself but then realized that he wasnt worth it.. 2 weeks later i got a message from one of my friends she had gone to use her brothers computer an saw the guys profile on the scren an when she asked him about it he said yes it was me.. It hurt me but i got through an i cant but help think what if Megan would've just waited it out then maybe she would be here today."
"I've been going to a dance studio all my life with practically the same people. Theres 12 people in my dance group (coed) and I dont understand why, but its entirely way to dramatic sometimes. A few months ago, I had been dating this boy who was in the studio with me. I had lots of friends, two of my best ones in the studio being named Victoria and Dana. They had always made me laugh and stood by me. Now, there was this other girl who i had know since preschool. Her name was Sophia. Sophia had gone through alot earlier and i had always been there to help her through it. One day, a rumor spread by means of Sophia about me through dance. I didnt know about it till I came home and automatically go tons and tons of video calls and mean messages on my video chat. I didnt understand what I had done. When I answered, they all (including victoria and dana) flooded me with hate. Saying things like : you are such a b***h, dont you understand that NOBODY will want you? you dont deserve to breathe the same air as us. You dont even deserve to breathe air! they said mean words to me and it didnt stop for days. I avoided dance for weeks and cried as the random messages poured. I had absolutely no idea what was happenening, and to this day I still dont understand. But I do know that you cannot trust anyone. Even your closest friends will believe anything about you, if they want to."
"when i was 13 in 7th grade i started to be bullied by a girl who had been my friend taylor my whole life, she was my cousin, she called me ugly she called me a wh*re and a sl*t and the worst a c*nt. she had everybody saying it except for my 1 true friend sara m. everyday taylor would hit me, and say really mean stuffi tried suicide 3 times. my littlest sister stopped me. but the bullying continued so i finally said taylor you need to stop now. your really hurting me. she stopped for awhile i am in8th grade in 3 months i will be graduating, she still hurts me, but i try to pushit away
rip megan your story truly helped me
~alyssa m~"
"Hello my name is Jessica. I am right now still a victim of online bullying. It's been going on for a year now by my ex friend's friend and step mom. It started because my other friend go into a fight with my now ex friend. I didn't stop either of them because I didn't want to get into the drama but than my ex friend's friend go on to his facebook and started attacking me. Calling me mental, nut job, skank, slut, bitch, I need to go to hell. He said that I needed to grow up yet he keeps acting me than my ex friend's step mom go started on it too. Now she is saying I hacked his profile which I didn't and now there saying I need to go to a mental hosptial. I have tolled them I have major depression and when I tolled them do you think they stopped? No. I think they want to push me so much into killing myself. I have thought about it a few times. But would never do it. I changed my number and ended my friendship with that friend and I thought it would stop all the name calling and drama but it didn't they keep going and going. I don't know how much of this I can take. And that's my story."
"iv been bullyed all my life at first it really got to me and as it was going on i got us to it and it was not as bad but i dont lent it go on i never let them get to me i stand up for my self from this day im all right but sometimes i wonder about all the other ppl that cant stand up for them self it sad that the person has so much control of them that they kill them self im only 11 and i have bin through a whole lot but i stand up tall but i cant do it with out god he help me through this with out him i would have killed my self a long time ago i would love to do something about bullying its wrong they cant see it till something happens so let me know i can raise money i will plz tell me."
"Um.... I have been overweight my whole life, but I've always tried to solve the problem but it was very hard. It was very difficult to see little kids be scared of u and talk about u. I did not being social because I would think people would treat me different because I don't look like them. I try to act like I don't care but it always comes back and haunts me. I always hate when people call me fat. It hurts my feelings. I never start problems with anybody but they try to start problems with me. I'm currently now in 6th grade and i'm a very intelligent student. I have friends that want to commit suicide because of bullying. Its hard being known as one of the fat girls in the 6 grade but I learn how to deal with it. I try to fight it but they just fight harder. But today I want to meet children just like me and now how it feels to be bullied. Thanks for reading."
"My daughter was cyber bullied. the girls were caught and it was a 3rd degree felenoy. The girls were talked to by the school officals and the deputy. No other consequences for the girls. I am lookink to add/change policies for the school system. 1. to give more support to victims. 2. have specific consequences for the offenders. Have students sign a form if they cyber bully and it is a crimminal offence then expulsion will take place. All students need to be aware of the consequencese of their actions.
I would love information on how to change rules/policies, laws etc..."
"I was a sophomore in college when I was most recently a victim of cyber-bullying. This girl started messaging me on Facebook calling me extremely inappropriate names and threatening that she was going to hurt me. I started cutting myself and tried committing suicide, I couldn't think of any other alternative to the pain this girl was causing me. It continued for two weeks until she physically came up to me on the quad of our school and screamed profane words at me so the hundreds of people around me could hear, she said she was going to make sure everyone on our campus and all other college campus' would know about me and my STD's. The truth was I didn't have any STD's and I was humiliated. This girl set it up so that her sorority sisters were all around the quad to give her thumbs up and encouragement. I was fortunate enough to be with three of my closest friends, because they stuck up for me and told her to leave me alone, since I was so shocked I couldn't speak. Within five minutes of this happening, I received a text message telling me to watch my back and I better have my friends around me at all times that she was going to hurt me. I showed my friends the text I had received and they immediately took me to the police station along with printed documentation of the Facebook messages and we filed a police report, which the police officer referred me to the county court house to file a restraining order against this girl and her friends. I went through the whole process I was told to do and this girl was served with a restraining order. Needless to say, I felt safer with the restraining order, but I still had a lot of thoughts of depression. It took 6 months later for me to admit I needed help, and thankfully for the support of my boyfriend of six years, we communicated with my parents that I needed help. I have been seeing a therapist once a week and a psychiatrist once a month now for about 3 months and I can confidently say I am feeling almost 100% better. I still feel pain when I think of the terrible things that were said to me, but I know the only thing I can do about it is learn from it and spread the awareness of cyber-bullying. Last semester I did a final project on bullying in all aspects and I included the story of Megan Meier in it, needless to say, I got an A on my project and presentation, but I cannot express my frustration towards some of the people who bully others and get away with it."
"Hi, my name is Franky. When I heard of Megan Meier's story from my friend, I couldn't believe how much that happens. My heart goes out to Tina, Megan's little sister, and the rest of the family. God Bless You. RIP Megan Taylor Meier <3
I am 14 in 8th grade and homeschooled with my 13 year old sister in 7th grade. We go to church every Sunday morning and Wednesday night. I met this amazing girl who was already my sisters best friend. I always tell her to smile and she smiles for me. She is so beautiful. It makes me feel bad, though bacause I don't know what her life is like because she never smiles or talks. I wonder what she thinks of me. Her best friend gets bullied at school and comes home crying. She always seems in a bad mood. Her friend who gets bullied says she is her only friend and I feel bad for her. So, sometimes I just wonder how her life is. I never see her with her mom, on Sunday when church gets out I only see her with a man and the only person I mostly see her with is I think her grandma. I just don't want her to have depression, so I try to cheer her up. It makes me feel bad. :.("
"Hi, my name is Danielle and I am 16, a junior in High School. My parents are divorced. My step sister is Meagan and she is 19 in collage, I wish Meagan E and Megan T could have been friends, she would have helped her with her bullying. My halfsisters are Heather, who is 12, in 7th grade and her best friend gets bullied and I feel horrible knowing her best friend who she has known since they were two years old has had suicidal thoughts over and over again. I pray for your family everyday to ease the pain and that my Heather's best friend stays strong with God. Rebekah is 6 in Kindergarden and I pray that she has fun and friends in school because I don't want her to end up screwed up or scarred for life because people don't know their manners or any respect. My half brother is Emmitt in 4th grade. He has good friends and I pray that it stays that way his whole life. I haven't been exactly bullied, but some people have said some stuff about me or to me. My first boyfriend was so nice and then same old same old of course once the guy gets you he changes. He was still in love with his old girlfriend and didn't care about me. I called him and broke up with him and I sobbed and he didn't shed a tear and he went around laughing and telling everyone he broke up with me. My second boyfriend was even nicer and he left me for his old girlfriend and now him and his 13 year old sister are fugitives and my third boyfriend was so nice and I'm glad he didn't treat me that way. My boyfriend now is the sweetest guy ever and never changed and I'm so lucky to have him. So, to all the girls who have experience, if your boyfriend treats you like trash and changes once he gets you, he is not worth because even the sweetest guys can hurt you and make you kill yourself. :.( ---> (:"
"my name is jessie i am 23 years old, ever since i started site modeling on facebook back in march of 2011 i have been getting cyber bullied they tell me im too fat to site model and that i need to kill myself. it hit me very hard i tried to commit suicide a few times. i ignored it i didnt say nothing back to them because i know it would just make it worse.. i just wish cyber bullying would end..someone even made a hate page of me but it got tooken down."
"i was cyber bullied and the first thing that popped in my mind was suicied, and i tried to cut my wrists and when i started i was going up my arm and the knife blade broke off before i hit my veins,and this knive waz the very best one on the market, when i read about this i was shocked, and it made me think, is this person really worth my own life, so i called 911 and the bus took me to the er and i had to get 500 stiches. so then i was glad that i didnt actually cut my veins. and now i go to church and have a family that takes really good care of me."
"I just had a best friend who hung herself because she was bullied she was in 9th grade and i hope whoever caused her any pain is charged in her murder rest in peace kalya i'll Miss you and will always love you!!!!"
"thank you for comming to my school i hope that megan will be blessed by god and i know what to do now i should try to control my actions and not stalk or stare and just have a happy life without bullying brittney"
"I have been bued before but i learned to not care what they thing. i just stayed strong"
"this happen in grade 9, in the beginning of the year, met this guy in one of my class. it all started when i told him i like Marylin Manson. a bunch of people were talking about him. all of the other guys like rap. the guy was 5'7' about 150 lbs and i was 5'2 and 120 lbs. he first started attacking me in class ramdon, pounding my back as hard he can, this happen multiply times. notice in time my back had bruises up and down my whole back, this when on for a good couple of months, then he would hang in area in the school, were u would always walk it was hard not to, i hate walking by that area, he always would say things to me. just making fun of me. he call me manson, not my name. one day him and friends, pick me up toss me behind a door. were of u push the door to the wall, i was trap. his friends holed the door, the same guy who has my life hell at this point. dump garbage on me, while i was trap between the door and the wall, after that they ran away, it was day that i will never forget. i had it, i told the school and all the harassment. no much happen to him, and it didn't stop, just physical stuff. next was when i was at rugby practice, i got a new disc man for Christmas, it was in locker while at practice. i came to my locker and it was gone,i told the school again. nothing happen, two days later. i came in after practice again, my gym locker cloths were toss all the over the guys locker room, and the next day i say in class, he sat in front of me with the exact same disc man that i was stolen from me and he total stop talking to me. i didn't know what to do, i was only glad he stop bullying me. but what cost. i am 30 now, and this one of my stories. i have many stories and this was mild, way worst things have happen to me. to this day i still have fight bully's back!"
"In middle school, there was a new girl in school and her name was Sonam. She was an exchange student from England and she was about a year older than me (she was held back a grade). I tried to be nice to her and help her in anyway that I can and it was going well for a while. I even tought tha we could become best friends. Then on August 24th 2004, she started acting strange and weird. I went to sit with her in lucnch period and all of a sudden she says all these hurtful things to me at my face and that hurt me. I cried in the bathroom all afternoon. The next day, we were supposed to turn in our history assignments and guess what she did... SHE TORE MY ASSIGNMENT!!! She tore it to pieces before history class and I got in trouble for that. Then my father passed away on November 15th 2004 and she spread all kinds of personal information about me... the secrets that I had trusted her with.... and all my used to make fun of me, punch me, and sometimes, she used to punch, pinch and slap me. At that piont, I wanted to really kill myself, I had lost all my self-esteem. In the 9th grade, just when I entered high school, she came to me as usual to threaten me and just as she was about do her thing, a teacher came in and saw her trying to hurt me. Turns out, my friends c=stuck up for me and told my teacher about the things I was going through. Now I have the courage to stand up for myself and anyone who has beemn bullied. I am really thankful to my friends who were there for me....."
"Well it was my sophomore year in high school and i was in my art 2 class sitting with a group of my friends and we met this girl named Kadee At first she was pretty nice and she would hangout with us all the time and eventually she became my best friend and we did everything together. I told her everything there was to know and I knew everything about her. But then further on in the semester I met this boy named Alex and we started talking and eventually started developing feelings for each other. But i guess at the same time Kadee had a crush on him too, she wasnt to happy with the fact of us. So she started texting me saying that i needed to stop talking to alex or she would beat me up. Then she would text alex telling him horrible lies about me trying to make alex not like me, but it didnt work. Eventually she got so mad that she began to message me on facebook saying a was a "whore and slut and nasty cause i had aids"She would comment on everything i posted saying something about me. then in the hallways she would glare at me, then walk past me and push me into a locker and call me a name. i blocked her and tried to act like nothing was wrong and tried to push it off but she couldnt get over it. so she began to call me none stop and text me and message my boyfriend saying horrible things about me. Then one day she walked up to me and told me that if i didnt break up with alex she was going to kill me. so i did what she said and i told alex what she said and that it needed to be done, so secretly we were still dating just not so noticable. After that theings started to slow down and eventually me and alex broke up and i started to see this other guy, Matt. Well i guess that didnt make kadee happy either and she had a crush on him too, but the weird thing was, was that her sister was dating his older brother.. anyways it started up allover again but it was worse. She would call me and my family saying that they were going to kill me and them because she didnt like me. kadee wrote me on facebook saying she was going to "rub my blood across battle creek with my face" and she just kept texting, calling, messaging, stalking, harassing and hitting me until the point were i told my mom that i couldnt go to school. i was so afraid to walk the halls alone, i was afraid to look at my phone, get on my facebook or even talk to friends because she made most of them turn on me."
"I moved to NC when I was a rising 7th grader. I started at my new middle school not knowing anyone and still adjusting to the east coast. I wore a lot of black and dressed sort of "gothic" in middle school. Even though I wasn't a bad kid and I always got great grades and tried to be kind to everyone, I was bullied very harshly for my appearance. I got called a satan worshipper, a cutter, a freak, etc. and I felt very alone. The administration didn't feel that I was worth helping, and some even encouraged the bullying. No school personnel did anything to help, and in class I would often be seated next to my harassers even when I had made it clear how they were treating me. My mother offered to switch me to another school, but my response was always no, and that I just wanted the administration to do their jobs. After a few months of this I became severely depressed and started cutting and spiraling down to a very dark place. I developed serious self-esteem problems and often thought of killing myself. I don't know how I survived middle school. Although the bullying continued into high school, it lessened and I was able to cope with it better. I didn't stop cutting until my junior year of high school (4 years later) because by the time I got out of middle school I hated myself and it took many years to get over. One thing that really helped me was joining the marching band. There I found a great group of friends who loved me no matter what, and the people who hated me didn't bother me as much anymore. Now I am a sophomore in college, in the top program for my degree in the world, and thankful every day that I made it through middle and high school. This organization is very near and dear to my heart and I am so impressed with all that is being done!"
"Well my son is 13 but actually started when he was twelve. People would tell him names, hit him, sometimes they would live a bruise on him. but he wouldn't tell me about it. Until one day he came home crying and he said he didn't want to go to school because what people were doing to him in school. Finally I went and talk to the teachers and they said that they didn't know nothing about it. And my son have told the teachers about but they don't do nothing about it. So what would you recommend for me to do. Please help in what ways can I help my son. And the thing that know they told him that he cannot played soccer or basketball because his to big for his classmates.Please help me"
"Hello Mrs. Meier. Your story and presentation was very sad but is an eye-opener for many people. I am sorry for the horrible and devastating loss of your daughter. I hope that you live the rest of your life to the fullest :) I think that your foundation has made a huge impact on many people. I really think that this is going to help stop bullying in general. You are a wonderful mom, and it is not your fault that this happened. I hope you understand that :) thanks for everything you do and trying to make this world a better and much safer place."
"Although I'm graduated now, I was bullied from 6th grade to 10th. It shocked me when I saw Megan's birth date... She was only a month and 3 days older than me. I have random fainting episodes, I was too weak for sports, and I'm extremely pale. Kids kept calling me "Albino" or "Ghost Girl." I wasn't albino, but I was pale and unable to get a tan. If it wasn't for my best friend at the time, I probably wouldn't be here either. I eventually found my way into my high school's drama club, whose director and members made me feel wanted. They supported me and helped me become mentally and emotionally stronger. I stumbled onto this site when I was researching for my college essay on Facebook. I knew I wanted to write about cyber-bullying, because two of my friends posted suicide notes on Facebook. I reported them, and I know now that the only reason I wasn't cyber-bullied was because my parents wouldn't let me have a Facebook account until after 10th grade. I only wish Megan could have found a club like my drama club. I added Megan's story to my essay, hoping the message will spread even further. May God bless you."
"I was never accepted in school. I always had the ''out-cast'' friends, but even they used to torment me. My ''class-mates'' used to laugh at me and talk about me while I was next to them, but they didn't care if their words upset me, it seemed to be the sole purpose of them really. I used to walk through the school corridors looking at my feet, because I was petrified that i was going to bump into one of the bullies, I thought that if I looked at the floor or my feet, it might make me unnoticeable or invisible, but it never seemed to work, they always seemed to know where to find me. I was only at the school for two years, and my grades where gradually slipping down from A's to barely C's. My mum had noticed that I was always unhappy and that my grades where awful, and she tried to find out how I felt, but I never really talked to her.
After two years, my mum had decided that enough was enough, and she moved me schools, I was very frightened at first because I was scared that i was going to be bullied even more at my new school, but of course mothers are always right! I'm at my new school now, and I'm happy, although these social networking sites are very dangerous. Students from my old school post videos about me online and then everyone who ''hates'' me comment on them, but I just try to ignore them, and even though its hard it is possible to move on from being bullied. I'm still suffering the effects from bullying a year and a half on, I'm tackling self harm that started when the cyber bullying came in, but I'm getting help for that now, and to whoever's reading this, I want you to know that I'm just like any other fifteen year old girl, and I beat the bullies, and you can too! Because the more of us that are against bullying the stronger we are, and remember that when you feel alone or suicidal, you are not alone. We, as victims of bullying, understand. Let us help.
Nicole <3"
"for my story i was at 16 at the time. i made the varsity cheer team and thought nothing bad could go wrong. i had friends in every grade and from all types of cliques. one day i decided to put up a truth box on my myspace page to see what people thought about me. i didnt think anything bad could happen. but yet i set myself up. i had one rude truth is saying that i was ugly, weird and should f*cking move. yes that did hurt. i took it in the worst ways possible. i did find out who said that and it ended up being a girl on my team. so the next day i decided to quit cheering that year. my coach still dont know from this vary day why i did. but after taking it to heart, not going to lie ive thought about suicide. i thought about all the ways i could kill myself. but then i thought to myself im not going to let her win. im not going to take my life for what this one person thought about me."
"I was a victim of cyberbullying on Facebook. This girl who was younger than me and some of her friends took part in calling me mean and hurtful names, calling me a whore and a slut. This went on for maybe a month. I felt alone. I felt like I had no purpose in life anymore. I didn't want to be here. I thought of the many ways I could "get out." Then my friends and my dad started noticing that my attitude and overall being had changed. My dad finally sat me down and asked what was wrong. With his help, I was able to overcome the cyberbullying. I ended up getting my school involved though they said they couldn't do anything because it didn't happen on school grounds. I'm pretty sure schools are suppose to make school a safe place to come. Without taking any action over cyberbullying, school can feel like an extremely unsafe place to attend. I'm glad I spoke up and talked to my dad. I have overcome the cyberbullying."
"That was the saddest story i have ever heard i am so sorry for your loss. I bet Megan Is in Heaven thinking how greatful she is to have great parents like you! thanks Again
You inspired me=)"
"I have not been bulied . But i just want to try to help save somones life. Lifes is to valuable to gve up no mattert. How do you want to keep moving forward if yuh keep looking back.Uwill fall if you dnt look at whats ahead. Hopefully if you feel lke you are falling this message will help you up. Remebr dont let words hurt you or bother you. It doesnt matter what other people think about you aslong as you know who you are. And i think i know who you are. Youve probably have been hurt b. if you feel bad for any other reason at all. Just know thar you are beautiful and most importantly your heart is beautiful. And you dont have to wait for the thunderstorm to pass.ill show you how to dance in the rain. if yuh notice at night time the stars are shining evn tho its dark.well let yourself do the same.you must shine even in those dark bad days. Remeber you are beautiful thats all you need to know. This is out of the story but im studying wit the jehovas wittneses and it has change) my life:)"
"I'm Payton and this is my story. When I was in the fifth grade I went over to my best friend's house everyday. One day she stopped talking to me. She didn't invite me to her house anymore and I knew something was up. She was just being mean to me because somebody told her that i said something i didn't say. Then a couple months ago, the same girl and some other girls that were my "friends" were talking about me behind my back. they were saying stuff like my family is so poor. They were saying that My family had to take out loans just to pay the bills and buy cars. They were saying stuff like how my family can barely aford our house. They stopped but it made me feel so bad about myself that they kept sending me mean messages on facebook. Several times I thought about suiside because I thought my parents didn't understand me. It went so far that onetime i buckled a belt around my neck and i almost hung myself. But i heard my mom and it was like it brought me back to the real world were I have a wonderful life. Today when i see someone get bullied i tell the bully to stop and they do. It's amazing how much you can change by saying a couple word to a bully. I love helping people who have been bullied because it makes them feel better. I love to see someone smile because of me. I want to be a teacher or counsler when I grow up. Don't end your life, it's so beautiful. Don't waste it <3 LYL <3 love. your. life."
"One of my best friends was getting cyber bullied and i didnt even know it. she weeks at a time when i saw what happened on there i was already too late. She died before i could get to her and we were neighbors. i got to her house and she had these pills in her hand and i said dont do it and she swallowed all of them and i left the room to get the phone to call 911 and she hung herself in the mean time. I tried to do CPR on her but she didnt get up. She died on the scene. I'll never forget what i saw!"
"EVERY DAY IN SCHOOL I GET PICKED ON AND CALLED NAMES... IM TIRED OF IT AND ONCE I HAD A FEELING I WOULD DO SOMETHING TO HURT MY SELF...... I WOULD USED TO GIVE MYSELF ERASER BURNS ..."
"hi my name is ashley & when i was 12 i sent a picture of me to my friend (not a nasty picture ) . when i sent it to her a few days later me and her wasnt friends anymore and she edited it with cruel words on it and i was very depressed for months i didnt know what to do . so i know how megan feels R.I.P megan wee lovee youu."
"Well I was 16(Even younger) when it all happened. Not only was bullied in school but I was also bullied online. it was by people I never met in my life! I was teased and made fun of for what music I listen to, or how I dressed, even how I looked. Even to this day I get a bad comment online here or there but it's ok because I know who my real friends are. Now being 21, I think back to "Why did I let them get to me?" and "Why didn't I tell some one sooner?" I've had people who I thought were friends turn out not to truly be a friend. My advice is to get rid of all the negative people in your life. I know sometimes it's hard and you don't want to part with someone you like having as a "friend" but if they are talking badly about you, then they're not really your friend. Now, you can forgive them but you can also choose to eliminate all forms of communication from them. Another thing to do is find a way to vent your feelings if you're not comfortable talking to someone. Post a blog (Which can be made to a privacy setting where only you can read it like blogger) or make a journal on your computer. If you don't have a personal computer, you can make your own desktop page on the one you share so no one sees it or go to old fashion pen and paper! Anything to get your feelings out. Talk to someone too, there are plenty of bully sites to go to and always some one to listen. Sing out your feelings too. If you love to sing, singing is perfect! Find a song and just scream at the top of your lungs (preferably if you're home a lone so your parents don't say anything) and finally NEVER under any circumstance bully back because that makes you the bully."
"hi my name is emma. i went to the middle school workshop today and was really inspired. i always have insecurities about myself. people call me elephant behind my back. on my ride home today, my mom made me promise never to think about suicide. i said that it was ok because tina really inspired me to be who i am and keep my true friends."
"It's not easy being a minority living in a predominately white neighborhood. Kids would tease me because of the way I look, make fun of my name. Before caller ID a racist kid would call my house making racist comments. It had gotten so bad that we had to move to another district. Thought maybe if we moved to a wealthier neighborhood there wouldn't be any racist bullies there. But no matter where we moved there is always a bully in every school. In high school another kid would make fun of my name every time he saw me. Went to the high school counselor only made it worse. The phrase "sticks and stones my break my bones, but words cannot hurt me" is so FALSE. Words can hurt. Those bullies that insulted me, making fun of me, calling me names, they have taken my confidence away, made me insecure, disgusted with myself. Bullies have destroyed my life. I lost my confidence in getting a good job, no confidence to get a girlfriend. I am afraid to go out, afraid of making friends, afraid to talk to people, I am afraid of living a happy life.
The bullies, their parents, even the schools should be held accountable. Maybe should be lawsuits filed to schools who cannot keep child from harm. Schools should protect children from hostile entities. Maybe some sort of deterrence like lawsuits/civil suits can motivate schools to keep bullies out and motivate parents of bullies on better parenthood."
"It was third grade. Theat is when I started to get bullied. I can relate to Megans background story of getting bullied. I was always a heavy girl, Everyone else was much smaller than me and I used to go home everyday from third to fifth grade creying about what someone would say. Now I am almost done with the seventh grade and still do it. One day I went home and someone sad something I will never forget. Your never going to be smart, YOUR DUMB. I went home that day in my room, when it was time to go to bed, I was aklready upset and thats what made me get overwhelmed. I take medecine and that didnt help. When it came to bedtime I closed my bedroom door and started balling. I was in my room crying for an hour and 45 mins. I couldnt takle it so I started grabbing subber bands, silly bands, ect put them on my arm and started snapping them.No one knew what I was going through and some things until this day people still don't know about. I also battle with depression, I go to school knowing im one of the only colored girls not only in my school but also in my class. I have my own bully at school and I can come off as mean sometimes buyt I try to control it and take it slowly day by day."
"My fifteen year old daughter was depressed after the end of an eighteen month long relationship. Her friends knew she was depressed. They made numerous online posts encouraging her to commit suicide saying, "The world would be a better place if you were dead," "Are you suicidal? You should be, you have a ton f****** reasons to be." "Why don't you do us all a favor and kill yourself?" We went to the police and to the school. The school got confessions from two girls. They were suspended for two days. I wanted an apology made to my daughter, but the mediation went terribly as the parents of the offenders were angry at me for reporting this! The kids at school are rallying around the offenders and no one will talk to my daughter. The police have told me there was no crime, that it was "free speech" and they did not make "Direct physical threats" to my daughter. My daughter nearly did kill herself over this. She does not want to go to school. The offenders are all still friends and are still in extracurriculars (which my daughter has now quit), while I live in fear of leaving my daughter alone. While everyone I tell is horrified by our story, the fact is is that there were hardly NO consequences for this disgusting behavior and my daughter continues to be the one hurt. There have been no "student opinion leaders" that have tried to make school a more welcoming place for her. I would appreciate any help or advice you can give."
"Hi, my name is Alec. About a year ago in May i was diagnosed with a brain tumor. That was the WORST night of my life!! When people found out about it... some where very caring, like all my real friends i have. Others said i was using it to get attention, which hurt a lot!! November of 2011 i was peralized for 2 weeks in the hospital because of the tumor. About 3 to 4 weeks ago in PE i had got hit in the head with a basketball on accident. I was told by one of my close friends i blacked out, she kept shaking me telling me to wake up, i finally woke up and i didnt remember anything. That afternoon i got on facebook and saw a post by a girl who hates me saying ''Never play basketball without a helmet''! I then commented saying ''thats not funny''! She started to say die just die, it'd be best!! 2 more girls said that too. it hurts alot!!!"
"when I was 13, my parents finally decided to let me create a facebook account. i was over joyed. I'd been begging them for about a year by then. my mom helped me make one and by the end of the day I had over two hundred friends. well, school started and new people started at the little private school i was attending. of course, i askedmthem to add me on facebook and in early October two kids started a rumor about me losing my virginity to someone. the rumor then filed onto Facebook where kids would send me messages that I was a filthy whore and that I should go die. one said that I was a fat ugly cow who needed to stop sleeping around. I was already dealing with low self esteem and depression so this made it much worse. I told my parents and we deleted my account. now I'm in high school. I changed schools and went back to public school where the remarks aren't much better. I'm shoved into lockers, called a skank, whore, slut, and fag because of my sexuality in liking both girls and boys. on march 8, 2012 I cut my wrists and was going to over dose on drugs because of everything going on at school. I was so overwhelmed and I didnt know what else to do. that is my story."
"THIS IS THE REST OF MY STORY!
Once the harassment lead on for almost a year i just got depressed and stopped talking to everyone, stopped going to school, stopped eatting and stopped sleeping. i got diagnosed with depression and anxiety with an eating disorder. I remember the last time before i almost killed myself, what she said, my sister was 6 months pregnant and kadee knew that so she texted me saying "Im going to kill your sister!!!" i just couldnt do it anymore putting my family at risk just because some girl didnt like me and i had no idea why,i couldnt bare with that pain so i sat in my room thinking of was to kill myslef to end everything. But then i thought what good is that going to do, im just showing her that she won and i didnt want her to win. So i finally stepped up and told my mom everything and we went to the school police officer and the principle then to a lawyer, then to a judge and it took 5 months before we were seen in court and kadee was charged with aggrovated harrasment, stalking, civil rights violation with a battery weapon and fined with hundreds to pay. she not allowed to talk to me, she got been blocked from facebook and phone communication and she cant come within 150 feet of me unless at school."
"my name is kelsea, and i have been bullied in many ways since the 3rd grade. im about to turn 17 and i just dont want the last couple years of my teenage life to be bad like all the others. people have jumped me in the hallway at school and wrote mean and hateful things online, ive even had a group of kids gang up on me on facebook. i never understood what i did to make them do this to me until i stopped trying to defend myself and get involved and just looked back on how ridiculous their actions were. everyday theres something new happening to me and it really sucks but ive learned that life isnt easy honestly i feel like we are all given life as a test to see how strong we are as people. well how can we all be strong if others are always bringing us down.
i will never let what has happened to me define who i am and i will always treat others well and stand up for them because i know what its like to stand alone! and i didn't like it.
your daughters story has touched my heart and i know she would be proud of what you have done to make life better for others.
-kelsea B.
ps. my principle wants to know how much it costs to have you come to our school. (:"
"I came across Megan's story, along with many others, that show how horrific people can be. I struggle with self esteem and anxiety, wondering what people think of me and how I should change...and I can't even begin to imagine what it would feel like to be criticized and harassed on top of it all. I am fortunate enough to have never been bullied, but what scares me, is that I have witnessed it. I'm scared because I don't know what to do. I feel selfish and horrible for it. I feel like I am useless. But courage is hard to find, let alone act on. One of my greatest fears is being shunned or made fun of, and this keeps me from acting against such terrible words and actions. I am sorry for this. I am so sorry. And for Megan, and all the other people who are bullied, I try everyday to sit a little taller. Someday, I hope I will be able to stand up."
"When I was 14 I was contacted by a boy over myspace just as your daughter had been. I was a very insecure girl in my first year of high school, trying to belong like everyone else. This boy made me feel like I was the most important person in the world, and did everything in his power to make me believe what he told me was true. My friends began to distance themselves, with beliefs that this boy wasn't who he said he was, but I didn't listen, because at that moment in time he seemed to be the only one to understand me. 6 months went by with me being in contact with this boy, before I found out that it wasn't really a boy at all, but two girls, complete strangers to me, trying to get whoever they could to tell them personal things, so that they could use it against them. I was absolutely devastated. I had lost everyone close to me because these girls thought it was a funny joke to play on a stranger. They went as far as paying a boy my age to go on a date with me so I would believe their lies. I remember hearing your daughters story back in my grade 10 year of high school, thinking how close it came for the same outcome for me. I'm in my 2nd year of university now, and writing a paper about the dangers of social networking for children. Megan's story is an example I am using to show the outcomes that cyber bullying can have.
I am so sorry for your loss, and I am sorry Megan didn't feel there was another option for her. You are a strong women doing what you do, and I admire that so much. You are doing a great thing in honour of your daughter! She would be more than thankful for everything you have done for her.
R.I.P Megan <3"
"When I was in middle school there was this girl. When we were little we were close friends, but out of no where she started harassing me, saying things that weren't true, and then said that my mom gave birth to a effing retard (my little brother has Down Syndrome). Out of all the things she said that last line struck a nerve in me. Then after that she got on my FaceBook and made a fake profile of me. At school she would run into me and stuff things into my locker. It got so bad that I started to cut myself. I've been cutting since I was 11 years old, I also am recovering from a suicide attempt. I'm almost 16 years old now and I still have depression and I'm still taking it day by day with my cutting. My best friend Abby seen what I was doing and when I started dating her cousin the summer before 8th grade, she sent me this song. I wasn't really into rock that much, but, this band changed everything. The band's name is Black Veil Brides and the song that saved my life is "Knives and Pens". I'm not going to lie, I still cut myself but not as much. Over the last five years I learned a lot. I learned who my real friends are and that a lot of people care about me. If it wasn't for my best friend Abby, I don't think I would be here today to see my Sweet 16 or get the chance to make the mistakes I've made and the way I can change people's lives. I told my parents I want to keep my scares because they remind me that I can over come anything now. I look at my little brother and think to myself, "You're the best little brother anyone could ask for." I wouldn't change anything that happened to me and I hope that people will understand that it's not easy to over come something like this. It takes a lot of time and in the end it's going to be worth it."
"hi im lindsay, im 18 and in my last year of high school.
they say it will get easier as you grow up. but some people don't grow up and continue there ways as bullies. the person who bullied me is 17, in grade 12. Before all this we were friends for a year, until he started to like me and i didn't feel the same. after i told him i didn't feel the same he went crazy, he got all friends involved and they started to message me calling me names like 'whale'. as it bragged on i went to my principle and showed her the Facebook statuses and messages and pictures they posted about me. she brought the police in and they took over they talked to him, but no other action was taken. a month went by and it was silent. i thought it was over and put it in the past. semester 2 started and i had one class with all them in it. i guess they got bored cause one day they verbally aboused me in class so everyone could hear. the teacher did nothing. the police did nothing. he said nothing can be done cause it wasn't a threat. i guess the police just didn't want to waste his time. i still sit right in front of them in class. i mind my own business, but everyday I'm scared to go in there. i live day to day with the scares on my arms to prove it."
"I am a person who stands up for bullying and if I see someone bullying I make sure they now its wrong also I have bullied many times before because I have a medical issue, I have a non-cancerous tumor behind my left eye and it is buldged because of the tumor I have many friends but the ones that don't like me think I am ugly but I don't care what they say and I don't listen to them this website, story, and the movie Cyberbully really inspired me even more. I think that no one has room to talk about anyone else because everyone has their own flaws I don't care who you are rich, poor, famous, etc. Everyone has flaws and everyone is special in their own way!
~Heidi W"
"i just saw the movie documentary called bully.. it gave me the chills, and heart felt tears to watch kids as young as elementary school kids being teased for what they were wearing, who they were friends with or there sexuality. its WRONG to bully someone when you have insecurities about your self. Beating, smacking, choking, hitting , or even knocking books down to torment a another person is unacceptable, no one should want to take there life due to someone, or a group of people ridiculing them . i am TRULY sorry to anyone that i teased or put down i never took the time to really understand the consequences of my torment could due to someone else. how many parents have to go through a trauma over losing there child due to hurtful words someone else had said to them. so please take the time to chose your words wisely help someone out if you see something that's wrong, be a friend be a person that can save a life. ♥"
"You don't know how long I've been sitting at my computer deciding if I should write this or not. One because I don't want to bring up any bad memories, and two I've never in the position that most of the people on here been. I don't no if this may sound crude or wrong but my mother always told me that no parent should ever out live their child. And she is so right. A parent should see their son or daughter succced in life. A parent should see their son or daughter become the person they longed to be since they were a kid. A parent should see their son or daughter get married and have thier first child. And I know its deen awhile,but I still want to say I am so sorry that you never got to see that or experance that with your daughter. My heart and soul goes out to you. It really does because I know if I were in your position I would have given up. But you guys didnt. And you are so strong for that. I love what your doing to get rid of cyberbulling, but I hate the fact that it cost you a love one. I'm not very good at speaking with words but I'm very good at speaking with my heart, and it goes out to you and you daughter."
"I have always had trouble fitting in.I was furious when my mother told me I was transferring to private school. When I went to private school in 5th grade, I was called a drama queen and still am to this day. Because I would make such a big deal out of things with the "cool crowd" at my old school I did the same thing at my private school. Everything sort of died down when I went to private school besides me being called a drama queen. There was an occasional here and there mean remark. When summer got out in the 7th grade, I was so happy but soon that all changed. I suddenly got depression. I thought about my sister leaving my family and her telling me she hated me. And I knew it was true. I started to hurt myself. Letting my sisters old words take over me. I was so hurt, confused, and alone. I had messaged my friend to ask her to help me and her mom called my mom and called her out on it. Then my friend and the mom told everyone that I was a "cutter" and called me many other names. Even to this day it still hurts to hear or write that word down. Cutter. It brings tears to my eyes just thinking about it. I almost attempted suicide. I lost a lot of friends. No one was allowed to hang out with me. I felt so alone and lost. I finally realized that the ones who dropped me weren't important. If they were really my friends, they wouldn't have dropped me. Other people came to my comfort to pick me up. It really made me realize that true friends are the ones that come to pick you up when you fall and when others drop you. I am now healthily getting over my troubles and visiting a counselor regularly. I still get people calling me things and calling me the "c" word. I don't care anymore. I have grown above it. When I hear that remark I ask the person directly,"Can you say that to my face because it's a little hard to hear you when you're whispering," and they stop. This year I am going into high school where I can make a fresh start. I hope NO ONE will ever have to deal with what Megan went through or anyone who has delt with the same pain. May God bless everyone who is going through a hard time when they feel they are alone. And God bless the Meier family."
"Im very touched and sad about what had happened to Megan. Many people could care less about what really goes on. This to me is a huge problem. i have tried to make changes at my school with teachers and students.after the presentation today I feel many people will realize how extreme words can be. I don't have Facebook or twitter or MySpace or anything like that because I know how people are outt their in the real word. Just like josh evens. I am very sorry for the losing of ur daughter Megan. Bullying must stop. I wish u and your family the best. Once again thank u very much for ur presentation it really touched many people. U r a great speaker and I hope u continue to touch people's hearts the way u do!!! Good Luck, :) :) :)"
"Hi i am a student at mchenry west campuse i saw you speek and i read the story. it touched me i cried when i read it i wish kids didnt bully others but it happens ive been accused of being a bully my self but i am really not i also have adhd and i was getting made fun of for being a tatal tale bui only tell when someone life is indanger but thank u for ur story."
"I am a 13 year old girl, diagnosed with ADHD, I weigh 150 pounds. And I would always get made fun of at school. People would call me would names, like "Lesbian, Fat, Cow." And everyday, I wouldn't do my homework at all. I would go in my room, instead of the living room, where I usually do my homework. I would cry for hours, only going downstairs when I was needed to. Everyday, I would stare at the rope in my closet, wondering if I should hang my-self or what, so, I decided to do it. But, whenever I made my decision, I couldn't after I read this story. People shouldn't do this, being bullying, I couldn't. I didn't. So, everyday, I started exercising, walking, running. And now, I dropped 10 pounds because of this story. Thank you."
"I am 16 years old and for 10 years I have been a victim of physical, mental and cyber bullying. Recently someone from my high school in my year created a fake Facebook account with the name of Gertrude Green and it was created as a Gossip Girl account similar to the television show Gossip Girl wear someone posts information on the web anonymously or under a gossip girl name about other people. This person who we never found out who it was decided that they would post only things about me. I was 15 at the time and it happened again a year later when I was 16. This person kept deactivating their account whenever I wanted them to get caught. They posted rumours about me that everyone at my school could see online things like I sleep around, I'm a slut, I'm dating two guys at once, im running off to elope with my best friend Adrian. The worst ones were when this person said that I was the gossip girl and the one posting all these horrible lies about me and some others. It wasn't true at all but then some people believed it and decided to send me hate messages and then the person came back when I was 16 which was a few months ago after an incident occurred with another boy in my year where he pressured me into having sex with him and I didn't want to. This Gossip Girl came online and posted on my wall saying 'How does it feel to be a fake rape victim? I know your secrets xoxo gossip girl' and I just lost it. This person was telling everyone that I was going around saying he raped me and all these other lies. That I was pregnant. And a lesbian. Everyone was against me, they were yelling at me in the school yard in the middle of class when the teacher was out of the room. I cried myself to sleep every night. I was cutting and I decided I wanted to die. I tried to overdose but luckily I didn't succeed. My mother found me and I have been seeing a psychologist since and was put on medication to deal with my depression. The stuff people say these days really hurts. I live in Australia and I'm in my 2nd last year of high school and I have to change schools because of what this person caused. I can't even get justice. They don't stop."
"Hi, i'm Taylor and i'm now 18. I've been bullied since 1st grade and all the way up through high school, but I thought I would tell you all that it DOES get better! I promise you it does. Eventually these kids will grow up and it WILL stop. Right now the best you can do is ignore them or tell your parents or teachers. Don't give into the bullies, because that is what they want. Just keep your head up and keep moving forward. You are better than them and don't need to resort to their level. Trust me, you will be okay. <3"
"Hi my names Harriet im 11 I just wanted to say im so touched by Megans story. i just watched cyber bully the film based on this and i cried. Words do hurt its not easy until ur in the persons shoes. Any bullies out there should stop. How many people have to die until you realize your hurting people so so much.
I have been bullied about my weight i tried to but my classmates affection by buying them sweets but they wouldnt improve. I have friends and im nice but out of the blue people will just come up to me and say harriet your fat.Before i used to answer back but thats not the way. Always tell someone , someone you trust. You can also go to a support group or call a bullying hotline. Remember your never alone.
Life is a precious thing dont tack it away because someone cant find anything better to do than to torment you."
"Hello, my names Michaela and I'm 16 years old. A sophomore in high school. Tina had just came to my school today! I'm grateful for her coming, because I went through what her daughter went through. It all started in seventh grade. I was friends with everyone untill one girl started hating me because I was a tomboy and hung out with all of the guys. She didn't like me for that. She was one of the popular girls so everyone took her side and made fun of me. Called me every name you could possibly think of. Then one day I came home from school and everything was fine. Later that night I wanted to get on my MySpace. ( my mom had my password too ) and my mom had told me 'no you don't need to get on tonight' I had argued I just wanted to get on and talk to my friends. Well finally she agreed to let me on and I got on an saw I had a message. I was so excited! I loved getting messages. But this one I didn't like. It was from a page that was made and the name was "We hate Michaela Neathery" That is me I thought. How could someone make a page like that. And I read the message. It had said ( not exact words ) "we all hate you there's no reason for you to be here. You're a lesbian and everyone hates you. You're a dumb s*** and a w**** just go kill yourself." it went on and on that pretty much sums it up. But I was already suffering from depression. And that made
It worse. I just felt like dying. I had suicidal thoughts all the way up to the beginning of this year. I was put through everything you could think of. I didn't have any friends really an one week at lunch I sat in the bathroom and cried all week. Cause I had no one to sit with for lunch . And till this very say I still get called names and I get called fat. I stopped eating at one point because I thought I was to fat because that's what people told me. And I weigh 118 that's nothing!!! But my point is, if you're going through this. Dont commit suicide you can and will get through it I promise!!"
"It was my first day of school at my new school and me and my friend had been through a bunch of fights and i had just joined facebook and this guy ryan added me as a friend and he was sweet and i told him alot of things and he told everyone the messages and said he said your grose and nasty and it turned out it was my friend who pretended to be him and i nearly thought about suicide more than once so thats my story"
"WELL ONE DAY IN FOURTH GRADE A GIRL WHO I WA FREINDS WITH TEXTED ME AND SAID THAT ALLY J. IS THE DUMBEST GIRL IN SHCOOL.I TOLD MY OM AND SHE WENT TO THE SCHOOL AND WE HAD A TALK,(ME,MY MOM,MY EX FREIND,HER MOM,PRINCIPAL).SHE SAID THAT SHE NEVER WANTED TO BE MY FREIND AND SHE PUT ALL MY PERSONAL THINGS ON FACEBOOK MEANWHILE PEOPLE CALLING ME STUPID ,SWEARING.BUT' WE GOT THROUGH IT SHE GOT IN BIG TROUBLE AND NOW IM BETTER BUT I NEVER TALKED TO HER AGAIN."
"When I was 13, I was bullied and I had no friends. It got worse when an email went about full of slander about me and it got sent to everyone at my school, This made me feel horrible and worthless. A few times I had thought would it be better if I wasn't alive but all I could think about was my family and how they would feel if I did. My parents realised everything and they moved me to another school and it was the best thing I have ever done. When I read about Megan, My heart just broke. She was so young and it disguists me how someone can make somebody else feel like life isn't worth living. For anyone else who is experiencing bulling or cyber bulling, I suggest the child line website. It has online counsellers that talk to you and help you and it's all confidential! I would also recommend lifeline. It's a phone number you call up and they talk to you and make you realise that life is good. :)"
"Hey i have heard about your daughters death, i fell really bad for you i have lost a firend that killed heself he had hung him self in his closet <3 i cry every night because i am sad that i dident stop him <3 i hope you doo reallly goood and HOPE FOR YOUR FAMILY <3"
"when i was in 6th grade i felt that my life was meaningless. i wasn't bullied by anyone but my self. me thinking that people were talking behind my back made me fee extremely sad all te time. no one really knew because i didn't let it show. then i was assigned a project on bullying in 8th grade. when i read this story... i actually started crying because i felt so stupid that i would think my life was bad. since I've read this i have always been kind and never bullied anyone. i want you to know, even though i don't know you that my thoughts and prayers go with you. and to all of those people out there who are bullied by them selves or someone else, i want you to know that your life wont end if you aren't the prettiest or the skinniest or can sing the best you just have to be you ♥♥♥
♥♥♥RIP Megan Meier♥♥♥"
"As a fellow female with ADHD and genetic depression as well as compulsive eating disorder and struggled with weight, I haven't even lost my baby fat. I know how she feels, seeing her photos, she wasn't fat at all and kids were just jealous of how remarkable she was. Those parents and her so called friend were obviously insecure because Megan was a much better person then they ever could be. I hope they can live with what they've done and I find that they should be charged with assisting.
Now on to my story. I've rode the "short bus" with all the other kids who were different. I was excluded from regular class and called down to the office twice a day for medication, kids would laugh and call me "retard" because I needed Ritalin to focus. I am not an attractive person so they've pointed out my ugliness, how fat I am and the fact that I am not afraid to be who I am, dress how I want. I enjoy Metal music and dressing in black so I'm an emo kid. I used to have "Honesty Box" on Facebook until I couldn't handle the mean things that were said. One was from a so called friend who in basic words said "you're useless, worthless, ugly and fat and a terrible person. Everyone hates you and no one could ever possibly love you. Why don't you do your family and the rest of the world a favor and kill yourself." I've tried. I couldn't go through with it and as recent as within the last week I've tried again. It affects my relationship with my boyfriend, it affects me getting work and people still bully me. I try to play Xbox online and even adults who are over 30 call me a man, tell me I sound fat, that I suck so bad I should get offline and to kill myself since I'm so awful. Why can't children and adults see the error of their actions? Children not wanting to exist and others like myself, living an affected life......I now stick up for those who are bullied online even if I don't know them. No one should have to go through what Megan and her family have gone through. Anti-bullying and anti-cyberbullying need to be brought to Canada."
"Hi, my name is Eliabzeth. I have been bullied as long as I can remember. I think it started in 3rd or 4th grade,but middle school was bad. I had a boyfriend (we started dating in 6th grade) in middle school so I got called a slut whore easy and much more. It hurt so bad but I figured as long as me and him were happy nothing could change that. Deep down it was killing me inside to have so many people hate me,but I would put a smile on anyways and act like nothing hurt me.By the time I was in 8th grade all the torment I was put though made me feel so numb inside that My emotions were not there. Still putting a smile on to make everyone happy but when I was alone crying my eyes out.By this time me and my boyfriend broke up but stayed friends.We could talk about anything but at the end of 8th grade he told me he was moving.Him and his bother were my only true friends.So upset still being picked on after they moved had no one I could really turn to.I ended up turning on myself.I didn't want to live anymore.All these horrible names still being called in high school.I ended up turning to self harm (I was a cutter and still struggle).I was 13 when I first did it and 15 when one of my few friends seen it and reported me(My parents just put it off as attention seeking).That's when the emails started coming " you did it wrong." "The world does not need you." "crazy" "go kill yourself" I ended up writing my own suicide note(I was feeling so numb from life, from all the verbal and physical abuse) ...took a knife to my own throat push so hard but couldn't do it.I remember crying in the bathroom that night.Took a cold shower to snap myself out of it. Went to bed that night with the knife in my hands.Woke up in the morning and my throat really hurt. Got up went into the bathroom to see the darkest bruise I have ever seen looked like I tried to hang myself it was such a straight line. I still struggle with self harm and suicidal thoughts but now I have a friend I can turn to.
My advise is to find someone to talk to...It can be a friend, family member, teacher, National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-TALK (8255),ect. Remember you always have someone there for you and if you don't think so. Everyone one is special in there own way. DON'T MAKE A PERMANENT SOLUTION TO A TEMPORARY PROBLEM."
"During my sophomore year I had my first real boyfriend. We dated for a month then he broke up with me. He started telling people lies. I did not even have the opportunity to put down the rumors before they were circulating around the entire school. I originally began seeing things on Facebook saying I was a slut, whore, ugly bitch, cunt, etc. This led to classmates sending me chat messages calling me even more names also from people I did not know. I would get text messages harassing me with names and false statements. I would be walking in school and hear the people talking about me as if they did not see me there. I would walk through the hallways receiving glances, smirks, and whispering at the sight of me. Some rumors were... I have been pregnant multiple times and had abortions, I slept with a different guy every weekend, I had a bunch of STD's, I was like a walking STD so no one should talk to me, and many more. I questioned what was wrong with me and why I was even here. My grades started to slip and I lacked the urge to go to school. I walked through school feeling alone and unwanted. I would go home and cry wanting to just disappear. I felt so ugly and disgusting. I had no way out. I did not want to exist. It felt as if everyone hated me. I found out the people I believed were my best friends were also spreading rumors. Eventually someone hacked my Facebook account adding obscene pictures and statuses. The view I had of myself was one of nothingness. I wanted to just die thinking of things to do that wouldn't be painful, but I was too scared to hurt myself. My mom noticed that something was wrong and she eventually figured it out. She contacted the school principle, but he would not do anything about it. I was bullied through most of my junior year. I deleted my Facebook account. It took me a year to tell the first person, my mom, about what had happened. My experience with cyberbullying makes me want to do all I can to help others with the same issues."
"I kinda know how Megan felt. I was bullied physicaly by my ex-bestfriend and neighbor. It started in 3rd grade when she moved in the house behide us. Of corse I went to be nice and say hello. After that we started to get close. Then I relized what she was doing. She would pressure me into doing the wrongs and I did them. Then I just couldnt take it any more!! I told my mom and dad and they both talked to her.... it didnt help any it made it worst:(!!! She would lie to my friends and to me. She made my friends like not like me. Then in a snap of a finger after i gave her what she wanted to hear or me to do my friends started being my friends again. Then the end of 4th grade i finally told her thats it i have had enough and we arent friends anymore!! I felt good unitl school started again. We started to be more friendly and acted ok around each other. Then all of a sudden it just happened. She made lies about me and i told my mom and dad bout them. My FREINDS would rudly confront me about the lies and rumors. It got so bad that i couldnt ride the bus the rest of that year of 5th grade. Then finally my mom went and talked to the principal about it cause i was afraid to go to school at that point. It died down... there was still rumors and stuff going around but i ignored it and found out who my real friends are. Then i move 2 hours away and she has my number and gave it to her friend. They still txt me today. But i learned to ignore it. It is still hard when i think about it... and i know she will never let me forget what happened those 3 years."
"There's a few times in my life where I have been majorly bullied. When I was young I went to a private school where other kids brutally beat me with belts, kicked me down bleachers and put my face through dry-wall. My back would be so raw that you could see my muscles and spinal cord from this. My mom fought hard but never won because these kids had money and their parents always paid more as a donation. When I was 15 I was dating this girl for about a year...I fell in love with her and grew crazy attached. Things went south and her and her friends started txting me and emailing me etc saying that I was good for nothing and that I should kill myself. This went on for about a month before I attempted suicide. I downed a bottle of my moms pills and hoped for the worst. Later I woke up in the emergency room with her by my side. The doctor said I should have died that night from the amount of pills I ingested. That's my story."
"Hi my name is Reneisha and i am now 14 and here is my story. I get bullied everyday like Megan because i am big, but i dont let that stop me for what i am trying to accomplish. When i heard about Megan Mier and i was crying so hard because she was beatiful young lady like me that created on Earth. I am so sorry for you lost. Megan Mier rest in peace, the Miers family may god bless you all and so sorry for you lost. Rest In Peace Megan Mier. If i was Megan's friend i would stick up for and love her for her. I think she was a smart, beatiful, nice, cool, smart young lady with a potential future, a kind heart and very nice personality. I think the people who was bullying should have suffered, not her, and i really sorry for you lost. There could have been a better way. I am truely sorry for you lost. Be strong and my prayers go out to Megan. See ya in heaven hun."
"my mom would always tell me how she loved my smile, she loved that i was always such a happy child, i didn't care about the world. i was like that until i changed schools in 4th grade. that's when the bullying started, i was being called out on my weight, being treated by names like : cow, pig, fat ass, muncher etc. then i moved to another city where i hoped the bullying would stop but it got worst, it became physical, imagine, in 5th grade and boys would come up and slap or punch my arm and kick my legs. i moved back to my old city for sixth grade and went to my old school. i hoped the bullying would stop because i hoped they'd matured. boy was i wrong. they still continued.
i then went to junior high, i made good friends during the first year, i had fun with my girls,but it got bad when guys in my class started calling me the names that haunted me at night, some guys that went to school with me in primary turned on me and gave me shit as well.
this continued all through high-school.when i joined the cheer team, all the guys would laugh cuz our skirts where short so i looked like a "sausage". i'm now a Junior and it has gotten worst. girls have joined in, they make fun of the fact that i always speak my mind, that my friends aren't in my class so i am always alone, that i always play with my hair. well i'm sorry if my OCD bothers you.
i feel as though i can't trust anyone, I've cut repeatedly because of all this and I've attempted suicide 4 times.
it sickens me because i also realized that all my bullies like to do is pry in my life and make rumors about me and the people i care about.it makes me wish i was invisible..."
"Hey, I'm Megan and I'm 14 years old. I'm in freshman year, and I've been bullied from 5th grade to the end of 8th grade. My life was torture in 8th grade. No one would listen to me. I told my mom and dad, but they just thought it was 'one of those things'. I'll admit, I said horrible stuff, but then I stopped. I blocked the person on facebook. But it still went on at school, and it followed me home. The bullies would constantly say stuff to me. Tell me I was ugly, fat etc. They'd shout stuff at me when I was walking home. I was the one being bullied, yet I got blamed for bullying them. The bully would lie, tell the teachers I was calling her names. No one listened until one day, I was running to tell the teacher. I'd had enough, and I tripped and fell. Then everyone started to listen. Now my life is much better. I'm battling depression and anxiety, and have tried to commit suicide once. Someone I knew also committed suicide due to bullying. Megan's story touched me deeply, and I will NEVER forget it x"
"My name is Jenna and when I was 12, I would always get bullied in school and online. I would get called "fat", "pig", "pork chops" and lots of other things. The names were really hurtful and if I put up a picture online, people would comment on it "Ew, look how fat she is" and the pressure got too much. This girl called Emma, made a fake profile of me and started saying really mean stuff to people, and then everyone hated me because they thought that it was me saying it. I had no friends or anything, so I wanted to end it all. I didn't talk to my mam and I was depressed. I tried to kill myself. My mam found me before I did any serious harm to myself. I had to stay in hospital for 2 days and had to see a counselor over it. I still have days where I get so sad that I want to do it all over again, but things do get better. Recently, the bullying has stopped, I have lots more friends, and I'm not depressed. I hate that Megan killed herself, it makes me so sad to think that she had nobody and the bullying followed her home.I know how it feels and I really wish that she could have talked to somebody about it. I'm so glad that this foundation was made because it's stopping it from ever happening to anybody else. :)"
"I still feel as if my world revolves around what other people think of me and maybe it's just time to give up. My parents have put me into counciling and i feel like this would be a never ending story i do all that i can to keep myself out of school so i dont have to heir the comments. But they get sent to my phone and face book and it is over welming me. I am still a good student and always will be but how do i deal with other this other stuff? can anything help? i feel depression is already apart of my life more then anything else:/"
"When I was in 5th grade I was in the group of the most popular girls we were all beautiful and well known but one day the leader of the group didn't want to be my friend and none of the other girls in the group didn't want to be my friends and other girls that weren't in the group didn't like me becAuse I was in the group so I was sad and lonely I was confused because I'm a very nice person and people saw me as a mean conceited girl but I wasn't and all a sudden everyone would call me slut fat ugly and bitch I was very hurt and one day I went to the girls bathroom and found a book that said jordyn r is a fugly slut who weighs 400 pounds. And stuffs toilet paper in her braw I showed my mom and I didn't want to go to school so I would sit int he bathroom crying my eyes out I hurt so bad i felt so much hate and pain I thought my life was over i got to the point were I would come home and just sleep cry eat I gained a little weight I was so depressed so I finally ignored it and everything got better thank god"
"Hello my name is Melisa, I was first bullied 3 years after moving to MO. My best friend at the time was doing it to me and I had no clue she told everyone lies about me and had me feuding with our other best friend. We figured it out finally that was the end of eighth grade. I was going into my freshman year and my best friend decided to show up at my door begging for me to be friends with her. I had broke off our friendship because she was in my eyes hurtful and evil. My mother made me become friends with her and I had begged and cried for her not to let her in. So I said fine. That Freshman year I couldn't handle her anymore I told her I will say hi to you at school but I can't see you after school you are still hurting me on purpose and its hard to be around you. When that went down I was getting physically bullied and on the internet. I was choked at lunch called a CU--. I was called a slut. When I was a virgin. She ruined my life. I have forgiven her but I still have scars. I have so much that was said and done its too much to tell. I had thoughts of suicide I remember I was at my best friends house grabbed a knife after she had pretty much said no guy would ever like me over her and made me feel like I was nothing. I wanted to die. I couldn't do it though. I was called fat and ugly by her friends. I turned to eating disorders from 8th grade too my senior year I starved myself shedding 180 to 130 pounds. Was losing my hair and body fat. I had no one to turn too. My parents knew nothing. It's easier to hide things than it is to share them. I'm 24 now it still hurts. I feel so bad for anyone that goes through it... Stay strong please tell someone. People are cruel its not your fault. I had to struggle but I'm still here I feel I can only help others."
"Hi I'm Angelica and I'm very sorry for your loss. I'm kind of suffering depression and wants to fit in like Megan did.So here's the story. In 4th grade I met this girl and we were friends until 5th grade. Like you said one day we'd be friends one day we wouldn't. And when we would make up, I would be fooled and break up the friendship again. We would get in trouble with the principle and they didn't care to help and the didn't help at all. In 6th grade it got nasty. Well she would give me things then threaten me to give them back. Then one time somehow she knew my address then gave it to some of my friends, maybe to other people then told them there was a party that day but there wasn't. So I had to tell them there wasn't one. Then almost when 6th grade ended, she finally moved. But the bullying didn't end. Right now some girls are calling me weird names that I don't know what they mean, and keep asking questions that are none of their bussiness. One time they told the guy I liked that I liked him. So yeah that's my story. I'm sorry and I know what It's like to lose a loved one and I wish I knew her so I could of helped but that's not possible. RIP Megan Taylor Meier
1992-2006 :)"
"When I was 15 my mum decided it was okay for me to create a Facebook account, all of my friends had already been using it and I was just beginning, it became an obsession, always constantly checking for new posts and comments. I was private about my photos and posts but one thing I wasn't private about was my password, when I was around my friends I would log in and not care that my friends could see me typing in my password, after about a month of having Facebook my friend called me, she said "check your Facebook Chels..." So I checked, someone had changed my name to "Chelsea SlutWhore" and posted horrible status' saying things like you're a fat bitch, you're fake, no one likes you, kill yourself! I was so scared, I felt violated and I sat in my room shaking reading all of these horrible things someone was posting about me, I didn't know what to do or how to stop it until my mum came into my room and asked what was going on. I showed her my profile and she immediately said change your password now and then deactivate/delete your account!
So I did. Eventually I made a new one and no one ever asked me what all of that stuff was about, no one ever said are you okay, no one cared.
Still to this day I don't know who did that to my Facebook and I wish I did but my best advice is to keep everything as private as possible, even with your closest friends, cover your screen when typing in your password, tell them to look away, whatever means necessary. One day those friends may no longer be your friends, they then have something to use against you.
Be carful take extra precautions, when coming to the Internet."
"I was and still am getting pushed around and laughed at for things that I do not know of, I don't know what to do.. Whether to tell or to keep it to myself... I'm scared and afraid of either choice.If I tell they will make sure that I get turned more into a nobody than I already am, if I don't tell, all this will just continue on. What do I do? I do have friends that stick up for me, but they're the only people that keep me standing up strong. What shall I do? What will I do when my closest and best friends turn against me, because they get tired of standing up for me? The only solution I came up with was keeping my head up. It solved my problem, but then the teasing kept on going on I honestly don't know how or what to do. I hope when I go to high school I can have a fresh start and the teasing will all stop, because even when the years passed by the teasing always continued. The only advice I have to you is to stand up to the bully, but don't use words of insult, use words of love, and pour your heart into the words that you're saying, let that bully know how much pain you're really feeling. Keep headstrong and never give up on your dreams, because God loves you and will always be there for you. You will never be alone."
"Hi I'm Haley I've been bullied all my live. I've been called ugly and fat and so many other names. I guess it really started getting bad on this one bus I rode, everyone on the bus would take turns spitting on me. Then in middle school I had a lot of people at school talking about for know reason. I tried telling the principals but they never done anything. I also got cyber bullied for the first time in middle school I was seating at the computer and I opened up my messages I had two message from some guy who told me I was ugly and fat. When I when to tell a grow up the messages had mysteriously disappeared. Then in high school it all started again on the bus there was this one guy on the bus who loved making me feel terrible about myself and I already am very self concessions about myself and have low self esteem. He would get his friend to hit me in the back of the head, he would make fun of my weight by calling me fat. I have always had problems with my weight and he didn't make me feel any better about it. But know I'm in the 11th grade an so far things have gotten better."
"My name is Courtney and I'm 19 yrs old. I grew up with people making fun of me for being overweight. I've often felt like I have been missing something in my life. I try to fill the void with other things such as food, boys, music. I guess the thought is natural because I grew up without a father. The summer before my freshman year a boy asked me to be his girlfriend. I ended up doing something with him that I regret. I thought he liked me, but I was wrong. After that, he didn't talk to me. A week later, he told my friends to tell me that he was breaking up with me. He told some people and one girl posted what we had done publicly as her Myspace status. She harassed me, calling me a new name every day. My cousin saw her status and told my mom. We tried calling the police, but they said they couldn't do anything about it. I started cutting myself. I wore jackets and hoodies to school so no one would see. I was often depressed. I had a best friend who also cut herself because of her home-life. On November 15, 2008, I was depressed. I cut myself while I was at church. My friend ended up cutting herself as well. Someone found out and called the police and our families. I felt like I was on display while they questioned us. Like people were just sitting around waiting to get the details of my broken soul so they could judge me. We both got sent to the hospital, and then transported to Ohio Valley Mental Institution in Owensboro, KY to get evaluated. They didn't keep me, but that's because they kept her. I was in counseling for a year. It helped. Before counseling, I felt alone. Now I know, it's okay to talk to someone. It's better than keeping everything inside."
"In 5th grade I was bullied by some kids and it was no big deal until my friend started to bully me also. It was hard and I dreaded going to school and faked being sick almost all the time. I was afraid to tell someone and when I did nothing changed. I don't get bullied anymore besides that one time last year someone through a textbook at my head. The girl I was friends with is now not my friend and we never speak although I see her in the hallway from time to time. I suffer from deppression and always feel fat and ugly when everybody tells me that I look beautiful. I now have so many supporting friends and my mom is always there. In the past friends have up and left me and I have scars from when I cut (had nothing to do with bullying.) I get mad because to this day when kids build up all there courage and tell there parents, teachers, etc. NOTHING HAPPENS! Whats the point of getting help when no help comes your way? Thats why I want people to know even more than they do now how important it is to do something about bullying."
"hi my names katy ive only just recentally watched cyberbully the film that was dedicated to your daughter. my story is that i had the exact same experience as her. mine happened in high school when i was 15 it all started over a phone and when i got home i asked hate full messages all over my wall even in private message as far as going towards death threats. Like your daughter i was to scared to stand up for myself and there were times were i was touring with the idea 'can i actually be bovered' and i will say it there were time were i wanted to give up, but i kept thinking the more i hide the weaker ill become but the more i face it a voice will heard. I was very alone and vulnerable at the time thats when girls out of my year who were popular stepped in for me and i could never thank them more enough for what they helped me get through they not only faced my problems with me but they also gave me my confidence , self-esteem and freedom back. I think people who bully need to take into consideration 'We are living people we have different features, but isnt that what makes us beautiful from everyone else. Trust me coming from my words i know what your daughter went through and if i do say so myself shes not alone <3 ! xxx"
"i have been bullied, since i can remember. however, i will never forget one f the many events from my 8th grade year. i was in chours, because i loved it, and we were going on a state field trip for compettion. it was hot in the bus, so me and my friend aj opened up the bus window. the wind was so styrong that it blew my hair all over. the popular girls sitting behng me said "hey linda get your weeve outta my face!" i couldnt hear them, due to having a problem with my ears, and had to have my friend tell me what they said. the whole 9 hour trip to, durring, and from compettion they had consistantly called me fake, messed with my hair, said "linda oh linda wont you let down your weeve, had the entire bus take a vote on a "picture" of me saying "lindas weeve" and say if it was better than the effile tower i drew...she won, and even more. that was a pure tourture film for me. it is now the 9th grade and after what happened in chours last year, i gave up chours forever. im not the best singer, i just loved to sing. i now foucus on being a large anti-bullying activist in my school and plan that for my whole life. i was also bulied everyday online, in real life, and behing my back. i try not to let them get to me and i also encourage and help others in my situation whenever i see bulying hapening. i may've given up chours, but i now chase after different dreams. thats my story. thx for reading! ~linda :)"
"I was living with my grandparents at the time I had been for about three years. When my grandmother started saying ride comments such as "you are getting kinda fat." Or "Arayah you shouldn't be doing that you look ugly." It had started to get worse with her saying " go to hell no one would care about you" and "everyone hates you" it had all started getting to me I was depressed pretty much as far back as I can remember and I was Sucidal for a long time and this made it worse so I starts to cut myself and it adventully go so bad I had made a plan to kill myself. I had told one of my good friends good bye an he called my school because he truly cared. He is the only reason im alive today."
"Hey,
i was so touched by your story that i decided to do an essay on it. i was bullied in elementary. 2-4th grade. sometimes i went home crying. but when i got to 6th grade i wanted to change my apperence... and i did. All i wanted to say was thank you for sharing your story to the world and im so sorry for your loss."
"Hi! im ally and i am 14. ive been bullied every since i started school and since i was 9 i have tried to kill myself 8 times because i just dont see why its always me...but then one of my 'friends' started taking the mick out of megan. (I didnt know who she was then!!) But istood up for her because i belived it wasn't fair. Then i researched her and reading what megan went through was really hard to read. I have had the same thing done to me and it is really soul destroying and i really wanted to pay respect to megan and her family. Even though megans not here she saved my life... thank you megan
R.I.P"
"From the time I was 7, I was bullied constantly. Four eyes, freckle face, nick name was chubby. Different stuff. I was 9 when it got to me. I was submitted to a behavioral hospital because i tried to hang myself. From then on after I got out a week later, everything got worse. Names got worse at 11. Slut, whore, bitch, skank. I started lashing out and was submitted to the hospital again and put on meds. I was bullied there. I was punched in the face 4 times and kids made up rumors and it spread fast. I lived there for 6 months. Never got better. I was let out and 2 weeks later i was back living there for 9 months. I was cutting. Bullied again and I got threatening notes from girls saying they were going to kill me. After 6 months was up, i was home and good for awhile. I still had scars and pain inside. 3 friends was all i had. The smile people saw, was fake. October 13, 2011, I was back from uncontrollable cutting because of girls on facebook and things from school I held in from my parents. No one knew those things. The names on facebook were so mean. I was told to go die in a hole. I was at that hospital until March 24, 2012. Wasn't any better that time either. I fell "in love" with a guy, but he really just used me. Called names, and put down by staff saying i will never get better. January 26, 2012 1:30 a.m., My roommate put a pillow over my face and was trying to suffocate me. Every one thought it was a lie until the girl admitted the truth one month later. Dealt with a lot. No one knew i had no friends, i was abused verbally/emotionally by family. Instead bullied and judged, but I have to say that everything that has happened, has made me a stronger person today. Each scar on arm and leg has a story. I almost took my own life in a few ways, one by another. I got my last chance and I took it and changed and put all the bad people behind me. I am different stronger person today because some of those people but also because of the help I had."
"I was fourteen years old when I cut myself for the first time. As my sixteenth birthday now approaches, I wish I could take it back. How I wish I didn't bottle up emotions and hide my feelings from the world. How I wish I was as smart as everyone thought I was. But we all make mistakes. And mine? My mistake was perfection. From the outside looking in, you would see an AP student, a varsity athlete, a talented artist, a promising young individual. A girl that people liked. But everything is so flimsy, so flammable. Things change. Everything changed. You see, I met someone. A stoner. A cool kid. And I fell into his trap. I fell into his mind games and empty promises. I spiraled into the smoke and he watched me burn; he twisted me. Perfection seemed even less attainable than ever, reality was slipping away. I couldn't keep up with expectations, the good girl was now the whore, the nice girl was now the bitch. Let me tell you, it's so easy to keep falling with no one to pick you up. No one to trust. The names kept coming: slut, easy, gross - the list goes on. And this young man who trapped me? I tried to escape, but he reeled me in. I lived on the pain he supplied me with. "Go kill yourself," he said, late one night. "You're worthless and everyone knows it." I wish I could say it got better. But I would be lying. My grades started to slip, I avoided eyes at parties, sat with eyes wide open throughout the night. The cuts got deeper and perfection waltzed away. Was I a slut? A whore? Or was I a girl in an unfortunate situation, abused by a person who I was stupid enough to trust? And god, the girls who tainted me, hoping I died before I could take care of it myself. The hate seemed endless. From others, from myself. At fifteen years old, I wanted to die. So I sat in the bathroom, pills in hand, a decision to make. A fate to decide. The room spun and my heart fluttered in my chest. I couldn't do it, as I felt the undissolved tablets crawling back up my throat. I am alive. And I can't let them control me. I can't let myself embody such hatred. I have to stand up and take control of the life I still possess. Why? Because life is courage. And I have to face the music."
"I'm Sydney Provines, and I've been a victim of bullying. In 2011, bullies in my school began harassing me and using my fears against me. Being 14 years old at the time, I didn't know what to do, so I kept it all to myself, not even telling my parents. Even the teachers began bullying me, openly making fun of me during class and allowing the students to join in. I was so hurt, and it got to the point where I began self-harming and was ready to commit suicide. I wrote a suicide note, just in case, and sat down to film my confessions video. It can be found here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0U9irSagqJs
That video helped stop the bullying at my school, even though the principal took no action to discipline the bullies. However, it did bring cyberbullies into my life, and I seriously considered overdosing. My parents did their best to support me, but they weren't exactly sure what to do. I didn't receive any therapy or counseling, but I've managed to improve.
Fortunately, I haven't attempted suicide. However, I have written a total of 8 suicide notes, and I have yet to make a full recovery. I'm still depressed, but I want to support the people out there that are struggling with what I have struggled with. It's terrifying and lonely, and it is true that the bullied can feel lost. I'm still lost, and the bullying has subsided. I'm 16 and looking forward to the future, but I'm still scared. It's not something that you forget about. It sticks with you throughout your entire life, and I don't think people understand that."
"It started in 7th grade. I didn't know that bullying was mean. When people told me they didn't like me, I minipulated them constantly. I realized that that wasn't such a good idea. Everyone in my grade began to bully me. I was constantly known as aneroxic, stupid, skank, and lots more. I didn't know what to do. I started my friend's idea and started cutting. Everytime my mom asked me about it I would "use the bathroom" and put foundation over it to cover it. My mom never knew I was cutting. I soon kept to myself. And stopped cutting. People always tried coming up to me and talking to me. I always tried to ignore it but then it got worse. A guy asked me to send some "picures" I thought it was just one picture. Nothing wrong with a picture. He began showing it to EVERYONE. I got really embarressed and my nickname as a slut got worse. I quickly began to cut again. It all quit in the summer, but as soon as school started it begain again. I soon kept thinking about killing myself. My mother cried and cried all the time. I could no longer stay home alone. I stopped cutting and quit thinking about suicide. Bullying is rough and hurts but always remember, killing yourself is not only going to hurt your family, but your friends and teachers. Dont kill yourself because of what people are saying to you. Yes it hurts alot but don't let them get to you. You're better than that! (:"
"I was a dedicated Early Childhood Teacher at Phoenix College. I was involuntarily terminated from my positon May 2011.
Through secret cyber bullying(discovered February 2011through March
2012) there formed a collaboration (conspiracy) to harass and retaliate towards me and have me terminated involuntarily from my job. There were derogatory false statements made against me. This was because I reported my supervisors were discriminating against, harassing me and allowing a Head Start teacher to Harass, threaten and intimidate adults and children. This teacher was close friends with the first, interim and last supervisor.
There were cyber bullying actions of retaliation also towards other Early Childhood teachers who reported harassment.Also public bullying towards us all.
I have reported what happended to all the governmental agencies in Arizona including the Attorney General.
They are not holding the people involved accountable I believe due to the fact the people involved are prominemt figures in the Maricopa County Community College Education System, including the President of Phoenix College and the Chancellor of Maricopa County Community College District.
I am asking for your help in having them held accountable for their actions and ignorance on the devasting effect the cyber bullying and regular bullying had on me and my coworkers. It caused such distress I had an episode of high blood pressure. Even at over 40 yrs. old their actions affected me and my family.
By allowing this type of bullying towards dedicated, loved by parents & students teachers, Maricopa County Community College District and Maricopa County is setting a poor example for students."
"I was picked on relentlessly by other girls, sometime boys, over the way I wore my hair and because I had acne. In high school, an older boy who was a teacher's aide in my gym class went so far as drawing a picture of me as a werewolf and spread it around the class. It had words such as "she has fake hair" and other really mean hurtful things. Later on in high school, kids on the bus would tease me about my hair and try to embarrass me and began spreading really mean, vile disgusting lies. To this day, I have no idea where they originated from. Things got better however, because those same girls who picked on me all left high school with multiple children. I was able to graduate early, got into fitness, began college, got married and had a son, and will be finish with college in May. I've accomplished all of these things and I am only 24. Many of those people have yet to do anything great with their lives. It serves as a reminder to not let mean people deter you."
"hi my name is kelsey patton i have been bullied for about 6 years now and have had severe depression. when i first heard about megan my heart was broke and i found my self enraged because i wish i could have done something.my school is horrible with bullying right now and we dont know what to do any more. we are having a schoolboard meeting again for bullying. whenever i told the school board members about my story they simply laughed in my face and made a vote to change the subject a lot of our students are trying to get tina meier to come help us pass the school bullying bill PLEASE TINA HELP US!!!!! we all need this so bad weve already lost a lt of students because of this..... pleae if you want to talk about meeting email me at kelseydawn97@gmail.com"
"Your story touched my heart since I was not really "bullied" but teased beyond imagination.
Teased so badly it still today effects the way I think and upsets me to where sometimes I still feel that I'm not as "perfect" as others.
My story starts as a young girl going to a Catholic school where I was sexually abused by the Priest during my 7th grade into the 8th grade. I had already been damaged emotionally that when the teasing began I didn't know how to react. I was a very thin child, wore braces and absolutely no self esteem. I was very "homely". I had 2 older beautiful sisters that had it all. Sadly, the teasing really begin with my own family members. Calling me, "Olive Oil", Popeye's girlfriend, etc. But the worst part was that as I developed, I was so thin, that I never developed "Boobs". And as we all know in the media and everyday life that was a BIG deal. In High School I was teased by so called friends & family etc. I just couldn't understand why people would want to make me feel worst about myself then I already had felt. My senior year of high school I met a boy that I eventually married, even though he & his family teased me about it. NO BOOBS! WoW! I had 2 children (still no Boobs)and seemed happy until he started to cheat on me. We got divorced and I started a new life with my dogs. Being single was not easy, especially when you didn't have any boobs and men made fun of me. Suicide was in my thoughts everyday, since I was only half of a women. One man even told me, "You would really be something, if you had some boobs"! Can you believe that! So eventually I saved enough money to get a "Boob Job". But the damage was too far gone for me and it did not help. It made me more upset and mad that I had to go do something to that extreme that keep people from making fun of me. Yes, the teasing stopped but the emotional scars are still present today. I keep myself in good shape just so I can go back to a class reunion and say, "Look at me now"! I still suffer from depression but each day I remind myself of all the other wonderful things that God has given to me. He has given me the opportunity to make a difference in someone's else life. And that is to not allow Stupid people to bring you down for you have so much more to offer then a stupid set of BOOBS!"
"My nephew got off the bus last week amd had 2 black eyes this is not the first incident. My sister has alerted the school several tomes. This time he was extremely upset. My nephew has been seeing a therapist for 3 years due to his fathers suicide. He callede crying and it broke my heart to hear him say how hurt he is. Parents should understand what is going on and not let their children bully others. They never know what is going on with a child. Why has school become hell! There was also a girl in our county that committed suicide a few months ago for the same reason. I was bullied in school I was ready to commit suicide until I found out I was pregnant. I used alcohol and sex to make friends. After my son was born I knew I couldnt kill myself but I was bullied in college too so I quit and went back to alcohol. It took me a long time to realize I was loved by true friends and tjose who loved me didnt care what others said. They were hurt that I turned from them but they are now my friends. I held a grwat job at a jail before becoming a stay at home mom. I have a beautiful home and family. Bullying may hurt but keep your head up and if u need to seek help w suicidal thoughts.!!! Life will get better if you learn to love yourself. People who matter dont mind your flaws and those who mind dont matter."
"I have always been a big girl and the bullying started in 3rd grade. It got very bad in 6th grade, that's when the cutting started. I was always depressed and in my room. I WANTED TO DIE. I started thinking of ways to kill myself and to break it to my Mom in a letter. I picked up smoking and drinking. I tried to overdose. I am hardly messed with anymore. I still feel alone. I have been diagnosed with MANIC BIPOLAR AND MANIC DEPRESSION. Sometimes I even wish I would have went through with the suicide attempt and maybe I would be happy, BUT why make a PERMANENT soulution for a TEMPORARY problem."
"My name is Lauren Wilson. I am now 28 years old and wanted to share my story with you. Around 10 years old I was bullied extremely bad. I was made fun of for anything you could think of. I was beat up on numerous occasions just riding my bike home from school. They would be waiting for me in the bushes and then come out and attack me. I was tied to a tree while they threw eggs at me. In the 5th grade I was sexually assaulted by a group of 6th grade girls. They left me in the bathroom naked in a stall. They took my clothes and with that, took my happiness right away from me. I lied to my parents about being sick so I wouldn't have to go back to school. I was so traumatized and didn't know how to deal with it being so young.The teachers were completely oblivious even when i had expressed sad emotions is school projects.Then this one day I was so excited when one day a boy I had a crush on asked me to the movies. The day after we went my bully slammed 20 dollars on my desk and said that this is going to that guy that took me to the movies. Everyone laughed at me and I could hear their laughter in my head for many years to come. I kept this a secret for 7 long years.The bullying never stopped in that time period. At the age of 17 I became involved with drugs and alcohol to self medicate from the pain and shame. I almost died many times from drugs and alcohol. At that point I didn't really care. I hated myself and had the worst self esteem because I couldn't stop remembering what happened to me. After 10 years of drug and alcohol abuse I got involved with intense therapy and treatment to process and deal with my emotions about this incident. I am now over one year sober and with the proper medicine to help with my bipolar disorder. I feel strong and empowered and feel really good about myself. I speak now at hospitals to medical students about my journey to get to where I am now. I also am very involved helping people who are suffering from addiction. I really want to get involved with helping children or even adults that are getting bullied as well. It is a part of who I am and I want to share hope and strength to others that you can get through it. Thank you for letting me tell you what I have been through. Its been a hard journey but now I am the best person I can be. Let me know if there is anything I can do to help with this foundation. I want to devote my life to help others."
"I was in 5th grade at the time when it started and never stopped, I don't really know how it started but I felt like I did something wrong and I didn't know what I did I had ask my friends and they looked at me in disgust and walked away and I later in told my mom and she said they don't sound like friend and the next day I was being called fat,whore, nobody loves me, I shouldn't show my face on the planet. I just didnt know what to do and I went home each day and cried and cried I couldn't choose if I should live or not I kept praying to god for it to stop...but it wouldn't, a year later I chose to just ignore it and just enjoy life as it is because god have us this life to be happy and have fun, I now volunteer with anything open to do: soup kitchens homeless shelters ect.. I've calmed people down who want to kill themselves and now those people I call my bestfriends:)
Thank You For Listening"
"I was just reading Megan's story because I found out that you are speaking at my daughter's school tomorrow and it is really hitting home. I am an adult, 41 years old, and recently found out that a neighbor of mine that I considered a good friend had been saying horrible things about myself, and my 13 and 11 year old daughters. I found out when another neighbor finally came forward to tell me what was going on. Since I broke off my friendship with this woman she and her daughter have started a campaign to harrass my 2 girls. She tells them they suck, she told my 13 year old that she hoped she got run over by a bus, she tells them they are retards and attempts to get other kids at school and in the neighborhood to join in the bullying. Thanksfully, neither of my girls are on Facebook or MySpace or anything else, so if things are being said about them on those sites they are blissfully unaware. I was shocked that a grown woman would start such a cruel campaign and encourage her daughter to do the same, but now my eyes have been opened and I know that other adults stoop to this evil and hurtful level. May Megan rest in peace and know that her story is helping others and we love her for it."
"HI TINA IVE BEEN FOLLOWING YOUR STORY SINCE 2006 AND WOULD LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR REACHING OUT TO YOUNG GIRLS I MYSELF WAS BULLIED WHEN I WAS IN SCHOOL I ALSO WAS AT MY WEAK POINT BUT I GOT THROUGHT IT AT TIMES IT SEEMS AS IF IT WONT END BUT IT DOES I NOW HAVE A DAUGHTER WHO IS 19 MTHS AND I THINK ABOUT THE HARD TIMES I MIGHT HAVE TO FACE AS A PARENT WHEN SHE GOES TO SCHOOL BUT YOU GAVE ME HOPE TINA THANK YOU AGAIN AND AGAIN"
"I am in my late 20's now, but for my entire life I have been a victim of bullying. From grammar school, junior high and high school. Even after high school ended.
Not only was I bullied by peers, but my family bullied me too. Reminding me that I was not perfect, luckily I knew no one is perfect.
I was reminded of my weight constantly, I am not fat, but I am not a twig. I was tortured by older girls in high school because I went out with the guys their age. I was made fun of for liking sports more than I liked make-up.
I thought by pretending I liked girl things, it would make it go away. I lost weight, wore girly clothes and that just made it worse.
Now the girls hated me for wearing skirts, for wearing tight tops. And as I lost weight, and put on tight clothes, everyone started to realize I had a rather large chest for my size.
I spent 7 years of being tortured by not only my peers, but my family too.
Now I am 26 years old. I am married, I have a college degree, a great career, and amazing friends and family. I cut off the family who hurt me mentally. I went to therapy for 2 years after college and still go when I feel necessary.
I made friends in college, at work and friends through my now husband.
I just want to let everyone know....Yes, it sucks to have to live through all the bullying, but it gets better.
It will take time, but time heals all. It is not worth your life. I want you all to see that if you just keep going and ignore it, you can have a better like once high school is over. It is not the end of the world.
Trust me, I know it feels like it, but I never thought I would love life so much after high school.
There is more, don't let the bullied get the best of you. :)"
"Hi, I am now a mother of 4. My children's school has recently become a "bully free zone". In the midst of all the talk about it, though very painful and embarrassing, I felt it necessary to admit to my 2 girls that I myself was a bully. Luckily cyberbullying wasn't around back then. I was attractive, popular, and came from a well to do family. I later realized my bullying was a result from being so angry from a lack of attention at home. One thing I try to explain to my children is that the stigma of being a bully follows you even after jr. high & high school. I could not imagine my girls being bullied and of course it's a great fear of mine. I have offered my time to speak to peer groups at their school. I believe it is essential for both the bullied & the bullies to understand that they are not too different underneath. Like I formerly stated I am very embarrassed & remorseful for the pain I caused anyone. It's very easy to read children & parents statistics, but it's not near as easy to stand up and admit that you were the bad guy. For the sake of my girls I leave myself open to ridicule & judgment. In doing so, I also leave myself open to questions & advice from the children & the parents. If I can help just one young person understand, that even if they feel like they can't talk to his/her own parents about everything...there is someone out there who will listen. Hiding your pain out of fear will only lead to hate. Hate leads to suffering for everyone involved. Your story speaks to all. Though your loss is unimaginable to myself...it will never be in vain. Thank you for your courage.
SPEAK UP, SPEAK OUT, SPEAK OFTEN!"
"My granddaughter and I attended your presentation March 7. The bullying and cyberbullying your Megan experienced in her short life is exactly what my granddaughter has been going through for the last 3 years. She has been called fat,a slut, a whore and on her 10th birthday a student at school spread the rumor that she was pregnant. These kinds of hurtful incidents are complicated by the fact that she is being raised by her grandparents since her birth parents chose another path in life that was not beneficial to her. We have had her in counseling with little success because she was told by a counselor, in my presence, that she just needed to learn to live with her life since no one could change it. We expect children to cope with things that most adults can't cope with. Our saving grace has been a school system that has no tolerance for bullying and is helping her work through these things. The students involved have been dealt with by the school staff.
I thank you, Tina, for the courage to speak out. Hearing what happened to your child from your lips went a lot further with these students than anything we as parents and teachers could have hoped for.
It was very difficult for me to sit and listen to what you had to say, but I learned a lot and will continue to follow you and hope to hear you speak again when you are in the area."
"Has anyone experienced external bullying/harassment beyond the schools or workplace into public places? It starts with interpersonal conflict but escalates. The conflict continues over the course of several months towards the targeted individual using relational aggression, innuendoes, and openly insulting comments to get a reaction out of the individual, undermine performance, and isolate the person to deter healthy working relationships, thus perpetuating the perception the person is a "problem". More people get involved as they view it as a form of entertainment to them. The parties split up into different sections of the office but instead of moving up the offending parties want to continue the game and recruit more people to participate using gossip, rumors, and influence on others. The target's work performance is affected due to the hostile environment. Finally it is reported at the lowest level to the immediate supervisor. The supervisor breaks confidentiality and shares with the next two level bosses using the exact same methods as reported in retaliation for reporting the issue since they viewed it as a non-issue to them since it didn't affect them only the target. The bosses and peers recruit individuals to participate so that no "one" person is responsible. Due to social media and cell phones this rumor spreading and cyber tactics can be spread out possibly through a 50-100 mile radius especially if they have video clips or photos of the targeted person, provide personal and professional details to use in the presence of the target in order to get a reaction and thus validate their claim the person has behavioral problems as portrayed initially in the workplace. As part of retaliation to discredit and ruin the reputation of that person, the targeted person files a complaint to their organization again, it would come across as delusional/paranoid individual complaining about things that are not there and is based on hearsay especially if it is outside the workplace. Also the targeted individual is considered mentally unstable by co-workers and management and look for signs for further instability to accumulate a case against him or her. As a result, the target calls in sick regularly, underperforms, and withdraws further socially from staff. Bear in mind quitting is not an immediate option for the individual."
"My name is Makayla , i am from Georgia . I am 13 n the 6th Grade , I had a ex , After we broke up he started callin me a hoe & he would hit me when he see me. It lasted through the whole end of the 5th qrade year , thingss qot worser when we started middle school me and him was n the same classroom , He went around sayinn im a hoe , im a slut , im ugly , and im stankin , rumors spreaded round school from him , and nobody wanted to be my friend . i lost friends because of him"
"A few years ago my sister tried to commit suicide over a boy. She has personality disorders and I remember waking up and my aunt telling me my sister tried to overdose. It was the worse feeling in the world.
I have also been bullied in the past, but I try not to let it bother me. I am strong, but I know that there are some people who can't take it. I realize there is nothing wrong with getting help, but I try to stand up for myself and not say anything bad back because I know that God wants be to be the better person.
R.I.P. Meagan.
Thank you Tina for coming to my school."
"Where do I begin? I have so many different involvements with suicide and bullying, both personally and with others.
When I was in 8th grade, my "friends" harassed me endlessly. Kicked me out of their lunch table and made up many rumors about me. Teased me for the boy I liked and called me names. Made fun because I was the only one who still had braces. Made me come home crying, made me want to lay in bed everyday, made me never want to come to school when I loved school. I cried to my mom everyday for more than half the year. I'd never considered suicide at the time, but when I look back now, if I wouldn't have had my mother and some other close friends, I would've thought about it.
My freshman year, I had made some friends with girls who were called "dykes" and "lesbians" and who had no support from their families. Both considered (and attempted) suicide several times and cut themselves relentlessly. I tried very hard to help them. Both are still struggling with issues. The one is locked up (I'm not permitted to say where) The other is still a close friend and I help her the best I can. She and the younger brother of the other girl (we are all the same age) have become close friends, which many say seemed unlikely given our differences.
My cousin right now as a sophomore is bullied constantly at her school. The school does little to help. She does have a select few who support her, myself and family included.
I try to be kind to and befriend everyone I know. I know am well aquainted with just about every kid in my grade and many have told me they appreciate how nice I am. It makes me so happy to know I can get along with so many people. I'm involved in cheerleading, band, and musical and have friends of all shapes, sizes, and colors in many different "social circles".
I hope more people out there try to be kind. It just takes one kind person to make a difference for some of these kids. Just be nice. It's not that hard and you never know what difference it can make."
"When i was 8 years old i made a friend. Her name was sarah and i thought we were going to be the best of friends and she would stand up in my wedding and i would stand up in hers. But things changed... we slowly grew and she became very nasty and mean a rude. i loved her so much and i was willing to forgive but she did not want to do that. So maybe a year and half went buy we didn't talk. We so each other around though. One morning while i was standing outside my school. i was told there was a website about be called: People who hate beth. At first i thought it was just a made up rumor until i told my mom... she was wanting to know more about it. so she investigated she called sarah's mom and walked her mom through the steps of how to get on to sarah's facebook and see if there was truly a site about me and surely enough there was there were very nasty things on there about me things that i dont want to repeat. And it seemed like after that was over the bullying just got worse and worse. Then i posted a Facebook message on my Facebook saying i was done people were scared and right away called my mom. my mom was very worried about my Facebook was then shutdown. the bullying is still continuing and i am looking for help wherever i can find it."
"I am 19 years old and I got bullied throughout my entire school life. Kids would push me, try to trip me up. I always kept to myself in school, so kids started saying I was really weird, they called me ugly, fat, was told no one would ever want to be with me, they wrote nasty notes on my work books, humiliated me, I could go on forever. I never understood what I had done wrong for them to hate me so much. I started self harming when I was 14. I never told my parents what I was going through. I felt too ashamed.
I now suffer from depression and any mean comments really really hurt me. All the bullying I've been through has left it's mark. But I try to keep myself going. Those people that bullied me are now unemployed or in prison. I've got myself a job and a loving partner. I couldn't be happier right now.
Your story is very touching, my heart goes out to Megan. May she rest in peace."
"When I had called off the friendship of a former friend my life fell into pieces. I would come home crying and wishing that I was dead. She would spread rumors about me like I was pregnant. I lost all of my friends because of her. I started cutting and having thoughts about suicide. I would always be unhappy. I didn't even want to spend time with my family. I would just sit in my room crying for hours until I fell asleep. It came to a point where I didn't even want to live. I tried to commit suicide but I didn't have the strength to do it. So the next day I went to the school counselor and she made me feel a lot better. We met everyday for 2 class periods. With her help I stopped cutting and I didn't have suicidal thoughts anymore. I made new friends and I didn't let the things my former friend was saying about me get to me. And finally it all just stopped."
"I have studied at the same school since I was 7 years old. At that time social networks wasn't so strong as it is now a days and the word "bully" wasn't famous as today. When I was 12 some boys at my school started to mock me, they used to call me big fat a**, fat girl, ugly, hippopotamus and at the time I really believed that those things were true, but for a 12 years old girl weighing 107lbs seams pretty normal, but then i started to believe all those things that they use to say about me, one day they even gave me a soup. I cot my self crying so many times, At the time i didn't told my mother because i didn't understand why they where doing that I didn't know the meaning of the word bully at the time, I started to believe that I was ugly, that was something wrong about me. I started to cut my self, it felt normal and I even thought what people would feel if I died, If they would care or if i did mean anything for someone.
I believe some of the people who suffers bulling may identify them selves with my story, but believe me now I know that all the things that boys were doing to me wasn't my fault, any of those things were true, i wasn't ugly and you should feel ugly ether, you probably so beautiful, inside and out side. Look at you in the mirror, you can't let anyone say something bad about you! It's your life and it is so precious! People how does bully does it to feel better about them selves, because they are bored of their own lives.
Don't let anyone make you feel bad, talk to your friends, to your family or even to some one like me who passed thru this. Now I'm 20, I'm studying publicity, I love my job and I have a boyfriend for 4 years who loves me and respects me for who I'm. And the most important thing, I'm happy and you should be too. :)
I really hope to help people one they as this wonderful foundation, congratulations i really admire the job!"
"Hi, my name is Isis and I've been a victim a bullying all my life. The source about how it all started it was when I was starting the fourth grade, every girl and girl started to laugh at me because I had very long hair and bucked teeth. By feeling that I was in a classroom of girls who were more prettier than me, I started to have low self-esteem about my looks and that's where I cutted my hair short, about my body; my parents made me to change schools; but it got worse. They looked me in the school's bathroom at lunch time. My parents had no choice but to put me back in the same school... I had to stand them for life until ninth grade. I liked this boy since third grade, he knew that. He wanted to tell me his feelings for me, so he did. I was stupid to fall for that! Then, he laughed at me and said that he would never fall in love over an ugly girl like me. Everything he said was ugly, ugly, ugly. I couldn't handle it. I almost commited suicide, but my mom stopped me. Once I got graduated from high school and my braces were removed, I started to take class of bellydance in where I started to appreciate more my looks than before, I still have, sometime, panic attacks when someone closes the door in a bad way, I go to college. Now that my mom is a teacher in the same school where I studied in middle school, told that some of people who bullied are now in jail, others pregnant. I recieve friend request of them like one I call her "MISS PERFECT". But... some of them felt bad for what they did and wanted to forgive them and I did. But, everytime I see something about bullying... I loose my patience and go to save the victim from the one who is bullying..."
"Hello, I am 19 years old and a victim of bullying. I have been bullied since kindergarten and now I am in college. I struggled with severe depression and anxiety. At 8 years old I started restricting my food intake. This soon grew into a full blown eating disorder. At 11 I started self harming, at 12 I progressed to cutting. I did not get any help until I was 18. At 18 I was admitted into an inpatient psychiatric hospital for suicidal thoughts and self harm. I was then released. I had heart surgery a few weeks later. 2 weeks after my surgery, on August 7th I attempted suicide. My parents called 911 and I was taken to the ER where they placed me on a ventilator in the ICU. I was back in the psych unit. Straight from the psych unit I went to residential treatment. It was for my Anorexia, cutting, suicide attempts and depression. I was in residential for 3 months. For a week of those 3 months I ended up back in the psych unit because I was suicidal. After I was discharged from residential I did an intensive day program. I did that for 2 months(it was Monday-Friday for 8hrs a day). I was then admitted back into the psych unit for suicidal thoughts. From there I was admitted into another residential treatment center, this time in Indiana(instead of Minnesota). I am still in treatment. I have been here for 4 months, I am expected to be here for 6months-1year. I am being transferred to the hospital for a feeding tube soon but I will come back here after. Once im done with treatment here I will be transferred back home to my previous residential facility to continue my treatment. Bullying is horrible and so is depression. People need to stand up against bullies. Its taking to many lives. Your daughter was strong and brave, im sorry for your lost. No one should have to go through what your daughter did. She is beautiful and looks like an amazing girl."
"Hi I was 9-13 and i got bullied no teachers or my friends supported me. I was afraid to talk to my parents. I got bullied at school which was Griffith Public School sometimes teachers would ignore me I really felt that I was nothing in my life and I won't be nothing. I always thought that teachers were meant to help us and support us well that was not what they did."
"My name is Catherine and from the age of 8 I was bullied. At 22 I suffer with BPD, Depression and Anxiety.
It started off with other kids in school refusing to come near me, throwing my things into the bin as it was where I belonged and calling me names such as "ugly" and "stupid".
By Secondary School (ages 11 to 16) I was beaten, set fire to, had my possessions and clothes stolen and destroyed, was told on multiple occasions to kill myself, as I was too ugly/stupid/horrible to live.
I had a hectic home life filled with abuse and instability, so I initially took to the internet, a haven that I came to trust the entirely wrong people. Particularly, a pedophile who groomed me for years. Due to my incredibly low self esteem and mental instability, I accepted his abuse as the only form of love I would deserve.
I was beaten, threatened and tried to kill myself on many occasions. It honestly all felt entirely hopeless and to be completely honest, there was never any fix.
There never is a fix for bullying, nothing that can make you forget the websites classmates erected campaigning you commit suicide, nor the anonymous messages or screaming children in your face calling you a whore, a man, hideous, a waste. Even as an adult, as a young woman in University with my whole life ahead of me, I will never escape those times. My body will forever be nailed to the martyr of their hatred, but there is hope. There is always hope.
Sometimes hope can even be the mundane existence of routine, but at least we strive through, day to day, together. Because we're never alone. We can feel empty and hopeless in a sea of thousands but we're never truly alone, because there's always that one person who knows EXACTLY what you're going through.
Become the change you wish to see in the world. We don't have to be a statistic. We can be the final generation of emotional death. We can save ourselves, one person at a time."
"I am in 7th grade and I have experienced so much bullying at my school. My friend is overweight, and she was bullied by a guy that pretended to like her. He would torment her and try to get her to be upset. Luckily he has stopped and she did not have any suicidal thoughts. Another friend I recently made has been cutting herself, and I don't know how to bring it up. I don't want her to die, since she is one of the best friends I have ever had. I have been bullied so many times. I was made fun of because I liked a guy. I was made fun of for some bad decisions I have made that I regret and have asked people to stop talking about. I try to stand up to the bullies, but I always start to blush and/or start to cry and I know people talk about me behind my back. I think I am bisexual, and I don't want to tell anyone, because I don't know what people will do to me. I have been made fun of because of my height and my age and what I know and don't know. Megan Meier has inspired me to help fight the war of bullying."
"I was cyber-bullied extensively a few months ago. This girl I was dating had a best friend who started telling me stuff. I was called a "whore", "stupid", and "worthless". Other people began to jump on. I just sat there, stunned. So, I broke it off with the girl. Yet, her friend still fired against me. Then, my sister, my own sister, began to post stuff about me. I was told that I was fat, ugly, and needed to die. I just stopped. One night, I attempted to overdose on pills. But, I woke up. So I went and deleted almost everyone...Now, it's still happening."
"I am 50 yr old female and I am being bullied by Debby H. Her friends & family. They make prank calls to my home phone and cell phone. They drive my house ( I live on a dead in street ) I work in retail, they come into my work place and intimidate me. I have lived in west county for 23 yrs, I never had any issues. Debby move to west county 1 year ago ( did I mention that I have known her for over 30 yrs.) I have sought legal advice from my attorney. I do not have have enough evidence. When all this began I never thought much about it. I deleted phone numbers & silly messages. My advice is, if you think someone is harassing u, start documenting everything. The bullies do not care about your lively hood or your family. They don't care if you live or die. They want you off the face of the planet and they don't care how they get you there.I cannot retaliate the way I want to or I will go to jail. I am a Christian and I will not drop to their level. This is hard for me, it is so depressing. I don't know when she is going to strike again. She never shows herself, she hides behind her friends and the darkness of the night. I can only imagine the horror that these kids go through. I understand now why these kids make the decisions that they make to stop the bullies. BULLIES DON'T STOP! We need better laws in Missouri to stop the bullying before the bullies stop us.Thank you!"
"When I was in jr.high I was bullied and from then on I was still being bullied. I never thought that I would ever get bullied. In jr.high I was bullied by group of girls that I thought were my friends. Some of the girls that were bullying were girls that I went to elementry with. These girls would constanly be harassing me and telling me all kinds of things. When the school held a dance for all the students to go I went, but at some the bully herself came up to me and started threnting me. I told the teachers, and even the adminstration, but nothing was ever done. From then on I was still being bullied. When I got to my Freshmen yr. I was picked on from different students. It continued from freshmen yr, up until my Junior yr. This year while I was in school I was bullied. The bullying got so bad that the bullies decied to cyberbully me. I thought "they" were my friends, but I was wrong. The bullies had pushed me so far that I wouldn't even go to school for days. "They" the bullies made it a point to let me how they HATED me. I told the adminstration and still nothing was done about the bullying. My mom and Tia kept going to school and kept telling the princple that I was being bullied adn didn't feel safe to go school, but once again they did NOTHING. I was told by one of my friends that when she went to the princple about the bullying sitution involing myself, the princple said "not to get involed because Bianca has some part in what's going on." After finding out what was said by the princple I knew then that nothing was going to be done. At that moment I felt like if I were to stay there at the school that something would happened to me. I had to withdraw from the and be put in another school just so I could feel SAFE again. I mean still to this day I haven't felt completly SAFE, but I know that it'll take some time. I was GLAD that I had a mom and Tia that listened to my CRY for HELP. I'm hoping if this is happening to some other boy or girl that they won't be afraid to SPEAK UP."
"I made these new friends when i was starting my freshman year in high school,there names were Anthony and Zak, they were regular church goers and i thought there were really nice, i was wrong. we would hang out a lot and i knew some of their family members and they thought i was nice and pretty. Until one day, in summer of 2010, it all changed. I was seeing someone and we really liked eachother, anthony and zak got a hold of my boyfriends number and started to call him and told him lies about me, how they both had sex with me and that i was easy to get into bed, and that i was an ugly slut. they both started messaging on myspace and facebook, saying that i was a bitch and a skank and spread rumors about me in school, even their friends believed them and when i would see them at school they would make gagging noises and laugh at me. Until in august my boyfriend got beaten by zak who has 16 back then and my boyfriend didnt hit him back since he was 20 and it was illegal to hit a minor, he got sent to the hospital. i had enough and made a police report and when i went to school me and my dad went to the principal, and they took care of it. A few weeks after we spoke to the principal, i found out that zak didnt go to my school anymore and moved, and anthony, i didnt see him anymore either, which made me happy. now i have them blocked on facebook and havent been bothered again. now i know i have to speak up and not let the bully think they have control over me."
"I haven't really been bullied. I do remember though, that one time someone posted a mean status about me, but they didn't say it was about me. But what really drew my attention to bullying was what happened to my friend. We were best friends for a long time. We did everything together. Then we got into a fight. After, she never spoke to me again. Although, she did kind of bully me over text now and then, but i blocked her number so that was taken care of. When she ditched me, she became friends with the popular kids. She had a good time at first. she hung out with them out of school, sat with them at lunch, and participated in all of their activities. I am friends with some of the people in that group, i just dont hang out with them. But i heard from them that they all thought she was annoying and mean. Then one day they decided to tell her that. She was devastated. They now call her names, and laugh at her. She talked to me again, but we arent really friends anymore, just on speaking terms. But it made me realized that, who cares if you are popular? School isnt your entire life. And you should find real friends that are worth your time, because those are the ones that will stay."
"Hey my name is Kiley and I would like to share my story. It was about my friend, Sam, and it was our fifth grade year and we were besties. people made fun of her because of her teeth and they were yellow. They also called her names and said the exact same thing the parents told megan: no one likes you; you are fat; the world would be better without you; ect. She felt so horribe that she took a bunch of different pills all at once because she didn't want to live anymore. A few minutes later she decided she didn't want to die. She had her whole life ahead, so she rushed to the hospital and the doctors pumped her stomach. Today she is still fighting depression but is still okay. P.S. hearts for megan <3"
"hi this is my ssecond story january 3 2012 i went to my friends house cause she was depressed i came here to look for soulutions she wanted to hang her self in the shower she almost did when i heard about it she moved in with me now she is fine i looked up syeps for helping her that megans mom might have used and it work write back andd thanxs for the help"
"Hi, Tina. My name is Maya. To be honest, I have never been bullied. Yes, of course people have called me nasty names.. But not to the point where it is extreme. I don't know what it's like to have those TERRIBLE frightening thoughts. But... I see people with cuts and scars on their arms. From cutting, burning themselves and other types of self-harm. And it truly breaks my heart. I did have a small experience of being a bit involved with someone committing suicide.
The other night, I was on my iPod on this app called "GifBoom". I won't waste my time telling you about it, but there was this amazing person named Roland. He was very creative and kind. But then that night, he posted something. A little collage of photographs of him. He said;
"I'm tired of living. Tired of breathing. People have been calling me a fag. Too 'gay to function'. Whore. All other kinds of things. This is my last post. I'm not changing my mind. So goodbye. Roland, 1994-2012."
It made my cry. I posted over 5 comments. But comments are sometimes not enough.
This REALLY inspired me to do something. To stand up for anyone who may be getting hurt. We need this to stop. No matter what this takes. I thank you for sharing your daughter's story. We all love you very much and you will be in my thoughts.
With much love and care,
Maya"
"I was severely bullied starting in second grade. I was the reject. No one would talk to me. When we played in the snow, the other kids caved a snow bank in on me so that I would be trapped and they wouldn't have to play with me. Walking home from school, chunks of ice would be thrown at my head. In junior high, others would steal my gym uniform and throw it in the trash. In high school, we would have to pair up for tennis. No one would play with me, even if they didn't have a partner. They would pretend they did. I was miserable.
It has affected me a lot. I am 21 years old now, and I still have not gotten over it, but I'm getting there.
I urge parents to get their children into activities outside of school if they are getting bullied. Dance and theater were the only things that kept me going. Don't tell them that they should ignore the bully. That's easier said than done. And no matter what, DON'T BLAME THE CHILD. My parents did everything they could, and having loving parents helped."
"I run a personal blog on a website called Tumblr. I turn to this website for refuge. I never took into consideration how detrimental it would be for me. I was once part of a big group of friends. These people were my safe haven from the life of growing up. It was endless fun while hanging out with them. I never took the time to acknowledge the actual picture from an outsiders point of view. I was being called names and constantly insulted. I was put down and I had hurtful posts of myself being published online on these tumblr blogs by people who I called my best friends. I...was completely and entirely hurt. I thought about suicide, but I couldn't commit to it. I opted for self-harming. These scars on my body. For every hit I took from things being said, I took an edge and dug into my skin. I fell into depression. But I also survived it. These people, they made me a stronger person. They changed my perspective on life. Even though their actions were meant to be detrimental toward my health and well-being, I was blessed with another reason to live. I was blessed with the motivation to stand up and speak out and be living proof that life does get better. It's been six months and I still run into my former friends who published the entries online. At first, I only wanted an apology, but now, I just want them to realize that words...that's what stays engraved in a person's mind more than the physical beating. It's okay to not be a toughie. Compassion is what the world is lacking in."
"I have been cyberbullied so many times. It's been done to me by many people but a few stick out in my mind the most. A boy in high school started messaging me telling me I was a whore and I should kill myself because no one would miss me and that I should watch my back. He tried to run one of my friends off the road. A group of girls that used to be my best friends said things online, and still do. They said they could beat me up and that I always make everything about myself and that I'm a hypocrite and a liar. My fiances ex girlfriend spent a month attacking me online, calling me a pig with multicolored hair, and sharing poems she's written about him that are horrible and vulgar and even getting them published. I can't do anything about it because she hasn't said his name in them. She even found my blog a few days ago and messaged me anonymously saying I am a stupid bitch. My own ex has told people I'm a child molester, a whore, a cheater, and even that I followed him home. He's had his girlfriend follow close behind me after classes and he stalks me when I go to the park. I tried to get something done about him but the law did nothing. I had evidence and everything but the judge wouldn't look at it and said it was immature and nothing was done. I can't even go to the park anymore because he comes outside every time I do and watches me. It's a public park so nothing can be done. I can't even make new friends at my college because of the things being said about me."
"I am starting my 8th grade year and i have had the same best friends for a long time! but i guess times have changed because my friends have changed. and i guess they want me to change. but i don't so they turned on me and started saying mean things to me and spreading rumors. So I have sometimes felt like no one cares about me. So i feel like i should hurt myself to get some attention. And when i show I'm hurt my friends/rumor spreaders act fact to me to show they care but in my head i know they don't..."
"My name is Erin. Currently, I am 21 years young. I haven't always been as strong as I am today. My high school years were complete Hell until my 2nd semester of senior year (when I met my best friend Gabby). As most of us know, high school is supposedly suppose to be "the best years of your life". What happens when they were the worst? I'm here to share my story. After graduating junior high, girls become meaner (as some of may or may not know) and guys become jerkier. It's a known fact and is part of life. Sometimes we can do something, and sometimes we can't. My freshman year, I began to get picked on. For some strange reason, the girls I was in school with all throughout junior high were suddenly a lot meanier. To this day I'm still not entirely sure why I was a victim of verbal and cyberbullying; I was nice to everyone. School was really the only place I could go to get away from all the drama at home. Long story short, I ran away from home for a good 3 days just to see who would care (because I was being bullied at school and my life at home wasn't as good as it is today). After being found 3 days after I left, I finally saw my mom. She was hysterical. I didn't mean to hurt her I just wanted people to accept me. I came back to school about 2 weeks later and kids were calling me "Crazy Erin" and "Crazy Girl" and asked me how the "Looney Bin" was. This hurt even more than the little things before. There's more to the story but I would rather share my advice before running out of space. Think about all the good and loving people in your life that love you for who you are every day of the year NO MATTER WHAT! You are special and you are loved by so many people! Keep your head up and never forget, there's always an end to every bad day!!
...Smile! You are most definitely loved!! :)"
"I was about 11 years old when my mom started beating me, she was also very verbally abusive... i didn't know how to ask for help, even if i did, i didn't know if i would be taken away or sent back to my mom only to be abused more. some family members apparently witnessed my mom beating me one day, and did nothing to stop it. the really sad part was this wasnt all just happening at home. i was bullied verbally, and beaten by kids in jr high, as well as high school. i spent alot of my time alone as i was growing up, thought about suicide alot, i really didn't ue the internet... i started chatting online however back in 2003, when i was about 22.. it started out okay,until i started getting these messages from people teling me i'm stupid, calling me retarded, telling me to kill myself, etc. i am not a selfish person, i not only care about myself and my child but i do also care about other kids, and adults as well.. no one should have to go through this no matter what age. that's all the more reasons laws should be passed on this not just for kids but for adults as well, on the internet and everywhere else like school's etc.."
"I'm Tyra , over the years me and a very good friend of mind became un-friends . The last week of school was so sad , we were crying because we were going to miss everyone . Weeks passed and I tried contacting her to hang out with me . She never replied until .. One night i wrote her , asking her what was she doing , she replied chilling with my bae . I asked who _______ which was her former boyfriend , she replied No ________ Bitch . I couldn't believe she would betray me like that , and date my ex . Day's passed , and she would post things on my Facebook page , saying I was a hoe , and other thing . Calling me a scary bitch , and so much more . It's hurt's me everyday , and until this day that I lost a good friend . I ended up deleting her off Facebook . I was OVER the drama . If you are getting bullied tell someone soon as possible ! xoxo - Tyra <3
R.I.P Megan"
"So my name is haylei and I have been bullied alot in the past two years. But I went to this one school till the fifth grade and in the middle of fifth grade I moved and the people there were so mean to me cause I didn't have a perfect body or I wasn't pretty enough and it cause me to feel bad about my self I then fell behind in grades and passed fith grade by two percentages then my mom had me go back to st.anthony cause my cousin started going there that year and we had this one friend Nicole and once me an her got into and argument and we have never made up to this day but yeah we got into and argument and then her and her parents and her two siblings copyed pictures of me of my Facebook and reposted them saying eww what a disgusting fat old cow and what a fatty and eww if u touch her u might catch her disease of fat piersonidious and it made me feel so stupid and horrible and then I went to a new school the middle of that year and in the place me my three brothers and my mom moved (my parents divorced when I was 8) there was 7 suicides that year and the kids were just awful to me and my brothers and one of my moms friends daughters befriended me and so it was fun and then the next year Iacidentally peed my pants and every body called me puddles and told me that I stunk because I probly wear the same pants that I peed in everyday even though I didn't but now this following year 8th grade I am going to live with my dad and go to yet another school hope its goes good.
Rip megan know that u were very lived and I would have loved to meet you cause in ur pictures ur eyes seemed to twinkle with friendliness"
"Hi, I have read your story. It really got to me that you went through so much trouble to stop it or help improve the problem. Way too much bullying is going on and now more people are informed about it. Just like 10 minutes ago I watched the movie Cyberbully with Emily Osmet and what was happening to her. It mentioned this so I went to it. Whoever out there doesn't care about the problem or wants to know what cyberbullying is really like, watch the movie Cyberbully on Netflix, DVD, TV, or whatever. I cried during that movie cuz I felt her pain. Thank you for your part in stopping cyberbullying <3
-Annie"
"Hi, I'm Taylor,
I just finished watching the movie Cyberbully and that movie touched my heart ALOT. I cried at some parts. It was a very sad movie and I realized that no matter where you are, if you see someone getting bullied whether your friends with them or not, you should stand up for them. I'm going into 7th grade, and I spend a lot of my time on Facebook. I have been called a slut, bitch whore, etc. Just this past year a new girl moved to my school, and I decided to try to be friends with her. We got very close and became best friends, I would spend most of my time at her house, and one day we were hanging out, having a great time, and out of nowhere she just turned on me. Started calling me a bitch, fat, and ugly to my face. I tried to ignore it, but it really hurt me. We didn't talk for a while then we started talking again. Then she started using other people and I got pretty mad at her. So then she started making rumors about me and saying that I was a slut and a whore behind my back. Supposedly she had heard me and my other friend had been talking bad about her behind her back. So one day at the end of the school year she came crying to 7th period and told the teacher that I had been saying bad things about her, then later that night her dad called and threatened to get the cops involved. I started breaking down crying because she had been lying. I was hurt. Words can hurt. I know what Megan has been through. Words can REALLY hurt.I've had alot of thoughts of suicide. Rest in peace Megan. I'm looking forward to seeing you in heaven one day<3"
"Im 17 years old and ive been bullied in elementary school for my weight and in middle school, i wanted to change schools so mom got me in the private school she worked in. It got worst... lots of rich kids and im average... i starded cutting, hating my complicated life, being bullied and beat up by my dad at home, i felt stupid and worthless, i had been to mental hospitals because ive considerd suicide. Now my parents got divorced, things at home are better, my high school years got better as i felt confident on my self. Im a senior, its been 12 month with no cutting, but when i look back its something that for some reason feels fresh and upsets me. Being bullied affect for life and thats what i hate."
"my name is autumn.. im going through what megan went through.. im not being bullied but ive been bullied and i have memories that scar me and hurt me..i understand what she went through and i would give anything to go back and time and help her, i know exactly how she felt and i feel the same way.. but im determined to beat this.. i know im better then their words.. and for who ever reads this, dont let the bullies get to you thats what they're trying to do.. your better then them and no matter what you say you have to admit that someone loves you and cares enough to help you.. dont be afraid to ask for help everyone needs help some times.. so dont let the bullies win and beat what ever you are going through if you are going through something.."
"It's quite a long story but I was bullied emotionally and mentally in middle school and I had no friends and it was bacially me against the school because the staff or the bus driver didn't do much so I had to change schools in high school things got seldom better but I was also bullied a little online my ex boyfriend and by people I didn't even know they got mad at me and called me all these mean things in another laguauge so I had to translate it all I was doing was saying I didn't like this one guys music we are allowed to have opinions on music right but when I came across Megan's story it broke my heart and part of it inspired me years later to create my anti bullying page to help people like Megan and I who were innocent victims of bullying bullying should be illegal in my opinion R.I.P beautiful girl you will always be loved missed and never forgotten <3"
"Hello,
I just wanted to say I just stumbled upon Megan's story and I am almost in tears. I am going into seventh grade, and I heard horrible things about Junior High kids taking drugs and getting bullied. Cyberbullying is horrible, though. You don't know who it could be on the internet, and in Megan's case, her neighbor. I would like to tell the family of Megan to look at what happened and tell yourself it was not your fault. If she was alive today, I wouldn't be writing this and would not even have known who she was. But the story of Megan inspired me, and so many others, to stop living in a world of hate and bullying of any kind. If everyone trusted everyone, and if everyone loved everyone, the world would be perfect (a quote from Christofer Drew). Thank you for letting me share my opinion. :)"
"I Had A Friend Who Didn't Like A Girl And Basically She Asked Me To Help Bully Her But Me Not Wanting To Loose A Friend Agreed. Well Later That Week The Girl Asked Me To Name All The Stuff My Friend Said About Her And I Told Her But It Came Out Wrong. My Friend Ended Up Getting Into Huge Trouble But I Got Off With A Warning And From That Experience 2 Months Later I Deleted My Facebook Profile."
"MY STORY IS:I was and still is being called a hoe slut and anything else. i have feeling but i am not going to let nobody tell me wat i am and i know wat i am i am not neither one of them i am a happy person and really nice i do wat i need to do my life is more important to take it away from me because of what someone says about me. :)"
"Hi,im Shaylin. It was my 8th grade year when i became very popular so many people wanted to hang out with me and my "friends" I even had this one guy that i really started liking, But i have to admit I was one of the bullys. Me and the popular group were bullys we were all about ourselves we dident care about anybody or how they felt we just wanted to have fun and nothing was gonna stop us. My life was great. Until one day they all turned against me i dont know why but they did then i became the victim, me the leader the one everybody wanted to be friends with turned into the victim. It was very hard to deal with and still is. They called me horrible names and even that one guy turned against me. I dont deserve any simpithy. I just feel horrible. Now im very quite my teachers notice but dont say much about it. I dont have many friends anymore so what else is there to do but be quite? Its still hard to belive that i was the bully and that i helped bring people down. I was always the tough one everybody knew not to mess with me but now nobody even pays me any attention. I even got made fun of online which i also did to other people. I guess now im just taking things day by day trying to get my life back. All i want to say is dont be the bully to make yourself popular because the 5 minute fame isnt worth anything. I hope you guys learn from my story. -Shaylin."
"It's hard, isn't it? To constantly be bullied online and at school... To feel like an outcast and useless to others. No one understands you. No one to confide with. No one to help. I was bullied since 7th grade when I made a mistake of trying to get my friend to fall in love with a "fake profile" boy on Facebook, I wanted revenge because she had ruined a relationship I had with her cousin. She had found out that it was me. And I had admitted to it and apologized. But the apologize wasn't enough for her. She started to get groups of girls to harass me. They called me fake, they said no one cared about me, she even said she wanted me to be dead. On and off for years, she kept at it. The beginning of this year was my breaking point. I began sophomore year and the first week of school, I would immediately feel like I was holding back tears. I lost my drive for field hockey. And a day came when I snapped. I had been unhappy for months, and one night I thought of suicide. How nice it would be to leave and get away. I told my mom, as I was uncontrollably crying, that I needed help. I was placed in a Psychiatric Hospital. The school was notified and they had tried to fix the problem but only made it worse. That is where I am at now, still struggling to stay sane. Still being called fake, slut... anything insulting. Even with intense therapy, and meeting with a psychologist the problem hasn't stopped. I'm dealing with a bunch of cold and heartless girls. Is it jealousy? Is it anger? Is it hate? When will they realize enough is enough? Even though I have a large group of friends... I still feel alone. No one will ever understand. Not even the principal of my school takes it seriously. I'm just another case. It's sad the things people will do."
"About 3 weeks into the school year my best friend Anthony,and my other friend Jaquitea were walking to school. We were talking,laughing,and not bothering anyone. But a group of boys from our school were at school when we arrived,and 2 of the boys from the group had asked my friend Anthony is he was gay. Mind you Anthony is bi-sexual. Only the Jaquitea and I knew because, he trusts us. Anyway,Anthony had said no,and tried to walk away but the boys said "he's definitely gay" and said right to his face as well. I've known Anthony since I was in 2nd grade,and I'm in 7th grade now,and he's in 6th grade. He was retained in the 4th grade but I could care less because,he's my best friend.Anyway,while the 3 of us walked into the building I saw the school dean. Jaquitea and I had told the dean about my friend being confronted in that matter. The dean spoke to the boys about it,and they haven't done it again. However,that doesn't change the way their behavior.I don't see the point in bullying. No one should suffer for someone else' amusement. Bullying is unnecessary,and shouldn't go without consequence.Things like this can lead to suicide. It may seem like a joke at first but I'm still tremendously oblivious to the humor."
"Hi i understand what megan went through. I got bullied from primary school to high school and i felt like the world was coming down on me. I prayed night and day for it to end i tried to commit suicide but when i took those pills and the pain i started to feel i started to think of my mom and dad and baby brother and how they would feel if i died so i tried to throw up the pills but nothing so i drank lots of water and spoke to s fsmily friend sbout it and things got a little better.
thats my story i have lots more just sharing this one"
"Through the course of her senior year in High School, my best friend went through a terrible bout of bullying - and it was of course over a stupid boy (which happened to be my brother). She was devastated, and was constantly skipping school to come talk to me, or just lie in bed all day. She cried, and talked about leaving, or not existing. I felt helpless, because all I could to was listen, and tell her how much people loved her. The bullying then started in on me. People threatening to hurt me, or come to my house (I didn't even attend the same school!). It only stopped when she graduated school, and even to this day she has to deal with the drama of living in a small town and dealing with those same bullies. My story is not as grave as others; but to all of you suffering: tell someone, please. Bullying is not your fault. You are perfect, beautiful, and YOU matter. Tell a friend, a parent, anyone. You don't have to face this alone."
"okay i'm 11 it was my 5th grade year and i had to go on a new bus and so i was the last one on and everyone started just staring at me. So these 3 guys named Bruce,conor,and Cory started calling me nasty horrible names so i told my parents and they told the principal. So the next morning they kept calling me tattle tail and more nasty names because they found out i told on them. Then one day i read Megan's story and i was touched she is so pretty i would so be her friend just because she had some disabilities doesn't mean you should make fun of her i bet she would be super nice!So the next day i stood up to them and i never had bulling problems again!!!!<3"
"It all started when I had sex with this guy who who a virgin at the time , he called me beautiful & pretty , it felt like he actually cared about me , so I did it ... Then a couple days later he told people he had an std the " Clap" & I gave it to him , so he told all of his friends, and I got messages, texts , and calls saying how I'm a nasty slut... It goes on at school too.. I can never get away from it, I know my friends don't believe it, because I got checked for any stds and I came back negitive for everything ... I get checked every time I go to the clinic... I felt like no one cared, but then I saw how other people got bullied, I know my one voice can't do Anything about it, but I want too... I tried to take my life because of what people were saying about me, I didn't talk to anyone for a while, I couldn't stand going to school and having people call out whore, slut, clapper,bitch, skank, nasty.. It hurts , I feel so tiny when everyone is hanging up on me... I feel like there's no one who wants me..."
"When I was in 7th I was bullied every day. I was called ugly, stupid and made fun of for not developing as fast as the other girls. It got so bad that I fell into a deep depression and the anxiety I always had intensified ten fold. I refused to go to school I would kick and scream and run away no matter what my mom did, I wouldn't go. Sometimes I would lock myself in the bathroom and something I would hide under the covers. It broke my mothers heart. One day I worked myself up so much about going to school I vomited. They made my life miserable. I was put in an out patient program at Four Winds. Where I got the therapy I needed. When I was through with that I went back to school but the bullying continued. Some people heard where I went and called me "crazy". I told the princable but he only made it worse, he used my name when talking to the girl. She confronted me about it in gym and more insults was the result. In 8th grade I went to Four Winds again, it really helped to meet kids with similar problems. Now I'm 17 and a senior in highschool and my life is awesome, I'm so happy. I have a boyfriend, friends and family who all love me very much. I have direction and purpose when once upon a time all I had was depression and suicidal thoughts. I don't let people bother me anymore. The experience with bullying has changed me, yes, but it's made me stronger. I just wish Megan was able to experience a happier life free of ridicule and hateful people. I'm so sorry for your loss."
"hi, my name is well its not important.heres my story... i was dating this guy awhile back. he was my everything. then we started fighting e told me im not allowed to talk to my friends anymore. whatever i blew it off, then one day he texted me during lunch, he told me im to ugly for him, then he started rumors. its whatever i didn't care. then he said my 12 yr old sister is a skank. my 13 yr old sister nobody likes. my dads a no good a-hole. and then he told me he hopes my moms cancer gets worse and she dies. i started bawling. he goes around telling people im obese, im 15 and weigh 93 lbs. then he he tells my biggest secret in the world, the one that i trusted him with, he told everybody that i was raped, im ashamed of it and he told the whole school. ill e walking down the hallway and people will shove me into lockers and push my books out of my hands calling me a stupid skank and other things. im now dating this new guy. He makes everything better, he's the reason im still here. " there may be a million fish in the sea but hes my nemo ~ Rip Megan gone but never forgotten your story has helped me in many ways."
"I realized that today, October 17th, 2012, is that 6 years from today, Megan had died. Tina,my best wishes to you and your family. Megan, if I could've met you, you and I would be best friends. I hope that your suffering has been lifted, and that you rest in peace Megan. Love you. :*)
-<3 Jennifer"
"My story is nothing to compete next to poor Megan's but cyberbullying is cyberbullying. This school year a boy I sort of liked was going to ask me out but I was too shy and avoided it the first time. I figured he would ask me again the next day but I guess not. I had gotten an early dismissal from school for my physical therapy appointment (just for a sports injury) while I was getting ice alone in the room by best friend sent me a text saying how the same boy had asked her out. I quickly replied "Wow, what did you say?" she had said yes and that's where it went down hill. Just yesterday my best friend had texted me saying she liked the boy but would never say yes if he were to ask her out. She specifically promised. I was about to fall apart. But I somehow held it all in. My other best friend who was with her began texting me too about how i was a horrible person and should be supportive of her. Those two girls weren't always the nicest to me when together. After I left the appointment I managed to sit in the car with my mom and tell her how my day was good. When I got home I ran up to my room and cried. Then the girls called me. I talked to one and told her I was sorry and I should be supportive of my other friend but in my head I was thinking I should be the one getting an apology. Everything went down over text and a phone call. At school the next Monday it was so awkward because they had told everyone how mean I was and then how we "made up" when really I was managing to be the nicest I could to them. I had other friends and another best friend. One night we had a sleepover and she showed me a text from my "ex-best friend" that was funny. I asked if I could read her messages and she said yes. Most of the texts from her were saying how I was overly clingy and annoying, how her mom first felt bad for me and now she thinks I'm just flat out mean, and how I need to get over myself. My friend who I was with never said anything mean and never agreed but yet she wasn't disagreeing in the messages. Over a few weeks my and my ex-best friend kind of rebuilt our friendship but no matter how nice she is to me, she still hasn't apologized and she is still dating the boy. When ever all of our friends are together they are hugging and every one is in aw while I sit there feeling like I just got punched in the stomach. In high school I will luckily be able to have my real friends from soccer with me."
"I currently live in Wentzville, Missouri, but I used to live in Des Moines, Iowa. Today, October 16th of 2012, I was one of the FCCLA members who were privilaged to have been present at the Regional meeting at which Mrs. Meier spoke. Her story has inspired me.
In Iowa, there is one of the highest teen suicide rates in the US. During the six months I lived there at one point, I had 7 suicides in my school district. That is an extremely high amount to me, I don't know about other people. My cousin, who was practically my best friend at the time, was also friends with one of the suicide victims. She started something in her school for him.
I want to help with bullying, suicide, and things of the sort so badly but I have no idea where to start or what to do. I want to do anything. Raise money or awareness, stand up, shout out. Is there any tips/ideas that you could gived me?"
"I'm afraid my english isn't that good, but I'll try. Since I remember I've been bullied. I was around 5 years old when it all began, they started calling me names like 'fat' & 'ugly', at the age of 7 I developed bulimia, but no one noticed as I was a great lier.
Boys we're even more rude than girls, they threw stones to me while they yelled. I changed schools but I was still the fat girl of the grade. They always asked me 'are you pregnant or something?'
I suffered a lot though then I drop bulimia I developed anorexia.
I changed schools once again, the popular girls seemed to like me and everyone was so nice to me. Months later they started bullying me: 'are you a boy or a girl?', 'you should work out fat ass'.
A classmate hated me to death, he threw me books while he said 'when you turn 15 I'll give you a brush or maybe a carne for a gym'. I couldn't stand it more, then I told my school's headmistress all I've been through. She told me that he'd problems too, he was insecure because of his height and also had a low self esteem.
Weeks later they started a campaign against bullying.
Everything gets better if you don't shut up."
"Hi im Alana im in 6th grade now.I know how it feels to be bullied. i was bullied in 4th grade because i had just gotten glasses and this boy named antonio used to call me turtle face, four eyes,and other nasty names. i was to scared to speak up because i was "the new girl" who had never been bullied before or called a name in school. but oneday i met this amazing boy named devon he was in 6th grade at the time anyways he stood up for me even though there is a 2 year age difference. he liked me for who i was and didnt care if i wore glasses. im still friends with him to this day he is now in 8th grade and im in 6th grade(we both go to the same middle school now). As for antonio he goes to the same middle school that devon and i got to now.Antonio is in 8th grade too and he actully isnt mean to me anymore. I remember the first day of riding the middle school bus devon was there and comforted me. antonio actully told everybody on the bus(who just so happened to be 8th graders) that he knew me and tried to be my friend."
"I have been bullied at school and over the internet for four years. Thinking of it I have been bullied sense the age of 5, I've always been the quiet, smart, beautiful one to many. & the nasty, whore, poor, fat, and ugly one to many others, some that don't even know me. In 6th grade I got into a fight with my best friend. She turned everyone against me. She hacked my Facebook and made my 'interested in' status: girls. She changed my regular status to "I am physically attracted to woman and I'm secretly a porn star." she knew what she was doing was wrong but she didn't realize it until it was almost to late. I became friends with her again, friends but not best friends. I began to cut because I couldn't go a minute barley a second without being harassed over the internet and in person. She told me she couldn't be friends with someone who did that to them selves. I thought she was supposed to be there for me and try to help me not just leave me. She went onto Facebook that night and posted a status saying Stacia Smith cuts herself like if you think this is the nastiest thing you have ever heard. 68 people liked that status and there were 20 comments of how nasty and screwed up I was. I thought there must be something wrong for me if I am all they can pick on. I developed an eating disorder and it carried out for 3 years. On January 3ed 2012 I attempted to commit suicide. A deputy showed up at my front door and i was transferred to Fair View Riverside for impatient treatment for 1 month. Everyone started more rumors about me while I was gone saying that I had gotten pregnant or that i was taking care of my three children I already had. Millions of kids go through this at my school everyday. and around the world and it needs to stop we had 2 kids kill them selves 2 years ago today. 10.12.10 because of cyber bulling and no one has taken action and i am for one fed up with no one doing anything in out state. Please help me. I need it. I really do. This state needs it. Will you please, just please. I don't want to loose anyone else or myself."
"hi my name is Taylor i was bullied allot this past two years kids would call me a slut and would even start there own paige on Facebook calling me names i got very depressed to were i broke a picture frame and tryed cutting myself evreytime i cut i would get one feeling of happiness so i got worse evuntley it led to school i just couldn't take it so i texted my best friend that i wanted to kill myself i then realized that it was my cry for help i just wanted to escape but if i never sent that text i would have ben six feet under rite now its always good to get help even when you think its not needed its needed."
"Hello, my name is Allie Sprague and I am student at Marshall High School. I am contacting you because not only have I been a victim of bullying, I am a member of Deca and I would like to raise awareness and donations within my school for your organization and your cause. I want to be a part of your movement! It runs wild in my school and I would like to help stop it."
"hi im gabby and 12 years old my sister is a big bully she calls me mean words like im a fat ass which is not true im ugly bich im a bad softball player everything she thinks of that will hurt my feelings. and im sick of it im on meds to help me with my deppresion and my thoughts it helps little bit but it adds more stress when my sister blames me for every thing it feels like my home is a bunch of skweaky animals all my sister and mom does is yell how can i work thrrogh this? im just getting very tired of this my life sucks i have been in the hospital 7 timea because i tried to kill myself because soo much stress in my life and bulling."
"It was a sunny June day, I was getting ready to go golfing with my boyfriend. Then my uncle knocked on my door, confronting me about wrecking his Ranger. The whole while I did it, I just didn't want to get into trouble. My mom yelled at him and me for fighting. I was furious, I didn't know what to do, I just ran up to my room, and grabbed my knife and slit my wrist. I couldn't stand this life anymore, I just wanted out, my sister, Kristen, 18, tackled me, she said, "God didn't save me from cancer just to see you take your life." She held me until my mom heard, my mom called my phychiatrist, I had to seek medical attention. I was completely suicidal, I just kept repeating, I want to die, I want to die! I fell asleep that night, I seen Megan in my dreams. She told me that it wasn't time. I can achieve greatnness. Suicide is a permanent solution to a temporary problem. Megan gives me hope. I love my life now. I couldn't imagine a different world. I just want to thank everyone for telling her story, she saved me! I believe that right now, she is my true guardian angel!"
"I just want to share my story with you. This is not the story of me being bullied, but of me being the bully. From the age of about 12 to 14 I was the class bully. I am not proud to admit this. I had my own issues going on at home and would come to school and take my anger out on the 'weaker' kids in my classroom, calling them names, making sure EVERYONE would laugh at them and even at times getting physical. Little did I know but these were actually some of the strongest people I have ever been lucky enough to know. Not for one second did I stop to think that this had any impact on these young teenagers at all. I didn't care about them in the least. A few years later one of the girls who I had been the most horrible to and had bullied the most became a very good friend of mine. We often talked about what I had been like a few years earlier and how I had treated her. I guess these helped us both to heal. I just want to say that bullying is so not worth it and is sooooo wrong. People need to stop and think about their actions before they act. You never know how far is too far to push someone. So don't push. If I could take those years back I would. Fortunately none of these people I bullied committed suicide but a couple of them ended up leaving our school and I know it had a huge impact on all involved. I am now 23 and far from a bully. I'm studying at college to become a nurse and would love to help out teenagers."
"My name is Lauren and about 10 months ago I was bullied. A girl who I never met in person had her boyfriend break up with her and he started to like me. She blamed him for the break up and freaked out. My phone would get blown up with text messages saying that I put out for any guy and I'm the biggest sl*t and wh**e around. She would leave me voice mails as well and it eventually got to the point that she was threatening to kill me her exact words were "I'm going to find you and I'm going to kill you.... I'm dead serious about you". I believed her because she just kept coming with the threats, at first I thought she was joking, then she started telling me her detailed plans of how it was going to happen over text. I was crying in class and a teacher had me talk about it, she then had me report it and the girl was arrested and sent to juvenile. I still think of the things she said and it hurts. Even though it stopped it still affects me. However, I am happy it happened because she made me stronger and she made me want to make a difference and spread my story and people can see how to overcome these hard times. Even though some girl and her friends think your worthless doesn't mean you are. Everyone has a place in this world and they should be told that. Now it has become my goal to share my story of hardship and my experience with this and show that anyone can overcome it, I also believe that if enough people share their story and enough people that laws can change and this can be prevented. No one deserves to go through what I went through and I want to do everything in my power to make that happen."
"Hi, Im miranda im thirteen years old. I want to tell you about me. I like to be outgoing im very active, aswell as funny. I like one direction its a boy band but. My story is what counts. In fifth grade i was bullied into sixth im now in seventh grade but i havent been bullied this year yet. In fifth grade i weighed a lot and i admit i ate alot, I was in gym and my friend was talking to to girls laughing and pointing at no one else but me. Then my friend came over and i asked what was funny she told me "Nothing Jelly Rolls" Thats when i knew. It starts today. Ever since ive been called names. Then in sixth grade i was physically bullied. Three girls came up to me and wanted to fight i tried to leave but they were all in a circle with me in the middle they punched me and kicked me on the floor. The next day i didnt go i ditched school. After i stood up and said "Listen up, You think its all fun and games until your the one getting bullied. Think before you act your words hurt." They never spoke to me again."
"well it was about 1yr ago when school had just started!! i was soo pumped up and i was like okay no boys this year until this really cute guy named Angelo. I was "obssesed" with him i new his locker number and everything but you know we had different classes and different lunches so he gives me a letter and it says if i wanted to go out with him and it said how much he liked me. so as gullable as i am i went to meet him. but it was weird because people are following me with their phones out and i am like okay whatever and i see him and i yell angelo and he looks at me and glares and i am like okay thats weird so i go up to him and he says "stop stalking me okay god i dont even like your so ugly no one and i mean no one would want to date that!!" and i was really hurt. i told my parents after school and they talked to my princepal. they did something about it but the next day my so called best friend posted the video on youtube it was the most hummiliating thing ever, all those mean comments of "obbseive bitch" it got so bad i went to the E.R twice now cause of that insident i have learned that words do hurt and they break you forever but i have learned to over come them now me and angelo are "friends" but he keeps appoligizing over and over and i say its okay that it was just a stupid mistake. now i have learned to not be so gullable. - Danielle
I LOVE YOU MEGAN!!!!!!"
"When I was in middle school 7th grade was the worst year for me. I'm 19 and in college now but I will never forget how terrible it was being at that school. I got pushed around,called ugly, fat even though I was really skinny at the time. Kids seemed to just hate me to hate me. There was no legit reason for any of the hate and it tore me apart because I didn't understand why they all had to hate on me. All I wanted was a friend. I got punched in the face for something I never even said. One girl went as far as pouring her drink all over my books and during volleyball practice spiked the ball at my face. Things kept happening and I was beginning to hate myself. At that point I thought it would be best to end my life because of all the pain. I was planning on it and to the very minute of me trying to do that something stopped me. I thought you do have people that love you and want you around. What will your siblings say or do without you? I immediately stopped. I asked my mom if I could change schools and I did and things went alot better. Megan's story really touched me and made me want to share mine. I hope people see that if you do and say hurtful things to another person it sticks with them and they will NEVER forget it."
"Hi, I was so inspired by your story today.
i have experienced cyber bulling and regular first hand. Last year i always prayed for my dogs puppies and this one boy always made fun of me for it and everyone would laugh and i would feel so bad and he would make fun of how i talk and I was just so done with it. In my group of friends they would make fun of me sometimes and i didnt know what to do so i asked this one girl who was dating the boy who made fun of me to hang out with her at recess and she said yes. I started hanging out with all them and i got this text message one night and it said, "y r u hanging out with us." snd i was like bc ur gf told me i could. and he was like "no one likes you." and i was like yes everyone likes me in tht group. snd he was just being so rude to me and then the next day he was making fun of me even worse. i came home crying and my mom was like what is goin on and i showed her the messages and told her wht he was and how he was makng fun of me every day and she was like give me your phone and she went over to his house to talk to his mom and she wasnt home and she talked to him and he said it was just a joke but it wasnt and she talked to his mom and the next day i went to school and his parents were having a meeting with our homeroom teacher and he didnt even make fun of me or do anything hurtful i was so glad i told my mom b/c she helped me. i was hanging out with my original group of friends and they didnt even realize wht they were doin and i just want to say thank you so much for telling your story to people b/c you are at least saving someone from taking them selves away bc they think tht they r not good enough and i really respect you for tht!!! <3 RIP Megan!!!!! You r inspiration for everyone getting bullied"
"Megan's mom came to my school she made me confident and make me realize im making someone out of my self. I would starve my self for being called fat. I would always cry my self to sleep i would also cut my wrist because i thought it would take away the pain. Turned out i was hurting myself more and more. I would've always thought about me killing my self because how many people would make fun of me. Turns out just ignore it be happy for who you are get your self somewhere i play softball now and is already filling out scholarship forms. I'm only in 9Th grade though. Chose the person whose the right crowd for you it words every time. I don't have a dad in my life he's locked up for drugs and not paying child support but my mom grandma and grandpa are always there for me. I will love my family no matter what. At times its the best to talk to someone you love and its okay to cry. I hope i made people change there minds about suicide you loved by someone and you know it. Thanks for reading."
"I constantly get bullied. There's one girl who calls me fat, or a walrus, and when i talk she mocks me and says it sounds like I have down syndrome . I walk through the halls at school waiting for it to happen again, and it does everyday. Online she calls me a lying bitch, or says that I am messed up and need to get a life as well as lose wait. I don't fit in because I'm not a size 0, and that's completely wrong I battle depression, and suicidal thoughts daily, they don't stop. All i can think is it would be easier to just end it they can't hurt me if I'm not alive. But Megan's story keeps me from it. If I kill myself they win. Not me, them, the people that are hurting so many teenagers because their not exactly like them, and that's just wrong."
"Hi, Im Ashley Dominguez. I got Bullied In My 8th Grade Year. While I Was In That 8th Grade Year, Everything Started Too Go Down Hill With Me and Some People. There Was A Guy I Liked So Much And We Were Together For about 3 Months. But, One Day we Started To Fight And All That Because People Made Fun Of Me, Bullied Me, And told Me That I Was Ugly.. so He Decided Too Brake Up With Me Because His friends Kept Calling Me Names. After He Broke Up With Me I Was So Sad And Went Too My House. All Of A Sudden I Got A Text From My "BestFriend" And She Told me She Was Going Out With My Ex Boyfriend That I Liked So Much And I Hung Up On Her And Started Too Cry Soooo Much. I Was so Sad, I Told My Dad "Dad I Want Too Die, I Want Too Kill Myself!" And He Asked Why I Was Saying That And I Never Told Him. So He Went Outside, And As He Was Fixing A Car Outside, I Texted My Older Sister In Iowa. She Was The Oldest Out Of The Six Of Us Kids. She Asked Why I Said I Dont Want Too Live. When I Stopped Texting Her I Got some Pills And Took Them All Together. When I Took Them My Mom Started To Call Me But I Never Answered. She Called My Dad As He Was Talking Too My Mom Over The Phone, He Rushed In And Took The Other Pills That I Was About Too Take. When He Asked Me " Why Why Did You Take Them" i Said, "people Doesnt Love Me, they Hate Me I Dont Want Too Be Here, I Want Too die, I Want Too Kill Myself."
When My Mom Got Too My House, my Father and Mother Both took Me To The Hospital, then The Hospital Took Me Too A Mental Hospital For A Week And What I Learned There Is People Is Going Too Hate, People Are Going Too Laugh And Talk About You, But When You Feel Like Ur Getting Bullied, Tell Someone. Even If Your Shy, Go Too A Councelor Or A Pyschciatrists. It Kind Of Helped Me. But, Its Better Then Sittinf Down And Crying At Home Everyday Trying Too Kill Yourself. Make A Change ! Tell Someone..!"
"Today, (September 25, 2012), Tina Meier came to Marshall High School and told us about bullying. It wasn't a lecture, it was a personal story about her daughter, Megan. I can relate to Megan because people have bullied me my entire life. Some of it i would actually call bullying but some of it seems like people are picking on me and are jealous of me, but it still hurts. Girls say I'm fat because I am bigger than them when I am mostly muscle but it doesn't make it hurt any less. There was a boy I liked who wouldn"t go out with me because their friends that were girls said I was ugly and called me names like whore and slut and things like that. It still hurts to this day and that was two years ago. Some people won't even give me the chance to be friends with him because of what they have heard about me from other kids. There are times where I have thought about taking my life but the few GOOD friends I do have care so much that they talked me out of it. I am 14 years old and was diagnosed with ADHD, ADD, and bipolar disorder when I was twelve. Now I feel so uncomfortable making new friends because i don't want them to find out about that because i feel embarrassed. All i can say is that it is not worth it. You may think that no one cares, but you're wrong. Even total strangers are willing to help you through hard times and make you feel wanted."
"This story is horrible. I don't know how people can do this to others. R.I.P Megan. I just thought I'd share my story like others have. I'm a 14 year old girl in high school. I was bullied right the way through high school up to where I am now. Almost in year 10 (11th grade in American terms). One guy in particular bullied me. Every single day. I also tried committing suicide quite a few times. I didn't tell anyone. Finally, after 2 and a half years of torment, someone finally witnessed him bullying me and he was almost expelled. I know it's hard, telling people, but it's the best thing to do.. It's harder living with it than speaking out about it. Honestly, don't hold it in. Tell a close friend, or a family member, just tell somone you trust. Don't let it go too far. I'm so sorry Megan.."
"My story is even worse than Megan's but the only thing that saved me was the thought of 'revenge'.
My exboyfriend posted my nude photos on facebook and tagged all my friends, relatives and coworkers in it. The whole word saw those photos and read the things he said about me on facebook. It was even worse when my parents came to know about it.
It was then when i had no other choice else of suicide. I even got poison and almost drank it! But then i remembered my parents, their smile, the words they said to me, the plans they had for my future and career... These were what stopped me.
Now what i know is that he ruined my happy life, he left me no reputation, he destroyed and turned my life upside down like an earthquake and HE WILL pay for it!
I wish i'd known Megan before so that i could help her...
*Rest in peace dear Megan. May the ones who took your life regret their lives!*"
"My bullying started when I was in 3rd grade . I was called fat & ugly . I didn't have any friends through out my whole elemntry school ; then middle school I was called names that didn't even fit me .. I starved myself I cut myself . I continues being called a bi*ch a whore a slut ... & I didn't even know why ... Seventh grade came & I was still being called a hoe ..at that time my brother started believing it .. At school he would call me a hoe.. With his friends ... Every night I would cry myself to sleep thinking I'm worthless , I should die .. I'm nobody .. I had no friends no nothing .. I pushed everyone away .. Then I met this girl named Niomi we became Bestfriends ... But 8th grade came around and I left NC .. Meaning I left the only friend I had ... People still MSG me on twitter & Facebook calling me names .. Calling me fat saying I should die .. That I should be alive .. Even know my so called "friend" says these things to me ... I moved to Oklahoma .. Which I started my freshman year .. I had no friends didnt even try to make friends .. Because EVERYONE made fun of me .. I'm just finishing up my freshman year & I'm still. Cutting myself .. I know I need help but idk what to do .."
"I had never heard of Megan's story, but after watching Cyberbully, I'm glad I'm aware now. It's been 2 and 1/2 years since I lost one of my best friends to suicide because of a bullying situation. It doesn't seem to get easier, especially the more I hear about others. See it. Hear it. Stop it."
"Hey my name is Cassandra. Im going into the 7th grade and ALL my friends and me have been bullied for 2 years. Whenever i had a crush on a boy kids would say u dnt have a chance with him etc. They call my best friends big mac on wheels titanic eruption and sometimes we would all cry cuz it really hurts."
"well when I was in school I had no friends I had just one and people teased me wispered about me that was when I was in middle school then I got into high school and I had a one friend than that did not last long and people teased me no one like me in school I was in the nurses office alot because i wanted to go home I had no computers back then then I changed schools then it got better there was a time I wanted to kill myself but I did not teenagers still tease but I learned to ignore it I came from a big family I had a older sister and one younger and two younger brothers I know how she felt I went through the samething"
"hi my name is Susan and I had the same problem when I was in school I was bullied and teased the other kids laughed at me I did not want to go to school and I was skipping classes and I was faking being sick so I can go home and I wanted to end my life but I did not now I got in trouble and I might have a mental illness because of that and I have been abused sexually too I know what she was going through my dad passed away when I was little and my mom had to go to work so I never seen her much because she was working then I moved to Wyoming and then this school was different I had friends"
"I was bullied for months straight, all of my so called "friends" decided at the start of my 6th grade year that they were going to pick out the weakest link in our group of friends and destroy their life. I was the weakest link, so they pulled and teared at anything they could think of. By the end of all the cyberbullying they did I was suicidal, diagnosed with clinical depression, and had been diagnosed with anxiety disorder. Now I'm a senior in high school and I'm taking medicine for my depression and I'm happy, I still can't trust the way I wish I could have but that's okay, because I know that it was best for me to learn the hard way. Everything happens for a reason, and this was a way to open up my eyes to learn that I couldn't of treated people the way I was being treated by these girls."
"My cyberbulling story
July 1,2012 I was talking to some friends on facebook about church and God but this boy came on witch know him for school says stuff about me being bulled in school and the girl who bulled me.He was saying your a bitch and ass hold and fat and loser."
"When I was a freshman in high school, I was bullied to no end. I wasn't in the "popular" group and wore mostly black clothing. I would always wear hoodies because I was overweight and self conscious. These two girls were relentless in bullying me. They didn't like the smell of the body spray I used so they called me Stinky and got most of the kids in the class to call me that as well. They teased about my clothes and my size and my hair and my glasses. After my friend committed suicide, I would sometimes start crying out of nowhere in the middle of class and they would make fun of me even more. Sometimes some of the boys would kick me as they walked by my desk. It got so bad that I missed lots of days in school and ended up going to court for truancy. But I just couldn't face being bullied any more.
People need to realize that their words can hurt in more ways than they think. This still haunts me 5 years later. I wish people would think before they say things that could be potentially hurtful. Maybe, if more people hear about Megan's story, they will start to realize what bullying can do. <3
RIP Megan & my friend Mitchy who committed suicide as well."
"When I was in the 5th grade, a girl (who's name I will not mention) decided to write me a fake hate letter. She forged the names of several other people onto the letter convincing me that it was also from them (which it wasn't) and wrote mean comments about me. The worst part was she NEVER told me what I did to hate her so much. I tried to talk to her on G-chat but she wouldn't say anything besides calling me weird and obnoxious. I admit its not much I remember those day better than I remember my birthday that year. I watched the movie Cyberbullying and was truly inspired to write this. If you ever feel the need to talk to someone please email me. or talk to me in some way. find a support hotline. I don't know. Do something. Don't let your feelings fester and boil inside of you. Don't let "them" take control of your life. I love you<3 never forget that."
"I was 13 years old, I had a best friend and I wasn't popular at all. One day, I said to my best friend that the popular girls in my year drank a lot. that next day, the popular girls had somehow found out, and confronted me. I was told that I was a bitch. That was only the start. On Myspace, bulletins were posted about me saying I was fat, ugly, stupid and everyone hated me. Others commented, and shared in on the fun. I stayed home from school the next few days, and didn't go online, but I later found out that my online page had been hacked, and my profile picture and information changed to horrible things about me. These girls posted a bulletin about me saying that I had died of Parkinsons disease( because of my last name) and others believed them. I could not believe it. Rumours about me were written online and also on the bustop around the corner from my house. I was tormented, I could not leave my house and I was chased out of a shopping centre by my bullies. Now, at the age of 18, I regret not standing up for myself and realising that those girls would not amount to the amazing things that I will do with my life. I felt alone, but I should have known that we are never alone. Someone is always there to listen and to help, whether they are a teacher, a parent, a friend or even a stranger. You are not worthless, or ugly or stupid, you're amazing and you will achieve your dreams. Don't forget it."
"When I was 10 my father passed away and when I got back to school I was completely alone and just did not want to be with anybody because I just lost my best friend. The girls used to come up to me and ask "Why are you crying? You have no reason to cry you big baby." I went to a private jewish school since kindergarden, I have known these kids since I was 5 and these girls used to be my friends. Once I got in 7th and 8th grade the bullying got worse. I moved on from the girls because the guys wanted to be friends with me, I was known as the "pretty girl" now since I moved on from being the awkwardly tall and short brown haired girl with braces to being still tall but long brown hair and no braces and thin to all the guys and I liked doing everything the guys did, play sports, video games thats why I got along with them. I grew up with brother's 20 years older than me so I knew how to play the games they played. Ontop of all the catiness between the girls I was the only mixed racial and adoptive from a christian family person in the WHOLE school. When I walked down the halls I was called the "hawasian" (half hawaiin half asian) and also the faked jew since I was converted at birth when I was adopted. When I tried sitting with the girls at lunch they turned their back and ignored me and when I walked away they yelled slut at me all the time. I used to come home and just cry to my mom and say I hated myself, my life, my school and just became depressed, I had to get away from them and just leave. Than it went over the top when a girl forged a letter saying I wanted to commit suicide and brought to the councilor and I was called in and questioned was forced to go to met with her once a week. That was it for me I was done crying and I moved to a new high school, and loved it, the best 4 years of my life. I made new friends on the dance team and outside that I was dating a guy from the football team I felt like I had it all, even though I was not popular I didn't care. I wasn't being bullied for once and I couldn't have been happier. I admire what you guys are doing and wish to be a part of it I want to safe a life and help someone else out."
"At School ive been bullied for 6 years and tomarrow is the new year of school my senior
of highschool Im So nervous.
people bully me because im an easy target and because im handi capped. and im obessive compulsive
and im really talkkitive so that made it more comvinient for them to right me up at school
to get me in trouble and fallow me to my house from next door. or try to push me to do something wrong so can twist it around to the police."
"Hailey B. was one of my best friends, one of the strongest people i knew, she was fun, outgoing and stood up for self. on May 7th 2011 i lost her to suicide due to being bullied. Hailey was not only bullied by students but by teachers to. Hailey moved away when we were in 7th grade but stayed in touch. The first school she moved to she was called a slut for not having basketball shorts. Hailey couldnt take how she was being treated and begged to leave, her family moved to another small town where again she had to meet new people. she met a few girls who she hung out with alot. after a while the girls were not so nice and began to send hailey text messages that were beyond mean. A friend and I had planed to go visit her and were super excited..on a thurday hailey had texted us, we were on a bus going to state music festival, we were passing by where hailey lived now she asked us to stop she said she really needed us but we told her we couldnt we were on a bus, she never responded, that saturday we got a call from her mom asking to speak to our parents, Hailey had shot herself..we couldnt belive it because thats not our hailey and in a week we were going to visit her..hailey let mean selfish girls take control of her and because of that everyone close to her is forced to live with only memories..she was 16 and way to young to go.."
"i went online once on facebook just cause my freinds said its awesome website and all that i started to talk to people and they used to be like all sweet and stuff then on a morning someone posted a comment saying or look at her shes ugly pepper pig style i still remember id sit in my room and cry myself to sleep and theyd say it everyday and then a week later my dad died and my life was hell people was saying oh look she killed her father shes a ugly two faced cow and all sorts a told my cousin once and she shot me down so i told my brother i aint close to him but he helped me alot he wouldnt leave me alone till i was sleeping hed check on em every four hours and to be honest im working on myself and i dont let people get to me anymore once someone screamed pepper pig in the cafeteria infront of everyone and there royal class bullies i was really angry at them though my bestfriend calmed he down he told me they aint worth it and hes been helping me everysince.
Moral- dont let people rule your life stand up to bullying in ANY state or form cause i dint tell anybody for month my bestfriend found out and hes helped me ever since dont let what happen to megan happen to you stand up for yourself cause everybody is worth a place on earth!"
"Hi I am a 15 year old girl and i haven't had the easiest life ever. I'm going to 10th grade now and I have been bullied since 1st grade. I use to live in the capitol city of my country untill after 7th grade. In my old school I was called horrible names, I was pushed down and people didn't talk to me that often. I had a few good friends and they are probably one of the biggest reasons why I'm alive today. But still I was bullied every single day. One day in 6th grade the "popular" kids started to talk to me like I was their friend. And then they approved me into the "popular" group. Following that I started to forget my old friends. That was the biggest mistake of my life. After I had been in the "popular" group for maybe two months I heard them talking about me as I walked by the without them knowing. And the things they were saying were terrible. They were gossiping about all the secrets I had told them and making fun of me. On that moment I stopped being they'r friend. If I ever was they'r friend. After that I tried for the first time to commit suicide. Luckily my best friend stopped me. After that the "popular" kids kept on bullying me, now harder then ever. I had never felt so bad in my life. Plus that my parents were in a hard divorce at the time. I felt like i had nothing to live for. But Then I moved to another town. I feel much better there even though I'm still being a little bullied. 'Cause now I know how to handle things. If you have been bullied, speak up! It's the best solution."
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"My name is Kirstein, and it was the last two weeks of my freshman year, this girl named Emily started bullying me just because I made a facebook status about bullying, It was to all the bullys out there not just one person. Well she commented on it called me a hypocrite and a bunch other stuff. I started balling my eyes out because I was depressed and other stuff. Well people say if you stick up for yourself then it will go away. That isn't true I stuck up for myself and kept on. But she didn't want to stop. So I tried commeting sucicde but I knew that wasn't the answer to my problems. We went to the school and everything they didn't do nothing about it. I figured oh well if I ignore it, it will go away! It did. Just ignore them. They think they are better then everyone."
"I've always been different, and I always will be. Being different doesn't mean anything is wrong with you.I'm a 14 year old girl, I just had my birthday in May, I am 6' feet tall and 200+pounds which makes me easy pickings for bullies. I've struggled with depression, suicide, and bullies. Just this past year I have been put on at least 5 different medicine doses. Last year I almost killed myself, but sitting in my bathroom with pills in my hand made me realize that maybe the next day will be better. My life even now when I still get depressed sometimes is a lot better then I ever thought it would be. I have lots of loving friends to help me through everything, and I have found myself. I'm a bisexual. I have a loving girlfriend who is the best, and now that I have a thick skin I let all of the comments the haters say roll off me like I dont even hear them. Something that helped me get through my tough time is knowing that one day everything will get better. You just have to hold on a little longer and get through what is wrong now and everything will turn out fine. I still have my ups and down I admit it, but I try to get over it. If you can't get over it by yourself, I know from personal experience that there are a lot of people that will help you.
Jasmine P. <3"
"Hi, my name is Callie and I have dealt with Manic Depression for half my life. Before I continue, I have to tell you I have not been bullied, and I am not a bully either. But, I do know what its like feel alone. Lately, I have not been taking my medication. No matter how much I try to convince myself that if I take them I'll feel better, I just cant take them. Why? Because I feel that if I do take them, I'll seem weak. This past year has been a tough one. I've been distant to my friends, because I feel like they never listen to me. But then I think, is that just the dperession taking over me again? I feel like the only one who understands me is my best friend, who also has Manic Depression, along with A.D.D.
Ever since I turned 15- life seems different. I am a writer. Though I have not written in awhile. Actually, I havent written all summer. I dont even think I know who I am anymore. I dont even know if I want to be a writer! What will I do with my life? Its all a mystery to me at the moment. I have thought of suicide, yes, and I was seriously considering it for about a month now due to some problems a school (non-bully related, though). Then... I saw this story. Came accross it on youtube, which led me to this website, and eventually to typing this, here, right now. How could I hang myself? How could I plunge a knife in my own chest? Taking pills would be easy, right? But I cant bring myself to do that, either. Not after hearing this girls story.
When I die, it'll be from something else, something more peaceful. I thank Megan (Bless her soul) for helping me realize this.
Thanks to her,
I will see the light coming through my blinds in the midst of morning tomorrow.
I will go to school, knowing that eventually things will turn out okay.
I will be able to see the world.
I will be able to go to college
I will be able to get a chance to have my first kiss.
Megan is an inspiration to me now, even if her fate wasnt exactly great. Even though she's dead, her spirit still lives on.
I promise now to never self-harm myself again.
And in memory of her, I will write her name on my arm each day until she gets the justice she deserves.
I hope this "anonymous" family that caused this feels guilty each day for wreaking a girls life. It will probably haunt them forever.
xoxoxo,
Callie"
"Hey my name is Grace im a junior in HighSchool i have been bullied for three years now. when i was in 8th grade i had a crush on a 7th grader who was my age but a grade under me. we had met and talked only a few times. he asked me for my number on Facebook and i said no, but he got it from an ex friend.
One night i had a text saying "Hey:)"
i had no idea who the number was or why they were texting me. i responded asking who it was but nobody would tell me i asked multiple kids and they knew but wouldnt tell me.
The next day i was sitting in class and got a text saying "i know your secret slut"
it had been the guy texting me. This guy forwarded me a pic of a nude female and told everyone it was me. this text got back to my parents and brothers. it disappointed them because thye thought it was me. i have been harassed for three years and have switched schools because of how hoigh the problem went around the surrounding schools of my area. 2 years later the same kid had spread a rumor on a social network i was prgnant with his kid.suicide thoughts raged through my head and i just needed a new start. i had previously been involved with a friend that spread the rumor worse. this lead to depression and raging anger. if anyone has any suggestions please comment back!!!!"
"I am now an adult but wanted to share a story about when I was a teenager. This one girl was always calling me names and making fun of me. Then after graduation from high school I ran into in a stores parking lot. She says" I'm going to beat you up." I just looked at her and said " We are no longer in high school. It's time to grow up." I walked away. Several years later I was on a bowling league. Who happened to be on that same league? Her, not the same team but league. I tried being nice, although she wouldn't talk to me I listened in on her conversations with her team mates. I know understood why she was so mean. She made "nothing" of herself as an adult. (We were by then in our late 20's) She had a job but not a career. All she did was moan and groan about how BAD life was to her. I even offered her a better job that she could achieve chances for advancement etc... She refused. I know it's hard to put up with a lot of the bullying these people dish out. But if you look deep down they do it because they are the ones afraid of YOU. They are not going to succeed in life and want to drag everyone else down with them. At least that is what I learned.
Now on another note. Please be aware that bullying doesn't stop in adult hood. It is just that you learn how to better handle it. Again the bullies are afraid of YOU and are again trying to being you down.
The best way to over shadow the bullies is to keep your head held high and know that YOU ARE SOMEONE IMPORTANT TO THIS SOCIETY!"
"I was in the tenth grade. there was a boy at school I liked who was a juniour. He was one of my best friends. He had just broken up with his girlfriend and I had never liked her because he told me she was always cheating on him.... About a week after the break up, he asked me out. I said yes. Three days later I was with my mom, and he was at the lake.. I got a message that tore me to peices. It said " Hey Katie, it's Brittany. So, yeah, Arron wants me to break up with you for him. He doesn't want to hurt you, he would just rather be with me." The argument between us went on and on. Later that day, I finally got to talk to Arron. I begged him to take me back or at least tell me why he hurt me so badly. He never did. I later went onto my facebook account and posted " When you take a chance, and finally trust, why do they choose to hurt you in the worst ways possible?" I later recieved a meessage from a nineteen year old girl named Heidi, a friend of Brittany's calling me horrible things such as slut, easy, stupid, ect. and also threatened to " kick my ass next time she saw me" I cried until finally someone noticed what was wrong. My dad copied the messages and took them to the police.
What happened to Megan was tragic. People like Lori disgust me simply for the fact of how the manipulate the minds and emotions of innocent juveniles. All in all, thank you For being here to help people who have to cope with these things. Megan IS a beautiful girl and I wish I could've met her. She will be forever remembered and forever missed. Black and white polka dots for life :)"
"My name is Saniesha Deloney and I go to Eufaula City Schools and I used to get bullied in $th Grade. It mad me feel like i had no purpose in the world to be alive and the people who bullied me were no different or better than me they were just regular kids. The would call me names and tease me because wear glasses and the clothes I wore, honestly my clothes were AWESOME and they were colors that meade my skin color(which is black) glow. They would tease me on the what type of clothes i should wear an dhow girls were supossed to look which I thought different of because since i was 6 months old i was raised up in a church because that was our way to let ALL of our problems out, but i came through the bulling stuff and honestly there were times when my mom, brother, and step dad would be aslepp and I sneak in the kitchen grab a knife point it at myself and start crying!!!! Teh bullying stopped and now im a Happy and blessed 6th grader in the middle school in Eufaula Alabama and living happily!!!
P.S Im sorry about what happened to megan ..... she WAS A BEAUTIFUL YOUNG LADY wis hi was her!! xoxoxox :)"
"I'm being bullied as I'm typing this... I'm not rasist. I'm a huge rights person, free rights to all. But people think I am, because African Americans bully me, they think i'm rasist because i hate them. I've been bullied for years, by my brother, parents, friends. I've tried to kill myself many times and I still have the scars from last time. My own brother told me that I would be better off dead and he would rather me be dead. I have a long story. The only people I can tell say "It's just a stage, get over yourself"
I have nothing left."
