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!"
"Hello, My name is Rob Devers I'm 16 years old I live in Corning Ohio I was sitting in a class room with my mom and she told me to read Megan's story it really touched me and hurt me...I've read alot of these shared stories and I've seen a few people that need someone to talk to if your one of them and want to talk about anything you can email me at robd2095@yahoo.com or you can find me and message me on my facebook page at http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000036042237 I dont care how old you are if any of you want to talk feel free to add me or send me an email or message on facebook anytime day or night.... RIP Megan You are missed <3"
"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."
"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."
"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."
"It started in 9th grade on Facebook. A girl called me fat (I am 5 foot 3 1/2 tall and was 120 pounds)She got her friends to join in and soon most of my grade was calling me "mooey the cow". I cried every night at home and resorted to cutting myself. I also began to starve myself and vomit anything I ate. My weight plummeted to 80 pounds and for once I felt confident. The girls no longer said anything and I could fit into a size 00 jeans. But I was so unhappy and lonely..I felt as though I was on a planet of my own. I contemplated taking my own life. Soon after my weight dropped to 79 pounds my doctor did an EKG on me and found out my heart beat was irregular. My parents forced me into counseling and I began to get better. I cried every night when I looked at my body in the mirror..I felt so worthless..I began cutting my thighs with razors. I felt as though I took up space on this planet. I would stare at myself in the mirror and just wish to be someone else. Looking back on it now I realize that I nearly starved myself to death and nearly committed suicide all because of the knife-sharp meanness another girl found in her heart to bestow on me. What caused my peers over the years to be so cruel to me I still don't know. I do no know what darkness within the pits of their souls causes them to be so cruel. The worst thing about my case was that it was online bullying. They could cower behind their computer screens and take solace and comfort in seeing me suffer at their hands. I and many others want to change that so badly. We need to teach kids to respect and love their peers irregardless if they are different or not. I do not think kids these days realize the falseness in the statement "sticks and stones may break my bones but words will never hurt me". Let me tell from my personal experience that hurtful words cut a lot deeper into a person than "sticks and stones" and while physical wounds heal...emotional wounds scar and make a bloody impression that can last a life-time."
"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."
"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"
"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"