As a former victim of cyber bullying, I urge everyone reading this, regardless of age or standing in life:
PLEASE don't go through this alone.
If you are a student, please alert a parent or guardian about this, so they can alert the school or the bully's parents and take care of the situation. Don't, and I repeat, DON'T KEEP IT TO YOURSELF. Others care only for your safety and you are not an inconvenience to anybody since all you want is to appreciate who you are and not be forced to believe otherwise.
Too many cyberbullying stories end with the victim being emotionally scarred, depressed or even suicidal. We don't need anymore suicides to happen, and if anyone believes otherwise then they need plenty of psychiatric help.
If you are recieving any threatening messages, then save the message as evidence and block the person from communicating with you by any means possible - even if this means changing your phone number or screen name - your safety is more important! Show these messages to a parent, teacher, police officer or any authority available; they can help you.
You don't deserve to suffer. When it was happening to me, I didn't have the common sense to tell my parents about it at the time, which was a HUGE mistake.
Do me a favor, and please don't make the same mistakes that I have. Tell somebody who can make a difference. Everybody deserves to live a happy life, and it is our responsibility to eliminate those things from our lives that tarnish them. Please be cautious, responsible, and happy.
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2 comments:
Thanks for a great post on cyber-bullying. It's so important that people know they have a right to be safe and to ask for help when they need it.
And thanks for publishing an AS blog with such a positive and encouraging spirit!
Haha thanks :) I feel as if cyber bullying is sort of an underground issue - people need to become aware of it, considering the rate that technology is progressing!
And thank you for reading my blog, it means a lot to me that you like it!
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