Thank you!

Hi!

In this thread, you can take a little time to thank someone who has given you support or who inspired you through their own story.

Thank you to everyone who has had the bravery and courage to speak out about your experiences of being bullied. You are inspirational for having the courage to share your stories and for having the strength to reach out for help to deal with the effect the bullying has had on your lives. By sharing your stories you are also raising awareness of this terrible problem, an awareness that will hopefully help reduce the problems for others in the future...

I want to thank anyone that takes bullying seriously, as it is often ignored and denied and considered a character fault of the victim.

Unimportant wrote:I want to thank anyone that takes bullying seriously, as it is often ignored and denied and considered a character fault of the victim.

On that note, I'd like to thank both Unimportant and Jasmin for helping me deal with my past bullying issues. I feel so much better after hearing their opinions and advice.
Thanks guys, you're the best!

aww thats soo sweet I'm glad you are feeling better

I'm feeling much better since I started talking about it, inspired by some of the support given on the forums. I really appreciate your support (even if I missed the point slightly at times!). It means so much to me!

I want to say thank you to my best friend for helping me get through being stalked severely. If it were not for her, I may have gotten myself into trouble or be in a bad position in which I wouldn't want to be in, so thank you to her.

I want to say thanks to wmub. After reading his post it made me realize that some bullies are actually human and grow up regretting all those evil things they did to hurt people. His post showed me that a bully likes to victimize because the bully himself is insecure about things going on in his life. The bully is the weak one, not me. I am the humanitarian for not breaking my bullies nose. I don't think life is about fighting and being cruel to each other. I believe everybody should show respect to each other. Thanks for that wmub I have a lot of respect for you. It takes a big man to admit you were wrong and an even bigger man to walk away from a bully.

I think these stories are so inspiring and would be great to share with the rest of the world. Beyondbullies.org is starting a new video campaign on youtube. I encourage all of you to share your stories and hopefully inspire others to stand up to bullies. Way too many people are bystanders and if we can even just prevent one person from being a bystander well its still an accomplishment. With each of your stories we can help inspire the world, one video at a time!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Q1Ci8AdzJE

It would also be great if you joined us on facebook and twitter!

I'd love to thank my best mate, Jay. He helped me through all these times and we've grown into the best of friends. If it wasn't for him I don't know how I would have coped.

I'd also like to thank my caring parents for supporting me throughout my ordeals. It was their help at home that put me in a stable state of mind.

I'd also like to thank the pricks who bullied me for making me the person I am today, and giving me the experience and strength to make it through life, and make life without them feel better.