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

Rachel - 14 - UK

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

Joelle - 15 - NJ

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

michelle - 9 - Tx

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

Anna - 14 - SC

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

Bethany - 15 - TX

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

Kirsti - 18 - TX

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

Christi - 12 - IL

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

yanette - 13 - MA

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

Jessica - 14 - NY

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

KAITLYN - 9 - PA

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

AMD - 18 - NJ

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

Victory - 14 - NJ

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

Tish - 16 - MO

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

Audrey - 16 - tx

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

Jessica - 12 - FL

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

Madison - 13 - IN

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

Nathalie - 14 - ch

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

Leandra - 16 - SA

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

Paulina, Chile.

Paulina - 21 - CL

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

karen - 13 - fl

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

Phylicia - 16 - CT

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

Tania - 15 - CA

In class we're learning a lot about bullying and you hear all these stories and think 'wow this really is happening to kids like me!' we're putting together a bully awareness presentation and we're making a video. I hope it helps others realize that putting others down doesn't make you better, it just changes people's view of you, normally for the worse. 

Honolulu - 12 - HI

i've been bullied befor .... it hurts .... i would do anything to see all people reach out to bullies .. I believe ... KIDS are the ones that can make a difference in out world .. were the ones , as we grow up we can change the world in soo many ways .. you have to believe in yourself .. think befor you act! 
    no one deserves to be bullied ... it just happends . I BELIEVE ... So Should You!
 WE MAKE THE DIFFERENCE ... 
  WE CAN HELP !

Alyssa - 12 - NL

I don't like seeing people bullying someone, it makes them shy and insecure with themselves, and as they grow older, they prefer to be alone rather than making new friends.

Andrea - 20 - PH

Bullying is not cool, help put a stop to it and show people that you care. Do this and hopefully you will inspire others.

Chezney - 18 - UK

im poor,so yes i am made fun of. im chubby,so yes i am made fun of. i am short, so ya they make fun of me. i am very insecure and have scars from cutting. it hurts more because i dont really have someone or anyone to talk to. i want to talk about it, but the way they might react doesnt set well in my stomache. so i keep to myself. i try so hard to be strong and ignore the rude comments. but you cant ignore. it all just piles up in your brain and finally you break down crying. ive shed so many tears,i dont think i have any left to cry out. so,i care because it has and still is effecting me,horribly. 

kaitlin - 13 - fl

In North Carolina we have to do a graduation project. I chose Cyberbullying as my topic, wronte a 10 page paper about it and got chosen by 3 different middle schools to speak in ASSEMBLIES of 8th graders to tell how internet safety and bullying needs to be a MAIN concern by all. I had 16 students come up to me after the assembly to talk about their issues on the internet. EVERYONE: YOU CAN GET ARRESTED FOR CYBERBULLYING.

Cecilia R - 18 - NC

In the past and sometimes now, I have been bullied alot on the internet I was given alot of abuse. But now I have seen this, I want to make a difference not just to me, but to all the teenagers around the world to make this stop. I am just so glad that I can contribute to all of this :)!

Sadie - 14 - UK

Bullying is wrong. And sometimes one person isn't enough to stop them. So let us unite and show that we care! STOP BULLYING!

Riley - 11 - PA