The Bully Affect

Chris's Speech to the schools

~Chris's P.O.V.~

        I walked forward to the stand next. I was completely nervous. "Hello everyone. Obviously you all know me since I was 'popular'." I made air quotes when I said popular. "Even though I was popular, I still got bullied. It wasn't physically, but mentally and also cyber. Lets talk about the cyber bullying first. I was messaged on things like Facebook where no one could see what the people said. I remember one message saying "You are a pathetic peace of trash. From the moment you walked in, you acted like you owned the school. Well here's a news flash: Everyone may act like they love you and are your friends, but they aren't. They all think that you are worthless, pathetic, a waste of space, fake, a douche bag, and that you don't deserve to be on this earth breathing the same air as us. So why don't you do everyone a huge favor and kill yourself." This is also mental bullying. But something else hurt me. I would open my locker to find notes from people that weren't popular, saying that I didn't care about anyone but myself, that I was just like everyone else. Those hurt me the most because I had no power over it. I had to act like that for the sake of the project. Obviously I'm not a douche like all the other popular guys, because I have true friends and a wonderful girlfriend." I paused to point at Kim, who blushed. "One day at school when I opened up my locker and found the notes, a guy came up to me and told me to stay away from his girlfriend. Obviously someone had spread a rumor that the girl and I had a thing going. When I tried to argue, the guy hit me. But the same guy that beat me, then tried to rape Ema later on. Either because he needed a stress reliever because he got detention and his girlfriend wouldn't give him some, or for pay back at me for the rumor. But the fact that a guy would steep that low for revenge or to release stress is disgusting. I think that people shouldn't go as low as telling someone to kill themselves. They shouldn't try to take someones purity away. They shouldn't try to make someone hate them own self. Bullying isn't just beating someone and using harsh words on them. Bullying is also about, to the bullies, making themselves feel better. Feel like they completed something. Obviously the bullies have or had scaring things happen to them, like abusive parents, someone close die, or was a past bullying victim. But it still doesn't give them a reason to bully others. The victims of bullying end up depressed, cutting, burning, skipping meals, throwing up after meals, most important suicide, and even MORE. Bullying is not something to be taken lightly, and I hope you guys all understand that. If you ever see someone getting bullied help them. If you see some of the things I mentioned like skipping meals being done, help them. If they are skipping meals, look at them straight in the eyes and tell them that they need to eat, that its not healthy, that they are perfect the way they are. If you see cutting/burn scars don't make fun of them for it, because by laughing you are just going to make them do it more. Tell them that you understand that they need to get rid of all that stress from the people who bully you, but its dangerous, and that they need to get a hobby to help distract them. Be their friend. Invite them to your house to hang out. If they tell you they have had suicidal thoughts, talk about it, tell them what will happen if they do kill themselves, tell them the things they will miss, who will miss them. Make sure that they have a friend. Same with depression. Make sure that they know they aren't alone, that they have you, that you are there for them no matter what. Just being there for someone and letting them know they don't have to face things alone will change things for the better. And if your a bully, put yourself in their shoes. Imagine how it feels to be the victim of what you put them through. Imagine what they have been through, what they do go through, what they will go through. Just remember that we are all humans. That we are all the same on the inside. So we should all be treated equal. That's all I have to say for now." I turn and walk back to the people who matter most to me and kiss Kim on her head and wrap my arms around her.