Cyber-bullying: a growing problem

Only one word can describe cyber-bullying: NASTY. 

Nasty is the only word that comes to my mind when I think of what happens when someone is cyber-bullied. 

First of all, cyber-bullying is when you get bullied through electronic devices. It's the worst feeling in the world! It isn't just insults through phone, it's also messages like: "I know what you did", or "you're the biggest b**ch ever!" and so on. 

There's only one reason why people cyber-bully and that's POWER. You see, like I said in one of my previous posts, bullies are weak people. Bullies are also people who have nothing else to do but see your flaws and point them out to others.  But these weak people become strong through cyber-bullying because you can't hurt them when they're behind their phone.

There are so many different ways to deal with this kind of harassment:

• The first thing to do when you receive a nasty text message or you see a mean comment about you, turn off your device, turn off wifi, internet access, whatever, just turn it off! 
• Then grab a piece of paper and write down your problems or just sit down and think about whether you've done something wrong or not, don't worry! 
• If you feel emotionally ready to answer them, then do it. Don't be afraid! If they've accused you of something or yelled at you for lying or anything like that, apologise or stand up for yourself! You got to get out there and show the world how strong you are!!!

WARNING: don't call them names of make nasty comments because then, you're just as bad as they are! Just be firm enough to show you're confident.

• If you don't feel ready, do not worry! Keep you're phone turned off though, it's just safer that way. Try to get you're mind off of it by going on a walk, watch a movie or read a book, anything will work.
• Talk about it. The feeling will only get worse if you keep it bottled up inside of you. You can talk about it with your parents or maybe even your sibling. I assure you, they only have your best interest at heart. But if you're a little scared, you can talk about it with your BFF. My BFF is awesome as all best friends are! You can talk about anything with them!
• Stay happy. It is the hardest thing in the world to pretend like you're okay. But you don't need to pretend, you just need to focus on YOU! Stay healthy, work hard in school and just have fun! Don't care about the people who've bullied you, you're the only that matters!!!

I really hope that you've found this helpful, trust me you're being told from someone who's been bullied a lot.

Xoxo,

Swissy&Sassy