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CYBERBULLYING - Action is Needed!

I put out a request a while back asking for bullying testimonials, anyone who wanted their stories shared anonymously. I received one today and this is honestly heartbreaking... A girl was cyber-bullied, and without names or age, or any personal details being used as promised here is her story.

A girl liked a guy and he liked her, well his ex girlfriend wanted him back and she found out about the feelings between the two of them. She had his old log in information to a social media account and decided to go on and text the girl he liked. So this girl thinking she got a text from the guy she liked opened up to some really mean comments which she tried to reply to with the nicest, most upstanding nature, but this..well this tore her apart.
Cyber-bullying is very real and this is a real example.. People don't realize the impact what they say can have one someone, this is the kind of message that drives a person to kill themselves, and its sent all for what? Jealousy that the guy she wanted liked someone else? Bullies think that they can hide behind the internet, that because they said it online it will have no consequences.. well that isn't true. Here's a reminder to cyberbullies, what you say online stays online, a simple screenshot got this girl proof of what was said to her just like it can any other person. Once something is online, it doesn't disappear or go away. People need to start thinking about how their actions and words will affect others, this is completely intolerable and not by any means okay! Bullying and cyber-bullying alike are fights that no one person can win alone, we need to come together! We wont ever be able to stop bulling completely but by coming together as a unit, we can work to prevent it, we can save lives that words so frequently have the power to take in our society, by coming together we can take the power a bully hold over someone back! We can turn it into kindness and start a butterfly effect that's actually worth seeing. I want to say thank you to the person who sent this to me for sharing her story, I hope this has opened up your eyes as a reader as much as it has mine as the writer...

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