What is your story?
In six grade I was friends with some of the token “popular girls.” We were friends for a few months and hung out all the time. Right before winter break we hung out, but during winter break they all blocked me on social media and through text. I was really confused because I hadn’t done anything to them and they hadn’t explained why they suddenly blocked me. When we got back from school they wouldn’t let me sit with them or talk to them. They would glare angrily at me in the hallways and whisper to each other about me in class. One day I heard rumors that one of them had hacked my snapchat (I didn’t have a phone at the time so I had no way of seeing if it was true because i used my moms phone and it was at home). I found out that one of them did and posted a blank picture saying “hacked this b***h guess who.” When I asked her about it she said it was a joke. Later that day multiple people came up to me saying things like “Why did you do it?” and “I can’t believe you did that.” I was extremely confused and when I got home I opened my snapchat to see that everyone (and yes I mean everyone I had on snapchat) had posted saying thanks (my name) for snitching on (a popular girl). I was even more confused now because I knew nothing about the situation. After asking around I found out that the popular girl who was mentioned had told all of her friends that I snitched on her to the principal for vaping in the bathroom. I didn’t even know she vaped and had never talked about her to any person of authority at my school before about anything. At this point I had probably 1 friend and they still continued to bully me. They would toilet paper my house every weekend about 2 times a weekend for a month. It got so bad to where my neighbors where complaining about it. They would spell out things like “F**k you (my name)” and they even took up sandbags on my basketball hoop which caused it to crash into the top of my moms car denting it. My family sent letters to theirs and never heard back. The bullying left me suicidal and when some of the girls found out that I self harmed they spread rumors and jokes about it which made my mental health even worse. I moved away the next year and still have no idea why they started bullying me in the first place.
What can you tell others who are going through the similar things?
It might seem like the end of the world and that no one is there for you but trust me, people love you and care about you. If you give it time, which I know i’d much easier said than done, it will get better.