A Tale of Two Sides
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Cyber bullying-used to be and still is-my worst nightmare. I would see it happen to people all around me, but never did I think I would become a target. It was out of the blue. I logged on to my ask.fm account and all I saw were hateful messages aimed towards me. These anonymous people weren’t even posting the messages on my account; they were posting them on my friend’s
Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me. Not true. The things being said were more than hurtful. Eventually the messages started showing up on my own account. They were calling me names: I was told I was fat and shouldn’t eat so that I could become skinny, and I was told to kill myself multiple times. They began sending me explicit descriptions about how I should go about this. I would sit there reading the messages over and over again until hot tears were streaming down my face. The biggest problem was that I couldn’t figure out what I had done. I try to be nice to everyone I meet, even if I don’t particularly like them in the beginning. So many kind people stood up for me, they kept telling the people to stop, leave me alone, and for me not to listen to the cruel things being said. People I didn’t even know were attempting to stand up for me, yet the anonymous messages kept flowing in. Fed up, hurt, and confused I deleted the account without a second thought. Now I’ve turned that awful experience into a life lesson.
Now I help others who are being bullied, cyber bullied, or people who are struggling with different disorders. I spend hours just talking to people on Instagram and Kik listening to what they have to say. Staying up hours into the night, I talk people from all over the world out of suicide. I do this because living is such a precious thing, and I don’t want anyone else to feel the pain I had and still feel.
Logging on to most social networking sites the thing most often seen is cyber bullying or someone being overdramatic. Girls and guys whining about their love lives or indirect statuses at the people they dislike. But there is a side that not many people see. When most people see it, they think that it’s just a bunch of depressed kids being sad and complaining about their lives or looking for attention. But that’s not the case at all. These people are reaching out for help because they don’t know where else to go. They help each other by putting all of their other problems aside to help someone they’ve never met before. Doing anything it takes to prevent this person from feeling the way they do. Pleading with them for hours just to make sure these people live another day. That is the side I like to spend my time on.
Seeing someone being bullied in real life or over the internet is painful. What makes the situation worse is knowing exactly how they feel. The feeling you get when you’ve helped someone or saved their life is unexplainable. This is the best feeling I’ve ever experienced. I wish more people knew what this feeling is. There are two sides of the internet: one with cyber bullying and drama, and the other where lives are being saved every day. People should be more optimistic about the internet, and when they see one of these said depressed kids they should offer a helping hand. For all you know the one thing you say may stop them from taking their lives.
Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me. Not true. The things being said were more than hurtful. Eventually the messages started showing up on my own account. They were calling me names: I was told I was fat and shouldn’t eat so that I could become skinny, and I was told to kill myself multiple times. They began sending me explicit descriptions about how I should go about this. I would sit there reading the messages over and over again until hot tears were streaming down my face. The biggest problem was that I couldn’t figure out what I had done. I try to be nice to everyone I meet, even if I don’t particularly like them in the beginning. So many kind people stood up for me, they kept telling the people to stop, leave me alone, and for me not to listen to the cruel things being said. People I didn’t even know were attempting to stand up for me, yet the anonymous messages kept flowing in. Fed up, hurt, and confused I deleted the account without a second thought. Now I’ve turned that awful experience into a life lesson.
Now I help others who are being bullied, cyber bullied, or people who are struggling with different disorders. I spend hours just talking to people on Instagram and Kik listening to what they have to say. Staying up hours into the night, I talk people from all over the world out of suicide. I do this because living is such a precious thing, and I don’t want anyone else to feel the pain I had and still feel.
Logging on to most social networking sites the thing most often seen is cyber bullying or someone being overdramatic. Girls and guys whining about their love lives or indirect statuses at the people they dislike. But there is a side that not many people see. When most people see it, they think that it’s just a bunch of depressed kids being sad and complaining about their lives or looking for attention. But that’s not the case at all. These people are reaching out for help because they don’t know where else to go. They help each other by putting all of their other problems aside to help someone they’ve never met before. Doing anything it takes to prevent this person from feeling the way they do. Pleading with them for hours just to make sure these people live another day. That is the side I like to spend my time on.
Seeing someone being bullied in real life or over the internet is painful. What makes the situation worse is knowing exactly how they feel. The feeling you get when you’ve helped someone or saved their life is unexplainable. This is the best feeling I’ve ever experienced. I wish more people knew what this feeling is. There are two sides of the internet: one with cyber bullying and drama, and the other where lives are being saved every day. People should be more optimistic about the internet, and when they see one of these said depressed kids they should offer a helping hand. For all you know the one thing you say may stop them from taking their lives.