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Bullying

I Am Being Bullied

<div class="ExternalClass06B80D384FC240189AC0620D2F3CACE6">I am being bullied and I want to kill myself but my brother keeps talking me out of it. I'm worried if he's not there I might do it. </div>

<div class="ExternalClass8A338FF4751D4C2399444DF3F47F84C8"><div><div class="ExternalClass06B80D384FC240189AC0620D2F3CACE6"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-attachment:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-family:tahoma;font-size:16px;">We are glad you have discovered our website and are reaching out tonight. We can appreciate how much bullying hurts, it is the brave and wise thing to do to reach out. While we cannot control what others say, or even do sometimes, we can control how we react. <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-attachment:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-family:tahoma;font-size:16px;">We all want to feel a part of others, accepted, and valued by others. When mean things are said and done to us, it is easy to absorb that into ourselves, and it can feel overwhelming. Try to remember that that what is said are just words, the pain they create is from us absorbing them. This is not about shame or guilt for doing that, it is about clarity. Words themselves cannot hurt us. Even with the intent to hurt us, they are just words and cannot do anything to us until we absorb them. Start to imagine an “emotional suit of armor” that surrounds you when you start to hear words that have hurt in the past. Visualize the words hitting the armor and just sliding right off, unable to hurt, because they have not penetrated the armor. Now, imagine the armor being built by thoughts of all the things you like and like to do. What you like and like to do, and how you make them happen in your life define you much more than words from meaningless situations and minds. <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-attachment:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-family:tahoma;font-size:16px;">It may take some practice, so be patient, yet keep working at it. Stay strong, Life has need of you. <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-attachment:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-family:tahoma;font-size:16px;">If you need ideas of some kind things to say to yourself, we have a great list to get you started: <a href="/Pages/tip-101-positive-things-to-say-to-myself.aspx" style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);">http://www.yourlifeyourvoice.org/v2/Pages/tip-101-positive-things-to-say-to-myself.aspx</a> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-attachment:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-family:tahoma;font-size:16px;"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-attachment:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-family:tahoma;font-size:16px;">We want you to know we are here for you. Expressing your feelings and talking can offer some relief because you are sharing the burden. It may also help you to discover options to your situation that you would not likely discover on our own. <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-attachment:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-family:tahoma;font-size:16px;">Sincerely, <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-attachment:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-family:tahoma;font-size:16px;"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-attachment:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-family:tahoma;font-size:16px;">Larry – Counselor </div></div> </div>

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