insecurity and jealousy aren't valid reasons to bully someone. there is no valid reason to bully someone, but when behind a screen people suddenly feel like they can take out their own feelings of not being enough on other people. it's easy to point back to these feelings [...]

[...] when speaking of bullies cause in all my years of being bullied i was never beaten down by the people who seemed honestly confident and content with themselves. but like i said it's no excuse, and it sure as hell doesn't make it better for the person getting attacked.

not all of us respond to hate in the same way. some brush it off and some ponder on it for days and some fall somewhere in between. all responses are valid and just because something doesn't hurt one person doesn't mean we should brush these things off as nothing when they [...]

[...] hurt someone else. no person is too "sensitive" when responding to hate, and it breaks my heart to see people on here driven away because people can't keep their hateful actions and words disguised as "valid criticism" to themselves.

your feelings of not being enough are not valid reasons to bully. millions of other people who feel the same way channel these feelings into love for others, encouraging them so that we can all grow together instead of tearing each other apart. learn from those people.

this thread was made because of a very specific incident, but if you are a person being bullied stumbling upon this know this: things can and will get better. i know you've probably heard it a million times before, but take it from someone who didn't use to believe it either.

you hold so much strength within you. you can get through this and you will. you can learn to love yourself even when others tell you lies saying you aren't worthy of it. there is help to find and comfort to seek in other people if you reach your hand out, and if [...]