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A Dose of Reality

The bullying has to stop. The name bashing has to stop.

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You want a petty fight? You want to call me out for something I didn't do and you have no proof of regardless? You want to start rumors and slander me? That's perfectly fine. You know I won't do the same to you. Here's a dose of reality for you though, you're a bully. Not even the real kind of bully where they get in your face or throw food on you.

You're the weakest kind of bully.

A cyber bully. You use the computer screen and the screen of your phone to hide. You go out of your way trying to hurt other people, trying to tear them down, trying to make others as miserable as you are. Bullies do what they do for lots of reasons. I can peg your general reason for your childish behavior down to a single point. You're hurting. I get it, I do. I was a bully once too but I was 15. I didn't realize what I was doing. I didn't know the magnitude of my words. But we aren't 15 anymore. As someone who has struggled with anxiety, you should know once you say something you can never take it back. Once you hurt someone it changes the way they see themselves and the world. I've helped you in the past despite how many times you've said false and spitefully mean things about me on social media. The reason for that is I know you don't mean the words you're saying. I know you're trying to make sense of what's going on in your life. Here's another dose of reality for you, you have to grow up and move on. We're getting too old to feed into the hatred in this world. The bullying has to stop. The name bashing has to stop. You need to focus on your life, blossoming your dreams and growing the life you truly want. You're spending your emotional energy on tyrannizing other people on social media. Your emotional energy should go into loving the people in your life, appreciating what you have, and making the most out of every day.

Each person is allocated so much time on this Earth. Do you really want to spend the time you have hurting other people? Spreading hatred? Taylor Swift didn't mean it when she said all you'll ever be is mean. I know deep down you're not mean. I know deep down you want what we all want. You want the person you love to love you back. We don't always get what we want though. And when we don't we have options. The option you've chosen is to lash out and try to bring everyone down with you. The option you've chosen is to be a bully. Eventually and I don't know when, I'm not psychic, you're going to get an even harder to swallow a dose of reality. The pain will be worse and you'll be left hurt and confused and heartbroken. I want you to know I'm here for you. I don't care what you've done to me. I don't care what you've said about me. No one deserves to go through heartbreak alone or to feel as though they are alone.

Underneath the harsh words and the bully front you put up is a heart. And your heart beats the same as mine. You bleed the same as me. An eye for an eye truly does make the world blind. I promise you I won't lash out at you. I won't let my anger about the way you've bullied me or my hurt feelings about the way you've bullied me turn into anything malicious. Being a bully will get old or you'll be left so hurt you can't find the energy to be a bully. When that day comes, like I said I'm here for you.

I hope anyone committing acts that classify as bullying realizes that reality 90% of the time isn't kind and it doesn't cater to our feelings. It levels us out and it gives us back what we dish out. But I believe good things happen to good people and if you spend your time building the world up and spreading love that other 10% makes for an incredible, happy, wholesome life.

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