Ok before I start I'm just going to say my story isn't as bad as some.

I have always been shy and no good at making friends so I only really ever had one friend in primary school. In grade four the bullying started. It was just verbal bullying and some social exclusion I was told things like your ugly and no one likes you. It slowly became worse and the insults got more hurtful. I didn't tell anyone not even my only friend I was scared they would say I'm overreacting and I'm not actually being bullied.

I would avoid most kids at school and I would hide in the toilets at lunch time and cry. I would get back to class with red puffy eyes from the crying and they would bully me about that too they would call me thing like weak and a sook. All through primary school it was a steady stream of bullying and like I said before no one knew it was happening. I would cry myself to sleep at night asking myself why everyone hates me.

I have a nice big family and we didn't have any divorces or anything until I was in grade 5 my auntie and uncle split up and our family basically fell to bits from there.

When grade 7 came around and I started high school I though it would get better but it got worse. Some of the bullying became physical I was pushed into lockers and my belongings were stolen. Grade seven was definitely my worst year I think I may have had anxiety and maybe depression but I cant be sure. I would leave class to go and have break downs in private. I started to dread going to school and I would beg mum to let me stay home.

In grade 8 the bullying was more focused on one thing. My basics class made fun of my organisation and would call me OCD they would steal my things and sometimes damage them or throw them into the garbage. I lost a close friend that year too I was seeing the school counsellor for a while after that. as well as loosing a friend and being bullied my mum was diagnosed with breast cancer so life was hard.

This year I am in grade 9 and most of the bullying has stopped but I'm definitely still suffering from it. My mum recovered from the cancer but now one of my friends has thyroid cancer it like I can't get a break. I think I may have depression and maybe anxiety but I haven't got any help as I've said so I cant be sure. I have googled the symptoms of depression and I have most of them.

So that's my story.