"Cyberbullying" ABC Original Movie

Dear Readers,


So I just watched this movie on Netflix called "Cyberbullying". It's an ABC Original movie with two well known Disney stars: Emily Osment and Kay Panabaker. It's a powerful movie about a normal girl trying to get through her high school years. She was doing just fine until she starts being cyberbullied online, which spirals out of control . . . just like her life ends up doing. I went on a huge emotional rollercoaster while watching this movie, because I know what it's like to be in the main character's shoes. She got so bad at one point that she almost committed suicide, but her loved ones stopped her. I know how that feels. I know how almost exactly everything she went through feels. 


Then why do we let people get away with cyberbullying?? Why do we hide behind our fear and let things spiral out of control?? Why do we slip away and let their comments control us, eating away at us day and night?? Why do we silence ourselves?? Why don't we speak now??


The movie made a good point: not all Cyberbullies intentional became cyberbullies. One day they got angry, upset, and frustrated and decided to take it out on someone else on-line. A person they couldn't see face-to-face. It wasn't always the person's intention for the other's life to spin out of control. Yet it happens anyways. Again: why don't we speak now??


One of my favorite quotes of all time is this one:

"Real life is a funny thing, you know.
In real life, saying the right thing at the right
moment is beyond crucial. So crucial, in fact,
that most of us start to hesitant for fear of
saying the wrong thing at the wrong time.
But lately what I've begun to fear more than that
is letting the moment pass without saying
anything. I think you deserve to look back on
your life without this chorus of resounding voices
saying, 'I could've but it's too late now'. So
there's a time for silence, and there's a time for
waiting your turn. But if you know how you feel,
and you so clearly know what you need to say,
you'll know it. I don't think you should wait.
I think you should speak now." -Taylor Swift



I agree with Taylor Swift, I think you should speak now. Print out exactly what the person told you and then tell someone. Don't brush it under the rug like it doesn't matter and like you don't care, because if you would be honest with yourself you do care and it does hurt. I know because I've been there. And it was recent, just last month. Tell a trusted teacher, tell a Youth Group Leader, tell your parents, tell someone who will care and help you through it. A person who will do something about it, so that it won't keep happening over and over again. 


It may get worse before it gets better. Things may get pretty bad. But what do you have to lose?? Why don't you take that risk?? Why don't you SPEAK NOW??


Sincerely and Honestly,
xXxScarlet_JadexXx