no more, please!

            As a kid, by about 5-11 years old, I had always believed I look fat, dark, hunchback with really thick, curly hair in which the newly-grown shorter ones at the front stand uncontrollably. I face real deal insecurities though I was lucky because the people around me, my family, friends, neighbors and classmates were too kind that I had not been called ugly, hurtful names despite the obvious unflattering physical features.

See what I mean? haha!

I am proud to say that I am no victim of bullies. And that the only thing that triggered me of my past insecurities is myself which then was easily overcome by the care and appreciation the people around me showed to me. Thank God, I lived a happy childhood, a childhood that I could always look back with a smile and never be considered a dark remnant that should never be unraveled. 

This entry is not actually one of those throwbacks and most especially not about me. This one's written in the   hope that I portray a message that I would actually want everyone to see from my own example. 

I check gossip sites, I visit oceanup, justjared even pep. I had read many articles of celebrities and their fans relay their experiences of being bullied and how such experience affect them. Many resulted to cutting themselves, starving to death, turning into psychotics and committing suicide. 

People may say those who are suffering are actually the ones making their own problems, they are too lightweight , too weak that they let their own selves be affected. Maybe, this can be accepted at some point but some things are too easy to say. We never know until we are in the same situation. 

To the bullies and to the people who only judge through presentation and never savor. Know your words, put yourselves in the victim's shoes. It is okay to be frank and honest but be aware of the limits. I tell you, people are aware of the good and bad of their features, you do not have to remind them again and again. If you are doing this, you are not actually showing concern anymore, instead you are actually building up the pressure, adding fuel to the fire. All of us know we can not handle too much of that pressure, at one point, we tend to explode, tear down and just feel helpless. We do not want anyone to be experiencing that right? Much more, we do not want to be at fault. 

To us all, whether we criticize on purpose or not, just stop! Again, others are aware of themselves as much as you are, thus, you do not have to slap it in their face. Instead, why don't we just show concern and acceptance and love. Consider you have your own flaws too. Let us put an end to bullying and its effects on people. Let us give everyone a happy past, a happy childhood that they can look back to despite their own insecurities. 

"Insecurities are part of a man's nature, but when added with pressure from others, this becomes dangerous."

Got how I relate this to my own?  :)

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