My name is Katelyn im 15 and im a victim of bullying it started when i was in 1st grade they would hit me and call me ugly they said i looked like a boy just cause my hair was shorter than any of the other kids at my school and it was never stopped by teachers...7th grade year my bestfriend who was like my brother was killed bullying kept going...8th grade the same thing was going on the bullies kept going i couldnt take it anymore so i decided i could escape i started cutting i thought about suicide but when my parents found out I was sent away to a hospital called Lincoln Trail spent 3 weeks there when i came home i had to go back to school and it was no different they said go back to were you came from no one wants you here i finally had enough and stood up for myself the bullying stopped and im now helping kids in my community that are being bullied and I just now got my life back in order