Parents spend years teaching their children about bullies:
"do not let their destructive words tear you down, you are much stronger than that"
"do not give in to their manipulative games & jokes, they just want to see your hurt reaction"
"do not fight back, do not stoop to their level"
What parents don't mention is that you are your worst bully.
Breaking your confidence like a shattered mirror - you can still piece it back together, but look at all the cracks..
Tricking yourself into thinking you're not good enough even though you've been told so many times how much you are valued..
Yet we are taught to not fight back,
"if you ignore them, eventually they will get bored & stop"
That bully will not stop. That bully will tear you apart limb by limb, hurtful remark after hurtful remark. That bully will compare you to others & tell you that you're not good enough because you don't look, talk, act, or love like someone else, a complete stranger, who's probably struggling with their own bully.
That bully will continue to hurt & abuse you until you put it to an end.. until you stand up for yourself, to yourself, and realize that you are worth it.
I've had a lot of bullies. Ones who have said & done things worse than your mind could ever imagine - but none of those bullies compared to me, my worst bully.
