Standing Up For Yourself

Standing up for yourself against a bully is hard. But standing up for yourself against a friend is a nightmare. It's so hard just to go up to a friend and say, "Please don't do that anymore. It hurts my feelings." I don't know why, but I think you're more comfortable around them. It makes you feel awkward to ask them to do something than it is to a bully. When I need to stand up to someone, I pretend it's just a regular person, someone you don't care about as much. This makes it easier because you really feel okay about saying your feelings about someone. Just saying, don't back down.