Last night, I attended an Anti-Bullying Seminar on campus. I
walked into the event thinking that it was about how to handle bullying in
today's world, but it actually focused on the most interestingly complex bully;
the Inner Bully.
Sharon from Z-Force came and taught us the ways in which we
can try and prevent self-bullying. She shared her personal struggles with self-bullying
when she was fighting against bulimia and anorexia as a child. We are our
biggest critics and sometimes we take it way too far and end up being our own
bully. This really got me thinking that I do need to take it a bit easier on
myself. Never being satisfied with our bodies and appearances is natural. She
offered us a lot of tips that can help us fight off and recovery from years of
bullying ourselves.
It's okay to have to ask for help from others. It's okay if
you need to speak with a therapist about what's going on in your life. As long
as this person helps you get through this rough patch and get you on the road
to recovery, then go for it. You need to develop some kind of support system
for when you have those rough days. If you don't feel like talking out your
problems, then try journaling, drawing, painting, singing, etc. The point is to
find something that will help you release all that tension that you build up
during the day. It just needs to be something positive that can help and
destroy the all the negativity in your life. Surround yourself with positive
people. It's just like that mantra that Ed Gerety has taught all of us:
Positive people, positive things!
