It's a dog eat dog kind of world.

Why is it that ignorant, incompetent people have to act like assholes and pick on others who are weaker than them in some areas? My brother has a friend who is like this, and he is horrible to everyone around him, even to people he used to look up to. He is mostly horrible to me, picking on me about things that I have no control over, like how much I weigh. He even picks about things I say, even if I say something like "The weather is nice today" or something simple like that. He can twist anything I say and turn it into something sexist or horrible. Another thing he does is when ever I leave the house, he accuses me of going to see my girlfriend. I don't even have a girlfriend right now. But everytime I see him, he makes fun of me for being bi-sexual. Usually, when my brother and his gang of idiots, including this friend of his that I've been talking about, are home and I am going out the door, I hear remarks like, "What do you do when you have sex with your girlfriend?", "Are you going to eat your girlfriend's ***?", "Can I watch you and your girlfriend have sex?". And it doesn't stop there, their remarks are always plentiful and disgusting. Not to mention rude. And not to mention that I don't even have a girlfriend. Did I mention that already? Let's just say my home life is horrible when my dad is gone, and when there is no one to stop these idiots. When I see that ugly white truck parked outside my house when I pull up in the driveway, my heart sinks and I know that I'm just going to have to go hide in my room for the rest of the night. But not before I hear their insults. But sometimes, I'm lucky and they're all down in the shop and I don't see them.

It is hard to live with my brother, but I believe in karma, and I believe that they will all get what is coming to them, sometime or another. And that makes it easier for me to hang on.

But it is unfathomable that people will make others feel so small and worthless so that they can feel better about themselves. Why can't they just do healthy things to make themselves feel better? Go to the gym, read, or help another person to feel better, use your own personal medicine, but don't hurt another person so you can be bigger. The bigger person is really the one who is nice and caring and helpful, not the one who beats others up. We should focus on our strengths, instead of our weaknesses and maybe for once- be kind to another person. Why is it that people bully others? I think it is because of their own insecurities. It is important to distance yourself from these people and make sure you don't take what they have to say to heart. It is also important to know that what these people say is not, and never will be true. They are just verbalizing their own problems, so ignore them.

Did you know that suicide is the third leading cause of death among young people? It results in about 4,400 deaths per year, according to the CDC. For every suicide among young people, there are at least 100 suicide attempts. Over 14 percent of high school students have considered suicide, and almost 7 percent have attempted it.

Bully victims are between 2 to 9 times more likely to consider suicide than non-victims. According to statistics reported by ABC News, nearly 30 percent of students are either bullies or victims of bullying, and 160,000 kids stay home from school every day because of fear of bullying.

This is just some food for thought. There is a strong link between bullying and suicide. This is becoming an epidemic. People need to stop acting like asses and start realizing the statistics. Any thing you say or do to an individual can impact their day in a good or bad way, so why not impact someone's day in a good way?

I was told by many, many people that I need to grow balls. Steel balls. Especially if I want to be a social worker. Well, it all begins with having a voice, and this is what I have to say on ignorant bullies. They will get what is coming to them, don't worry. We all need to stick up for ourselves at some point in our lives, and this is my time.