Reflection On Bullying

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In this essay I’m going to talk about how I dealt with a fifteen year old Christian girl in our youth group who was struggling with suicidal thoughts and bullying. I will call her Mandy for the purpose of this essay.

I was a youth leader in our youth group, Highlife, and I had seen Mandy around a bit before because her low self-esteem really stood out to me. She always looked sad with her shoulders slumped and always had her head down. I got the opportunity to talk to her a few times but it was not untill Highlife went to Arise conference this year that I really got to know her. It was on the bus ride home that I sat next to her and asked her if she enjoyed her time at Arise and she did, but she brought up the fact that she did not want to go back to school the next day because before the holidays some girls were bullying her and making fun of her because she did not have friends. Because she lacked confidence I saw her as an easy target for bullies because they know they can get to her and beat her …show more content…

It was great that I seeked help where I thought I should have because I could not handle her situation on my own. Going into my meetings with Mandy my goal was to come along side her as a loving friend and make her laugh as I know she needed it. I was not trying to fix her problems for her I just wanted to share the truth with her where I could. I had no plan of what I should do, I just did what I thought was right in the moment. One thing I did not do was follow up on whether she got councilling or not. I have done so now and she said she had three sessions because that was all her parents could afford. She could receive six government funded councilling sessions without her parents having to pay anything so I plan to organise that for her. I also did not follow up to see if any of the other leaders had been in touch with

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