Like most people, I feel I have had my fair share of coming across unkind people. Individuals that want to tear you down. It is inevitable - not everyone will like you and some people choose to consciously make or try and make others feel small. Over the years, I have found different ways of approaching and dealing with it and I am going to share what has helped me the most. This post is in relation to my previous post on bullying and are some of the things I incorporated into my life to deal with it better.

Bullying- something I realised I've experienced, but haven’t spoken about on here. I wanted to create a post with hope that maybe it can help someone else or can be relatable. I hope that to those that can relate that this brings comfort that you are not alone. 

I never quite understood just how much bullying can impact someone until I went through it. Even when it was happening to me, I often found that certain people would be adamant of labelling it as something else to try and play it down. Now, a few years later, whilst I’m a stronger and more confident person that can stand up for myself, the memories of the spiteful things some people did and said will stay with me forever. This is not a post looking for sympathy. I created this with an aim to help and as the advice I wish I was given when I experienced it. In this post, I want to talk about some of my experiences and things that I found helped me or feel could help someone in a similar situation. I also want to acknowledge that bullying is very often thought of being reserved to school settings, when that’s not the case - it can happen to anyone, anywhere and as such bullying in the workplace exists and this shouldn’t be downplayed or ignored.