I didn't know how to stand up for myself, and I couldn't.

I guess you could call me the 8th grade slut. I've had two boyfriends, and the farthest I've made it is second base. Everyone had already begun calling me a slut before because my boyfriend was the most unpopular person in our class, so that made me desperate in their eyes. Now that I have another boyfriend, things have gotten worse. When I was sitting at lunch, my "friends" started talking about me. They started saying things like: "Oh my gosh, Grayson is going to lose her virginity before she turns 18!" "I bet you that she'll lose it before she gets her drivers license." And then, the one that has been stuck in my mind since it happened. "It doesn't matter, you'll be married when you're 18 anyways." I cried for hours when I found out what they actually thought of me. This was probably the point in my life that my cutting was the worst. I didn't know how to stand up for myself, and I couldn't. I have social anxiety and I was so shocked they'd said all that, I couldn't respond. Now, months later, I confronted them about what happened, and they have the audacity to claim I made it up. They make it known they don't like me after I finally stood up for myself. And everyone acts like I'm crazy. It makes me sick. - Grayson Carter