What does it mean
To be a hero?

Look in the mirror,
and you'll know.

The concept,
Or even the word itself
Sounds cheesy
To a handful,
Believing that it's only
Child's play at best.

You don't have to
Fight bad guys,
Or get involved
In criminal affairs
To be considered
A hero.

To some,
Being a hero
Means staying strong
Through all the...

I’ve seen a handful of it.
Bullying,
Abuse,
Self-harm,
Suicide,
Loneliness,
All of it.

It’s mind-blowing
To imagine
What all these things
Can do to a person’s mind
And to their well-being.

Sometimes these bad experiences
Can either make a person stronger,
Or it can turn them into something ugly.

I’ve seen the latter,
And it’s not pretty.

All the bullying...

Memories racing through my head
Of everything I've been through,
And everyone that has ever
Come into contact with me.

Just when you think
Those people you used to call
"Close friends," "best friends,"
"Friends until the end," "trusted allies,"
Turned out to be complete lies.

These people never really cared
In the first place about you or me.

You were just...

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Hi everybody,

I'm pleased to announce the introduction of a new Chat Room to replace our current one. This doesn't require specific software such as Java to use it, which I know many of you have struggled with for a while, so I hope this will mean many more people can access the Chat Room again now.

The new Chat Room is in a floating bar at the bottom of the site and will be available...

TeenHelp Newsletter #89 - August 23rd 2017 - http://www.teenhelp.org

Welcome to the TeenHelp Newsletter! Our Newsletter contains a lot of useful information about our current work, including updates to our site and services, new resources, details of upcoming events, short bits of advice, interesting links and more!

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I wish sometimes that I could just shut down and disappear because right no that is all I want to do. I don't want to live anymore. I give up. I don't want to keep on fighting.

It's been a very long time I have been on this site or even posted anything on my blog for that matter. So much has happened since I've been inactive, but I will be talking about a recent experience that happened. No, this isn't about another girl (in fact, my love life has been going extremely well), but more so a former close friend of mine. I never thought it would come down to this between me and him, but it seems that with everything he's done and the fact he doesn't want to change, he's left...

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Hey everyone,

It's that time of the year when I am pleased to announce our "Summer Awards", which recognise and reward many different kinds of contributions to TeenHelp - They can be for high activity across the site or to a single area; they could be giving amazing advice or for writing a good article; they could be long service or from a great newcomer. You don't have...

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TeenHelp Newsletter #88 - July 22nd 2017 - http://www.teenhelp.org

Welcome to the TeenHelp Newsletter! Our Newsletter contains a lot of useful information about our current work, including updates to our site and services, new resources, details of upcoming events, short bits of advice, interesting links and more!

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TeenHelp News

TeenHelp regularly makes changes to its site and services. Some...

I haven't done a lot of TeenHelping for a while. Hands up, I've been awful on the Staffie front. At first it was revision for my exam, then it was celebrating my freedom and watching Netflix without feeling guilty. Crazy, right?

Unfortunately then I went to a physiotherapy appointment. I'm not sure what he did to my back, it really hurt while he was doing it but he said it would help. Ever since that appointment the pain has been way worse. Any longer than about 20 minutes sitting...