I feel like most YouTubers fail to show their more human side. Dodie is brave enough to admit she's made mistakes and stand up to them. She's flawed like everyone else. We could learn a lot from her.
Hanz Franz didn't you listen? That story is an extract from her book. The book is full of honest, truthful stories. Revealing the cover is something many people have been looking forward to, and it's completely relevant to the video.
I disagree. So many youtubers share their mistakes and flaws, I think its very underrated to see a 'happy' youtuber nowadays who doesn't share all of their negatives. They'd get called fake. I think those people are braver.
I don't think those other youtubers share their mistakes and flaws like Dodie tho. When they share their mistakes and flaws, it's still on the grounds where they don't want to paint themselves in a bad image at all. Whereas Dodie, she's telling us that she had once bullied a person to, something that most people in the internet would cower away from, because 'this youtuber used to be a bully'.
also i have a sticky note in my binder for school that says, "to the girl with the rainbow bag..." and this video makes me vv happy which is why i keep the note
They didn’t like the fact that they knew that you had something that they would never possess, and it drove them crazy. This is what drives ALL bullies and humans crazy— the idea of being imperfect.
Right?! Apparently there's this kid in my grade who keeps gossiping about me behind my back, but I'm not even in any of his classes. I wish he would just say it to my face smh
you are brave, strong, kind, and innocent. meanwhile, they talked about you behind your back, because if they talked about them, no one would care.(quoting some meme I saw on tumblr) take care bud 💓
I am going through the exact same thing at the moment. It's the worst feeling not knowing what you've done wrong to deserve it, especially since I find out every time it happens. I would rather not know to be honest, or like you said, have it said to my face. At least then I could change and stop it from happening.
So some girl got jealous I was hanging out with HER friend so she told her friend that I had lice. Why? So she wouldn't hang out with me. So I became Lice Girl and "Ew, take a shower!" Girl for a while but honestly I don't care. I found great friends that helped me stand up to a lot of other people!
Same! I hate when random shit feels like it's being passed on about me. Of course no one would do that to me, because I don't want to brag, but I am quite nice to them, but it just feels that way.
Stand above them! They just want to make you feel insecure about yourself, knowing that you have a great personality! Don't settle down on their Niveau,they are just jealous for some reasons.Jealousy is often the cause of being disrespectful towards others,when you didn't do anything to them. (sry im not a native speaker)
this video has over 1 million views and about 4k comments, not all of which are about being bullied. and if they all were, it would mean approximately 0.4% of those who watched the video were bullied.
Yeah I’d rather been bullied to my face too when I was bullied. You just have a sense of security kind of that you know who is saying those things. It just calms me down thinking about knowing who is bullying me
Juliet Nash , SAME I often find myself instantly regretting my actions and feeling awkward , without speech when people compliment me . Simply because I’m used to the hate and discrimination .
Same I got bullied by my old group of friends behind my back they would find out my secrets and start rumours they kinda outed me and remember I’m year 7 and just started high school
Aren't we all the girl with the rainbow bag, though? We're all bullied at some point, and there are always people who don't respect us, and those who do.
Rainbow Flower Hun, we know It wasn’t you because of your YouTube. You’re a gorgeous girl, and you may have a rainbow backpack, but there’s no way you’re over twenty lol. But approach your bullies- if you are bullied- as you would with how you said you did with Dodie. It may be hard, as they just seem so heartless and it’s much easier to forgive someone when they’re as popular as Dodie and as open as her, but deep down everyone has insecurities hidden and we’re all our own version of Dodie. I hope everything goes well for you hunni, good luck
Everyone is the girl with the rainbow bug, and dodie, and all the other children. There is an amazing story by Etgar Keret called "pick a colour" that talks about the fact the every person is a bully and a victim at the same time, I think everyone should read this story. (You can find the story on the internet, maybe you'll need to search "pick a color" without the U, but you'll find it)
Hannah Barratt yeah its me i told her i was ok once i watched this and told she is amazing. I was never mad just sad i never thought i would talk to her agqin but here we are LOVE.witch real name Sally Carson
Only a year ago I had very messy, knotty and dying hair. It was so much fun for anyone to point out. They would say stuff like "you have a bird's nest" or "do you brush pour hair?". I got really nervous and whenever someone asked I said "rarely" because I was too scared to tell the truth. My hair was messy because my mum was never around to help me brush it or to help me put it into fancy hairstyles. I was so fed up. Even my friends would comment on it, they believed that I never brushed my hair. I cried for days, everyday after school I would cry about the hurtful things people said. I told my friend if someone said my hair was messy again I would cut it off and make it short. About less than 5 minutes later someone did. This year in March I decided to do it, now I have a grown out pixie cut. Now I have compliments like "I wish I could have your hair" and "your hair is fabulous". I love myself now.
Ads the Alien I know how you feel about hair sister! It's terrible when you can't do anything, and your mom can't help. I have super annoying hair, and now I have a cute pixie cut to! Stay confident ;)
I have super annoying hair too! But in my case, my mum is the problem She is obsessed in styling my hair in ways that make me very self-concious I wanted to cut my hair short but she won't let me She says I'll look like a boy And also, I'm trans
Unborn Alien The fact that you cut your hair to a pixie cut and then everyone was saying how beautiful you were then just told me something, humanity only cares about looks. But just remember, it’s the inside that counts.
I'm glad you love yourself, but hopefully that isn't because people compliment you. Your self worth and the opinions of others should never be compared.
I can relate to this so much! Everyone acts like I haven't done anything to attempt to make my hair better and that I just don't care! It is such a huge insecurity of mine. I'm going to get short hair next week and I'm praying it goes well but I'm so glad there's someone that I can relate to because everyone uses those insults to me as well....I don't see why people think it's ok to shame people for their natural characteristics....
I was bullied daily since I was four years old (with my bullies' ultimate goal being my suicide) and I still can't understand how people can do that to someone else after knowing how horrible it feels. :/
the part where she speaks to the girl with the rainbow backpack makes me cry every time. I'm Dodie, and the girl, and the people who teased them both, and everyone else, all at once. It hurts to be bullied, and it hurts to bully others. Thank you Dodie, you don't give me strength, you remind me I have had that strength all along.
because just like in the video dodie said that bullies will feel like they want to fit in, or maybe it could be a tragic past. maybe things aren’t good at home and they want to take their mind of things. or it could be jealousy. there are so many possibilities so i can’t write them all down. but, even tho they, the bullies, have had a hard time, their tragic past do not excuse their bad behavior. but they’ve learned from that and they most likely won’t do it again.
although i haven’t bullied others, and i haven’t been ‘severely’ bullied (it wasn’t severe bullying, they were just saying mean stuff to me but i tend to forget about it and just avoid them at all means) i think what dodie and this comment said is true.
and not every bully will feel this way, they could just be making fun of you because they think it’s all a joke and that certainly isn’t nice, but all we can do is wait. wait until they see what they’re doing is wrong. if you are a victim, you have the right to be mad at them, that’s normal. but in my opinion, i think we should see each other eye to eye and be considerate. because bullying hurts and being bullied does hurt too.
I was bullied. I had anger issues, too much energy, and was too clingy. Kids would call me crybaby, and provoke me. One girl threatened to stab me with a tac. (I am very, very small. I was the smallest in my grade, and she was big.) A bully of mine is my friend, actually. She brings it up from time to time, but it's whatever. I was a bully, too, from peer pressure. I was an introvert with insecurity looming over my shoulders. When I received two friends who were popular. I became a little possessive of the "popular" idea and tried to fit in. I was the clown of the group, making people laugh. When a new girl came, (Yes, I am friends with her today," my so called "friends" goaded me into doing bad things. Hitting her in dodgeball despite being on the same team, being rude, you name it. They convinced me to say swears that I shouldn't have said. I was the joke, used, and molded. I realized this too late. I bet she's off snorting talcum powder right now, cherishing the bliss ignorance she has about "cool" things. I will never be used again. I utterly despise false people. I am loud, and talk back to those who deserve it, and place my opinion clearly. I am not a pushover, and I will never be ever again.
exactly same with me, i was bullied for since i came to my new school, and then it was getting too much but the popular people decided after 2 years to let me hang out with them, this girl always used to give me dirty looks and talk about me so i stood up to her for a year and then i was told off that she wrote a letter off how i bullied her for 3 years? when i thought about it i didnt even know english those 3 years ago but i cried for weeks because i felt guilty, i still do and idk what to do any advice?
bubba hubba Do not worry. ‘Standing up’ to a bully is not bullying. If you made her feel unsafe to go to school, or personally despise it OTHER than a ‘rivalry’ (meaning she/he can fight back verbally without fear) then it is not bullying. They were flat out lying. Do not be afraid to stand up for yourself. If the popular kids, like in my case changed you, ditch them. They’ll change you in ways you’ll regret.
I was exactly the same. My so-called 'popular' friends used me for a bit, then passed me on. I had no real friends. When I would tell someone, I was called a crybaby, and when I finally tried to stand up to them, I had "anger issues". I was isolated. Nobody knew I was alive unless it was for a joke. Everyone I thought I trusted never believed me. But it never really even stopped. It's still happening and I can't do anything. I've been bullied my whole life but nobody believes me. I'm just the weird kid who nobody likes. I'm nothing like my peers. I share no interests with them, I look different, I don't follow stupid trends, I'm smart, but wrong. I'm pretty, but too different. I'm creative, but insane. They all think I'm mad, I've been called a psychopath. They don't realise I have feelings at all. I only have 1 friend now, but I'm going to a different school next year and I just want her to make real friends. I love her a lot, and she loves me (platonically). She tells me everything that's bothering her in her life, but I can't tell her how I feel, I can't trust anyone anymore. But because I made one friend (who is also a girl) and we are really close, suddenly we both get teased for being lesbians :/ She told me she's straight (she has a massive crush on the guy who says to me that I'm gay for Nicole. (I don't like her that way)) But I have never told anyone that I'm pan (I would date on personality). I just don't want her to get teased for something she's not. I don't care anymore if they tease me, let them, but I don't want them hurting my best friend anymore. But I'm just known as the artsy girl who makes references (not even that obscure) every second sentence and the scary one. Everyone's afraid of me because I'm really tall for my age and I wear all black (and I always look depressed). Sorry for venting yall I just really felt the same as you
Also, I doubt you will see this Dodie but everybody has tried to fit in at some point in their lives. I've recently come out of a toxic friendship with a girl that brought out the horrible side in me, the side that would talk about other people, even friends, and laugh at the girls that were at the same social "rank" as me because I thought it made me cool in her eyes. I've moved on from that now, and she's officially out of my hair until summer ends and I sit next to her in English, but oh well. I'm now with a lovely group of friends, we're honest with each other and we don't plan social events if we know the other doesn't want to (which is an important thing for me haha) but I still regret what I was last year. I've since made wonderful friends out of the girls I used to talk about, and they are always there for me and I them. This video made me feel so much better about it knowing that I'm not the only one, so thank you Dodie. Your music and your videos are so inspiring and meaningful, and they really do help a lot of people including me. Thank you.
The girl on your bus who use to carry a rainbow bag and didn't care much about washing her hair. She didn't happen to be French, have red hair and be called Tilly did she!
She, she screams in silence A sullen riot penetrating through her mind Wait-ing for a sign to smash the silence with a a brick of self control
Are you locked up in a world that been planned out for you? Are you feeling like a social tool with out a use? Scream at me until my ears bleed I'm taking heed just for you
She, she's figured out That all her doubts were someone else's point of view Wak-ing up this time To smash the silence with a broke of self control
Are you locked up in a world that's been planned out for you? Are you feeling like a social tool without a use? Scream at me until my ears bleed I'm taking heed just for you (scream)
Are you locked up In a world that's been planned out for you? Are you feeling like a social took with out a use? Scream at me until my ears bleed I'm taking heed just for you ——————————————— Green Day - She (lyrics)
Awww I can relateI always make my classmates sign a piece of paper for my sister with social anxiety so that she's happier and feels like people care even though they all do
"Everyone is just a collage of their favourite parts of other people" love this video! 💗 I'm SO excited for your book! And omg Hedy is an amazing artist!
You honestly have no idea how grateful I am for this video. But while most of the comments are about how people themselves were bullied, I'm here to show a different side of the story- the bully's side.
3-4 years ago I was a bully. One of my first friends often acted like one and I copied her. I bullied one of my closest friends, disliked my first ever friend because our parents had fell out- I assumed that it was the good thing to do. Stupid assumption really. But most of the things I thought were idiotic back then.
I bullied one of my so called best friends because I was scared of losing my best friend who I'd known for four years. I also bullied another girl because she was mean to me and my so called friends one time. I've been told that she still doesn't trust me to this day and I can see why.
When I got to my final year in Primary School I looked back on those things and then looked at my current friends. I had three amazing best friends- one whom I had known for 7 years at this point. And my closest friends included two of the girls who I had bullied.
The guilt ate me alive and still does. Two of the girls often made jokes about how I used to bully them. I would laugh along and say how I was so stupid back then but I was destroying myself on the inside. I told myself I deserved it- still do in fact. But this isn't about me pitying myself, no that shouldn't happen.
Since that experience I've changed as a person and my view on life has changed as well. I'm in my first year of High School and have a group of friends- we're all really weird and crazy but that's just us and we're happy- sometimes.
I now try to see both sides of the story before not liking something or someone. I'm a lot more self concious and a generally self-loathing person but I derserve to feel the same way that they felt- even worse than how they felt.
I still beat myself up over it but this video has helped so much. While I'm not at peace with my history yet, I'm starting to realise that it doesn't define me.
Thank you so much for sharing your story Dodie Clark and thank you to whoever decided to take their time to read my stupid little self-hate rant.
You're all important and your stories should be heard. I love you all.
Me too and I struggle of depression because I was being bullied a lot and I was too a bully but u swear I've changed now I pray more often and way nicer and I hate myself for bullying🔪
You don't need to hate yourself for what you've done in the past because that's not you anymore. Love yourself for having the bravery to admit you've done something wrong and change from your old self. You are all very strong.
Something I'll never forget was in 4th grade. There was this boy named Alex who liked me and I kinda liked him too but he wasn't popular and neither was i. I'd be bullied if I hung out with him so in my mind I thought thst if I called him names around the popular kids that i wouldn't be bullied. They laughed at my jokes like when I called him a fruit loop but in the end they still made fun of me regardless. I thought I was bullied because he always tried to be around me so I tried distancing myself from him. When it came time to work in pairs he always came to me and I felt embarrassed because I didn't want the other kids to attack me for it. I realised too late that it didn't matter wether or not he was around me. I was still considered a joke. I was still made fun of. I left that school in 5th grade to never see or hear from him again. It made me realize that I shouldn't put someone else down to try to lessen what happens to me so In 5th grade through high school I didn't do that. But I was made fun of worse in high school. Never went to a single dance nor prom. My time in 5th grade to 8th was probably the worse. There was a time when a guy named Daniel got his sports heat packet taken away and when she left the room he took it back from her desk. For 2 weeks we had to stay in for recess until someone confessed. The entire grade made me say that I did it. I was then given after school detention for a week for something I didn't do. I was a new student at that point. I don't know how the teacher would've even believed that it was me because I wasn't popular, didn't talk, and was well behaved. It was my first year there soooo. I was sexually assaulted in 6th grade by a 7th grader for a few days straight in school. Someone who was kind of my friend told a teacher. All the school did was suspend him for 2 days then he got to go back to school like it was nothing, but then when I was showing signs of depression and suicidal ideation though a poem i wrote they treated me like i was going to blow up the school. Immediately called my parents, took me out of school and wasn't going to let me come back until my therapy visits checked out. I remember when the school counselor told me to go grab my bag across the school and were telling me not to go anywhere else and to stay in their view like i was about to be a school shooter or something. But the guy who sexually assaulted me wasn't treated anywhere near that. My parents didn't even do anything about it. They just asked like twice if I was good, I said yes, and that was the end of it and it's never been brought up since. I was going through intense bullying and pulled my frustration in poems (mind you i never said I wanted to hurt anyone, I didn't. I just talked about myself) and they treated me like i was the bad guy about to explode on everyone. They didn't care about the fact that I had emotional problems. They just wanted to stereotype me and make themselves look good on record. There was the same issue in high school when I was self harming by cutting. The school notified my parents and my parents freaked out and just yelled at me for an hour and just kept telling me about how it could get them in trouble and me taken away. They didn't really care about my mental stability. They just didn't want to get in trouble for anything and they just wanted me to be normal and not have problems. I'm 21 now and still haven't gotten help for anything I've been through. I'm even more angry and out of touch with reality. I can't get the help I need because my family doesn't get it and through the years I've never been respected by anyone enough to solve the problem. Now I just hide every negative emotion I feel. And nowadays i don't have one single friend and haven't hung out with anyone in 2 years.
If u truly feel this alone, I want to tell u something comforting but I know it must be hard to accept that from a stranger, who doesn't even know u. If anything, I'd recommend u get a dog. I'm being completely serious. They are so kind and loyal and they make you feel wanted, like you're the most important person in the world. They are loving and always there for u when u need them. I honestly hope that you're ok, and u should get help if u truly think that u need it. There is so much more to life. So much more that is worth living for. Don't let the scars of your past tell u otherwise, because u can't get rid of scars. U can only live with them and make the best out of the life you're living. Its been 2 months since u posted this, and I hope since then u are doing better.
what i think you should do is still get help. your family doesn't need to get it. you have so much more power over yourself than they have on you. you're an adult and your parents don't own you so use that advantage and do what you think is best for yourself, because i know you can get better.
That's actually horrible I'm so so sorry that you had to go through all of that alone. I know this is weird coming from someone way younger and a complete stranger on the internet but I would totally be friend with you. You are amazing and I hope you can stay strong and learn to be happy. ❤❤❤
I was a bully, I was insecure, my grandad had just been diagnosed with alzheimers, so I would take out my frustrations on this kid. I got my comeuppance though. I have dark hair, which means the hair on my arms and legs are more visible. My teeth are large and stick out. I was called werewolf, and ape, and i deserved it.
I became bullied. I still am, kind of, and I deserve it. I deserve it for being so mean to people, but I know exactly what Dodie means about the social awkwardness. I don't speak much among my friends, I mutter, and stutter, and trip over words, so I vow never to speak. I try not to.
I was bullied all through school- not just name calling, I mean I was pushed down stairs and had my nose broken with my favorite book .. then a new girl came and I thought bullying her would help my chances in school. 1. bullying is never the answer 2. she's my best friend now, 8 years later
i've literally been bullied my entire life. Yes, some parts were harsher than others, but they always come back for more. The teasing went away for a short while, but then other people were bullying me,now that the other group stopped, the first group have started up again, and i know this will continue through sixth form because there are too many bullies to escape , but this is my final year and despite the fact no one can or will stop the bullying, i hope i can get through it all, To anyone being bullied, please know you arent alone
If there's anything that the movie Koe No Katachi has taught me, it's that no one is perfect. Everyone is mean at some point and sometimes we hurt the most sweetest people with only the purest of intentions. The world is an incredibly unfair place.
There was a girl named Lucy in my middle school Latin class. She was, well, an easy target. Her social skills weren't up to par with everyone else's, she had an aide with her at all times, she would demand things. I remember that feeling in seventh grade of making fun of her - it was easy, it was something I could say to relate to other people in the room, to make myself one of them by moving any comments toward her. A part of me felt bad, but at the time, I didn't care. By the time I reached high school I vowed to be better to her. It didn't mean much; she left the class after freshman year. But I remember her. She didn't deserve that. Middle schoolers are the worst.
I remember in 7th grade, i was bullied. I was bullied by one of my best friends friend, i never knew why she hated me so much. She would call me names as i walked by her, or just straight up say it in my face. Because of her, i was diagnosed with depression and felt like i wasn't worth anything. Eventually the bullying had stopped and she had apologized to me in 8th grade, which i knew was a fake apology. I remember after she had "apologized" i ran out of the area i was in, and ran to the bathroom and cried. Behind my back she had asked her friends why i didn't accept the apology, and said she wanted to fight me. To this day i'm still afraid she might bully me again. She has sorta been nicer to me, but i know she has been threw some things in her past but i just wanted to finally get it off my chest. thank you to whoever has read the whole thing.
This was absolutely beautiful, Dodie. Don't laugh, but It made me cry. i love your video and your voice. also, ive aready pre-ordered your book, i cant wait to read it and i will comment on it when im done. Thank you for your time.
I dont get bullied as much, and havent really been since elementary school. Even then, it didnt happen often, but once i got to middle school, it all pretty much went away. I had more self confidence, and i was friends with the nice popular girls, and had a prety wide-spread friend group, as well as my extremly reliable online group. I have also been a bully, but its moslty just things i say in my head or under my breath. But i do talk about people behind their backs, and it stems from my social anxiety and the feeling of needing to be included.
i started reading a part in dodies book and i just thought ‘huh, this sounds really familiar!’ so i looked up this video and it was just a mini audiobook session and it made me happy
I got the book for Christmas today, and it was one of the best gifts I got, and I got lots of wonderful things. I read along while you talked, and your other stories inspire me SO much. I'm going to celebrate Christmas with family that is a good couple hours away, and I will definitely bring this book with. I love the cover, and I think my favorite story is the one about hedy, and 'fame.' I love every word, picture, and page in this book, and I love that you took the time to write it. I hope you have a very merry Christmas, Dodie! Again, thank you for all the wonderful things you have done.
I remember reading this part in her beautiful book, so many of her stories have stuck with me, and helped me, I have re read her book numerous amounts of times, and always skim over my favourite paragraphs. I love you dodie😌 (also Hedy is an incredible artist)
I used to be outgoing like the rainbow backpack girl. I would wear a thick rainbow headband and a cute fox hat. I had a few problems that I already tried to leave behind, but that never stopped me from wearing what I wanted. Every day I heard people calling me names like "furry" (and furries aren't bad people, or kept calling me gay and teasing saying other things like, "Where's your girlfriend?", but they brought things further... to worse levels. I was teased, called names, and every now and then I would call my mum to take me home. About a year later, I wore a dark grey sweatshirt. No one noticed me much anymore, yet I still heard people mumble things like, "Isn't she that one girl from last year?" To the next note, I had two really close friends to me. One was way to conceited and bragged a ton, but I still love her and the other was a quiet person I never listened to when I wish I had. These people made me feel more powerful... outgoing again. Till one day, I felt I had power over them. Due to my stupid actions, I lost them. My actions still somewhat haunt me, but every now and then I see them around and I dearly miss them. I felt that my story closely relates to yours. Not quite the same, but you reminded me of it. You're a great person and I learned to not let anyone tell you lesser.
This is personal but my cousin actually commited suicide and it left us all horrified. Please just watch Shane or ryland or dodie and have a nice laugh. I don't want anyone getting hurt :') happy Shane 12 million
There is a girl in my school that has a massive crush on me, and everyone tells her to die because she's gay. But I totally accept her.. and to be honest.. I like her too.. this is why I hang out with her so much and defend her even though most of the time she's defending me.
the key to stop bullying is to just be funny (literally) like in middle school this girl bullied me all the time and he said something stupid "I hate your face" then I actually said back to her "well I love yours sweet cheeks" (I was weird okay) and everybody busted out laughing but she had nothing to say back to me :3
and it works because they only bully you to see you get upset so just don't get upset
Throughout the whole video I thought dodie was the one drawing and I was like, "wow, how can there be so much talent in one family?" But then she said it was drawn by Hedy. 😂 They're still both very talented.
I was bullied from primary school literally non stop until I was around 16. I was too smart, the teachers pet, I was weird, a freak, the other kids would refuse to play with me, one kid choked me, one kid said I had a disease and informed everyone not to touch me, and they listened. They had a petition they all wrote on for me to kill myself. I felt on the outside, I felt I was only in my friend group out of pity and I found it really difficult to make friends and keep them. I found out why years later. I have autism, sure it's not the only reason but a big part of why I am the way I am. I had believed what others said about me for so long that now it's ingrained in me. Even if I know it's not true, some part inside doesn't. I'd like to say I'm 100% better now but I'm not. I'm human and we all have our own struggles but I'm working on it.
Calvin McLaughlin I'm picked on a bit at the moment, and as a really socially awkward, incredibly shy person, I can't stand up for myself. Also everyone calls me teachers pet behind my back. My name is shouted over the class really loudly, and to some they take it in their stride, but for me its the most humiliating thing ever!! My self esteem and confidence is plummeting. I am now wondering why this is, and think it could be that I possibly have Asperger's. How did you find out, and do you have any advice!!? Thanks!! ❤️
Aaaah!! I knew Hedy did the illustrations! I just felt it! I'm so proud, she does so good! I loved the story and I hope to have the money to purchase your book someday!!
This was such an inspirational video and I have been bullied, I haven’t been a bully so I can’t relate. I’m asking for your book for my Birthday so I can read it, I’m really looking forward to reading it. 💕🌸
Omg I am literally crying. She writes so beautifully! I am SO excited for the book, if it's half as good as this video! Also, omg Hedy is so good at art it's unbelievable.
at first i was like 'wow dodie can draw really well' and then i noticed the hands were a bit too small for dodie hands and i literally screamed 'OH ITS HEDY'
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toilet brush You are literally making fun of a disorder where people suffer from it therefore it is normal for people to stand up for it. "Welcome to life and the Internet so don't get butt hurt" is a poor comeback. Think harder for the next one lol. 😂
people hated me for having heterochromia cause one day my bully ripped off my eyepatch saying like "why do you always wear that stupid eyepatch?" People started calling me weird eye freak but hey my friend told me to ignore them and i did i wouldnt be here if i never met my friend Anyway thanks for reading all of my blabbing heh ( ik my english is bad sorry)
I teared up a bit. I used to be one of the girls with a rainbow bag. Hearing you say those things gave me some sort of feeling of closure, even if the people who laughed at me were others. I hope she sees this because it's beautiful and so reassuring. Thank you for creating this, both to you and your beautifully talented sister. I love this video <3
I used to be what Dodie was. People would make fun of me, so to try to fit in, I kinda picked on this one kid a bit. Looking back at it, I feel so horrible and hope they know, somehow, that it was not their fault and there isn't anything they should fix about themselves. It was me that I needed to fix. I guess why this video hit me so hard.
Currently being bullied, something I never thought I would have to deal with. I dread going to school and haven't figured out how to continue going, since it's all my old friends who have turned against me - I have almost no one left. I still have the rest of year 12 and the whole of year 13 before I can get away, and you can be sure as shit that if one of them is going to my uni I'm going to go to a different one.
Hey, I'm not sure if you'll read this since your comment is a month old, but I just wanted to say you'll get through it. I know those two years seem a lifetime away, but they'll come soon enough. High school/secondary school depending on what you call it is not much like real life. I'm finally a senior in high school (year 13) and I've never had too many friends. I don't dress as nice as everyone else, I don't have much money for a person in my area, and I'm a bit too 'different.' I've had to deal with my share of bullying but something I've realized along the line is: it doesn't matter. Sure, it hurts and they should not be doing it, but none of it will matter soon enough. The people who really matter will stick by you, and anyone else who doesn't was never worth it in the first place. You'll meet new people in uni, and in life itself that will love you for you. Those people who've bullied you won't matter and you'll end up stronger than they'll ever be. You are lovable, you are loved, and you'll be okay. Just keep your chin up, finish school, and never stop being yourself. No matter what anybody else says.
I needed this. Thank you, Dodie. I was bullied severely when I started secondary school, to the point that I hid myself away from everyone and rarely spoke to people about what was happening to me. There actually came a time when a group of people came up to me and smashed my head into a lamppost because I was getting the same bus as them. No one did anything to help me, instead they laughed and jeered at me because they wanted to fit in. I didn't retaliate because my mum always told me to be strong, and I tried my best. Hearing this made me realize that I'm not alone, so I thank you Dodie. Thank you.
Hedy your illustration was absolutely beautiful, you've developed such a style for yourself and at such a young age! Brilliant work never stop learning new techniques and styles in illustration, you're amazingly talented!
doddlevloggle. We all have those bumps in the road. Some harder than others. And some could make that road all messed up. We're here for you. All your wonderful fans. And believe me. Your videos help. They make us happy, or sad, or even upset because of what other people did to you. But what's important is that even though all of this. You stand, and even though you might fall. You get back up, no matter how long it takes.
I felt like the rainbow might symbolize being part of the LGBT and thus, the story kinda symbolizes a child who chose to be herself being bullied, but I know that's not true according to the story. Nonetheless, it was a really great story to put you in bed or just for listening, thank you Dodie, for spending your time making awesome videos 😌.
Got to say, i'm probably the equivlanet of the rainbow bag girl, except i had a black bag with patches, as did other kids in my class and as do many people now. I have always, always been myself. I like what I like and I do what I want to do. I'm 24 and all but one of my childhood friends has left me. It's liberating to be yourself but my god it's lonely sometimes.
I have finally just pre-ordered this! Thank you thank you thank you!! You are the most inspirational person and strongest person I have ever seen! You never fail to amaze me! Keep smiling! :D xxx
I'm SOO in love with hedy's illustrations, like for real, how can such a young girl have such a talent when i'm sitting here being 19 and cant do anything right :D <3
I was bullied in second grade by a girl called Chelsea but I under stand why she didn't get to live with her parents which makes a huge effect of sadness in your life but I don't under stand why she flick paint water in my eye (paint that is in water) and I didn't like the class put all attention on me :(
Awww, this art style is adorable! And the aesthetic of the wood with the watercolor is just 👌 Great story too of course 😊 Thanks for sharing and being so open 💕
I'm sorry for what you went through and I hope that you look back on the moments where the laughter felt the worst and you smile because you know that you got past that. I hope that you are living a good life and are surrounded by people that accept you. dodie sends the same wishes and she can sympathize with what you went through, even though she was part of your pain. I hope you still have the backpack and that you still dream big, because no matter the hardships, fantasizing can always help. I hope that there were people there to help you. I hope that you are happy and content and well. People get bullied because they are different. You were different. But different is strong.
This was truly inspirational. And your voice was so calming, soft, and sweet. I feel as if I am the girl with the rainbow bag in other cases. This made me cry tears of joy. Thank You.
Gab Gabs2019-07-29 18:53:45 (edited 2019-07-29 18:56:26 )
Thank you for this. This was so healing.... (trigger warning extreme bullying and suicidal thoughts). The bullying in elementary drew me into trying to end myself in my third grade class. My bully was sitting next to me telling me horrible things. Trying to make me believe things about the future of me and my mom. When she saw that I was choking myself with an extreme enthusiasm and without a thought of having a limit, she pleaded me to stop. She was crying. I continued. The teacher must have done something. Thinking back about it, maybe she was bullied too. Doesn't justify. But it helps bring closure and to understand that it wasn't because I did wrong. I openly loved things I liked too. Maybe she was mad about that freedom. If she was abused too....because my mom saw that the girl's mom always seemed....off...only if the girl knew that we both were being tortured at home. Maybe we could have helped each other heal. Maybe we did....She taught me that hurt people do bad things. I taught her that actions have consequences that may be permanent.
this is absolutely one of the best stories. down to earth and real. i'm proud to be a fan of yours, and i'm really happy you are able to own up to your mistakes.
Thanks Dodie for posting this really amazing video, it's really great that you spoke out about both sides of bullying and I'm sure most people can relate to all sides of the people in your story.
Love this! And to the girl with the rainbow bag, I hope you still have a little bit of that little girl in you, the little girl who didn't really wash her hair, told stories of magic and fairy's and carried around a rainbow bag... ❤️
ikr. like, it's so true when u rlly think about it though. and then from the different parts of other people, we make new characteristics, which make us into who we are.
After watching your videos, I often feel so relaxed and comfortable! Your videos are relatable, your songs are lovely and you just encourage me to always be kind. Thank you <3
I've been really struggling to ~find myself~ recently and the part where you said "I felt guilty about that for a while, until I realized that everyone is just a collage of their favorite parts of other people." Wow. Thank you. That one sentence is really what I needed.
I used to copy people's clothes, the way they did their makeup and even their gestures and the way they speak etc. all throughout my life and i still feel guilty about it but i can't help myself because i was so insecure and i still am
ipek iero i totally relate to this. easier said than done, but don't feel guilty. you were drawing inspiration from other people and figuring out who you were. what's important now is that you love yourself and build your own, strong, beautiful person! but i have a feeling you're already all of those things. :)
Omg that weird girl from cheese in the trap? Lol you should read the manhwa called cheese in the trap. The main character was a victim of this. You'll be able to understand how the other person feels and hopefully you'll be less insecure and won't cooy other people anymore. :) webtoon has the manhwa with english translations or odd squad.
+emma campbell not to be mean, but she should feel guilty because it's traumatic to have someone else copy you and try to be you. She wasn't just "drawing inspiration" from others. However she understands that she was wrong; which is good. Hopefully she'll be less insecure as time goes by and she won't plagarize other people anymore. We all make mistakes, what matters is how we learn from them.
stell la not at all, i completely understand where you're coming from! i didn't think of it that way. however, i do think that guilt is a wasted emotion and she's learned from it. what matters now is we lift each other up and learn to be comfortable in our own skin. i totally agree with you on that. :)
It's natural to imitate the gestures and language of those around you.. for example your parents. If you think about it, you make a lot of the same facial gestures.
+stell la you think it's 'traumatic' to have someone copying you? I feel much more sympathy for the one copying as they are not confident enough to be themselves.
I relate. I copy the ways my friends speak. They don't seem to notice, but sometimes I realize I am and try my best to act like myself. This is a problem for me since I have one friend that I'm super confident being weird with and joking around and not caring what others think. Then I have a friend that's quiet. Shy. And talks in a deep voice. I act more like myself with the first friend. However I'm getting better at "being myself" and I'm beginning to stop immitating less and less. I hope this shows people who do the same as I do that you don't have to act like your friends for them to like you. That was my mistake.
Hey everyone probably does it mine is probably worse I used to watch tv so much my accent changed, but sometimes it makes you feel better to "copy" other people. if I didn't do that I wouldn't have become the person I am today. I like to do stupid and dumb things that make people think I'm absolutely insane and it's the funniest thing ever i basically laugh at my own stupid jokes lmao
I've been bullied, but once, I've been a bully too. It wasn't horrible, but because I wanted to fit in I turned on one of my good friends. It was in year ONE, YEARS AGO and even though she accepted my apology and what not, I STILL feel horrible. I If I could go back in time, I'd undo that. But now, I'm one of the kindest people out there and I know things would have been different if I undid that. I wish we got closer ( I moved away for a two years then came back ) when I returned, and now I always wear the burden of bullying her, even if it was not even a full lunchtime I did. I'm sorry again, Hope.
( As I mentioned above, that was a one time thing. Never again do I ever, EVER want to do it again. I've learned from that one mistake and would rather jump off a cliff then bully. Please do not attack me. Thank you Dodie, because of this video you too have made me feel confident sharing this personal experience. I usually get to ashamed to talk about it but this video helped me.)
Don't be ashamed. It was a mistake and you've learnt from it. I understand where you're coming from. Don't let the guilt eat you, it's okay to feel it but don't let it eat you. Move on a try to rebuild a friendship.
SwaggyGal Msp Hey, I understand that you're having a hard time right now but that doesn't mean that you can call someone else out. I've been a bully in the past and I've tried to redeem myself- so many people have gone through this exact experience. Just because something bad is currentlly happening to you doesn't mean you can hurt someone else.
That makes you become the bully.
I do sincerely hope it gets better though. Best wishes :)
i just don't understand why you would do that when you know what it's like... idk about yall but being bullied made me wanna fight every bully in existence.. like i'm glad you learned from your mistakes but still
Popcorn Wolf still like i could not stand the thought of making someone feel bad for merely existing...yall must have known thats how you made them feel? how do you cope with that
L. L. It's not easy at all. You think about it and think about how you could have affected that person. You destroy yourself because of it and you want to make yourself feel the pain that person felt.
But instead you try to be a good person. You try to make sure that no one feels that way- even people who hate you and bully you.
When you first bully someone you don't do it for fun. There's always a proper motivation. For me it was that I wanted to stay friends with the "cooler kids". Other people do it because something bad is happening at their home.
While it is a bad way to cope with things and the bullies aren't completely innocent- people like this person are trying to make up for their past.
I understand if you don't get it, I only get it because I have been the bully and know what you feel when you realise what you've done.
Popcorn Wolf i don't buy that whole thing about bullies having it bad at home or something tragic that changed them and made them bully other people
like im sure a whole lot of them had it like that but bullies are actually more confident and they tend to have it all together. for most of my bullies it was like this. they had fun picking up on me. i was literally just a joke.
and i appreciate that people are trying to make up for the past but if my bullies came to me with an apology i don't think i'd be ready to forgive
and a lot of the time the reason kids get bullied is because there's something different about them. it's not always about the bully themselves having a tragic past or being jealous of the kid they're bullying. people who act or look or talk different get bullied because kids are conditioned to think these are bad features.
for example i took everything literally and i didn't quite understand people's humor and i got easily obsessed with stuff like comics and i was uncomfortable doing group work - as you may have guessed these are common features in autistic kids. and people love to make fun of autism. now i don't think i am actually autistic but there is definitely something different going on in my head like i've just always known it. anyway on top of all this i always tried to please everyone which was apparently a very annoying feature to have!! and all my friends were members of the opposite gender which doesnt sound bad at all now that i'm a lot older but at the time it was something to make fun of :/
and idk about you but in my country people use the word "autistinen" (it means autistic as you may have guessed) to describe people that are annoying, disliked and weird. kind of how in english people use the word "gay" as an adjective to describe things they don't like (other quite a commonly used word is r*tarded)
it is no coincidence that people who differ from the norm are bullied. its the result of systematic oppression rather than the tragic backstory of the class bully - even though i admit it does play a part (one of my bullies really seemed to have it rough at home and all his friends seemed troubled too but for the most part my bullies were just enjoying life tbh)
and again i'd like to say i appreciate that people are trying to make up for the bullying but it is no coincidence why yall picked certain people to bully and why everyone else thought it was funny too. i think people kind of unconsciously pick out the "annoying" and "weird" kids without realizing why exactly they think the features these kids have are annoying and weird. like im not trying to call anyone out i just feel like its good to acknowledge this.
Popcorn Wolf interesting that you feel like you wasted my time. i thought you seemed very nice and had good points on the subject but i understand if you don't want to have a conversation about this like i would have loved to hear more about your views on the subject but if you don't want to i understand. have a good day/evening/night
I wasn't a serious bully though. It wasn't even for a whole little kid lunchtime. I only consider it bullying because my desire to fit in and be welcomed ignored the victim wanting my friend and I to stop. I feel really bad about it though and would NEVER do ANYTHING relating to bullying again.
Same,But I was peer pressured into bullying and I regret being friends with them then they started to change me into a bad person now I realize all my wrong actions and have changed my peer group now I sit with nice people. And I was also being bullied a lot at school because I was too thin and people would often take advantage of that but I ignore them now. Now I'm way nicer
This is such a beautiful video ❤️❤️❤️ thank you for so elequantly describing anxiety, insecurity, growth, individuality and bravery. Truly inspiring and made me smile in that way of relief when someone understands
Thanks for this video ♥️ I used to be bullied, pretty badly by my best friend until about the second year into high school, luckily I had supportive people in my life and managed to step away from that 'friendship' we are both doing better now and I'm so glad things went the way they did ♥️
being beautiful isn't always about the shoes you wear or the way your coat looks. it's about admitting to your past faults and experiences and being able to come to terms with them. im really proud of you dodie
Everyone is just a collage of their favorite parts of other people. I love that. We can't be likable to everyone and not to everyone. Seems like it always lies somewhere in between.
fake acceptance. in primary school i used to be friends with a group of girls who'd call me a smart ass if i used longer words than they were used to. it brought down my confidence so much, but i stayed with them, they were the popular girls who'd hang out by the bins before school, run through the corridors at lunch and i ran with them. they'd laugh at the smarter, more out there girls in my class, calling them geeks and nerds and would say the same to me if i showed interest in them. if i didn't join in i'd be ridiculed, not just by the girls but by the boys who thought they were amazing. i was never like them, small and beautiful, i am 5"9 and uncomfortable. but they are now also the girls in high school who drink vodka at the beach at 3 in the afternoon. i don't run with them anymore, i stopped after the amounts of times i fell. they tripped me up but never had the time to help me back up again. so no i do not drink at the beach but i do hug my best friend of two years and laugh with them and feel safe and beautiful and happy. thank you dodie.
"Everyone is a collage of their favourite parts of other people" dodie this literally planted something inside of me and gave me a new perspective. When I'm feeling down this way of thinking always makes me smile :)
wow, this is beautiful. it completely describes my life and expierience with both bullying and being bullied. it affects you still years after it happens and the struggle to speak up in conversations and feel lovable is soooo fucking true
When I first started watching dodie I was not in a good mind set. I was a very weird child so I often got bullied by it. But then there was this girl who started hanging out with me... I finally realized 6 months later that I was in love with her. I would always hang out with her and call her and then one day she showed me one of dodies videos and I fell in love with them now I love dodie and her. There are still some people out there that will make stupid little comments about my hair or acne but as long as I have dodie and my love I will always be able to get past it. Please if your getting bullied tell someone I know it might not seem like anyone's there for you but right when you least expect it you'll meet someone and you will no longer be alone. Oh yea me and that girl are dating now and watch dodies videos together. And all because we were to weird children who needed a friend.❤️❤️
davey Crockett okay look. I disagree STRONGLY with your comment and I understand that you are entitled to your opinion and it's not my job to tell you what's wrong or right or try to change your mind, but I do have the right to give you my opinion on this and maybe give you a new perspective on stuff. Anyone can love anyone. And sure your heterosexual and you feel a strong attraction to men or women depending on your gender. But is their someone in your life who means SOO much to you that is the same gender as you?? You might even say you LOVE them? Just not sexually? Well I could tell you that's wrong but you can't help it, you love this person and I don't have the right to tell you who you should and shouldn't love. That's my opinion and maybe I gave you a new perspective on stuff.
davey Crockett you have you opinion and I have mine I love my girlfriend just like you probably love someone. It's 2017 everyone can love whoever they want to. I wouldn't go up to you and say straight people are fucking disgusting because there not. I don't care who you like or marry as long as your a good person. Tearing someone down just because of who they love is not ok. But you can have your opinion but just don't be mean about it. What if you said that to someone who was suicidal and they were so done with hearing that , that they killed them selves. And all they needed was a friend how bad would you feel. And there are PLENTY of lesbian couples that stay together for there entire life so I don't know where you got the idea there is none.I just wanted to say that even though you commented something quite mean I hope you have a nice day.
davey Crockett can you not just accept that we're happy the way we are, you're apparently happy the way you are, and move on? It's not hurting you, so don't hurt us with your snide comments and rude remarks.
davey Crockett okay so if you want to get all sciencey pal here u go. homosexuals are actually essential for the survival of many species. this is because when heterosexual parents died or abandoned their offspring, the homosexual couples would adopt and raise them, whereas heterosexual couples wouldn't as they were able to reproduce themselves. homosexuality exists in over 1500 species. homophobia only exists in one: humans.
davey Crockett 1. i did lol but sure 2. that's cos they were FAKING IT. do you honestly think a smile means someone's happy ? you cannot tell what someone's life was like by a photograph. we all know the media only show what they want us to see, just nowadays honesty is becoming more socially acceptable. 3. they're not bragging about their identity by talking about it through social media ? they're helping others understand that what they feel is okay. sexuality is not a choice. seeing a picture of amber rose cannot turn someone lesbian. nothing can turn someone lesbian. something can make someone realise they are, but it isn't possible to change someone's sexuality.
davey Crockett every generation has it's issues. there were good points of the past, but also terrible ones. it's called nostalgia, my friend. we remember the good in the past but always think we have it worse right now, which isn't necessarily true in all aspects of life. and you're talking about focussing on issues that "aren't important" such as equal rights, then why don't you just let these people live and go raise money for people overseas ? why are in this comment section right now undoing work done in a movement that we wouldn't even need to spend time on if people like YOU didn't exist ?
davey Crockett when did this turn to feminism ? equal rights doesn't just refer to men/women, and I wasn't even talking about that so im not going to discuss this. you legit just completely changed the subject. im talking about letting people be who they want to be. also, my grandmother was depressed. and my mum. so am i. people have been depressed at every point in history so don't even go into that.
davey Crockett i was responding to a point you made, and never mentioned older women, that was you ? the equal rights i was talking about were between the hetero and queer. why should heteros be allowed to love who they love but lgbtq+ people can't ? why does it bother you so much ? this is the conversation i was trying to have, YOU changed it, not me.
Luckyyy id never be able to date my crush. He's one of my friends, so I'm kind of scared to ruin that if i get rejected. I'm also extremely introverted so that's no help at all
I’m getting bullied for a long time. I want to talk about it with my friends and family but evertime I mention it they say I should ignore it or say something about it to them. But that’s easier said than done. I tried talking to my student counselor because I thought maybe she would understand, but she said it wasn’t that bad and if it was she would have seen it. Everyday I’m scared to go back to school. Scared of what they will say or do. Scared of things getting worse. Of losing people. Scared my friends would agree with the bullies and bully me too. I am going to an other school this year but instead of being glad I won’t see those bullies again, I am scared of getting bullied again.
I just wanna say that her "Everyone is just a collage of their favourite parts of other people" has made me feel okay with myself, more than she could imagine. I've always felt wrong for copying and letting myself be influenced by the rest, but this, and reading many comments that relate to it, made me look at it from another perspective. I've got a lot of thinking to do now <3
Oh goodness my heart aches, it was like you'd read from my own childhood memoirs! Although I don't think I bullied anyone as directly as this, I'm sure I did socially exclude or neglect other kids which is just as shitty. Highly recommend John Green's video "On Middle School Misery" - heart wrenchingly honest.
I have a duck bag and people keep quacking at me :( I try not to be sad or annoyed though because I love my bag and it means a lot to me because my old best friend (who moved away to Pakistan with no way for me to contact her) had one. Thank you for listening to my story...
whaaat that sounds like the coolest bag ever, you have a fun bag it has personality, they probably just have a simple boring bag. Honestly fuck them, rock your bag like no other.
I WANT A DUCK BAG THAT SOUNDS SO COOL but honestly if you just ignore them, they'll probably leave you alone eventually, and hey, maybe they'll end up with duck bags too. Just don't second guess yourself :)
Ignore them, they will eventually realise that you just don't care and will stop. I know it is difficult to ignore but if you want it to stop then do this! xxxxx
I would love to have a duck bag, I bet it is Super Duper adorable :3 don't let those dumb dumbs ruin your adorable bag for you because its yours and only yours.<3 :3
Tasmin Loganberry People laugh and tease me because I love unicorns! I say don't listen to them and enjoy wearing your duck bag! I applaud you👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏼👏🏾
Tasmin Loganberry Don't worry those people can quack all they like cause at the end of Thebes there the people that look ridiculous and I would love to have a duck bag! 😂🌷
Oml that bag sounds so cool! If people are judging you just say like "ha you wish you had a bag as cool as mine" cuz let's be honest they're all just jealous of it.
Tasmin Loganberry I am so sorry for the situation. Also love your pfp! I would reccommend to do something to embrace the character of the duck, like quacking or flapping your arms. You can enjoy it and play with the rude people. Show them that the bag means a lot to you and don't feel embarresed. If that bag makes you feel happy, no one should stay in front of you enjoying it. If I would see a duck bag on someone I would think that the person is cool behind it because she has something that has character. Embrace it!
Just simply don't care, when I moved to a new secondary school, I used to get bullied, although I wasn't bullied harshly. I just laughed with the "bullies" and they simply didn't bully me anymore, now I'm friends with one of them and in good relations with the others
Hey! I live in Pakistan too! I feel really sorry for you because sometimes these little things are the memories left of loved ones.. I hope you two get to see each other someday ☺
Tasmin Loganberry lol, i have a friend who looks like a duck because of his lips so we quack at him when we see like a duck figure. hes also the tallest guy in our classroom lol.
Dude i LOVE cute animal bags I have a fluffy dog/wolf bag that has a hood (the hood is the head) and it's the best thing I've ever had if you just stay proud of your back and don't let people make fun of the bag. Maybe next time they quack you can quack back. Someone once said to me "haha did you kill that dog" I answered "yes I went all the way to the woods and shot an innocent wolf just to create a back pack" haha they didn't have anything to say. I did have to get a new bag though because the back pack straps keep on slipping. I wanted to get a really bright bag to hurt people's eyes when I walk in the halls. If it wasn't that I would have made it my duty to get that bag that's covered in bells (I love annoying people indirectly)
Well I'm Afraid That I'm sorry that they do that (I love mcr too it has helped me a lot) but people asking if you cut often is terrible but stay strong because I would love a backpack like that
Tasmin Loganberry It's okay at least you have family (us ARMY) and just tell those bullies to be quiet and that they have no jams (jk but seriously it's okay we're all here for you :))
Tasmin Loganberry i used to have a cute bag with cat ears and every now and then people would say pussy over and over again behind me, it made me uncomfortable at the time and i didn't understand why my friends would laugh when i told them but looking back now and it was only about 2 years ago i find it hilarious
Tasmin Loganberry you are a beautiful person, people shouldn't treat you like that at all, if I were you I would just ignore them or point out how disgusting and fucking ugly they are. Don't worry I am here and I love you ♥♥♥
To every girl with the rainbow bag out there: We love you, even when others are mean. I'm sorry for all the times I didnt stick up for you like I should have.
Stopping being as confident as a im always been was my greatest fear when i was about to start middle school. Teenagers can be really cruel, and i wanted to be as happy as always. Im so happy that the fear vanished and to be enjoing middle school a lot...
I love how you used the end of the video to address your wrongdoing to the girl with the rainbow bag. I hope she sees the video and will feel a bit better about the past..
I was bullied all through elementary school. I was the only fat kid in the class with dark curly frizzy hair. I would get gum, banana, paper put into my hair almost everyday. At recces I would go to the back of one of the sheds in the playground and play alone with my Pokemon cards, the only enjoyment I had at these ages. I would come home and pray and wish that I would wake up skinny with blonde straight hair while I was crying on the bathroom floor. I've been beaten by the boys in the class, smacked, tripped, push and more.. Every time I walked from my seat to the front of the class to sharpen my pencil some people would moo.. I was walking home from school and this boy who I will never forget because he was a common threat to my every day childhood life.. He started to follow me on his bike and tried to run over my toes and feet while stopping me from getting home. I kicked his bike so hard it dented and I ran home as fast as I could. The next day I got a indoor suspension.. I would have told my father because god knows he wouldn't have let that happen but I was just happy to be out of the class for a few days.. I've been called fat, ugly, disgusting etc .. Every name in the book really. A couple months ago I received this message on my Facebook.
"Hey, i just wanted to say I'm sorry for how i treated you in elementary school... I could have been better to you for how good of a friend you were to me"
I told her that it was okay and that we were children and that I am okay now. She replied:
"thank you... it still doesn't make any of the things that people or that I did any better"
She's right.. it doesn't but as long as she knows that, that means her kids might know that too.. So someone who is chubby with curly frizzy hair doesn't have to want to change their self at 7 years old.
Thank you so much for this that was so beautiful. It gives me hope that someday my bullies will realise what they have done, and change for the better. I am very much like that rainbow girl (also used to be bullied for having rainbow stuff lol). But I know that everyone can change, and that gives me hope.
I had a similar problem except people made fun of my asian features. They would never address me by my name they would just call me 'Ling-ling. I am half Egyptian so they would make jokes about me being a terrorist. One memory that really hurt was when i got tripped up in food tech and nobody helped me they all laughed and pushed me when i tried to stand up. Then pushed me near the pan and i burnt myself. The teacher didn't bat an eyelid which made me feel so alone. I cried and begged my mum to let me have plastic surgery because i hated my eyes so much. It was not that big of a deal for them but it was really big for me. I am 15 but i still struggle to look in the mirror and like what i see. I left that school but the memories are still there.
Alayna Irene Thank you for sharing your story. It was so touching and beautiful. You are such a strong individual and I hope you know how beautiful you really are.
:( Man that's disgusting. That teacher should be fired. Don't worry about them.. It will get so much better. I didn't over come "bullying" until my 20s and it still dented me and it always will. lol but it gets better AND you get stronger.
Alayna Irene Im naturally skinny, with a natural thigh gap. I have thin straugh natural blonde hair. I hate it. I have social anxiety. I wear baggy pants because I hate my thig gap. I dont look anorexic skinny but my thigh gap does make me look skinnier than I am..idk...Then I have a huge nose, acne but still a sort of baby face. I have to shower every day and ik how bad it is. Im too shy to say hi to people. Im not bullied. Id rather be than being invisible. I start to cry infront of the class when I just have to say a few words in a presentation with others. I wish I could go two days without showering and feel confident. Wake up and see a chubby cute girl with a smaller nose, thighs thats touching! Not a back thats weirdly bent. I mean, no one should be afraid of bending over because you think your back bends really weird?
Since mah thigh aint touching my erm...vagina lips are pretty loose or how to put it. I mean youll see them if I stand up straight. It looks gross! All tose ppl saying oooh my vagina! Its huuge! Then theirs like these small lretty ones. They dont have a thigh gap.
They dont know what its like, to look in the mirror and wanan vomit. What its like looking at peopels legs and seeing their legs touch and thats...not what mine does.
They dont understand how much I wanna speak. I didndt dare to ask for an eraser during a test, and I didnt dare to ask to go get mine. And I didnt dare to scribble iver the wrong answer. Im getting help tho...in math....Im not fialing it but I were close to just a yesr ago, but now they say im the best in the class im in. (A help class for those with F to E)
My mom says: just go up there and speak. My dad once said: Just fricking go and talk as much as you do at home at school then! Then theyll see how sngry and rude you can be! (i pointed out that he was schweing...im not english so idk...too loud at dinner....) youre just a coward! Just open your fu king mouth and speak! Okay he didnt exactly say that (Mostly it was in swedish lol...im swedish) but it made me so sad.
I want do die. I think im going to live one more day tbh...then....I will die. But..I just got. New phone, my mom bought these expensive acne curing products....and we are poor. What we get a month is what one person earns and they even get a bit more, each month. But now dad earned a. It more and they paid for mah phone, I just had to skip one month of getting money (my english is bad sooo yeah...and im too sad to think rn)
If you read it all, thank you.
I dont think ive said a hundred words in school...almost three years in this school now...im 15.
Agreed! <3 stay you girl and don't let the world tell you who you are. Let your true self inside shine through and be kind to those people..... and maybe they'll be kind back. :)
Girl :( Don't let anyone bring you down. YOU need to keep going and understand that you're important. School will end and that will be gone. Don't do anything you'll regret.
Alayna Irene This made me really sad I have brown frizzy hair and I'm glad to say...people like me because of my hair and yeah it hard cuz most people don't have hair like us but that's good! You should feel unique don't look down on yourself I know your older now but I just thought I should say this.
Don't Cry! (This is my other channel haha) I'm far over this now. :) Anyone can be as long as they do not let them get to you. I did for YEARS and it does scar but you can't let mean kids control you. I'm sure most of these kids grew up to be good people. It's hard being a kid and like Doodie someone could have found some type of acceptance in bulling me but later come to realize what they were doing was wrong. Like the girl who messaged me! I'm 22 years old. She didn't have to message me but she did and that's important. :)
I relate to this so much! I was skinny with spots and frizzy black hair, that people used to put paper and chewing gum into. I used to dream of waking up with thin, straight, blonde hair, boobs, and clear skin, but of course I never did. Kids shouldn't be taught to hate themself because of their appearance! It's so much extra stress on top of everything else we deal with in life!
You are one of a kind . And that's amazing because you are a much better person than those bullies and that's something you should be proud of.. we are all one of our kinds, noone is the same but your curly hair and stuff that makes other people laugh makes you even more one of a kind and being different is a gift. And when those bullies r gonna have kids and are gonna get bullied, they r gonna remember than THEY were those bullies once.. Rock your looks and don't give a damn about the bullies . I used to absolutely DESPISE the way I look but then I just figured out ways to love little details on my face like my eyes I guess because you are going to have your body, your face for the rest of your life and you have to learn how to love it. Wow cheesy lol thats so nut wat i actualy am pwufjcsjalpshpwivzblapshpa oh well much love <3
YOU ROCK GIRL AND I LOVE YOUR NAME SO SO SO MUCH and you are amazing and freaking worth it, kids can be shitty people too, it's not an excuse, you are awesome!
Wow. Its amazing how people will remember the bad things that they did in their childhood and randomly text or call the person they were horrible to and apologize. Thats so sweet and I'm so sorry that you had to go through that. By what I can see of you through your profile picture, you are DEFINITELY one of the most beautiful women I have ever seen in my life. I hope that people who read your comment take a moment and think of what they could have done to hurt someone else and apologize to that person. ☺️
+Alayna Irene - I have medium length, wavy, honey blonde hair and abs- you can’t deny that you’re skinny if you have abs 🤷🏼♀️bUt just because I’m blonde or tall or skinny doesn’t change who I am! Plus, kids will find any god damn way to bully other people!!! Looks don’t matter it’s what’s on the inside that counts 😊 btw, that was a powerful story and I personally think you are very pretty 💗
I have no idea what you said you're at such a long paragraph that I don't have the time read that so umm good job forward surviving/thriving I feel bad for whatever pain you probably went through and the good job/bad job depending on how your story is
Alayna Irene I was bullied as well, in primary school (upto 11) I was kicked, punched and elbowed and called fat, and a slut when I had a boyfriend, I wasn't the only creative one I'm my class but was the only one who was picked on for it. When I joined second school (12 to 16) I was called fat and had pig noises made at me, one girl said 'u should skip lunch cos ur fat,' my best friend was also slightly larger and would get mad when someone was rude to her, and she'd take it out on me. She was close with one girl who was always horrible, they would talk then my best friend would act different, and rude. I fit in with the music department, and when I was with them I was called weird. I had no one to turn to, even my teachers thought I was fat, I had nowhere to go.
Alayna Irene Wow that's... Really sad. I'm sorry you had to go through that. But if that's your in your profile, your hair looks amazing and so do you.
Alayna Irene omg yes ! Even I was the only fat , frizzy -curly haired girl of my class ... And there used to be whole groups of boys waiting to call names at me during recess ...I hated school until that ended . I'm really glad to know I am not the only one ...
I used to get bullied through elementary school (primary school back here in the UK) for being too big or being new and being a Muslim. I get how you feel and I didn't know what was really wrong with being different but I told my parents and it got sorted out.
SleepyMisya What kind of...? Even if someone is slightly overweight you don't say it, actually I thimk the person you called 'fat' is beautiful just the way she is. You're lucky she didn't get offended. That's not something to joke about. Even after seeing the comment and everything you still have the audacity to do that. You're lucky you're behind a screen because if I saw you I would have honestly slapped you. Sorry if I am being rude, but it's just something I don't like. Smh :(
Symone Love your the one who talked to me at first 🙄, if you don't wanna answer my questions, then don't. As I said "nobody cares when you care" means that I don't care what you say too 🙄
Symone Love you know what? Let's just stop and be friends or never talk again cause it's not working :/, I'm sorry to the one who I called fat and you, bye.
Don't change yourself your awesome there's this really pretty girl called wengie and she's a YouTuber like with dyed hair and everything and you actually look like her
I’m chubby with curly frizzy black hair too! That’s how I always was, I never got along. It took me a while to accept who I am and love myself. Well, not really love myself but be ok with myself I suppose. Your story made me smile. :)
Much like you, I was overweight and had dark frizzy hair. But I have no idea how it must have felt to be in that situation. Judging by your profile pic, you are very beautiful, and I'm glad you're doing better. :)
I watched this a lot of times, and I also observed how the water changes color. I love your voice, and you gave me a different view in life. Thank you.
I was bullied every single term of high school and even when i moved schools it still happened. It has really affected me now and i can't even go out for a day without overthinking things
I dealt with a similar thing, and still am going through the phase of it being over but being nervous. I was bullied But never became a bully myself, and it hurt knowing that i felt like couldn't do anything about it. :(
The girl who didn't really wash her hair, told stories of magic and fairy's and carried around a rainbow bag sounds like she'd be ONE OF MY FAVOURITE YOUTUBERS AND PEOPLE tho xx
Azra Kunz I feel like Aurora would be that person but wouldn't really pay attention to anyone being mean to her. She would be to lost in her own world to notice. Her hair would be in a cute little bob and it would be neatly maintained.
When you said "To the girl with the rainbow bag" I started crying so hard. Dodie, you don't have idea how much your videos and your songs help me out. Thank you so much for every thing you've done, I really value your existence. I really loved this video. Your voice is gorgeous and the art is so pretty and calm. Thank you for the life lesson
When i was in 3rd grade, ive been beaten by boys in my class. Everytime im going to my seat, they wont forget to make me trip down to the floor. I had best friends, but no one actually bullies them. So i decided to talk to the guidance counselor bravely and boom, they never bullied me starting that day.
This reminds me of my childhood as well, I was bullied up till grade three and I bullied another girl I felt bad, then we moved and I still can't forgive myself
Hedy is an AMAZING artist she's gonna go so far with her art in life. love it.
Dodie i wasn't originally going to purchase your book because i don't tend to get youtube merch in any fashion, but if this is what i can expect from it, i'll be buying it the SECOND my mum says she'll let me.
to the girl with the rainbow bag: i used to be you. then i changed myself. i dressed how other people dressed and i hid behind what i thought was how i was supposed to look and act. but right now i'm trying to except myself, my hypothetical rainbow bag, and all.
Thank you so much, it helped me a lot, because I am now in the same situation as you were and now I can understand it more, that you so much, it really helped me ❤
Oh dodie this was so wonderful and powerful and brave- as someone who has been bullied badly through all their years at school, thank you <3 and hedys drawing is absolutely amazing and unique!
As someone who has also being in both sides of bullying, something I always wonder it is what's worst - the whole insecurities and traumas caused by it or the feeling of guilty to have caused someone the same wounds :c
Jaycee Same, I don't understand how you can be bullied and then inflict the same torture on somebody else. I was bullied and always vowed and never became a bully.
+Sweet Lolita In my experience, the only way I could see to get out of it was to tease others to distract the bullies from myself. By the time I realised what I was doing, it had become habit while around those people, but because they were bullies as well as my "friends" I couldn't shake them. It was selfish and the wrong decision, but when I saw a way out I took it. Of course it didn't STOP the bullying. It just slowed it down so that I didn't break. You're a much better and stronger person than me with the way you handled it :)
rinofthemill This. A thousand times, this. Many people don't realize the harm they have caused. Others go even further and just naturalize it. If you have the capacity and awareness to see the damage you are causing, then I agree, known it must be way more painful than being on the other side of the spectrum.
I think it all comes down to how much a person craves attention and validation. As a child, not only was a I constantly bullied but I also never had a solid group of good friends. If being mean to someone was the way to seek credibility and friendship from the "popular" group of girls, I would do it. Thank god I grew out of this, now it would kill me to even hurt a fly. But sometimes I wonder, if my parents had instilled better independence and I had better self worth if I would've done those things.
Speaking as someone whose bullied a lot of people and been bullied as well, I'd have to say being the bully takes the cake for me. Sure, it was my inability to responsibly deal with the feelings that came along with being bullied that made me the bully, but that doesn't change the fact that guilt follows me everywhere. It's turned into a genuine fear that I scare and hurt others simply by being in close proximity to them. It makes me feel as though I'm never worthy of happiness because I've caused others so much pain, and I wouldn't wish it on anyone.
First and foremost, thank you for the beautiful video and thanks for sharing. Second, please don't keep the paintbrush in the water while you're not using it! It's not good for the brush.
Damn, tell Hedy she's absolutely incredibly talented, it's rare to see an art style that isn't Manga that developed at her age, you can already see what an amazing illustrator she'll be! ❤️
When you mentioned the girl with the rainbow bag again I started to tear up because like not only were you apologizing to the girl with the rainbow bag, she was also symbolizing people who don't necessarily fit in and ohmygod the feels
I think everyone can relate to "I was bullied and I was a bully" What she said is relatable. And bloody brave. She makes people think about what they are doing and saying. How it's not all about them.
I can most definitely relate to this, now that I have seen this, I will stop bullying other people just because I am bullied, thank you! Although, I can’t really do anything about me being bullied...
This. Is. Important. Dodie this is absolutely beautiful! It allows people to see that nobody is perfect and we all make mistakes. And hedy I love the artwork it's so sweet 💙
Please make an audio version of the book (if you don't already have one) Your voice is so soothing And carries a lot emotion... I teared up near the end
We've all been there, it's ok. I have bullied someone once, for once I felt like I belonged. But I grew up and understood. I was never open minded, I was insecure. I cared about other people's thoughts more than mine. But then I thought "why do I care?" And I guess I'm more open-minded now, but I'm still a little shy. But I'm working on it :)
I can really relate to this. I've never been 'bullied' as such, by which I mean there has never been a particular group of people calling me names and stuff over a period of time. However, especially when I started high school, I was often at the receiving end of mean comments. I won't go into detail but my awkward looks and alternative interests meant that I was singled out on a few very serious occassions.
But I have bullied. Well, not 'bullied' by the definition before, but I have made rude comments about people when I was definitely old enough to know better. I'm trying to minimise my nasty thoughts about people because I know what it is to have people say things about you and I don't know why I ever wanted to inflict that same pain on someone.
And I have been a bully of a kind. And I will always be ashamed of that, I never ever did anything physical and it was only for like three weeks but I was so scared of losing my best friend to this other girl when I was in third grade that I started talking shit about her behind her back, saying how much I hated her and other stuff. Im not proud of it at all. But looking back on it I realize that I was just extremely insecure and frightened of being lonely, I wish more anti bullying campaigns would focus more on the bully, as most have a reason to why they bully
I’ve gotten bullied because I’m different. I️ like different things I️ say different words that other people don’t understand and that makes them mad. People say my voice is high and annoying and that I️ sound of a five year old. I️ started to tease people to get over it. Granted they were my friends and it was a joke. It hurts to get bullied because you’re different. It’s not right. I’ve been called many names that I️ don’t have the heart to say. One girl who I️ thought was my friend started to bully me over text. My mother found out and long story short we never spoke again. I️ try to please people but it never works. My friends hear other people or other friends say rude things about me. I️ have one question. What’s wrong with me?
Galyllis I might be a month late, but I just wanted to say our stories are much alike the only difference is my voice isn't that high. I wish you the best of luck in life and I hope you will have better days than I have had
Gurl if any things wrong with anyone here it's me 😂 you seem bloody ace! I was the same as you so don't feel worried at all, you have your whole life ahead of you so go live it! Don't let those sheep bring you down
When i was smaller, I had a pixie cut. When i got my hair done, i was so happy about it. I beamed with joy and excitement when i looked in the mirror with my short and cute hair. Weeks later, fifth grade started. I was eager to get new friends and meet new people. After all, it was a new school. I entered my classroom and got weird looks from other kids, and I honestly didn't know why. Soon after class started, I would find myself stuck in the corner of the giant field at recess, covered by fear and the shadows of teasing children. They laughed away at me, and made fun of my hair. They said I looked dumb, ugly, and like a boy. I would gulp it down and go inside the bathroom, pulling out a sharpie and drawing on my arm and hands. All the joy and pride I had in my looks, faded into anxiety and depression. Then one day, a new student transfered to our class. I was excited, because I wanted to know a new person, and finally have a chance to gain a friend. She wore glasses and wore an anime pin on her jacket. The bullies laughed at her, and called her four-eyes, a weeb, a wannabe anime girl, and blind anime trash. I was scared. I couldn't stand up to them. They would tease me once more. So i did the only thing I could do to gain a friend. I laughed at her too. I played along with the bullies. And we became a group of "friends." Though she got bullied, she didn't cry or run away, she just pretended to ignore it all. But I could see the look on her face. She hurt inside. I began to talk to her, and the bullies didn't notice. I hung out with my -friends-, but I felt out of place, and i was only there because i joined their little teasing game. I tried to escape from them, and talked to that girl, but they trapped me into being a bully once more. Then one day, I decided I couldn't handle it any longer. I got angry when they bullied her, and I took the fiery rage and anger inside me and shouted it all out. Telling them to stop, and that it was immature. I ran away with the girl, and they bullied both of us. But we both smiled, brushed it off, and ignored it entirely. How did we do that? Well, we were together. We were all alone together
Hedy Is such an amazing artist!!!!!!! her drawing style is so simplistic and adorable! i dont understand how she draws such perfect shapes! im really bad at drawing shapes.............
because children think being different is wrong, or weird, or they don't understand why someone does something, or they don't feel good about themselves and they want to put the attention on other people... there's no simple answer, bullying is complicated
I bought secrets for the mad!! It was like a month back now and it still hasn’t come so I’m hoping it will soon, I’m so excited to read it. I love how completely authentic and honest you are. Opening up about being a bully is hard, people’s ego’s always get in their ways and find it impossible to admit that they are flawed too. Also, Hedy is an amazing artist and I’m so happy to see her blossom as a person 💞
I can relate to this. I was bullied pretty badly when I was younger..and it turned me into a really bitter person..Everytime someone tried to hurt me after the bullying fiasco I lashed out at.. probably worse than I should've. I held grudges for longer than I should've. And hell , I'm angry at myself for behaving that way. But it was the outcome of bullying..and honestly..I'm so glad Dodie made this video.
Both you, Dodie, and the girl with the rainbow bag inspire me to be myself now in the upcoming year and I'm gonna make sure to be my happiest bubbliest self when I can. Thank you...
i was a bully when i was younger. in 3rd grade, i became friends with my neighbour who was popular at the new school i went to. she bullied a girl named sarah so did all of the kids. due to this reason, she used to play with first grades for the rest of her school years. i remember being so horrible to her, to the point that she'd start crying and i wouldn't feel any sympathy for her. there was a time when i was close to being friends with her but betrayed her. i made up a huge rumour that she called my friend a bitch and she got beaten up. i remember crying at home and not wanting to go to school again. i never stood up to her because i didn't want to be bullied either. i was so selfish. another new girl came to school in 5th grade. her name was melanie and she was bullied for being fat. she was bullied to the point that she had to leave the school. once, me and my friends pushed her down on the snow. in 6th grade, a new guy came in. his name was nick. he was bullied because he was "too smart" or "a-know-it-all". my friend despised him and always got into fights with him and made him feel down but on that year. i have came into realization that what i've done was horrible. i got closer to the guy and knew more about him. till this day, we're still dating. i'm sorry for the ones that i have hurt in their childhood. i am so sorry.
I was rarely bullied, just left out. I just got so used to sitting alone at a table. If there were other people at the table (which thankfully, after time, there were) I was absolutely silent. I wasn't really friends with them. They would blabber over me and I would pick at my peanut butter and jelly sandwich on wheat bread, rarely taking bites. Eventually, in middle school, things got easier, slightly. I was split between 2 friend groups, but to be honest I didn't really fit in with either. I was used to sitting quietly on the seats in the gym as everyone played sports that I utterly sucked at. The anxiety and embarrassment would creep up my chest and strangle me, leaving no words. On the last day of school, it wasn't the fun joyous end surrounded by friends I thought it would be. I left that school when the bell rang, unlike the other kids who were playing spin the bottle or having dance-offs. I wish I had stayed, maybe they would have been nice to me. - (Hi there! Feel free to share your stories down below, believe me, it feels good to get it out of your system)
she is very talented wow those drawings look awesome. and a very touching story, don't feel bad a lot of people had to "become mean" to stop being bullied themselves and no one is really proid of that but it teaches you a lot
Is there going to be an audiobook for 'Secret For The Mad'? I would (and i'm certain others would too) LOVE to listen to it on audible or something. xxx
In primary I would hang around with the popular girls. They were your typical air heads and would laugh at any of my real interests to I would pretend to like what they did. They never liked my and I knew but I have a fear of rejection and hate being discarded by anyone so I took their bullying, stoped using my 'big words' and took what was making my self astern plummet. In the beginning of Secondary school my class would do nothing but bully me as I have a different taste in music and was called an emo. I can't deny that I'm not because I'm your typical run of the mill wear all black and listens to 'the shouty scary music'. Every day other kids would call me names, ask to see my wrists (witch never have or will have cuts on them). I had a friend group of six and I'm still friends with three of them. I'm only in my second year of secondary school but I will soon be entering my third, where I'll be my self and the first year will repeat but I don't care because as soon as that bell rings I have beautiful amazing friends who put up with my self deprecating jokes and vocabulary. So my next class will bully me but I'd rather that then hide who I am.
I know how you feel. I was always excluded because I was really shy and anxious, but once I started to join people in being mean I was accepted. There was this one girl everyone laughed at, and I thought was pretty cool despite being a little weird. But being a dumb teen I laughed at her like the rest did, to feel accepted. Later on she left school and I think it was due to the bullying, I really hope she's ok now.
"Everyone is just a colage of they favourite parts of other people" That's beautifull.
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Kai G2017-08-01 05:52:58 (edited 2018-09-28 20:46:04 )
I remember I called a girl a troll once. She was new to our school, had pink hair, and she was beautiful. I still regret that, even though I was friends with her a few months later. I regret it, because she went over to my house once, and then her father took her away from her mother. Last I heard, her mother had police after her dad, and her father ran away from them, taking the girl with him. I didn't see her again and as for what happened to her, I have not a clue. The school didn't hear from their family either. And I still wish I could hear her voice and see her face again. I'll bet she's really beautiful. I really wish I could tell her it was never her. It was me. I was scared of being rejected by the friends I had. I wish we had known how great a friend you could be at the time. I found a picture the other day, going through my files. You were holding my brother's guitar, and it was somewhat dark, and we were sitting on the couch laughing. I pulled out a camera, and you posed 'casually'. Model in the making, haha.
Edit: Maybe I'll see your beautiful face and your unusual but nice sounding name that we all had made fun of at the time on the cover of the magazing for some amazing thing. Maybe someday I'll see you smiling and laughing, no longer alone. I'm positive you don't remember me, and won't, but I hope that you're safe and happy now.
I relate to your story, And I cried because of it because even now Im looked at and talked about but these days I dont even know if it's bad or good. I deal with anxiety and currently am a bit anxious but watching this lifted my spirits. Thanks for the reminder that we all matter and are loved, love u dodie!~A randomly nervous fan
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The Mushiest2018-02-06 02:30:29 (edited 2018-02-06 02:31:22 )
I wasn't bullied a lot as a kid, but with stuff going on at home and my sensitive somewhat fragile mind it was definitely enough to put insecurities in my head, I feel like I became mean before I got confident as well, I just hope that nothing I said hurt anyone
Whilst I'm sure every intention in this video was pure, and as much as I love you dodie, I can't help but wonder if the girl with the rainbow bag might watch this advertisement for your new book and be left with a sour taste in her mouth
"Everyone is just a collage of their favorite parts of other people." YES. I've always tried to incorporate the mannerisms and personality traits of other people that I find endearing into my own self. It's really interesting when someone that I've tried to emulate compliments something about me that I "stole" from them. It's like they are approving a piece of their own reflection. But, I suppose they also learned that behavior from someone else. We're all copies in a way. Anyway, great video Dodie and Hedy! Much love.
Dodie, I have Insomnia, and this helped me a lot, seriously, your voice is perfect as a narrator, and you telling a nonfiction story, made me felt better, thank you,
I'm gonna tell you my experience of being bullied and played.
In year 1, also known as kindergarten, I had joined a school, St Pauls. I was naive and very shy then and quiet, but smiled a little, I had drama free life until I came there. It was a stereotypical school and there were these 4 girls, who were the mean girls. There was a tall one,the leader, let's call her Amiela and there was these two cousins in the group two, let's call them Erin and Julie and the Amiela's bestie, Belle.
Belle came up to me and was very nice and calming, and I sat next to her during classes.
Then one day I moved table and got sat next to Amiela. We talked and became best friends and soon forgot about Belle. Belle got jealous. Really jealous. She called me names behind my back like I was a witch.
Then I met Erin, who wasn't fond of me, she pretended to be my friend, and being in the mean girl group she told me their group name, the 4 degrees.
They added me in and one day when I was at break time( recess) I heard Erin, belle and Julie hanging out, so I decided to go closer to them, but before I went to them I heard them talking about my family and calling the midgets, because I was short.
I went to Amiela and told her everything and she believed me, Belle, being jealous made up a lie of me spreading romours about Amiela, and then we weren't friends any more, I spent days crying and they bullied me.
Amiela would throw me around on the field, then I pushed her. The worst mistake ever. I remember her saying "oh, you wanna play like that?"
She dived onto me and punched me, giving me a nose bleed and a black eye, and nobody helped, she walked away swearing at me and I told a teacher.
She told her mom and her mom came stomping into the school and getting angry, yet I was scared to tell my mom.
I was being antisocial and I was scared to tell anyone.
I would cry everywhere, teachers would ask but I was silent.
Amiela being herself laughed at me.
I was a wreck, at the point where I was going to kill my self.
I was 6, thinking to kill my self, and I planned it.
But Amiela apologised.
And we were friends.
Then I went to year 2, (1st grade.)
And Anita left.
But Erin and Julie didn't stop.
I got to know Julie and it was fine but Erin didn't quit, and it came to where Julie and Erin had a fight and ended in detention.
Amiela told me that nothing happened till I came. And they went against me again this carried on until year 4 (3rd grade) When I said sorry.
I got Amiela's friends against her after a while and changed into her, gossip girl, leader and ultimate primary school mean girl.
We bullied her but worser then she did to me. And then one day she got them back and bullied me, and she was bragging of how I attempted to bully her.
"Like she cries to me and then we're friends and she attempts to bully me!" That's what she said. I realised what I did was wrong and it wasn't suitable behevior but she didn't have to brag all about it.
I then met a girl Ashley, and we became besties and we never fell out and we are still besties as I type.
Amiela heard about Ashley during lunch with her gossip club. She got jealous and talked crap about Ashley.
We had a fight and of course I lost.
I started to go to kids gym.
Then in year 5 (4th grade) a new boy Henri came, he was cute and I had a crush on him, but Amiela had a crush on him too and then we had had a typical stare off, we had become arch enemy's now. I shared a desk with Henri so I spent more time with him. And in year 6 (5th grade) on the last day we shared a kiss in front of Amiela.
And then when we were in college( high school) he found me on Facebook and we had a long distance relationship. And he'd come see me some days but yeah.
Then Amiela and Erin transferred to my college.
And they bullied me, I was a joke, until Henri got angry and told them to stop. This is basically my life story. Amiela sometimes comes and makes fun of me but it comes and goes.
I hope at least one of the people who bullied you found your channel and bloody regretted what they did to you. I especially hope that the girl with the rainbow bag found this, and forgives you 💛
This is me in middle school. I am a college graduate now and I still suck at talking to people because of how I was treated in middle school. Wish I could go back to middle school and just not care but that's just not how the world works.
I never related more to a video. I grew up being bullied and I thought a way to get out of this endless cycle was to pick on someone even weaker than me. I called the new kid at school "homeless" because he wore slightly dirty clothes. For months after that everyone started to call him that and suddenly they left me alone. Til this dsy I still feel guilty and think about him. What I did was wrong and til this day it's one of my biggest regrets. Fight hatred with kindness and when people give you reasons to not love anymore, love even more.
You help me alot because i also get bullied now you help me face my fears of bullying and i understand now who i am what the real world is out there because i am liked and loved so thank you dodie
I used to be a bully, I was bullied before in the same school ... and by the end of my time in that school, I had my whole class ganging up on one girl who had joined our class late.
hello i would like to tell you that your username is amazing your user is all of my fav music\youtuber but thats all goodbye mon ami see you idk later? i dont know how to socialize bai then hehhee im awkward
Today I was on the bus home with my friend reminiscing about year 6, when we realised, we were backstabbers. Rebecca had joined our school a year before, and we became 'close' in year 5. I say 'close' because she had no friends, and really liked us, but we would always avoid her. In year 6, she and her twin Riley got bullied for no reason. We would comfort her, but then talk behind her back at how weak she was, and how annoying she was, and just for no reason. When one of our other friends, Jacinta, slapped Riley, Rebecca confronted her, and Jacinta slapped her too. My friend and I sympathised with Jacinta instead of Rebecca and Riley, and again would talk about them behind her backs, about how it probably didn't hurt, and how they were just exaggerating for attention. She now goes to my high school, and is one of the most amazing person I know. She is a really close friend, and if I could redo any year, it would be that year.
You bullied me back in Leventhorpe - I avoid videos with you in now. But I clicked on this video and it made me realise I too am better for it - more confident, and happier. I am not the girl with the rainbow back pack - you probably don't remember me from Fame, but I forgive you, not that it makes much difference. I hope you, like me, make the best of this life.
this video made me cry, i am going through what dodie was. i was bullied and was so done to the point where i just joined their crowd to escape their bullying and bullied my old fake friend who used to always bully me, i regret it. i did as a way to get for all the times she bullied me and in the end i left the bullies and had no one to go to but thank god i was starting high school. it was a new place for me to start fresh and use my mistakes to become the person i shouldve been.
and now without my old fake friend and the bullies, i made new friends who were like me, weird, nerdy and all the stuff i tried to hide in primary school. i finally felt at home and free to be myself. school became something to look forward to and not something to hide from. and i finally could say i was truly happy and found some real friends. and its all weird to me how much can change in a year.
The girl that Dodie called a witch sounds like a muggle version of Luna Lovegood, she also sounds like the type of person I would love to be friends with
It's really hard when you're going through heaps of crap and you turn to your friends for support, but in such a horrible negative way because when you're mentally unwell, you don't see how you're effecting the people around you and the people you care about. The struggle of realising you've done something so wrong and damaging but you're left unsure of how to fix it. Bullying is unnecessary and terrible but it's worse when you realise you are the bully
I suffer from a little bit of depression because I get bullied and I don't know what to say so I try to ignore it but sometimes that doesn't work.. and I have Social Anxiety so I can't make more then one friend and people say that I'm a loner and no one will love me..
In 5th grade, I had met a girl who shared the same interests as me and thought my drawings were good. I already knew this girl, as she was my friends friend and she was in my 3rd grade class. We would sit together at lunch and hangout in the swings at recess, until she started to be a bit more distant towards me, I brushed it off thinking she just wanted to hang out with her other friends that were in the class too.
During that time, I became more social awkward and not having any friends besides the girl who was ignoring me. I only had one other friend who I found annoying at the time and didn't want to be around with as much {we are now great friends lol}
The girl soon started to say some nasty things to me like "your art is ****" while as before she had loved my art and complimented it a lot, she had called me a weeb for watching anime {which she had watched too} and called me other names I don't feel like mentioning. Things just seemed to get worse, she told me to kill myself all.the.time and she would yell at me and call me even more nasty names when I asked her simple questions and told somethings.
The bullying continued and got worse and worse. I didn't want to tell my parents or teachers out of fear she would retaliate and turn my other friends against me, so I became more violent and would slap her and step on her toes when she was under the table.
Even though she was being rude to me, she would still try to make conversation and be extremely nice, I was confused and still hung out with her because when she was nice, we would always enjoy each other.
She was really rude and once completely plagiarized a drawing I had put time and effort into making.
After that school year was over, I finally told my mom, she was upset that I hadn't told her sooner.
I hadn't heard much from the girl until recently, when she sent me a DM on instagram, we had some friendly talk and I never really texted her again
i like the way you said that everyone is just a collage of their favourite parts of other people because I've been thinking about that part of me and thinking I can never be myself because I have no original trait as these are just stuff or traits I see from others as well and just owning them...thanks for it...finally found an answer to one of my life-long questions....
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what a beautiful video. seriously i really needed this right now. because you’re someone who inspires me in so many ways, is insanely talented, is so kind hearted, and is so open and accepting of her feelings, sometimes it blinds you into believing you’re better than you are. and that you don’t make as many mistakes as the average human being. but knowing that you could make mistakes like this, and then still turn out to be the wonderful woman you are, it’s very reassuring. because it gives me hope that even though i make all the crazy mistakes that i do, maybe i’ll LEARN from those mistakes, and turn out just fine in the end.
I was bullied hard... and I meant like someone punched me into a locker and left me there over night knowing that I did NOT LIKE SMALL SPACES the other day I punched that girl in the face I ended up in the front desk but it was worth it.
I've noticed how elitist I've gotten lately. I had to tell myself that I am not worth more than others because I am articulate, but its so hard to not go above and beyond, because, without my eloquence I feel I may disappear. I talk all the time because I need to feel like I matter, and I need to feel wanted, but I end up isolating myself because I dont know how to listen. I know its not the same as making fun of others, but I still feel guilty for all the times I thought people were lesser than me because I new how to use "effervescent" in a sentence. We can grow out of our old selves into something new, something better. And we really appreciate your honesty. 💞💓💕💖
My friend and I sat on a park bench, the first time we'd ever gone out together, we look at each other spilling out our deepest secrets. 'It's like when Dodie said...oh what did she say, she wanted attention as a kid' Me suddenly excited I hadn't known she liked Dodie until then. 'She didn't realise that seeking sympathy and attention wasn't the way to make friends'
We sit for a while talking about how we'd both been like that as children, even though we both are still 'children' in a way...
This video really hits home, I have almost the same story. I was bullied, as most kids are. One of my insecurities was how short I was. But there was one boy in our year who was significantly shorter than me, so I used to call him "midget" and it made him furious. I feel so guilty to say that it made me feel better at the time. Looking back now, I'm so ashamed of how I acted but I actively try to avoid doing that ever again. I wish I could apologise to him now.
Anybody out there struggling with bad vibes, I just want to remind you.. You are not alone. You are a beautiful person who is just going through a rough patch. Better days are coming your way and you must be there to see them so, Struggle for now but thrive later. ♥
When I was five years old, my best friend was also my bully. I was a total pushover. When we didn't agree on something, which was practically every day, she would physically bully me to the point of tears. But I still couldn't find it in me to break up as friends. It never even crossed my mind. All of the older kids and teachers loved me, but never did anything about it. She moved away, and in the third grade, I made a new best friend. Her name was London. One time we were messing around, horse-playing, and I accidentally hurt her. I hit her in the breadbasket (A point in the middle of your chest that makes you sick to your stomach if hit.) I immediately felt this surge of power. It started becoming a regular thing. I enjoyed it. At some points, she would fight back, which I'm proud of her for looking back. But the teachers did nothing. The students did nothing. They just watched. Eventually, she was walking to the pick-up area and I caught up with her and said, "One more?" She gave in and opened up her arms and I hit her. Her mother saw that and walked over. She was the first person to stand up for her and guilt washed over me. Her mother told the school and I was given a lecture about "personal space" by our health teacher. My parents grounded me for two weeks, which I totally deserved. But I would have kept going if no one found out. It wasn't a matter of being mean, it was an addiction. It made me feel powerful. If you are being bullied, let someone know. Don't be afraid.
I dont know why but tears fell from my eyes watching this. You made me realise how its okay if you weren't the best person in the past, what matters is that you realise your mistakes and overcome it to be a better person now. Ive spent years feeling guilty for once being a child who had strong jealousy and envy towards everyone for some reason and treating them unfairly for that reason. I was also always guilty of being sort of manipulative as a child, always trying to change other kid's minds about something. Maybe that has something to do with me being raised to play as the pity poor girl because of my household situation and my mother teaching me what to say to my father that had cut ties with us and how to sound sad and pitiful to make him feel sorry for us and give us some sort of financial support. I knew i never wanted to do that but i had to cause if i didnt she'd guilt trip me and id feel guilty. I didnt want people to keep looking at me like i was a disappointment. In the end i was way too annoying and get way too attached to anyone who was nice to me/interracted with me. Also, i for some reason always felt like i was bullied, but for some reason ive also felt that what happened to me wasnt "bullying". People always glare at me, looking at me with a sneer. Always projecting how they think about me with the way they look at me. They'd make fun of my grades, make fun of my clothes. Made fun of me being on my period making me feel insecure about everything. Id even hide in the toilets when i was on my period (people had to go for some sort of prayer and people on their periods are excluded) cause i was terrified of them finding out i was on my period. My "best friend" at the time told me "its okay, ill still be your friend even though you're not smart" and i actually somewhat thought that im so lucky she was humble enough to be friends with the piece of shit that is me. But at the same time i felt kind of hurt. Then the teachers would always make fun of me, make fun of how i look, make fun of how slow i am at catching up with the rest of the class. Telling me how its pitiful that i became lazy and ditch school, even though i was always absent because i was suffering from depression. I felt like i was bullied but ive always wondered if it counts as bullying if its a grown adult making you feel that way.
i got to this part in your book so i decided to listen to it and follow along. After hearing it before it was enough to make me sad and rethink the things i've done before, but following along in the book just made it seem so more real. Being able to see and physically touch the words made them feel realistic that this was an actual experience that someone has gone through and not just some words through a screen. thank you so much dodie for sharing these storis and experiences with your audience. <3
I was bullied when I was younger and often times it does make you more likely to be a bully yourself. I didn’t even know I was doing it, but the lasting pain and my horrible mental state made me take it out on others. And they took their anger out on me. I’m currently trying to be a better person and not talk about people or take out my sadness on people I call my friends. Bullying from my past has made me insecure and scared of my friends, not because they were my bullies, but because my bullies pretended to like me and then proceeded to crush me. And I started treating my friends in similar ways because I was scared. And I am scared. But I’m trying not to be.
I was bullied in first grade then a few years later I found myself bullying a girl who did nothing to me. I didn't want to make the same mistake as my bully so I apologized. We did turn out to be great friends but she left the school, everyday I apologized to her and today I'm still sorry. Then in 5th to 6th I bullied boys. Some of them thought it was ok, to just tougher them up so I did have good friends who had faith in me of what I do. Right now I'm trying to stop so I'm holding my tongue when I want to say something. It's working but it's not working much. I just hope that I can still be noticed at school and that I still have friends.
I love that Dodie had the courage to speak about how she was bullied and then gathered even more of that courage to tell us how she'd bullied someone before too. And then apologized to that specific girl. I applaud to you Dodie, not many people have that courage
One of the actions I regret most of my childhood was when I made a girl cry because I teased her for being tomboy-ish. Looking back, I was a real piece of shit growing up (not all the time, but I did some really disgusting things every now and then).
It's strange how not only you or I but many people in the world have dealt with bullying. Even if it's at school, work or your household. Everyone goes through things differently. I myself at the very start and end of Primary school I was bullied. Why? I haven't the slightest clue. I was different and that's for sure i loved art, I loved any sport that had a racket involved. I liked singing and dancing. I enjoyed history. But I started to question myself a lot. I questioned my upbringing. My sexuality. My look, style or just the way I talk. When I got to the age of six I began to start hating myself. I would look in the mirror each morning and tell myself that no one liked me and that I was stupid. I would come sometimes crying and collapsing in amongst my mothers arms. My family were all that I lived for. They're my everything. I grew up without true friends. Most of them used me. But what for? I started to change myself not for me but for others. I had fear in being rejected and unexcepted. It was simple. I just wanted to had friends who actually liked me for once. I made people feel sorry for me. People began to like me. It felt wrong but at least I had friends... Right? Wrong. It was half a year later and I hated the fact that I changed for people who would only like me for the themselves and for the wrong reasons. I faded away from the group of people, and felt... Happy? Something I hadn't felt for quite some time. I was called fake, a lier, and a backstabber. It hurt and I was in amongst the two walls. Confusion and Understatement. A few years later I had made it to High school. One of the worst places on earth in my opinion. It took me 5 years to meet people who were considered to be losers and outsiders. I decided to join these people one day for Lunch. And we had decided to ditch school for that one day. We went to a fish and chip shop and got silly drinks. We had so much in common, yet I isolated myself from people then, and, somehow they understood. They had been in the exact some predicament as I had been in. I felt. Joyful. I thought to myself that this would only last for these few moments. 2 years later and and are closer then ever. It can take quite some time to find people in your life who are willing to show their true colours. And well. They're lit up like neon gold. I guess what I have learnt over the years is that, things take time, and that if you turn what was a negative into a positive you'll find that the positive is what you yourself have become. You learn and you grow though experience. You become a better person. So to end on that note. Thank you Dodie for telling us your story. And thank you Hedy for your wonderful drawings. We're all human. We all make mistakes. But how are we supposed to learn if we don't make few hic-cups here, now and than.
When I was in prep (the year before grade one, after kindergarten) I was really rude to my two friends... I was a bully. After my stupidity repeated for two years I was confronted by a teacher but the things she said I did were way worse than what I actually did, like sometimes I'd ask to trade lunch but they told people I stole it. I was the biggest one there so everyone took their side. Since then we aren't friends and now I am the victim Of bullying. Karmas a bitch. Just don't listen to rude things others say and be who you want to be.
to the girl who didn't really wash her hair, told stories of magic and fairies, and had the cutest rainbow bag; i was you, i changed for people when i shouldn't have, but you stood your ground, thank you for being so brave when me and many others like you couldn't be ❤️💛💚💙💜
I'm from the US Alot of ourselves see ourselves as the victim,hero or the one in the right whether out of pride,fear,or power and don't want to admit we were bullies too. I can totally relate to this and simply love people speaking out about their experiences in school. I was bullied in middle school and 8th grade was the worst year. but Looking back I treated alot of people like crap in 7th grade because I had a victim mentality out of paranoia so I would snitch on people for the pettiest of things in fear they would do something and I broke alot of friendships that way. You could say I was the annoying class monitor. In 8th grade I tried fitting in but people saw through me and no one liked me and I snitched alot but only because I was getting pencils and rocks thrown at me. The entire class yelling at me and calling me names for simple mistakes and being the scapegoat for the class. It didn't help that I took everything seriously and it only increased the bullying. I would sit alone in lunch and people would only sit with me to insult me and mock me.
High school was a fresh start and even when people didn't like me they left me alone. People would dislike me when I did nothing but others didn't and the trauma from middleschool would eventually get to me to get diagnosed with depression at 17 in my junior year of high school. Ironically it is there where I made some lifelong friends and made me feel better.
I love this video and all the messages behind it. I wish I could be as strong and proud as the girl with the rainbow bag as I could never hope to show my personality to everyone I know. I have been mute for a few years now, for many personal reasons, and I am teased and bullied a lot for it, but I am not strong enough to stand up for myself. If I was, maybe I could be more like Dodie and push through the hate. I know so many probe are going through worse than me, so I don't want to sound like I'm begging for attention, but the internet is literally the only way I can voice my opinions. Thank you for the amazing video Dodie and Hedy's art is so amazing! <3
Sophia Swartbrick I really hope you can break free of whatever is keeping you from voicing your opinions! Someone who talks less, thinks more and more deeply. Amd I bet you have an awesome Angelina Jolie voice anyway. Best of luck.😊
This was so beautiful. I love you Dodie. You are literally my everything and have changed my whole perspective on this crazy thing called "Life". My music taste is a collage of yours. Thank you so much for helping me get through so much, making me laugh, and making me feel a sense of comfort. You will always have a soft spot in my heart <3 Lots of love from an awkward, young girl, who thinks your awesome and brave :3
Ever since 3rd grade I’ve never kept a friend for a long time. All of my friends would backstab me and be rude. It has left me with trust issues and being insecure... i was also popular, it was miserable cause I was a bully so I backed away but now I’m actually getting bullied...
I love this because everyone always talks about getting bullied but no one ever talks about being the bully I know loads of people who are similar (me being one)
Oh boy I can already tell this will make me emotional. I apologized to my bully two days ago and she apologized back. And honestly it felt like my pain was taken away a bit. I'm starting to get over those about 9 years of bullying that I didn't even realize was going on, I thought it was normal to be treated so poorly. It is not. I'm so sorry for anyone who has gone through bullying, we can make it through the past or the present ok. You are lovable. All of you. Thank you Dodie for making this video
Outo ninjalapsi Kana oh my god i relate too much to not really realizing being bullied. I was so used to being constantly laughed at and being left out that I thought it was normal. I was used to being the fat geeky kid who talked to the teachers more than to their classmates because bullies used every chance they got to call me names. I was used to spending recess alone in the library while the other kids played outside. I thought that was normal from grade 1 to 9. Only looking back I realize how terrible it was. I think that is a coping mechanism when your brain just cant bare the truth of the bullying and loneliness
Leo Zebra oh my god that is really relatable while also being horrible. It's funny what our brains can do, I was humiliated in front of the whole school twice without even realizing. It's really good to know your not alone although no one probably wishes this upon anyone. Thank you for sharing your story, and I'm so sorry. I wish you a bright future.
Outo ninjalapsi Kana I wish you a bright future as well, thank you! I found it very interesting to hear that other people experience the same thing. I am much better now though I'm still not the most popular person. I wish there was no bullying but sadly people do not change so to everyone who is getting bullied: You are strong. You can do this. Don't let your bullies decide about your life and your future. I love you.
rinofthemill I lied to them about a little thing and I was the one feeling as about it although it made no sense. So I decided that if I apologized first I had nothing to lose and they might also realize how wrong they'd done. A bad plan but it somehow worked out
I'm literally standing on my couch wearing a zipped up hoodie with a coat hanger in the hood pretending to be a star I would love to know who this beautiful collage has come from
A dodecahedron is a 12 sided shape and DODEcahedron. But I interpreted that they called her it bc she was clever too and in primary school knowing what a nonagon or decagon or dodecahedron is was seen as clever and they called her it bc she was intelligent but also because of DODEcahedron, idk tho💛
I'm so confused, I have never experienced this bullying, I've never bullied or been bullied. Im not aware of any bullying happening at my school either. Perhaps I'm too nieve to notice
I never was bullied, neither do I get bullied, and I'm a pretty confident person, but I feel quite sorry for all those of you out there who are going through this every single day. I'm honestly envious of your strength if you keep up with it, and I honestly believe and hope that it will get better, everyone deserves to be happy without feeling a certain weight of fear or discomfort on your shoulders. Being bullied and insecure is a hard thing to go through, but I'm sure that ever single one of you can do it. I might be a complete stranger to you, who are reading this, but I still believe in you c:
I’m in this exact situation right now. I’m bullied and laughed at so I bully and laugh back. It’s gotten me in some trouble and if I don’t get some serious help soon I think I’m going to do something stupid or dangerous. I want to be okay and I know it gets better but I just want it to be better now.
I was bullied for 6 years straight. I was so sad all the time, and the same bully would really lower how I felt about myself. I used to have so much confidence, I was smart, and I felt like I was going to be amazing and stunning one day. Eventually, I started to feel like I was nothing, I was taking up space in the world. I felt like I didn't have the humor, confidence, and kindness I had before. I loved watching YouTube, I would come home, feeling like I was nowhere, and seeing people laugh on the screen made me laugh too. I one day felt like somebody, I was laughing and having so much fun. The day school came, the girl multiplied almost everyone in the school except my best friend. I didn't know anything was up, till people came up to me saying, "God! You know (Her name) told us so much about you! Get out of this world and school, you don't belong here!" I felt empty. I felt cold. I felt sad. And more importantly, worthless. I came home that day, and banged my head so hard, that I almost passed out. The next week, I was assigned a new seat in class., and I met a guy. He was so sweet and enjoyed the things I liked, I eventually asked the teacher if I could sit next to him, and she said yes! He made me feel special, and told me one day he would get a computer to play online with me! Until one day he looked at me with voided eyes. I asked him what was wrong, he said this thing exactly, "I'm moving away to a different school, I'm sorry." I felt like I was falling and sinking at the same time. I said, "You are? Can you call me? Or text me? I can give you my phone number!" He told me he couldn't because he didn't have a phone, which explained a lot. Before that I met another guy, who played games with me, after the guy who I grew attached with left, I felt a void grow inside me. The guy I played with, he liked me... and I told him "No, I can't. I'm sad can't you see? He left me here in this school where everyone hates me! He had to move and I don't blame him, and your asking me to be your girlfriend? No, is my answer." He looked at me then left. The guy who was moving gave me one last smile, and I ran up and hugged him. I said, "Friends for life?" He replied, "Yes, friends for life." It gave me some time to here this and I felt happy for a minute. He hugged me and it felt so nice, but a part of me was voided. The next day, I was beat up. The guy who I rejected was upset, and would punch me and kick me and throw stuff at me. I felt worthless yet again, and so powerless. He was in wrestling and I was in nothing but sports. Day after day I was hurt, and nobody said a word. My fake bff (Not the one that I mentioned) would just scream my name. During that summer from all that pain I told her exactly what she was. Not my friend for not helping me. I would cry and go home early from school, and the next year was worse. He got another friend to hurt me, and if I wasn't getting hurt physically, I was emotionally getting hurt. I decided I had enough of the girl who started this, and made a YT account to go spread hate on her YouTube channel. My mom found out and made me take it down. I was a bully. A heartless person, my only question was, why? The next year we moved up, and it's been better. I forgave people who shouldn't have been forgiven. The people who beat me up, and the girl who ruined my life. I'm friends with them. And when I go up to my locker and see my Crush, he doesn't say anything, but I know he takes extra time at his locker, while I rush up to my locker and my BFF talks to me, and then leave because I know I'm going to say something stupid. I'm not voided or feel bad. My confidence is just starting up again, and when I look in the mirror now, I sometimes see my scars, but I also see me. After all this time it's still me. Littlemouse. I now draw and watch YouTube. I check twitter, and try to help the people who are giving me my confidence back. I enjoy other games then Minecraft and Roblox, I love UnderTale, and although I feel my bruises still, I do cry and think, I'm always going to be me, I'm always going to be Littlemouse. My parents are also helping my Confidence. They tell me when I grow up, I'm going to look like Jennifer Lopez. I don't really believe it but hey, it still helps. Thank you for the people who took the time to read this. Have a great day/night :)
Omg dodie no matter what you have done, just focus on the future, because you are such a good person. Ground yourself to what you love, not what you've done wrong. keep being strong, because ily so much. please live forever, you pure angel.
i can relate kinda...everyone was mean around me so i copied them and became one of them and got in a lot of trouble for it and i have to go to high school with them so you can imagine how they r now as they think there tuff and more important
I just typed an essay on my experience with bullies and how it's effected me. My laptop glitched and deleted it and I'm salty but I guess it was just a sign to not be annoying and stuff.
my insecurities through bullying has effected me in many ways because I like boring things and for my weight and how I look , nowadays it seems I cannot obtain at least one friendship without my thoughts thinking that everyone will one day hurt me just like the past. That is why I stick to having no friends..
I don't know if this is just something that doesn't happen where I live but there's never been a situation like that in my school. if you don't like kids in my school you don't bully then you just avoid them.
I was bullied and was the bully too in elementary and I still guilt myself for it to this day. I’ve apologized to this girl in my head multiple times but it doesn’t change the feeling. And it affects me in my everyday life but I hope I can be like you someday. Elementary school was such a blur by now from me constantly trying to forget but I know I probably said some mean things and it wasn’t even to impress anyone it was just because I was mad and upset and picked up the bad things that were dished at me I guess.
I can relate to everyone in this story. Both dodie and her side characters whether it was the name-callers or the girl with the rainbow bag. We can all make terrible decisions; being persuaded by society that it will make us a better person through the eyes of others or letting other people think that way. Decisions like that, though, shouldn't define who we are and or who we should become. Sure things may seem unforgivable, but it takes all kinds of truces, understandings, and mutual grounds to accept what was once was and shiz.
a few months ago i took i made fun of a friend cos everyone else was, at the time i was going through some hard things and i was being bullied, i lost a friend and forever regret what i have done,i feel an enormous amount of guilt, i tried apologising but i got no response i dunno what to do theres nothing for i can do
I was really badly bullied by one girl in particular at my old school, she would call me names make fun of my appearance and make awful comments on how shy I was and how I would always sit at the back of the class (which was because if I sat in any other row I was always worried that the people behind me would be judging me, which stopped me from focusing on my work). Her family went away for about a week for a holiday so she wasn't there for a few days which gave other people a chance to pick on me, but it also gave some of her friends the chance to talk to me. One in particular came up to me one day and told me how this girl would always talk about me and how she wanted to be like me, how she was jealous of me, it didn't make sense to me at all. I told her friend that no one had any reason to be jealous of me, I don't have that great a home life and I was recently diagnosed with a type of arthritis (I'm 15). When she came back from holiday I saw her friend talking to her about what I have no idea, but it seamed like after that conversation she held back a lot when talking to me and wasn't so hard on me all the time. Was it because I knew that she was jealous of me, or something happened to her on holiday? I have no idea but she eventually just stoped talking to me at all together, which I was grateful for because she gave me such anxiety that I didn't want to go to school at all. Most of year 8 (in Australia) I didn't attend because in the morning when I was getting ready and would walk into the kitchen my game art would drop knowing that I had to go back to that place. Just that thought gave me so much anxiety that I would have a panic attack every morning on the kitchen floor just balling my eyes out repeating "I don't want to go" which I didn't even know I was doing, my mum told me about that earlier this year. Wow ok long sorry short, sometimes people are jealous of you for some reason. They might think you have things better then you do, or they are going through something tough and project their negative thoughts into you, not that it is very helpful. I have learned not to take things to heart so much and just to not give a crap. It has helped me get over a bit of my anxiety, I still have horrible thoughts about what people are thinking about me when I am I public but it doesn't effect me as much as it did just a year ago. One time I stood frozen in the middle of a shopping centre while having a panic attack because I though I wasn't wearing the right pants to go with the outfit I had on and that people would think I'm not fashionable, I have no idea what I was thinking because looking back I looked sexy af but in that state of mind nothing I ever did was right or at least acceptable. Seeking the help of a psychologist didn't help me, I have been to 4 different people, the thing I felt like I needed was to be able to befriend someone who didn't know anything about me, just so I could vent to them. Then I found a thing called kinesiology, I have no idea how to explain it but finding the right practitioner who my mum and I have now become great friend with really helped me be able to get over most of my remaining anxiety, I really recommend it to anyone who feels like they have tried everything. It does take time and it does take a lot of commitment but it has helped me so much.
The part you spoke of about holding back in the middle of a conversation because you're worried about not being heard in the space and then having it come out mumbled and just wanting to sink into the ground. I thought it was just me,
When I was in 5th grade I was bullied because of my laugh. One day my friend let's call him dee made me laugh so hard that I snorted and every one started staring at me and pointing at me and laughing. The next day a guy named let's call him Joe started to snort at me. Every time I got up to get a pencil or ask a question I would hear him saying "pig" behind my back. At the end of the week I snorted again and he and his boy group started laughing at me and i started to cry in class. I was so embarrassed I couldn't stop crying until the end of class and not even my best friend could cheer me up. After that I even called my self a pig and told myself I would never be buetiful or have a decent laugh. Two months of constant bullying went on and I couldn't take it so one day I told my mom of course she said to punch him but instead I told on him and he got detention for 3 weeks. But i think tjis is just constant bad luck bAdd cause evety year i get bullied even in preschool and kinder garden. This happened not that long ago because I'm now in sixth grade and I'm already becoming an out cast in my class and I'm still self conscious about what I look like and what I wear and I still think I'm never going to be buetiful. Well thank you for reading and I hope nothing like this ever happens to you.
I love Dodie but things like this make me feel like we don't get the whole picture and she's not the fully perfect happy person she sets her self up to be. Idk sometimes I get the feeling off of her that something's not right... she's not a bad person but she isn't as "perky & sweet" in real life. Sometimes it feels like a forced persona.
I'm getting bullied by this one girl that's crushing on the same boy I like. Somehow she got my number and started calling me nasty names and telling me to kill myself. I tried really hard to put a smile on my face even when inside I'm breaking down into pieces.
If you ever been bullied than you know how it feels. If you see anyone just getting teased or bullied you need to standup for them making sure they never have to go through the same thing you ever had. (sometimes just saying one word can do so much for them)
this has really helped me i am not the girl with the rainbow bag but i do have a bag thats well...brave i came home in tears because people where laughing at my bag the last part really helped me xx
Hello, I am the girl with the rainbow bag. Thankyou for your sweet message at the end, I almost cried. Don’t dwell on the names you called me, I forgive you. We were just kids trying to fit in. From how I remember you, you have grown up to be such a sweet girl, don’t ever stop shining. I can’t wait to buy and read your book.
Love, the girl with the rainbow bag (And yes, I’m still magical)
I got picked on for my name (Chelsea) the entire way through primary school because of the sole reason it’s the same as a football team here. Then in high school, i got picked on for everything from a hat i owned and wore for non-uniform day, to my social media names. I had around 20 different boys from different classes who would all participate, the worst being in around year 8 or 9 in art, where on several occasions they’d go out of their way to destroy my almost completed work, and i broke down in one lesson and they just laughed at me. 4 of the boys were in my form and spent a good deal of it picking on everything they possibly could at any point, it was relentless for 5 full years. Ironically, one of the boys was separated from the group and was in my class in college and didn’t have a bad thing to say to me, he was weirdly nice to me the entire time. But i’ll never forget what they did to me, and what it led to in the middle of an english lesson in year 10. I remember i got so sick of the remarks, that i walked out of a lesson one day, and my friend had to follow me and calm me down/stop me doing anything stupid. I don’t really have any friends from high school left, only 2 that have stuck by me. I’m forever grateful to them, life never got any easier after that but i’m blessed to be a collage of the friends i have now❤️
The girl i love is weirdly a collage of all my favourite people despite not knowing any of them But i deeeefinitely am a collage of my favourite people and it makes me smile so much, knowing i have pieces of them all within me wherever i go is a blessing
When she said that thing about being a colleague of your favorite people it really got to me. In elementary school I wasn't that popular and was a little socially awkward, but my best friend was the complete opposite. She was outgoing and was pretty up there when it came to popularity, she was funny and seemed to know exactly what to say. In middle school we didn't have any classes together and it was around this time I began wanting to become more "popular." I thought that I had to change to become more popular, so I decided to start acting like her. I copied her mannerisms and tried to say things she'd probably say, and since she wasn't there to notice this went on for a while until I forgot how to act like I used to. I began adding the personalities of people I liked into my own and after a while that just sort of became me. I'm a sophomore now and people are frequently pointing out how similar me and my friend are. They'll say things like "you two act just alike!" Or "you're basically the same person." When I hear this I feel guilty because I was the one who had in a way took her identity and morphed it into my own, just because I wasn't satisfied where I was on the the popularity scale and myself. I don't know how to go back to how I used to be and I don't think I ever will be able to which really sucks because now ive accepted myself but it doesn't even matter because it's too late. If you read all of this I appreciate you taking the time to do so and I'd like to know if you, or somebody you know has gone through something similar.
A few days ago, I brought my fidget controller to class because it helps me focus. I went to get my lunch out of my locker and when I got back, some kids older than me were messing with it. Of course I felt like they were teasing me for some reason. I politely asked them if I could have it back. I don't know why but I thought they were teasing me when they said "Oops, sorry." I carry it around in my pocket now to avoid situations like that. :T
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i love you Dodie, youre so strong and youre such an inspiration. you made me start youtube and be convident enough to make a video about my tourette syndrome. thanks dodie. just thanks for everything. (and i really like your art Hedy)
I was bullied for 7 years and 3 of which was physical. It changed who I was. I changed from a bubbly, outgoing child into a shy, introvert scared of meeting new people. I was like this until I had enough. I am still shy around new people but I'm more intimidating, I have a temper, and am emotional. I developed depression and social anxiety. I learned that by treating people badly that's how you show love (I was verbally abused at home). I'm going to therapy and have a long way to go, but nothing will take away the mentally scaring things I was told and did to.
Yes, I was bullied and yes, I was a bully. It doesn't change what I did but slowly everyday I'm making amends to the people I've wronged. I'm not ashamed and by me telling you a little of my story you will be inspired to do the right thing no matter what you've been through.
I just went to high school and I'm so similar to you with the top sets.i have anime everything and weird shoes. Everyone else is wearing af1s while im here with comfy boots.i act happy but at night i cuddle with my kitten and cry. ಥ⌣ಥ
My best friend tried to bully me when I was in the seventh grade. What I did? The next day I poured my water bottle all over her. We were inside the school and I have no idea how but I got away with it. I got a new set of friends and whenever I walked past her she would quickly move out if the way. Then one day I just stopped seeing her and up until this day I have no idea what happened to her or where she is.
I had a rainbow bag just like that, I didn't care about my looks, I thought I was magical, I wasnt that girl,though i was just like her. I now have anxiety, I don't like how I look and rather despise myself, but apart from that...I have now ordered a new rainbow bag off amazon, thank you dodie, it's arriving in three days.
In 2nd grade I was best friends with the "popular girls" Then in 3rd we got separated and I met awesome friends who are always there for me then in 4th I was with them again and my friends too I saw how much attention they were getting from the boys and I wanted to be one of them again I tried for months not really fitting in but once I did I started pushing my true friends away from me and at the end I realized it was a mistake because once I started talk to my true friends they pushed me away and made fun of me I was bullying my friends with them but I realized to get away from them so I did and they forgives me
This video could be very useful to a lot of people. Am I allowed to use it in class ? I teach English in a French school, near Paris. I am planning a topic on Bullying, and was looking for someone who gave enough thought to his/her experience in order to help my kids aknowledge the fact that the crossline is very thin between being bullied, and being a bully.
I also faced a similar situation but slightly different. My twin sister and I both were bullied by the same group of kids at the age of 6. I don't recall us having a difference from the other kids and up until now, I still haven't figured out their motives. It was also not that bad because they only teased and not actually physically hurting, but I was still hurt by their words.
One day, the bully had actually walked towards me- and that was the first time she did not tease me. And she asked if I wanted to stop the bullying. Of course, I said yes. One condition was that I had to bully my own sister. So I did, cowardly taking up that chance and didn't even think twice about her own feelings. It got to the point where I think even the bullies thought I went too far. Everytime we went home, we would always argue. And we physically hurt each other by biting, scratching, punching etc. I was always the bigger and stronger so she ended up being hurt the most. That happened and conflicts between my family and I began.
A few weeks later after always getting scolded by my parents did I eventually stopped hurting my sister because I realised how horrible I was being. We didn't go to kindergarten at all from August until December because our family was worried. Since then, my sister and I started having insecurities and social anxiety, causing us to be more closed off with the others (I also had a case of depression last year because of these exact same memories). The morale of this story is, even minor verbal teasing can change a person's whole life. (To be honest, I think it (would) only happen(ed) to me because I was emotionally unstable, weak, and a coward. But I've changed and I even became more open minded with a lot of things.)
For the ones who are reading this, please understand that you're not the only person who has a difference, and that doesn't make you any less important. Instead, be proud of it because it makes you unique. And please, for the sake of your future, do not repeat my mistakes. Well then, have a good day. And if you just so happen to have a terrible day, I hope you will be greeted by happiness and may life treat you kindly.
ok this is going to make me sound stupid, but at the end of the video it says all that weve been watching was done by your sister. you are so talented with multiple books and cds and friends and instruments and i just assumed that all that going on in the video was just another one of your talents. i was wrong. still props to your sister. that was pretty cool!
I also have these conversational self-confidence issues. Like you, the cause is likely the bullying I received at the start of secondary school, but I have to constantly tell myself that else I fall into the trap of feeling like there’s something wrong with me. I have some good friends these days, and each day I feel like my confidence improves. Although I don’t believe I will ever be “normal”. Sometimes rather than lack of confidence, it’s simply a loss for words that prevents me from joining in with conversation, a mental block that I can’t see a way around. Even typing this out it feels silly to be blaming the small amount of bullying I got many years ago for the impact it has had on me, but i have to believe it is the truth. But I’ll keep working on it, talking to as many people in as many situations as possible. I’m already noticing progress since changing schools but from this point onwards the only way is up. ❤️
I’m not intending anyone to read this, it’s more to put my thoughts down in words so I can understand them. But if someone happened to stumble upon this, bless you. ❤️
I didn't have many friends when I was younger. The kids called me names and for a while I didn't really have any friends. I remember i invited a lot of people to my birthday party but kids still "forgot" to come. When i got further into primary school i found friends but I wasn't always accepted. I was the butt of the joke a lot but i was so desperate for friends I accepted it. In highschool i suddenly found myself with proper friends and i didn't really know what to do with myself. As a kid in my attempts to be liked i also made fun of other kids and i feel terrible for it. I just wanted friends and my attempts to fit in lead to the hurt of another. To the girls I made fun of, i'm sorry. To the children who didn't like me, i don't blame you i was a strange kid. To the friends i thought i had, i'm sorry you felt the need to be mean to me. Everyone deserves happiness, even those who made me feel terrible and especially those I made feel terrible.
The part when Dodie says about how bullying affected her that she couldn't drop a sentence while being in a company with strangers, it's so familiar to me. When sentences flash in your brain, you start sweating and repeating those sentences inside your head, getting ready to voice them. But I never voice them, I just can't resist this pressure from being in a company. And it's not only with strangers but also with friends (who are not too close with me). I've never been bullied and I can't even say how lucky I am that I've never been. That's also the reason for feeling guilt because of that undesirable shyness in conversations. Because I don't have excuses for being like that. And it's probably just personality predispositions I was born with, but in this case it sounds like something I can't change (which is not true) There are people who are content with them being silent in most social situations. And I am content, sometimes. But most of the times I am frustrated and angry at myself because I want to talk, to be with people, to exist in their dimension, be a part of 'them'. Maybe (most likely) I am too sensitive because I care too much about other people's opinions, I don't want my pride to be hurt and I choose to avoid such risks.
It's been a couple of weeks since I am not in my teen-stage anymore. However I still ruminate on such things and over-analyse myself. Golly, I'm sick of that. When will a stop being so self-obsessed and self-centered
I sometimes get teased about being a crybaby. It’s my body that wants to cry, not me. I always try not to cry often by, making up reasons or wiping my tears away when I know they’re coming. I always try to act tough, try to stand tall, try to act nice, supportive, friendly, and everything else... but I still feel like I want to crawl into a ball and cry. In the back on my head, I still know that people are judging me. I also get teased about other things. When we tease each other jokingly, I still feel miserable, even knowing they’re just jokes. And they’ll also say thing when they’re annoyed by me. Saying stuff like “Nobody likes you”, “Crybaby!”, or “No one loves you”. It seriously makes me sick inside. Wanting to just... leave and never come back. Never show up again. Because, I sometimes feel like they would feel nothing if something happened to me. Even if I died, only one or two would go ask on what happened. Those who really care about me. Then the rest would ask just to spread it around the school. My thought always go on what would happen if I was gone? What if I suddenly vanished? And the other what if’s that will eventually ruin my life.
Tbh, I wasn't like all the other kids in school. I had colorful hair, it'd be a different color every month, all the kids would talk about it. My friend told me my hair would fall out if I didn't stop coloring it. My backpack stood out, everyone had these typical blue or pink backpacks, whilst I stood at the corner of the room with the darkest and most colorful backpack. I had 2 friends, we were all bullied because of the way we ACTED, people called us lesbians, maybe once or twice we'd be called stupid. Some kid told everyone in all 3 classes that my bestfriend wet herself, all she did was slide into water. We told everyone multiple times that we're just bestfriends, nothing more. No one believed us, we told the teachers about the bullying.. They did nothing about it, I told my mom and maybe my dad every single day that it wouldn't stop. But I knew they couldn't do a thing about it.
My parents eventually pulled me out of school, signing me up for online school.
It's not so much odd as "different" whenever I hear people say they were bullied for being smart. See, in my school the people who are smart are the people who are popular, most of the time. If you were on the honour roll and were sent to interschool competitions or always swooped in to deal the finishing blow in class debate activies, everyone knew your name. And if you were the nice kind of honour student who lent them notes and answered their questions in an impromptu lunchtime tutoring session before a big quiz, they liked you. And if you were the confident kind of honour student who knew what to say and didn't trip or splutter when you say it, who knew to keep your cool and roll with it, they didn't mess with you.
Unfortunately, two out of three turned out to be bad. Elementary school me was explosive and impish and acted without thinking and was always so easy to read. I suppose you could say I was bullied. Some boys just knew how to get on your nerves and stay there, preying on your lowest points and setting you up to explode. Same boys sometimes acted like friends too, for no apparent reason. But the thing with these boys was you knew they were assholes and you didn't trust them.
I, on other hand, was thought incapable of their level of bullying until proven otherwise. Because I, on the other hand, was the honour student who smiled at your jokes and defended you from those boys and lent you a hand when you needed it. Turns out I also had it in me to be the honour student who looked at you and saw so many things to dislike, to pick on, to strike at. Cruelty just came so easily.
So I was a bully. But I was one they thought they could trust until they couldn't.
And I don't know how to not be cruel even though I've reached highschool and mellowed out and wore my hair down and knew when to turn a blind eye and found out how to douse gunpowder with water so I don't explode ever again. Even though I have friends I can love without hating. I don't know how because now I know what I was doing (fourth grade admirer; third and fourth and fifth grade girl friends who were nothing but nice; girl from third grade that was so easy to tear down; sixth and seventh grade transferees whose only mistake was liking me and being unlikable in my eyes) and some stupid, awful part of me likes it.
...Well, now I've gone off and written a novel. Toodles.
I was bullied my whole grade school years by my 'best friend' who talked me down behind my back. Nobody in class liked me, I had no one to play with, no one to do a presentation with, they all didn't want me. The first years of middle school I was still shy, trying to be kind to everyone, defend the ones who get mocked. However, now, in my last three years, 8th, 9th and now in 10th grade, I witness more and more that I am a bully. I don't talk trash about my friends - I am unbelievably loyal - but about random persons at my school. I make fun of their everything. Their clothes, hair, face, personality or even voice. I try to calm it down tho, to everyone in my class I am really nice, expect one, a girl everyone hates because she stole money from another classmate, lied about it and filmed us while swimming and sent the video to other people without our permission, she ranks like she never showered before, is a brat towards us etc. But to others I think, to others... I am a bully.
i used to be a bully at kg 2 and 3 (in my country we start going to school from 3 till 5 yo) when i went to elementary school everyone started to bully me since day 1 and i never knew the reason like hello you are only 6. i didnt know what bullying is. everyone spys on me looking at me waiting for me to make a mistake so they can make fun of me. what ever i do infront of them was a bad thing. even when i tried to fix one of the girls roller backpack they were like eww how do you touch this, and for more pain, the girl was standing beside me and the whole class was at the other side and when they said this to me i pointed at her and said "then why is she beside me?" she walked away from me and stood beside the whole class and crossed her arm. i went to tell the teacher (like i usually do) and they started screaming "go tell her as if we were afraid. go cry to her. show us what you will do bla bla bla" and when i told the teacher she answered with "you are disgusting what do you want me to do to you!" i was so shocked and went to sit at my place alone. this happened to me when i was ONLY 6!! and it went like that till iam at grade 3 then my dad told me that i will change my school and i was like "eh". it was so much pain that i even didnt care. my imagination used to be way too bloody for my age, i wanted to have the power to become a t-rex to step on them all and see their blood and little bodies stuck on my feet, and never wash it off so i keep stepping on them all the time. i used to be way too mature for my age tho, what i had experienced in my life made my current friends come to me when they need a help in a problem. rn iam 14 and i have the thinking of an 18 years old. i even think sometimes that iam too young for me.
its 1am and im watching this. i made the volume soft and tried to listen , it was quiet for the first few seconds so i held it against my ear and suddenly "LIKE MOST PEOPLE" and i fricken jumped and damaged my ears
I had a goddam fan club in elementary school. I stopped to tie my shoe before I went outside and I'd have at least 3 people waiting for me, half of which I probably didn't know.
before she said the drawings were hedy i was like IT ISNT FAIR I DIDNT KNOW SHE WAS AN ARTIST HOW IS SHE SO GOOD AT EVERYTHING, then i was like oh, okay (but seriously i would die to be that good at art, or music, or singing, im dedicated to quite a few things but im not very good at any of them. just average)
We were playing a game on someone’s phone that was a Lie detector. So we asked each other questions, fun and full of laughter, and no teasing. And after awhile it was my turn. I held the phone in my hands waiting for the question, and while they were thinking a boy said “When are you going to get lighter skin?”
This was a part of me that I didn’t like, at all. I live in a country where having light skin is better. (Which is probably most of the countries)
So I just laughed it off, sadly. Until someone asked me another, more appropriate question.
To the girl with the rainbow bag, I wish I could be like you, free and joyous and known in myself and hopeful that the things I love will save me one day, and I hope they did. You took comfort in splurging on about the things you love and taking them and never hiding them away from your peers, you made them known and you made yourself seem strange and different just because you showed your loves. You're braver than I even could be and I hope your somewhere right now, still taking pride in those things, I hope yous till wear your rainbow bag with pride and never let a single comment hurt your love for things, I hope you're somewhere out there doing what you love and never stopping. I'm so proud you girl for putting your heart on your sleeve. Girl with the rainbow bag, I'm so glad that you believed. From, the girl with the rainbow heart xoxo
This hits home because when I was younger I bullied people unintentionally because I thought that I was being witty and snappy and cool. I wasn't being cool and now because of it I'm dealing with things that make me scared and it hurts to know that I hurt someone. It's hard to forgive yourself when things like this happen and I'm thankful that someone else has dealt with a similar situation. I never intended to bully people I was just blind to what I did. That doesn't justify my actions but now I've learned and I'm growing. Thank you Dodie ❤️ God bless you
I was bullied and a bully as well. I wish and I wish I could tell the girl I was mean to that I'm so sorry! And the people who were mean to me... well I know one of them is going down a road full of drugs and broken hearts. But I know they were just kids, and I'm ok.
I just wish I could tell the girl I was mean to that I'm sorry.
Dodie, I only found you a few weeks ago but I just want to tell you how much of a difference you have made in my life you are amazing and I can't wait to read your book💙💙
Im am the girl with the rainbow back thank you for your apology i have three beatiful children and they love you so thank you for making them happy i live in Minnesota near the great lakes i am a happy and proud mother and wife i also still have that rainbow bag my eldest weres it to school have a wounderful day
tinangyuen I believe Dodie's was because her brother couldn't pronounce Dorothy when he was little? (She talks about it in another facts/questions video)
ive gone through the same thing oh my gosh but i think i learned a little earlier than you cause im just entering highschool and although i have no friends i am quite kind to people but do every once in a while do things to make people feel bad for me but at least now i know what im doing and i do my best not to do it
There's this dude who was in my 5th grade class (I regret this) that I hated. Everyone hated. He smelled like trash, but that's because he was poor. And I walked up to him and said. "if your going to go to a school. Don't come here. Go inside a trashcan where you belong(I know stupid) and I made him cry while everyone was laughing at him. I was a mean kid.
I really hope that the girl with the rainbow bag has seen this. (Despite there being at least 3 different people in the comments claiming to be her). As someone who was bullied throughout my school life, this sort of an apology and regret would mean a lot (sadly I think the bullies from my school have not matured at all)
I'm pretty sure my ex friend texted me while i was at school today and said this: "Natalie, you need to change your ways. God loves you and you need to accept christ. Trust me." and my mom blocked it.. I'm gay and i guess he isn't accepting? Idk. Thanks for reading! :3
I was actually bullied from 1st to 7th actually.. and it wasnt the traditional way of bulling really. They just would ignore me and I wouldnt get chances to get friends and this made me extremely insecure because I thought it was because I was weird and I was ugly and stuff like that but sometimes the boys would bully me because I spoke english to friends and because I wasnt like the other girls and then in 7th guess whaaat! I found out I have a anxiety disorder thats pretty bad and possibly some other stuff like asperers or something and it was so bad I would get panic attacks from thinking about school so yeah that wasnt fun.. and that wasnt too long ago either I actually just got into 8th so woo I guess?
I got bullied for being different and I had no friend for most of primary school and closed of cause of that but on high school transition I meet my friend at first she thought I was scary but then I opened up and a new world was opened up
i'm sitting here in my room...its 10:54 currently and i'm tired. fegtrcv56 (sorry i think i just fell asleep on the keyboard.) i have been binge watching some of your videos and i just wanted to say that not only am i falling in love with your channel but i think i'm falling in love with you and your personality. your smile has brought joy to my life,i'm literally just here trying my emotions on my laptop,sipping tea and pondering about what i want to be? (hey that rhymed!) ANYWAY! Your great and please don't stop doing what your doing much love from just one of your 641,000 :)
i rewatched this video cause I felt bad, I was playing a game on my laptop and got annoyed cause I kept being killed, so I wrote a stupid thing in the chat. I was feeling annoyed but I don't like being mean so I said in chat, "u a big ol sack a poop" yep very immature but I felt bad about it after. its stupid, and immature but I felt bad about it, andtobehonestiwouldntwanttobecalledasackapoop. But anyway Thanks for reading❤
I was bullied gor 6 years and my bully was in my class for the years. And i had many friends there. But then i moved and i still talk to my friends back at my old school. But at my new school, im in 6th grade and everyone is so nice. I made so many friends. Boys, girls, everyone. At the middle school i go to, no one is bullied or made fun of, there aren't stereo types, no popular. No un-popular. We are all different. But all the same. No one is made fun of. Ive made close friends. And i feel like I've known my friends forever. Well if you read this whole thing, happy holidays or Christmas 2017 or anything else you celebrate. And if you ever have gotten bullied, you aren't perfect. No one is. Whoever bullies you, they are just jealous of you. Well happy holidays!
I’ve always been bullied. For being bi, having a ‘posh’ voice, for not wearing makeup and not being stereotypical pretty girl. I try not to get offended by it but then a person who was meant to be my friend manipulated me and pushed me to kill myself. She said “It would be better off, I mean you’re not happy here and you never will be. You’re just a useless person who is a burden.”
My niece passed away when I was 10. It was a known all around the town as it was on the news for being suspicious, as a 10 year old I already knew about depression as my parents both have it, so I took care of them so much. Now I’m 14 and I have been diagnosed with depression and anxiety, I stay alone at school which I don’t mind, but I still get bullied. I know that I’m not alone.
To the random person reading this, you are not alone. It might seem like you’re at the bottom, but just focus on the positives and eventually you’ll build yourself up. The world is shit. We all know that. There is no point sugar coating it, but we can do our best as people to make it better. I care about you, and happiness might seem far away, but it’s closer than you think. I get bullied, instead of focusing on that, I focus on the fact that when I leave school I will be able to make my own life and perhaps help others. Have a good life and remember to smile! :D xxx
I was bullied in elementary school Because I was bad at sports and "weird" I'm super awkward. Thinking back I remember I was strong I had confidence, I fought back. I didn't believe them. at one point I broke. I stopped fighting, I believed them. I was thinking how to be more likable at all times. two years later the only things they told me was: Why are you so quiet? Why don't you talk to us? Why don't you speak louder?? Sometimes I wish I couldn't speak
I know this video is quite emotional, and I love it so much so this probably isn't the place to request a video idea but, if you and hedy could cover "call your girlfriend" that would be unbelievable check out the Lennon and maisy one
I wouldn’t count it as bullying... but it’s been with me for over 3 years...
I was just at my new school, talking to some friends when this random boy, we call him Mark Junior, as I was saying he randomly ran up to my back and kicked it.. I told his mom, because I saw her, and he said “She was going after me” and last year.. I was learning self defence, I don’t anymore since a bruised the inside of my foot, but the skills I learned are forever with me, in the same year, before I learnt self defence, there was a new girl, again I don’t count this as bullying, but she randomly came up to us, with two of my closest friends and started like... saying stuff about me and my best friend, I was then going to my school every 6 pm, and staying there until 8 pm, to learn self defence.
That was my little life story... I really never became a bully..
I was a bully too. I stopped because I really wanted to appreciate that person and be their friend. My friend pressured me into bullying her, and I really didnt want to and regretted it. I was bullied. I was bullied by the girl that pressured me into bullying the girl in the last story. I was pushed into a deep spiral of depression, constantly contemplating when to kill myself. Im still here, but thats only because of my parents. Learn to love the right people.
I feel like the girl with the rainbow bag, there was this boy who my friend liked, but he was getting bullied and one day he came up to us crying and we cheered him up, but now, his bullys are his friends and he makes fun of me none stop, but so do his friends, I've been to a teacher 3 times but nothing works, one time I decided to ignore him until he started putting rubbish on my desk, so I simply put them pack on his, he scolded me and picked up the rubbish and while slapping me, so I ran out the classroom crying into the bathroom, I decided to go to a teacher again after sitting in there for half an hour put a week later it got worse, he made fun of me saying I smiled wen he talked to me and stuff, I only smiled because in that week he was finally treating me like a person, then... he started saying if I bought him stuff or gave him money he would stop, so I did. My friends told me I shouldn't and I knew it was wrong but I thought if I did he would be nice to me, but he didn't he just kept asking and one day him and his friends were crowding me askin for money, after that the next week I decided to stop, so I did and it got worse, I would get told to kill myself daily and stuff like that, one day my friend asked him why do they bully me, he sed he doesn't and it's because I have a go at him everyday which I don't, I don't know wat to do to this day I just hope they don't do it next year.
Oh baby the same over here. When you try to stay quiet you ended up being bullied. But when you try to fight back, you ended up feeling like a bully. It's ok to defend yourself
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Hello Dodie, I know it's none of your business, but I'm asking you, because I think there needs to be something done. And if you don't want this in your comments, you are free to delate my comment of course. This massive bullying going on against simply_kenna has reached it's limit. It is getting more and more toxic. It stands in no comparison to what she has done. Maybe you can set positivity against that huge mountain of negativity. I don't want to start a discussion here and everybody is free to think of that theme whatever they want, but it just has gotten out of hand. I'm not defending anyone, but this is cruel bullying simply_kenna is going through, nothing else. And that will stick to a human soul forever.
I was bullied really badly in primary school, and there were a few painful incidents in secondary school too up until I was about 13.
I bullied this boy who was 2 years below me in secondary school and I feel like a piece of shit for it. I bullied him in the exact same way someone 2 years older than me bullied me. I apologised to him about it, and then 2 years later I bullied him again. I was a fucking piece of shit. I really want to reach out and apologise (I’ve found him on Facebook- his brother was in my year) but my therapist said I shouldn’t because it might bring up painful memories for him. I’ve joined an anti bullying charity to try and right my wrongs but I still feel like shit. I was such a shitty person as a teenager.
Also there was a time when one of my friends (who I don’t talk to anymore because they were a horrible person) said something really mean about the person I bullied when he was within earshot. By this point I wasn’t as much of an arsehole, so I told my friend to shut the fuck up. I still feel like shit about what my friend said, and I feel like if I didn’t bully this boy then my friend wouldn’t have said that about him.
The fact that I bullied someone haunts me because I was bullied myself so it’s the last thing I should’ve inflicted on anyone else. Also I was at the age where I knew wrong from right, so I’m disgusted that I could treat someone so badly.
Yess! That's so awesome! I saw a girl with a cheeseburger backpack but I was too shy to compliment her even tho I wanted to, still regret not complimenting her
Hazy yea u right about that. And trust me I didn't always have the confidence to take it around and be my child ish self. I still don't have much confidence but my cheeseburger backpack sure does help. Even if I am called a small fat child ish girls
melanie pineda I had one, I am overweight but not by much. I was called fat and I didn’t wear the bag anymore and I still have it to this day but I am still Self concise about wearing any clothing with food pictures on it.
I had a very hard hearing dodie because she wasn’t talking very quietly, quiet enough for me to not hear, and my family was speaking in Tagalog very, very loudly. Though, I started crying near the end because I thought that little message was really sweet :”) ♡
I think people attempted to bully me? Honestly I've always lived apart from reality and am notoriously oblivious. I only remember two times when someone tried and i gave as good as i got and never got bothered again.
The first was in first grade. I was short so this boy in my class (same height as me btw) called me a kindergartener. I literally told him "i may be short but at least I'm smart" and he never talked to me again. Idk why that was such an effective comeback. I probably got made fun of behind my back after that but ... whatever.
The second was after moving states and in seventh grade. Im fat and some girl i didnt even know came up to me at lunch and said loudly "Are you pregnant?" And i didnt even pause just went "Nope, I'm just fat. But you might be." And i feel kinda bad about the second part because like less than 9 months later she apparently dropped out to have a kid. (In the 8th grade... at 13... like... i hope she's doing ok.)
But yeah nobody bothered me xD I did do basically nothing but read. I was the kid who went through every book in the library worth reading and then half as many that weren't. Its probably good other kids didnt bully me. I had enough at home.
•o• bullying happened in elementary school.. for me that is .. where kids didnt know really how to harm anyone except for words gum and paper. I was thankful that it happened in elementary where it was a big enough sin to just push someone down. However, that was my experience. I was a a little teeter totter for those who wanted to pull my arms side to side. I was the mat if people wanted to walk all over me. I was a book where i absorbed every nasty name they said. I was their art canvas if they wanted to stick gum or wads of paper to me or color me red with embarrassment. It was a childs game. Im just lucky i won. I may not be the happiest and i suffer from depression.. but i get to stand by people who love me. I created a family that wouldnt put me down but hear me out on my problems. Im lucky that i made it past that childs game and saw some beauty in my self and in those who bullied others. Without them... i wouldnt be the person i am. So I thank you for the suffering that made me see and learn to never listen to those barks and laughters.
Same I was bullied then I lied sense they would laugh if I told the truth when I was in 1 grade I had to sit in a baby seat and when my friends saw they laughed, I hope you have a great day who is reading this, you deserve a good life
I was bullied all through elementary too. People would tease me for my lips because they were big and my top lip is upturned or I wasn't like them and they would just be mean in general. This one kid, when I was in 3rd or 2nd grade said he would never marry me or a girl like me because I was black, at the time I didn't know what racist meant but it still offended and I felt hurt so I became insecure of my skin color and wished I was white. I would have friends but they exclude me from stuff and I would be left alone which was was around 4-5th grade and by the time I graduated elementary, I had no friends to go to and it was just me and my family. I would almost cry everyday because of how bad the kids would bully me, just thinking back at it now, it seemed like I was depressed but I didn't know what that meant at that age. When I want people to like to me, I would do whatever they did, if they didn't like this person, I didn't like them or if they didn't like this musical artist or group, I wouldn't either (like one direction but don't worry, I love them to this day but I still feel like a fake fan for "not liking" them at some point). 6th grade took a while to make friends but it happened and I still stuck to those people. Middle school got better and I began to get more confident in myself and wasn't a sheep (follower) more people started becoming my friend and I was a lot more happier than elementary. There is a few times where I would get teased but I would defend myself...and maybe go off on them a lot but hey, that shows I'm stronger now. I'm not messed with as much by my former bullies because hey stopped, even one girl who used to be mean to me is like really nice and a great student, who also seems innocent, unlike the other popular ones who wants to head down the wrong path. I just started high school and it's still getting good, even though there is moments where I still feel lonely, I have friends who I can go to now. To my fake friends and bullies, please have a nice life even though in my head I kinda wish for the opposite but people change!
If I recall correctly I think I know who the girl with the rainbow bag may have been. Do not be so hard on yourself, things were not easy in your class. Without you in the form she would have been more isolated, as you were one of the few people with the maturity and patience to be friendly with her, until later years when greater mixing in school meant she found her own close knit group, just like you. I believe we as teachers were jointly culpable. I always knew their was strain in your friendship, but perhaps underestimated what consequences it put on you when inevitably she was isolated so paired her with you. It is hard aligning perceptions from back then, with the realities as understood now. You are an inspiration to many, I am glad to have glimpsed some of that path.
I know lots of people are saying they were bullied, but I have a different story. I, myself was a bully in elementary school. I wasn't the main one, my friend was the main bully, and I supported her whenever she bullied this one kid. Whenever I asked her why, she said it was because he was wierd, and I never once decided to question her reasoning. I didn't even realize I was bullying him. I didn't even realize it when I made him cry. That went on for about a year. Then there was a bully rally at our school to stop bullying, and it wasn't til then that I realized what I was doing. That was in 4th grade. I finally stopped bullying him, but I never told my friend to stop cause I didn't want to risk our friendship. She eventually stopped too, though. He moved away in 5th grade. At least when he left, we weren't enemies anymore, but we weren't friends either. My other friend(not the bully one) became his friend and kept in touch with him for about a year. I'm just glad we didn't leave off as enemies, otherwise I don't know how I could have lived with myself for what I did. In 5th grade I tried to make up for what I did by talking to him every once In a while, and he talked to me too. I wish I could've done more when I had the chance. I wish I hadn't let the bullying go on for as long as it did. Maybe it wasn't as bad as I remember it. Maybe my guilty conscience make the memories seems much worse than they really are, but I'm going to have to live for what I did. I just want u all to know that not all bullies are heartless, and that some stop the bullying once they realize what they've done. I hope you can learn to forgive them because it might be hard for them to forgive themselves. As for my friend(that was the bully) we still hang out. She never once showed any sign of remorse, or at least not out loud. But I just wanted to tell my side of the story, because im a former bully myself. I do regret what I did, but I can't change the past, so I must live with it
I was bullied a lot, I moved to a new school in kindergarten, did have any friends, but I didn't mind. I'd just play Pokemon and read any school gave me free time. Then I stayed back in the first grade, not because I wasn't smart enough, my parents made that clear, but because I started too early. But I didn't care, as long as I could play Pokemon I was happy. It was my first day with these people, and I decided to try to make a friend, there many people to choose from, somehow I chose the perfect person to talk to, she was kind, we had the same interests, she was amazing. A couple weeks later a girl started to bully us, because we were shy, nerdy, and different than her. Then people started not to talk to me except for two stellar girls, they were nice but I thought they liked me out of pity. People looked at me and whispered, I had no clue why they would do that. The bully would continue to call me names one day then cry the other day about something fake to make me feel bad for her... It worked, and because of that I never told anyone but my best friend. Soon the school year was almost over and one of the girls who was nice to me told me that the bully was spreading romars about me for the majority of the year, I was mad that no one told me till now, and sad that no one helped me, but I was grateful that she told me I must have taken a lot of courage. I did nothing after that to stop what happened, if I could go back I would've told a teacher, but it's too late. The bulling continued, but that's why in later years of grade school I tried to hide being "nerdy," it's why I have trust issues, it's why I have no social skills, why I have no confidence, ect. But I I realized, who cares about what other people think about you like Pokemon way too much, you can like what you like, who cares if you'd rather read, play video games, draw, watch "nerdy" movie's, do math because you like math, think about cool stuff, stare at a wall, and ect instead of interacting with people. There just one thing that amazes me, that that happened in first grade.
You know when I was in 5th grade (now I’m in sixth) I was kinda shy and I didn’t know that people were trying to make friends with me and get on my good side and that made me then feel good and I felt loved but then I found out they only treated me this way because my mom worked at the school and if she found out anyone was being mean to me they would get is serious trouble. But now I’m in sixth grade I’m off at a school with older kids and high schoolers while my mom is back at my old elementary. But being part of the new group of kids at this new high/middle school is scary and isn’t fun. You constantly hear older kids talking about how we shouldn’t be here or that we just don’t deserve to be a such a nice school it hurts ya know. And my best friends both go to my school and are really the only two I can really talk to when I need something or am hurting one of them is a boy and makes friends easily and that makes me happy for him but with me on the other hand I only make people that can make me feel a little less useless ya know it’s like they can watch me fall and laugh but instead they leave me in the ground crying but tell me it will be fine then they walk off. But my best friends friends well they aren’t that nice to me I don’t know I guess I intimidate them because they want to be best friends with him but they don’t understand how much we have grown as people to accept that we will all have other friends and his friends didn’t understand that I knew this kid since kindergarten. But his friends just were rude to me when he wasn’t looking giving me dirty looks one of them called me “ugly” another one smacked me in the back of the head but ya know it’s fine it’s not like I haven’t been through enough being lied to in elementary by someone I trusted having all the kids in my school pretend to be my friend so that they wouldn’t get on my bad side because then they get on my moms bad side. But did they ever stop to think one more lie or one more hurtful word could send a chain reaction and I can stop coming to school or for worse just exclude everyone from my life and wait for everything to freeze so that while everyone else is frozen I can walk back over to where I want to belong in the arms of my best friends and my family instead of in a dark corner with all these laughs these lies and they “promises” people make to hurt me. But there is one thing I don’t understand there is this one girl in my class and she has been lied to and faked by so many people yet she has the courage to come to school everyday with a wide smile and willing to be hurt by people and as long as she helps them she will feel amazing. I.......I used to be that girl but with all these things going on it hurts and I can’t always just fake a smile trust me seeing other people smile because I did it I caused that smile it feels great and this time instead of telling me I’ll be okay and walking away sit feels like they wiped my tears always and then walked away. But no one will read this it’s too long I jut hope no one I know reads this because then they’ll try to “fix” me but you can’t fix something that’s already broken you can only slowly make it better.
agh i want to be hedy's friend!!! she i so smart and amazing and she loves Hamilton like me and she is my age and aghh she is just so freakin amazing!!!
People in my class bully me for watching you, Dodie. But you know what? I'm proud that I watch your videos.They say you're weird and you try too hard. It makes me sick. They think being different from themselves is weird and abnormal. I don't care what they say because, without you, Dodie, I wouldn't be who I am today.
I am bullied I'm 11 and my so called friends were so mean I was called a pig and other things I would be people freinds and they would just abandoned me and say I was not cool enough when this happens stand up to them ! Killem with kindness
ive never been bullied. ok thats not true. in fourth grade people would call me a dwarf or a midget and hang things of mine over my head, because they knew i couldnt reach. but that stopped once i stopped talking to them
All throughout elementary and middle school I was teased for being annoying and obnoxious since I was a really hyperactive kid, and I didn't have a lot of friends, I was mostly friends with the weirder kids in school, and people would tease my friends and it made me really upset. I didn't really speak up for myself so I often was isolated and alone, clinging to the outskirts of friend groups. Today I have serious abandonment issues and I'm convinced I'm going to drive my friends away, or that they don't like me, or that I'm annoying, which stems from years of being put down and ignored, but I'm really trying to branch out from it, so I can be more confident when I leave for college next year :')
I’m a girl who loves rainbows and unicorns. Some people would call me rainbow girl but nothing mean. Do not bully people or just don’t be mean in general. One day the people who you bully might be successful and is cool. Just choose kind.
I don't really understand bullying victims who turn into bullies and I never have. I was bullied throughout school and it nearly killed me. I would never do that to someone. However, I do appreciate that you are genuinely apologetic and I love your videos, Dodie. You're not a bad person, you were desperate to fit in and I get that feeling even if I don't understand hurting someone else. Bullying can eat you alive. It got to the point where I was in therapy for 2 mental illnesses and attempting to kill myself. Thank god I'm happier now. To anyone being bullied, I know it sounds cliche but I promise it gets better. You're worth it and you should absolutely stick it out to see the person you become. I'm so glad I saw it through.
I am the rainbow bag girl it's okay for what you have done to me during the past I forgive you. I threw away the rainbow bag because I felt sad but I still miss that rainbow bag. I forgive you Dodie and it's okay.
I'm kinda always in the background, even when I hang out with friends, they don't let me take part in a conversation, they kept talking over me. That was back then, I did only have 2 friends that always let me talk and take part in a conversation:). But I soon found out that they were talking behind my back. And they weren't my friends anymore. Now I don't have any. it seems like I only get bad luck having friends. now I'm stated the "Drawing girl." I draw instead of socializing. I draw instead of eat at lunch, I draw instead of playing on the playground. But I like it that way. I have less worries. You don't always have to have friends to be happy:)
i've been bullied most of life too. It sucks. Especially when there is no one there for you. Heck, i'm 15 now and it still happens sometimes, some forms hurting more than others. The worst thing for any bullied person is to become the monster they hate most. Everyone, don't be afraid to stand out and stand up for each other, whether you know the person or not.
Actually I am homeschooled but except in preschool - grade 4. And if anyone actually had a rainbow bag in my class I'm pretty sure you'd be the most popular one there. Cuz everyone would want a rainbow bag in my class 😂
I feel like a bully, not that I made fun of people. But I was very hot tempered. The second you make me mad I will roast you (surprisingly well), when I was in school it was usually me playing around though, not being at all genuine. Although many didn't realize this. I also slapped my sister...every day. I'm a jerk :D.
DO NOT i very much doubt she wants to be reminded of what she went trough when she was younger I do believe your intentions are of kindness but leave her be she has most likely has moved on. The past is the past, let hers be.
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I understand she might not want to be reminded of her past, but she might also wonder why dodie amd other bullies were mean to her. If it were me, I would love to hear this coming from my bully, it would give me closure. So I am excited to find her as long as we do it carefully and don't invade her privacy. As long as we do it respectfully, I think she would love it. And if she doesn't, I think she would still appreciate our effort. It'd be cool to know what Dodie feels about this.
Camryn Singsandreads We could just try to trend on twitter or something. If she wants to be noticed she will reach out to us. If she sees it but doesn't, than we'll just move on. I don't think there's anything wrong with that
Ik I'm late to this video but I'm kinda in the same spot as you it all starts off with the first year of highschool I had 2 friends loved them so much and did everything with them after a while we left 1 of those friends out all the time. Pranked her even though they weren't funny made fun of her and everything after a while another girl joined our group and was teasing her then near the end of the year I started realising what I was doing and made sure we backed away from her. The next year came by and I started feeling excluded I only started realising after they punched me and beat me multiple times pulled a prank on one of them and she comes to me and diggs her nails in me I started hanging with other people and doing my own thing I ended up having a huge fight on the phone with one of my friends and got back together after a while. Then I left her for Good and got on with my life then they started bullying me for no reason. Steal my food, throw things at me, call me names or try to get me mad she did it to me and my new group of friends (the one I left at the start accepted me back in) my friend was very upset with the bullying and would end up in tears in the office. Through out that year we went in the office so Manny time thinking we got them but never did they always got out of it out school really only cares about the way out school looks and we're number 1. The next year (this year) goes and I'm alone. 1 of My friends who got bullied left school only comes to school once a week. They left my other friend alone and now just pick on me. It's not easy having to deal with bullying while your sister is suffering from depression when U see messed up thing happen cause of depression. Till this day I'm still sad and I feel so alone. Outside of school I have no friends what so ever and I still get bullied. It just annoys me that the school is doing nothing to help me the teachers basically bully us. This is probably Kama from being a douche to my bff on the first year of highschool.
that's definitely not weird, it's totally normal to have crushes on people around your age. I think my girlfriend and I are around the same distance apart in age as you and hedy (I'm 14 and they're 13)
to be honest, I did not remember my school days. I'm not sure if they were bad and I'm not sure if I was the bad guy. I didn't have a hard time (as what I could recall) and I am really afraid that I might be one of those bullies. This is an apology for being a jerk : I am sorry if I've ever hurt any of you and I hope you can forgive me.
they would call me beluga. that was everyone’s nickname for me for 2 years, and to this day, people periodically call me it time and time again. i used to dye my hair different colors so people had something to describe me as other than fat. but that just made it worse. they would come up with rotten nicknames and slogans. i bleached my hair blonde and got bangs and a girl said “she looks like cleopatra got ran over by a bus”. that girl was my bestfriend.
I've been bulled my whole life I still do get bulled I'm all ways that sky person and lonely I am very different to other people I just don't want to be around people
At school when you were getting bullied i feel bad for you and you will bullied me that even feel worse because a bullied girl was bullying me but i never cared about anything i was magical and i am magical but i am also a savage now and let me tell you that i was the girl with the rainbow bag
You weren't the only one. I was a bully too, but it starting in kindergarten, first day of kinder.
I was first excited but, since I was the only Asian kid there, they looked at me funny, and we are usually short, I am tiny, they would call me midget, I had a little mustache and I was a girl, they would also make fun of that too, it drained my happiness.
Primary School came, I wanted to change, I wanted to be like the kids at kinder, so I became a bully.
but then, there was another girl, she helped me, she got back my happiness and everything I used to have, she helped me build up my courage, but then, she left.
But I used the courage she help me build and tried to make some friends.
i don't like these comments, completely rejecting the conversation of how she bullied someone, i know she apologised, but bullying is very, very strong on a person.
most people are afraid to bully me because I hang out with older people, I dont use my friends just so I can not be bullied but because they are my greatest friends. And when I go to highschool I wont even see my friends anymore because they are all going to a diffrent highschool :(
i can relate to this video a lot, i still feel terrible to this day but one girl becamemy best friend now, we're like sisters and she's the only person helping me through my depression which makes me feel even worse because i feel like i don't deserve her and her kindness because of what i did to her.
i just realizedi watched this a year/few years back,and just found this on my now favoritesinger's vlog whom i didn't know eXIsTed when i first watched thisiTs A sMaLL wORld aFTer aLL
I have been bullied from grade two (7/8 yrs old) but I was the shyest kid in the whole school. It has been continued and I’m now in high school (grade 7) and this year I learnt to stand up for myself even though this year has been the worst year of bullying it was worth it. But the sad thing is, my bullies were my BEST FRIENDS. Two of them even got suspended then one left the school because of the suspension
I’ve been bullied since 4th Grade, and only recently have I thought about killing myself. Few days ago, i tried. i tried to end it all. i still want to. but i have such a long life to live. i was called on this earth for sOmething, i swear. i don’t know what, yet, but one day i will know. and until then, i will try remain on this earth.
In my school the majority of 5th and 6th years have (depending on gender) Adidas/O'Neill/anyotber sports shitty brand Or Princess/ Disney backpacks And then there's my friend group who have black backpacks Then that huge group of 1-2nd years who have plastic transparent bags with glitter inside them...... not the best but eh
This really calmed me??? What the heck??? Pls do an audio version of your book with you reading it out loud bc I feel like it'd be the most soothing thing ever
Nah I've been bullied to the point where my own mum would let me stay off school and if one of the instigators made a video with drawings and colour I wouldn't forgive them
I'm 12. In my school, being nice gets you nowhere. I like to be nice to people but that makes me 'uncool' or 'unlikeable'. So I don't talk much. I only really hang out with guys because they're the nice ones. The girls just backchat about people and laugh at people who are different. I'm the only girl in my class who wear trousers. That doesn't help... I also have big-ish thighs so they look kind of weird, but I look horrible in a skirt so I stick with them. I suck in my stomach to the point where I can't let go anymore. It hurts to. Because of my 'boy-ish' personality I'm called a lesbian. There's nothing wrong with that but it still hurts. I have two real friends, one doesn't go to school and the other doesn't talk much and is shy. I pretend to fit in but it doesn't work.
To anyone who is going to say that I'm doing this for attention. I'm not. I would never tell anyone face to face, or with them knowing who I am. It's better for me to say this stuff anonymously.
I love how she talks about the rainbow coloured bag girl like she's still that bullied little girl, like Dodie's made her immortal. When she talks to her at the end it's in present tense but to the old little girl. I find it outstanding how she's done that, maybe to make her remember not to be mean et cetera or to always haunt her
I be bullied every single day No one ever helps. God I wish they know what els happens in my life Once they tried to threaten me . I almost killed myself until my bestest true friend helped me
I wasn't bullied, but I was made fun of a lot. I would be left most of the time. By the end o elementary school, I had no friends. Beginning of six grade, I made a friend. She turned out to be a cheater and most likely wanted to be friends with me to get good grades. She would always shout at me and get into fights for no reason whatsoever. It was really hard but I had to end our so called "friendship". By the end of six grade I had made another friend, and she was amazing. Sadly she moved away by the beginning of seventh grade.
I changed class after a month of seventh grade. I knew no one. I had to choose a friend group. So I chose one. And it was the best decision of my life. They were just like me. They were awkward introverted teenagers who love old bands. They also love Dodie. I've been friends with them for almost two years. I'm going to have to leave them when I go to high school and I don't know how I'm gonna survive.
i was a small skinny kid, with few friends. i was teased for drawing only girls, and teased for not wearing fancy clothes, and rarely having a original outfit;just the same old skinny jeans and purple shirt. one girl in particular would put cafeteria food into my backpack, or poke me with pencils, and once stabbed me in the side. the bullying was terrible, and has caused me to be careful about what i do or say around people. i recently found the girls instagram and started treating her like shit. i realized that is not the way, and stopped.
Parents: Yeah I was bullied and now the people who bullied me have bad lives :) looks on youtube Me: EXUSE ME doodlevloggle has 689K subs, and you dont even have youtube. Parents: yeah, and? Me: SHE WAS A BULLY Parents: ... what have I raised
I'm autistic,so I got bullied.. And of course,I ain't got no friends boi So my brain kinda just tell me "You dont need any friends.they're useless." So,that actually make me feel better! But when I got to a new environment.. *sigh*everything just went down. And I have tourette's. An issue that makes u twitch uncontrollably Aaaaaand it got much worse when I'm nervous so yea hahah😅
I don't understand why people not at my school and teachers at my school always talk about "Oh there's bullying everywhere everyday" and I'm like Tf where? I don't see no shit! And I look and look but I see no bullying...one time my literature teacher told us to write about us being a bystander... Me: IVE NEVER SEEN BULLYING Teacher: your lying Me: OK whatever I swear tho...I never saw anyone be bullied and ive never been bullied and if they try to then I smack talk them till they leave me alone...so idk Also people say that bullies are people who have gone threw something difficult in their life and try to take it out on someone else but I used to be a bully because of people I thought were weird and cuz I thought it was fun...I was fine at home tho so again...idk
I'm a teaching assistant and was bullied when I was at school. Bullying is something I'm very aware that happens in secret most of the time and it's something I will always try my best to stop and stop people feeling the way we did at school because I didn't have a teacher stopping it when I was at school, and now the power is in my hands. Bullying will always happen but there are ways it can be lessened and victims can be supported 😊
But please do tell... did the girl with the rainbow back end up right? Apart from this, has she reached to you or have you reached out to her? Just a little contact between the two of you could set things right forever :)
So was getting bullied (getting called acne face(cause I have 4 tiny pimples), chubby, wannabe, loser, Unwanted gay person (yep I'm gay) and alot more) so it got to the part the started abusing me but now I'm really thin and pretty and most of the guys that bullied me has a crush on me now and they know I'm gay....and that I like both genders so they think they have a chance XD
Hey Id like to say that I was fat in middle school and kids would often stare at me and whisper about how ugly I was, and trip me. Often I would hear people make fun of my art, I had only one friend . Then one day my best friend made a new friend and I was fine with that but then that new friend is a Bully and they would often say how I have no friends and how I live in the sewers and that my best friend was never my friend, she said all that right in front my "best friend" and my friend just laughed and insulted me too. In math class kids would avoid the seat I sat in and one day I had to sit next to the bully they would say "ew look how disgusting they are, can I move? No wonder they have nobody to love them." At that point I had very severe depression and low self esteem, I wanted to kill myself. And I even attempted to, i never felt so worthless in my life. no matter what happens to you be strong, don't let their words hurt you. Telling a teacher just won't help, I had to find that out the hard way, just ignore it and move through. Stay strong.
Hana M no. i doubt EVERYONE is a “victim”of being bullied. they’re just looking for attention. sure a lot of people may have been bullied, but bullied is always used as a loose term, and it’s not being used properly.
Smurficles I guess, but either way many people's feelings were hurt by someone more than once. Whether it was bullying or not, I think most people can relate.
Smurficles, I rather think about it as this video attracts people who have been bullied. Yeah, not everyone has been bullied but the amount of people in the world is a lot. There is a lot of people. People who have been bullied. Yeah, maybe they're just doing it for attention. But not everyone is. And no I'm not saying that's what you think, but I'm sure almost everyone has been bullied in their life. And since a lot of people have (shown in the Comment section) I doubt they're trying to seek attention. They're trying to relate to her, because they have been in that situation. I never said that everyone is being sincere, but I doubt they are all lying. And Anyway, I hardly see that many people saying they have been bullied, so why did you say that everyone was saying that? I wasn't bullied. And I know you were most likely using the word everyone as like a metaphor, but still.
do you REALLY think someone is gonna comment "i've never been bullied" a majority of people commenting are commenting because they relate !! get over yourself
Smurficles just because some people have been through worse, doesn't mean their problems don't exist. What doesn't hurt you might mentally or even physically damage another. They could be lying and but only they know that. If they are lying, thats their guilt alone. If they arent, they don't need you to tell them that What they went through isnt "bullying" because Its not severe enough. Bullying is bullying, no matter how severe it is. Just like sexual harrassment is still sexual harrassment even if it isnt severe.
What hurts you might not hurt another person, or vice versa. What really makes it bullying is when the persons feelings are hurt, or the bullies intention is to hurt their feelings. This video naturally attracts an audience of victims of bullying and most people will feel inclined to comment if they related to the topic. You aren't the only one who can be bullied, or have your emotions hurt. And yes there is a difference between being bullied and picked on, but if you have been picked on repeatedly it counts as bullying.
That’s true, I’m bullied, basically thrown around and called names, I get hit a lot and it does bruise. I get thrown things thrown at me in class, including horrible notes. I wish people didn’t lie about being bullied, it’s not fun and I’d give anything to change the way I’m bullied :/
I personally think there's all types of "being bullied", but if you are wanting to say a lot of people are just being picked on, then please put Dodie in that category too. What she talked about did not seem like bullying; more just like a normal, picked on, insecure child and teenager. It's all part of growing up. Now, of course any type of bullying or picking on is not okay and should be stopped and not ignored.
Anabelle i completely agree, i was bullied for 3 years and i've always been the target of my year group, i got cornered multiple times by about 20 people from both my group and the year group above who were helping the kids in my yeargroup, constantly threatened, and then my school only dealt with it when i got assaulted last year. Bullying is horrible, i hate when people throw the word about when their experience was just name calling and not fitting in
+Smurficles I am late to this comment but I have something I would like to add, yes you may be right, maybe some of these people are playing up their experiences for likes and attention from others in the comment section. However, coming from a person who was bullied for a large portion of their school life, I do not want to deny peoples experiences and shame on the people who are playing them up. But, as +Hana M , +BirdyLovesYou and everyone else have said, videos like this attract a certain type of people and that type is people who have been bullied so please do not deny peoples experience because you don't know if they are lying so don't accuse them of doing so.
eveloux I’m not accusing them of lying, I’m just saying that the ACTUAL definition of bullying isn’t actually very well known. I thought I was being bullied, but I was only being picked on like once every few weeks.
and by the way, to everyone who is calling me mean that I don’t think everyone is being bullied, stop saying that bullying is just “when people hurt your feelings.” Because it isn’t. Bullying is when someone hurts your feelings REPEATEDLY. maybe everyday. People are being picked on, and I believe that, but your views of bullying could mean that you’re bullying me because you’re hurting my feelings. But you’re not bullying me.
Smurficles surely you'd come back with a better argument than 'nope' if you knew you were right. Clearly you arent and now you're stuck. You really aren't worth wasting time on.
Gerard Slay it is meant to be an opinion. if it triggers you so much to waste your time trying to make me feel bad about myself (like bullying) then you should stop being a hypocrite and just leave, ok bye bye again, and don’t come back
Smurficles 'what a shame' sounds pretty sarcastic no matter which way you claim you said it. I never wanted your sympathy its fake anyways, i just dont appreciate you bringing my mom into this when yet again you dont know shit so you shouldnt say stuff when you have no idea what situations im in with them.
I agree, everyone's so quick to make themselves victims nowadays. And I think that is why people are "bullied". Because some idiot called them fat once and for the rest of their life they will tell people that they were bullied. If you're going through stuff or if someone made a mean comment about you and you need someone to talk to I would suggest friends, teachers or parents. Don't go victimizing yourself on the internet where thousands of people could see your comment. You don't need that much attention do you? Just drink a cup of water, relax and talk to someone else. Get over yourself. Edit: this was 4 weeks ago never mind
and there's also the difference of being mentally bullied and physically bullied. Just because it doesn't physically injure you or it wouldn't 'hurt you if you were in his/her shoes', doesn't mean that it's not bully.
smurficles pay less attention to the people claiming to be bullied and look at all the 10 year olds claiming they they ARE the girl who had the rainbow bag and that they forgive Dodie.
Well, there’s a really fine line. Bullying and being picked on can definitely be similar or even the same thing. What I (and my family, friends and school) consider bullying, some may not think is that bad. For example, one of my bullied would trick me into trusting her, then tell all of my friends that I’m gay. I am gay, but I trusted her with that, and she’d shout it in the clubs we went to. Then shed pick up my bags and run away with them and take stuff from them, and shove ice lollies down my top. But it took my ages to talk about this because it felt like my fault. Don’t assume other people don’t have big problems. I reckon the reason there are so many bullied people in the comments is because videos like this really appeal to people who have been bullied.
Im getting bullied right now i get bullied for my close my voice and my face i get called nits i get called a prostatute for wering a black leather jacket and for being dyslexic i get my bag throne out of the 3rd floor window i get yogurt throne all over me and the name i hate the most is fat mistake but one day i also got followed home from primary school bye 2 boys who split up then went the only 2 ways to my houes so i ran away but they still followed me then i finally took a stand and punched 1 of them in the face and ran home and told my mum everything and she said "im proud you stuck up for your self...lets just say the wont bother you again" and they never so the best way for you to stop getting bullied is to stand your ground!
dodie, you were as strong as the girl with the rainbow bag was. even though you bullied her a little. you were bullied as well. she probably as well was a bully later on. but it is a cycle some of the greatest people have to go through to become who they are today. you probably pushed her to become the amazing person she probably is now. i mean, i was bullied as a kid. it was a lot of tough times but i remember becoming a bully as well. i wouldn't let the "weird" kids talk to me and i would talk down on them. but now today i talk to everyone as if they are all the same humans. i spread love and joy. so you and i are definitely as strong as the girl in the rainbow backpack. we just all had to go through some things. it's life. and i love you dodie.
kitkatkaitykat productions just because your being bullied does not mean you have to bully other people. Maybe it did make the girl she called a witch stronger, but maybe it didn't. Maybe she was bullied till she broke. We really don't know. I never felt the need in bullying. I never felt satisfaction in fitting in. I was bullied, and it hurt. Never the less I would never try to bring someone else down to boost my own ego. So I can tell you right now, that girl with the rainbow bag to be able to keep her chin up through all the shit she faced is just incredible. No one should resort to bullying no matter how troubled and broken they feel inside. And for all you know, the other kids could have pushed her down a hole that she couldn't climb out of.
Cec Ellis this is extremely true 👏 I've been bullied before for almost my entire way threw kindergarten and middle school. I never felt the need or urge to bully someone else. And in the long wrong I broke down and still haven't gotten up fully. Anyone that can bully to "fit in" will never have my approval for anything.
i disagree. bullying ruined me. if anything it made me bitter, sad, angry and ashamed. but never did i take it out on others because i knew what it felt like and i couldn't do that to anyone else. it made me defend people who were bullied. there was this one kid who was also being bullied and he liked to take it out on me to turn the bullies' attention away from him i guess - and despite that i defended him from the others cause no one deserves to be bullied!
i was mean to some people occasionally, yes, but only if they treated me in a mean way. this was when i started to fight back and i actually got the bullies to back off. "just ignore them" was some of the worst advice i'd gotten. like you gotta fight back but not get emotional cause that's what they feed on.
oh and if my bullies congratulated themselves for "pushing me to be the person i am today" i'd smack them because "the person i am today" is insecure and anxious and constantly feeling inferior thanks to how they treated me :)
like their apology means nothing to me. i know we were all kids and whatever but they didnt have to suffer the consequences of making me feel like shit. i paid that price.
I know you meant well but this comment just comes off as kind of rude. It's like saying 'well, it's okay that you bullied her because she probably bullied someone too!' even though there's no evidence of that. Also, you can't justify being a bully in the past by saying you probably made them a stronger person because that's not the case sometimes. Read up on teen suicides, alot of them involve bullying somehow.
"The things i and everyone else was going through do not excuse the way we treated you but i hope it'll help you understand that it was never because you did anything wrong" - dodie
I was the girl with the rainbow bag. My name was Zoe, I don’t know if you can remember. I’m now a writer, and I’m studding in uni. I’m okay now. But every night I was crying. I did look strong but inside I wasn’t.
If you’re gonna lie, at least be subtle about it. And take down any videos you have up that blatantly contradict your lie. Just delete this comment , please
Honestly dodie I usually really enjoy your videos and aesthetic but your latest content has just made me kind of dislike you. I get that you feel bad about having treated this girl badly, but something about making a video and hence money off of this just seems kinda wrong. The girl with the rainbow backpack would deserve that. (Also the self promo in the end ist just aaaargh) Maybe you should donate some money to an organization that tries to battle bullying. People make mistakes and that's ok but I cant help but feel that this is you saying look at me I'm so great and don't do this anymore and just justifying yourself and your actions instead of apologizing and actually doing something constructive.
Also most people here will probably only comment nice things since there 16 or whatever and really adore you, but that shouldn't just relieve you of your guilt. It's snapchat all over again. Instant gratification and positive notes from strangers rather than doing something constructive.
im shocked that you fail to see how genuine dodie actually is, she apologized and owned up to her mistakes. some youtubers never do that because they think theyre all high and mighty. shes the sweetest person ever and even if this was to promote her book, the message is still there and shes not trying to show off that shes great. she literally admitted she was a bully and knows that that was wrong of her. shes owning up to it and feels sorry. like the comment above me said, some people are never happy or pleased.
Jason Arik Also I am in my twenties...and I am willing to be critical where I see that it is necessary. Does that mean I am abnormal to dodie's audience? Because to me that sounds like you might be using words in the way you claim to resent. 😯
heya :) So my intention of this chapter is to show why people might bully - in that it's not a reflection of the victim, but of the bully. I also hope that people who pick on people who are different to those might watch this and reconsider after seeing the long lasting effects of bullying too. I think you've sort of missed the point on why I create my content - I'm not looking for gratification or forgiveness of course.
Hey dodie and people, First of all thx for the responses. So this opinion was mostly my own reflection of what might be going on subconciously in you having your recent video about oversharing in mind. Now if you say this totally doesn't apply to you than I'm very happy for you. By no means did I mean to offend anyone. I just shared my insight as a person who's already been dealing with depression, anxiety etc. Raising awareness is obvs a good thing, I merely didn't point out the obvious in my previous comment. I do stand by me feeling conflicted about the whole making money business. I also think my phrasing might have been a little harsh. I really enjoy your music and vlogs and they've helped me tremendously during my bouts of depression. I don't dislike you you just made me feel a lil queesy. (Also not every 16 yo is stupid, there's just a big part of your audience that consists of impressionable youth)
Liked how you talked about both being bullied and being a bully. Normally people just talk about being bullied and forget to talk about bad things they have done as well. No one is perfect, and it is human to be insecure and do things you later wish you hadn't done. (Not that bullying is ok... Just trying to make a statement.)
I was bullied at school but I also was a bully towards other people - I didn’t have any friends so I used to hang out with the boys and then my parents forbade me because they are very old-fashioned and thought I should only hang out with the girls. I was completely alone after that and the girls would only let me hang out with them to use me as a messenger when they fell out with each other. I was always angry at the world and I once saw this little girl at the park who seemed so happy and content with her life - I could tell she was clearly a sweet and wonderful person and young me went up to her and said some horrible things for no reason before running off like a coward. I still think about her a lot and I really hope she’s okay - I seriously wish I could go back in time but I can’t erase the past. So here’s my message to that poor girl - I know you will never see this but I just want you to know that I’m so sorry for what I said to you that day and I had no right to take my anger out on you like that. I know you are an amazing, courageous and wonderful human being and I hope you never let assholes like me get in the way of that. You have made me a better person and I so wish I could let you know that. 💔
I have the same story. In 3rd grade my classmates used to bully me because I was too young to be third grade. In fourth grade, I got along with my classmates and bullied 2 girls from third grade( they bullied me in chat sites during the summer). Once 4th grade was over Me and my best friends made a fake account messages the 2 girls mean stuff.For the 2 girls I’m completely sorry for My actions now in 8th grade I have fully matured.
Did any one else think that the end of the video where she was talking about the girl was gonna be really really sad because they thought she was gonna say we're instead of are
I'm always mean to friends, I don't mean it, My humor is rude and sarcasm. But I talk, I ask, I wonder, And it annoys people. Even my friends say to my face that's it's annoying, even my mother calls me mean names time to time of my talking. Is it karma? No, I was bullied so much I wanted it to stop, so, my humor changed, my style, my life. I want it to stop, I want to be innocent again, but that will make them start. I don't know what to do, I tried everything. I just want people to like me, I just want them to know I actually care about them. Actually, when look back, I don't talk at all at times. I was quite. Maybe my mom's getting to me. Tomorrow I'll stay quiet, I'll be nicer, I'll hold the doors for the people who hated me for the rude, innocent jokes the last day. I'll change into something better. I'll try harder. I'll make them happy. I'll make myself happier. I'll be healthier. I'll open something lighter, take hatred off my chest, pick myself up when I fall, kinder and sweeter.
I define stupid as a false sense of superiority. I usually say someone is being stupid or whatever as in their current behavior is stupid, not them as a person. But I don't really talk to people if I don't want to so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
This just made me love you even more dodie <3 your one of the few you tubers who show their human side and that they aren't perfect and have made mistakes so thank you so much
i'm on the verge of tears, thank you so much for this beautiful story dodie; thank you for sharing your flaws and personal experiences with the internet. we love you 💛
I love how calming and soothing Dodie's voice is... and I love how brave she is at admitting her mistakes and manages to make this inspirational. I'm glad to have Dodie as my favorite youtuber❤️
first off, i'm really digging this art style and the speed draw and paint is probably my favorite thing in this video. Secondly, R E L A T A B L E A F B R O!!!
i've been in this situation as well... i still feel so guilty for picking on someone else after getting bullied myself.... i hope that she's out there somewhere, feeling good about herself.
Dodie is so honest with her viewers, it make me so happy that a youtuber admits her flaws. This video helped me get over the guilt of previous mistakes and made me more confident in dealing with my depression. Thank you Dodie.
hedy's art style is so cute im in love oh my!! dodie - im very excited for ur book (v pretty cover btw it's so lovely), i hope ur doing ok rn, lots of love <3
Dodie, when you started talking to the girl with the rainbow bag I almost cried, I felt so touched. You are absolutely amazing, there are so many things that I would like to tell you that I wouldn't even know where to start, but a huge "thank you" is enough for now. Everytime I follow your trains of thoughts I realise how similar your mind is to mine, and I would love to meet more people like you in real life; you are one of the best youtubers out there, and you seem like a precious, special and incredibly loving person. We love you so much x
Wow thank you so much for this! I was bullied in kindergarten (which sounds ridiculous I know) and know one ever believed me about it. In high school I became the bully (having fake friends, not talking in conversations and all) and still to this day I feel bad about it.
I just watched your Instagram live stream you did (this video is 3 days old as of today) and it's beautiful. You're an absolutely amazing human who's been through so much. I'm proud that I live on the same world as people such as you, luckily the same country too. I came out today as bi because you inspired me to and be happy of who I am. This story brought tears to my eyes. Thank you for all this Dodie.
Oh god, this video gives me the chills. I was bullied at school because I'm bisexual and people in my country are extremely homophobic. People like Dodie help me to accept myself and believe that someday the homophobic horror will end. Thank you, dear Dodie. You are my hero <3
I started crying when she said "to the girl in the rainbow bag, you are lovable, you are confident, you are bright, you are brave". - I was bullied at school too and think I needed to hear this. ❤️💛💚💙💜 also I can't wait for your book! It will be the first You Tubers book I actually buy!
to the girl with the rainbow bag, you are beautiful. you are loved. and you are doing you wonderfully. don't listen to what others say about you. it gets better x
Oh my god Dodie I literally said something similar the other night. It was something like "Every pieces of me is just a partial copy of other people and if you take that all away there would be nothing left." It's so strange and frightening to think about.
This video is helping me with what I'm going through right now because I am bullied by my own family and I sometimes think that picking on someone else will help. But it doesn't. I would become the bully and I would honestly rather be the one picked on than the one doing the picking because it's the beautiful things in life, like flowers, that get plucked.
I am madly in love with you, platonically of course. Who spoke with courage, and for that I admire you. You are brave, and I thank you for that. You just earned yourself an additional subscriber, with lots of love!
I had the same situation, I just wanted to fit in. but all i did was make myself feel bad. Being a bully never helps, it just made me so insecure of myself that it made me hide from strangers and break my friendships. I would never go outside with kids and I would never join after school clubs because i knew i wouldnt fit in.
When I was in school I was bullied. It was started by one of my best friends and continued from 3rd grade to 7th. Because of this I have trouble sharing opinions and I am very shy although I don't act like it. Around 4th grade I gave in and started bullying my best friend in the entire world. We have grown apart, probably because of the bullying, but some how I managed to save our friendship. Then my mom found out what was happening but it didn't help, it made it worse. Thankfully as I got older I made more friends who helped me block out the rude comments about my appearance. Thank you dodie for sharing this story. I thank many people in your audience could relate. And the art is so wonderfully done! Thank you for another wonderful video
Hedy is genuinely one of the most inspiring kids ever, these illustrations are so beautiful (also sorry to Hedy because she probs hates being called a kid but you/Hedy and me & my lil sister have exactly the same age gap), she reminds me to remind my sister how proud I am of her too ^_^ This was a lovely, honest video and I cannot WAIT for the book!
This left me crying. Wow It was shocking how much I related to this video. This is very long but I felt better after typing it and so I felt like I should share it (?) :
Growing up, I was bullied horribly. It came from those I considered friends (who before we had a teacher talk to the whole school about bullying I didn't think we're being a bully but rather just taking a joke too far) all the way to my brother's friend/ next door neighbor. In fourth grade.. My own teacher made of me. She left me crying in the middle of class, told me to stop overreacting when I was having a panic attack. Imagine that, an 8 year old having a panic attack and instead of being calmed I was called over- dramatic. My mother never believed me for she thought I was just saying that because I didn't like me teacher... And I didn't but I also didn't make it up. I grew up with humongous speech problems. When I talked no one would hear me because I mumbled so much. So much my parents would get mad and told me if I couldn't speak up then I shouldn't talk at all, so I'd go mute and stay mute for long periods of time. hah. When I did get any attention, I'd laugh at the kid they also bullied but soon stopped because I'd rather stay silent than make someone feel as low as I did. The bullying got so bad for another girl that at age 8 she tied her scarf so tight around her neck she passed out... Kids called her a tomato face after because of how red her face looked when she was choking... In middle school I found friends and I was too naive to see that they themselves were bullies, I just wanted to finally fit in. I still didn't. The popular kids would only talk to me because I was smart and they needed me to get an A on an assignment. High school (secondary school) was the worst. I was "friends" with just about everyone, except I wasn't. I just knew people who were so it was easy for me to slip in and pretend that they noticed me. They didn't but that was good enough for me. Until it wasn't. And I tried to kill myself over and over again until I did right, and after that doctors did what they were supposed to do and save me. That happened my freshman and sophomore year. I'm a senior now. I didn't think I'd live past 16 but I'm going to be 18 soon. I left my old high school but I'm going back now and I know I can handle it because I have real friends there, and even though it's only four people at least it's four people who care. The only thing that ever got me through anything was that I am smart, I've always gotten good scores on tests and even was advances extra classes in elementary. I've always have been talented, I play seven instruments, I'm a pretty damn good photographer now and I'm okay with boasting about it because I take pride in it, I'm going to be in choir again this year. And I am worth it and I have to tell myself that because I'm constantly told I'm not, even by my own patents. So I haveto tell myself I am because I *am*. And all of you? You'reworthittoo
I hope the girl with the rainbow backpack sees this and hasn't been negatively affected longterm by the bullying she endured. Thank you for admitting your faults and putting a heartfelt apology out there!
same. i got bullied in highschool and took over to bully other people as well. so awful. thank you for sharing this story. ♥️ you help me to manage my thoughts a bit better and to understand myself.
This was touching. Your narration over the water color time lapse was very pleasing to watch. As well as the words, "Everyone is just a collage of their favorite parts of other people."
i was also bullied and tried to heal myself by acting assholey and saying savage and sarcastic things to people,most of them werent even the ones that bullied me,but hating myself + others hating me made me really cold and exhausted,trying to get better though,my mental unstability shouldnt affect my behaviour so much,i have friends,but its very hard to act naturally,when you've experienced so much awful things..i feel bad for everyone thats affected by my savageness,i just cant control myself,im always sad
to the girl with the rainbow bag, we were all you at one point. we have been teased for our differences and our ability to look at the world so colorful. you are not alone. everyone has carried a rainbow backpack once in their life. we are and can be strong like you. we stand together and hope you keep being you.
LITERALLY SHOUTED WAIT THAT WAS HEDY AT THE END OMG HEDY WTF SEEEEW TALENTED!!! Ahhhh I'm proud XD actually incredible the whole time i was like woah woah beautiful and woah. Firstly. I want one on my wall. Secondly absolute beaut of a story. Thirdly.Whats a good story without a great image of the story.
To the boy who who had a funny looking face, who had a funny way of talking, who was dyslexic and who seemed like a gross person because he picked his nose (and admittedly, did do some gross things, that's not the point tho), Im sorry for making fun of you, even if it wasn't in front of you. You may seem different, but remember that different is special. Even if I wasn't the one bullying you, I still said some mean things about you. I always felt bad about it. To the other boy who's been in my class for 3 years, who also isn't the most good looking of people, who also seems like a gross person, who also has a funny way of speaking, and who also lost his died when he was a child. I'm sorry for always making fun of you behind your back, Im sorry for being grossed out by you and not wanting to touch you, because even if I said those things, deep down I know you're a very kind person, because you're always kind to me and to the people around ,you've even helped me with work before. Please accept these mistakes I have made and will continue to make.
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movie haus2017-08-01 08:28:33 (edited 2017-08-01 08:43:48 )
I need to buy the book Time for a novel about me being bullied and being a bully When I was in kindergarten- so only about four years old- I took karate. The main thing the instructors told us, though, was not to do it on others. However, I used to be a classroom bully. I'm not sure if I started it, or the other kids in my small class did, but there were constant remarks, and I would get physical. I punched kids, shoved kids, and was all around awful. Like most kids, though, I didn't really know what I was doing. One of the key moments that made me stop acting in such a way was when my kind-of-friend came into class with stitches in his eyebrow; I say "kind of" because I bullied him, as well. He was one of the younger kids, and I somehow got this image of me causing him to have those stitches. Today, I'm fully aware I didn't do it, but my mom has informed me that I used to get night terrors, and that must've been one of them. Somehow, I very vividly remember hitting his head against the sink in the bathroom. This fear of what I was capable of steered me away from physically harming those around me, but I didn't stop being cruel. Now, as a 13-year-old, I've grown more anxious and depressed. Overall, I'm not as happy to speak to others, anymore. Being in a school in which everyone seems to be two-faced and lying doesn't quite help that feeling. Though I've never gotten into a fight, I've seen kids, I've heard stories. As a short, pansexual agender kid with emotional issues, lots of acne, and crooked teeth, most people don't take me very seriously- shocker. So I guess it's come full-circle. Thinking back to first grade, not long after I was the class bully, I started feeling ashamed for who I am, and who I was. I hurt people. My empathy just started sinking in, and I faced how cold I was to everyone. Maybe that's why I am how I am today, but I still could never look at my old friends the same. As I've moved many times, I've moved back to my hometown before, and seen the few kids that spoke to me back then. When I lived home again, I tried to reconnect, but it failed. We'd changed, and inevitably drifted apart. I cried so many nights over my Pre-K friend's note to me; it was filled with how she felt replaced, and would no longer talk to me. Somehow, I was the bully again. It had happened, whether it was intentional or not. I don't quite understand how it all unfolded the way it did, but that's my life.
to the girl who didn't like to wash her hair, who liked to tell stories abiut being magical and carried round a rainbow bag. strut your shit. if you didnt end up growing up, we'd be best friends.
I was bullied, and I was a bully. I was fat when i was younger, and was bullied for it for 6 years. I was diagnosed with body dismorphia and bulimia at age 12, and lost a lot of weight. I was very insecure. There was this girl who did not like me, but she kept it to herself. One day she saw that i ate fries, something i hadnt done in months. She said, probably not menaing no be hurtful, "are you really gonna eat that?". I was so full of anger from the previous bullying and from the eating disorder, and I started using her as something to unleash my anger. I could pull her hair or lay mean comments. She moved to another country before i could realise that I was doing something wrong.
to the girl with the rainbow bag: i used to be you in elementary school. no care in the world what people said about me and what i wore and liked. it changed in middle school. me being in a small private school meant small classes. my friends thought because we were a small grade and we all knew eachother, it was okay to make fun of everyone. like, no hard feelings. it hurt me though. in 5th grade, i stopped going to my favorite children's store and moved onto where my friends shopped. my style became duller. i wasn't unique. i was one of them because i was afraid to be judged. i wish i could be like you. more brave. but, oh well.
I cried. Dodie is so kind and pure and I fucking love her way to much. I don't know what I would've done without her. I would be sinking in my insanity and giving a flying fuck about anything, but I discovered dodie and her music and then I realized that music keeps me sane. I lover you dodie you've inspired me too much.
To the girl who can show what most people can't Our flaws We tend to hide our flaws but what we don't realize is the only way to grow as people is to embrace them. Which is hard. Very hard. Dodie along with all of us struggle. Some more than others. It's hard if you have these self esteem problems because you simply can not talk to unknown faces. I hate that sometimes I don't like the way I look, but I do and that can't be changed. People say to be strong and just try but they don't realize how hard it is to do those things. To be "normal" and to fit in. Also social anxiety really sucks. Any kind of anxiety or depression sucks. You can't escape it. You can do things to numb the pain but it's always there. So to the 1% that will see this.... Find something to numb the pain because I trying to get rid of it is wasted energy doing something you love. Take care❤
I don't know if that girl will watch this video, but I don't think this is enough to fix the problem. Maybe she has problems with her self esteem now. No hate, nor appreciation for this.
To the girl with the rainbow backpack, why did you not scream and and fight back at them? Why did you not act like them to be approved? Because you are strong, smart, and braver than I will ever be. You are a witch, you are the most magical witch I have ever seen. The magical witch, with the rainbow backpack.
I know most people don't care but i just need to get this off my chest. I just started a new school, it's a boarding school. People hate me there. They call me names and insult my parents (who are the only people i really have in my life). I met one boy who is very nice, but he gets bullied as well. I hate my life right now. People buly me but they don't even know me. They insult mt parents but my dad is so busy working just to take care of my mum who is terribly ill. I really don't know what to do or how to handle this situation.
The boys in My class bulies me beacuse I have short hair and like "boys" clothes. They taunt me whit their mean words about My aperence. But I like how I look and so does My few friends. But beacuse of the bullying I get sad and show It to the world as I am grumpy and beacus of that it is hard to make new friends, and the bullying continue. Try to be strong but I don't know how....
Dodie your videos bring me so much joy. I was bullied in elementary school and it always hurt me so much. As I developed into middle school switching schools the bullying stopped for a long long time. Recently becoming a junior, The bullying started again and my insecure little girl feelings have resurfaced. You are so inspired and I love you.
when she was done talking i was like "nooooo pls i wanna hear more" and then she said it was an extract from her book and i am so happy to hear that! i've just pre-ordered. dodie, i love you. this was wonderful.
this is the best thing I've seen. i love the art. the art is beautiful. bodies voice os so calming and i love how she tells things. i would love an audio book from you, or more videos like this :)
This was a beautiful video! I absolutely loved it. Hedy is so talented as well! It's quite amazing and I'm only a little bit jealous. Just a little bit.
that was really beautiful story with beautiful illustrations. I would like to read and have this book but it will probably be hard and expensive from Poland. but well. I bet it's absolutely breathtaking and I hope I'll have a chance to hold it and to read it. thank you dodie for everything ❤❤
This comment section is so beautiful I'm actually crying. This is al so meaningful and wonderful. I love the community around here. Thank you dodie for bringing these wonderful people to this nice place and giving us comfort in talking about our thoughts and express ourselves through here. I am so excited for your book wow.
Hedy! I adore your art so freaking much but lil tip: don't leave the brush in the water when its not in use because over time it can hurt the bristles!
First of all, both you and Hedy are so talented! I wish I can be as artistic as you two are. Second, my favorite thing said in this video is "we are just a collage of our favorite people." It's something we don't normally think about, but it's so true. We pick traits we like about others and mold that into our personalities (which isn't a bad thing. It's a part of life and finding who we are). Thank you so much for sharing your story! I hope that I can buy your book and read more about your experiences ☺️💛
I think we've all been participants of some kind when it comes to bullying, it's true that kids are mean. When you are a child you just really want to fit in, no matter at what cost. But, it is also true that there really isn't any excuse to do any of those things just to feel more adequate. Hedy's drawings are stunning!
as i watched this i was just thinking about how similar your experiences are to mine. Also this was calming and aesthetic :)
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Jo Guevara2017-07-29 20:56:16 (edited 2017-07-29 20:56:42 )
Hedy is so so talented and Dodie I loved this so much, something about it just makes it so calming and relieving that no one should judge anyone.. There's no justification to it, and I love that you grew up and matured to become such a respectful and lovable young lady :) I love you both so much xx
I've been bullied and a bully too, thx for posting this. I just wanted others to hurt like I was at home, I felt so angry and unleashed my pain on people who didn't deserve it. I'm sorry to everybody I've damaged, and I hope you're surrounded by support and are happy.
I'm amazed at how much I can "relate" to this. Dodie, it's okay if you don't ever read this, but if you do then thank you for your songs and honest videos like these that have helped me so so much over the years <3
God, that brought me to tears. How I would like my bullies to say I did nothing wrong, but maybe it's too late and they're not mature enough to tell me so.
I was about to go in on this video, because I get so utterly, incredibly disgusted and disappointed when people who have gone through something bad force someone else to go through the same thing. I watched it, and you turned it in to an awareness lesson, which is a really good thing to do. As a previously bullied kid it still makes me really sad that the world is able to do things like this to us, leaving others behind to avoid the mean words at least for the day, or an hour.
The part about being a collage of different people really hit me because that's how I feel a lot and it helped me understand that that's normal and everyone absorbs things they like from other people and it just helps you grow as a person
I did the same thing. I was treated pretty crap most of the time, but for a couple years we had girls who were "less cool" than I was and i treated them like shit because at least i was being included
Holy shit. I always think how I am a collage of others. It has made me doubt who I am so much. Am I really me, or am I just everyone else? The parts that I admire most about others? When people say that they like my style or personality, is it even me they are complimenting? I definitely feel like a fraud. But you're right Dodie. I didn't stop to think that others might be that way, too.
first of all: hedy's my age and i adore her. second-my story: in about second grade i became friends with a girl named Celia. Celia was the only person who'd play with me, but she'd often call me fat and too wide to play with the other kids. At the time, my dad would also call me fat and i stopped eating swet foods. Foods in general. In middle school is when i began to really have a problem with bulimia. Now i'm recovering and videos like this help me a lot. Thanks if you read this all lolz <3
I've been bullied and I've been a bully. And I'm glad to call myself a friend to the person I've bullied. She is more than the names I called her, she is more than my actions towards her. She is strong and she is kind, and I am sure that I would be the same for my bullys. Btw: DODIE I LOVE YOU! Please make sure to get this book to internacional borders, excited to read it here in Brazil! ❤️
"I was just secretly a collage of my favorite parts of other people. I felt guilty about that for a while but then I realized that everyone is just a collage of their favorite parts of other people" I'm
I went to a very small school when I was in primary school - there was 14 people in my whole year because of this you had to be friends with everyone there was one girl who constantly picked on me to the point where her words still effect me to this day but I needed her to like me so I stuck by her side and I bullied the others in our grade I just didn't want to be the one on the other side of it - this continued into highschool as those girls went to the same school only I went to a very small school when I was in primary school - there was 14 people in my whole year because of this you had to be friends with everyone - there were constant fights and constant bullying and I regret to say that I bullied other people bc I didn't want to be the one on the other side of it - this continued into highschool as those girls went to the same school only now there wasn't 14 people there was 200 - but even with 200 people I sat alone at lunch and because of that people thought I was strange and would make sure there was no seats left at their table- it wasn't until I was 16 that I found a little shred of confidence and sat with the people I liked rather than the people I wanted to be like and now they are the greatest friends I could ask for but I find myself doing things I don't want to bc I still just want people to like me even 4 years from that - although I feel like I'm better at making friends with people that build me up rather than put me down (sorry just poured my heart out in the comments don't mind me)
When I was in elementary school, I was never really saw much bullying. I wasn't popular, but I had a good group of friends, and at that point all I ever saw was most people getting along with most people. I remember riding the bus and talking with the kids on the bus. We always made fun of this one girl. I'm not really sure why she was a popular target to this kind of stuff, but she was. I never heard anyone say anything to her face, but we all talked about her behind her back. Then came middle school. I strayed away from my childhood friends and found a new friend group of people who understand me. And I happened to become friends with that girl, the one we made fun of years back. We're not super close, but she's a lovely girl who's is cool and funny and random, and an all around amazing person. I feel awful I ever said anything mean about her. But people make mistakes and learn, and I guess thats just what I did.
Dodie thank you, this video is something a lot of people needed, like me. this will probably get lost in a sea of comments but oh well, i have bullied people in the past and it was because i wasnt liked much and bullied a bit (i was an annoying kid i dont blame them too much) so i made fun of this one poor girl and it breaks my heart that i did and that i made her cry, she was proably nice and we could have been friends if i wasnt going through a bad spot in my life, we could be friends now. and it saddens me, to any people feeling guilty about what you did, dont, look back at your mistakes and learn from them and grow, im still quite young but those short years ago i was such a different person and will be in the future, everyone has made mistakes but you will learn to accept them and grow into a person that one day you will be proud of, once again dodie thank you for this video and all those people reading this i hope you are well and if not i know you will be in the future
Okay so when I was in 6th grade I bought a snoopy back pack for school. When I saw it I was so excited and I immediately knew that that one was the one, without thinking what my peers might think. My dad supported me and was proud that I didn't care and I love him for that. My mom on the other hand told me everything that might go wrong and fed my insecurities. She told me if I was sure I wanted to take it to school, or she would tell me people will laugh at me, or tell me that's a bold move and I shouldn't take it. I started having second thoughts about it and was actually thinking on getting another bag. On the first day of school though, I thought "I don't care and if people make fun of it I don't care" and I took it. So many people at school complimented me on how cute my back pack was and how they wish they had it and I'm glad I took that risk because I really loved that bag. So anyone out there that's insecure on what they like. Don't be. Cause you are a beautiful, smart, and amazing person and anything YOU like is all that matters. Don't care what other people think cause who knows....... people might actually like it.
this is why i love dodie. she admits that she has flaws, tells us those flaws, and i think that's why i was surprised that she told about this. all other youtubers cover up their flaws but dodie lets hers out. they aren't pretty, but no flaws are. she seems more human than most youtubers to me.
Dodie are you reading your book for an audiobook? Because you're voice is so nice to listen to and is love to hear your whole book just like this passage! I'm so excited for it and for you!!
I didn't notice at first until I couldn't see and I was like "why is my face wet?" There were so many tears streaming from my eyes and my heart started to ache. I never had REAL friends until I reached 8th grade (I'm currently in 9th grade). I always was bullied and I could do nothing about it. Iw as so confused because my twin brother had so many friends and my older sister is so talented. I would try to be like them and tag along to what they did. I would buy my friendship and give, never getting back. I would hurt others and hurt myself just to get a few laughs. I lied about my sexuality and "dated" people who were considered popular but didn't even care about me. Now looking back I was wrong and unproductive. The time spent trying to be like others could have been spent being my own person. I'm learning to work on myself and bring my anxiety to an end. With the new amazing friends I have and will never let go, hopefully one day I can be proud of something I've done for the world.
I really hope you can look back to that day, and to that girl with the rainbow backpack, and know that the mean comment was said by the old you. Know that you're better now, that you've changed to become a better person. I usually overthink things and can't get rid of the feeling that one bad thing I made on the past make me a bad person, and that this thing defines me. I've forced myself everytime to think that I'm not like that anymore, and try everytime to convince me that I need to live with that, that forgetting isn't maybe the best choice. But maybe I'm still learning. Hopefully it's easier for you. If you read this and have a tip to avoid thinking too much, please, I'm listening... or reading. YOU ARE BRAVE, DODIE. And you're a very talented person that inspires a lot of people, me included. Thank you, thank you, thank you❤ PS: sorry for the long comment and all the possible English mistakes, have a happy day, and a better life😊
Perhaps it's because I don't watch a lot of mainstream youtubers but I've only ever seen youtubers admitting they were bullied and it's nice to see someone admit they were a bully once too and made an effort to change and improve. It proves that it's true that you can't just blame people for everything. Chances are you've done some messed up shit too. It's really brave of dodie to own up to it
i still feel bad for making my mum buy expensive branded trainers for PE after i was made fun of for having ones from tesco, why are kids so obsessed with shoes and coats and bags
This is not the first time I have cried at one of Dodie's videos. The first was her cover of 'here comes the sun' and the tears were mainly from enjoyment and bliss as I listened carefully to a song I cherished when I was younger (because it appeared in the parent trap which I used to watch over and over again) sung by a person I had quickly grown to enjoy listening to. It was also partially the realisation that the carefree days of wanting to show all my friends a film I would learn to call my favourite were over, exams were approaching soon and I would have to deal with harsh reality. As I watched this video, once again silent tears fell from my eyes as I saw so much of myself in this video. However much I hate myself for it now, I was a bully. Ridiculing people I sometimes called my friend among others because they were doing it too. I wouldn't call myself popular now or then but in those early days my best friend was and I often mistook the people wanting to be around her as also wanting to be around me. The most vivid example of this that has stuck with me through all these years is falling out temporarily with my best friend for one stupid reason or another and watching all the girls crowd around to comfort her whilst I stood alone the other side of the playground with one friend taking my side in it all. We made up before the end of lunch as most silly arguments are and that was that but a part of me has never forgotten that I was the one alone welling up because I thought I had lost my closest friend until someone saw me. Entering high school I reminisced on my ridiculing and believed I should never do it again. I was in a different crowd now and I thought I was doing well but this one girl who is the kindest, sweetest person I know was different in the way she acted and her interests and soon enough harsh words were spoken behind her back. In a plea for acceptance, I joined in thinking that it was fine. As I look back I feel horrified by my own actions, these past few years people changed their ways and me with them but I still hear words spoken across classrooms. Though I had troubles of my own from people I called my friends I feel that I took my pain out on this girl to, as Dodie said, be on the other side of it. On a happier note, I've been trying to be more myself and distance from the hate and trying to be a person I want to be. Surrounding myself with brighter colours and people whose company I want to be in.
(As a side note to anyone who read all of that I really just needed to write that out so to order my thoughts and stop the tears from coming down. Please share your experiences if you want, if like, me you think it will help)
Everyone has had mean things happen to them, everyone has done mean things to someone else. I like this vid 'cause she didn't just act like the victim like so many people do; she took responsibly for her actions as well. People need to do this more often. Instead of trying to change other people and get other people in trouble we should try and change our selves and receive the consequences too.
IIIIIIIIIIII WANT YOUR BOOK SO BAD. SO. BAD. I love you dodie, so very much. You make me think twice about my unnecessary choices I make because my brain is screaming at me and my heart is telling me to give in (if you can't tell I did that recently. In fact I did that last night. Oh boy.). You're voice is calming and makes me smile. You're beautiful in every way, I especially like your face. Very lovely. This was amazing, you are amazing, I am amazed. 💕💕
I'm moving to new york in a week and I went to pre-order this and was like 1) I'm broke af hahah 2) i'm still going to pre-order it but it will be sent to my NEW YORK address which if you don't know me you're like what wow so exciting :| but GUYS this is amazing for me. I am so terrified, and scared but I'm glad we have someone like dodie to cheer us up and make us feel strong. that is all much love <3
I flippi'n swear (but i don't...) that the part about secondary school (middle school?) is exactly me. I'm sitting w/ my frens, a sentence comes into my head, and I want to say it but "oh it's too late they've moved on" or "nah it was a stupid thought anyway." Or if I do say it I'll have to repeat myself cuz I'm so quiet and nobody can hear me and I'll feel embarrased. don't do that, it'l ruin u... i know
Dodie I know you may not see this but hey I'll try anyways!
This video is a reminder,its a reminder that even if Im not famous or cool me being kind to others and being myself matters more! That if I had the chance to crack a joke about anyone else I'd swallow my tounge and avoid it because it's not worth the pain I'll cause to them. I always try my best to stay away from talking about others because I know it will hurt me if I was in their place! Remember guys we could all just be a memory in someone's life so let's try to be the best one possible.
Loved the video so much!!♥️
ps.HEDY HOW ARE YOU SO TALENTED I CAN BARELY DRAW A CIRCLE WITHOUT IT BEING WOBBLY😂😂💗
As a strange, quiet, secretive child... I too was made fun of. I didn't do anything about it and ran away... Eventually I met someone called Gabriel, we became friends talking about our nerdy hobbies and games, in year 3 I took up violin and played for years... I'm not sure why, I just did. My teacher would also be calling me names and lowering my convidence... Eventually I quit. I decided to move school for personal reasons, in my new school I did the Clarinet... And I also met someone very special to me... Her name is India, she understood me, and I to her; we would often sing songs together that would trend around the school and even around a campfire on a school trip. We laughed, we smiled, we sang... I loved, I loved her... Sadly she doesn't feel the same way but we will always be the best of friends. I'm not in school anymore, I get depression amd anxiety to the point where I forget how to function. I am working on myself but my friends standing by me makes it better... I don't want to be the child I used to be... I want to adopt a new personality that I already had deep inside :) thank you for reading
What do you mean most people were bullied? I guess it depends what you mean by bullied but I'd say only like a third of people were actually bullied at school
Here I was thinking that I was a horrible human being and a bully because years ago I kept on stealing food from a girl in my class and insisting it was all fun. She told the teacher and Ive regretted it ever since. Its nice to know that other people that are good have been in the same situation and its gave me a bit of hope that what happened was a little bit more forgivable than I think. I wish I could undo it...
Just like you but I just don't agree with everybody what they think about other people I'm just I'm so type of the whole way you seen that much I just can't make conversations friends I come from a very rough childhood so I am a type of girl that's emo and don't talk that much can't read that well and I get bullied a lot and tell him this how I ask sometimes I come off of one hand rude and loud but it's just how I am I'm not typical who goes to somebody and say hi and I'm the type of girl forced to sit back and just let somebody else do something Pacifico who Lisk so I just sabacc and just so people really swing please and also I'm 9 years old and I haven't people can't say it right or anything else and it doesn't bother me people just give me nicknames for my grandma Call my T my old teachers to call me ttgg survival my name Sesame things to me my name is Timmara Cash city of people usually call me awkward for you to call them the weirdest car ever but that never gets me down I always come back stronger than ever then before I was like you heard I'm before I come from a very very hard life two three different School 1 Asbury one by my grandma and one here yeah my mom and my dad got a divorce when I was about zuo there were never together they're just different girlfriend and boyfriend only on Fridays I get to see him I feel my mom boyfriend over me a lot the number to play down but the disc causes and my emo yeah but that's my story and that's how I am and I'm also black black and white because my father was black and it mom was like so yeah I know how you feel and I know how it can hurt you in a young age but don't forget I could have one I been called tell jealous impales week old black witch
Just pre-ordered your book! I am so proud of how far you've come, and I am sure this book will be as creative as you are ❤️ Well done for everything! :)
1. This video is beautiful: Your voice, your writing style and Hedy's drawings 2. It's such an important message more people need to hear 3. You should put it on doddleoddle 4. I repeat: this is art
how can someone's voice be so calming and soothing. This is one of the most loveliest things I have ever had the joy of watching. Thank you Dodie. Not only for sharing something that you are probably embarrassed about but telling us the transparent truth, not the opaque truth where things are made up and you make yourself look like the best person in this situation and make yourself look like queen bee and for also expressing your thorough thought about this problem you had to deal with. -amber
This video is very cool and I'm glad you actually talk about bullying others, this is a subject that is well avoided and shouldn't be. Also, HEDY IS SO FREAKING TALENTED MY GOD
Dodie, being a victim of continuous bullying, I've been in the position where no matter where I go, I'll always face the idea of being unlikable, and that I'm unwanted, it can be difficult.
To anyone who does read this, who may be going through the same fate I am. You're strong, beautiful, loveable and important. You're all, all of these adjectives because you've not given up, you've not been any sort of ridiculous as to join the bullying, and I know it's tough to be going through some shit in your life, but please, if any of you need to speak with me for anything, there will be a video going up on my channel soon about where to find me, or any other numbers you can use to talk to someone about being bullied.
This shouldn't be seen as a shameless promotion, but, if you do need a friend to turn to. I'll always be there for you.
I was bullied and I was a bully too. Thank you for this video. You are a beautiful human being 💙 and Hedy is so talented! Talent runs in the family💙 sending you hugs💙
This really touched me, and was painfully reminiscent of my own experiences, although I never really turned on any one else. I know I am still affected by the years of bullying every day, even though I present as confident and self-assured.
It's lovely to see this from the perspective of a bully, it helps us understand why we were bullied when so often I would ask myself "why me?" when really the question should have been "why not me?" because really, it was not about me. It was about them. It took me a long time to realise that, as Dodie says, it wasn't that I'd done anything wrong. x
The part at 2:09 literally made me cry because I've never related so much to something. I'm exactly like that now and it's really nice to feel like I'm not alone.
I LOVE YOU SO MUCH. you inspired me, and you make me feel more human and real. Its refreshing and it feels as if we're friends. It's quite insane that the from the day I found you, I found more and more of myself. I don't ever think I'll be able to thank you enough for that, but it should be heard. you are an AMAZING person and I can't wait to hear more of your book. and more from you :)
This made me tear up a little, it was like hearing a slightly changed version of my own story, thank you Dodie 💛 To the girl with the rainbow bag: I hope you never gave up on yourself or others, and I hope you always feel bright and happy every single day ❤️💛💚💙💜
Your writing style is very calming somehow. It's really soothing to read a style that's exactly the authors voice when they speak. I can't wait to read your book and own that beautiful cover!
Just in response to your previous videos alongside this one- this is a really good way to express your feelings and your struggles with mental health. It is self analytical, honest, but also hopeful- even if you could not back then, you are righting your wrongs and moving on. I am looking forward to the book dodie. It is going to be helpful to many I think, in the right way.
Well soon as I'm not finished with school yet, I'm going to say something. I don't think I have bullied many people. there was this one girl but we didn't really bully each other. We argued viscously I did hurt her, frequently. I would run out of lessons, but it's important to know that at the time my depression was kicking in, my family was dying around me (luckily not my close family) plus the teachers would not do anything about my misbehaving tricking my mind into everything being ok, of couse though what I was doing, and the things happening to me, were not ok.
I eventually got kicked out (expelled with no paperwork) I wanted to leave the school, but I still cried in public (something I hadn't done for 3 years) I went to a different school, a school I was happy going to despite it not being what I expected when I got there. For the first term I wouldn't do games because I was too scared to disappoint people, I did eventually but I vowed to never do rugby. I was always shaken especially for the first week of two, I was so scared to talk to people, everything happening at the time was a bit much. The people were a lot more accepting at the new school, though they were a little bit racist (even if it was a joke it could be uncomfortable.) I was constantly stressed because I had to keep up this fake smile attitude, then people started questioning my sexuality, which is something I find uncomfortable, despite telling them this, they continued, and the same for them calling me an emo asking about the time I tried to kill myself, I was talking to a trusted friend about it, but someone I didn't trust overheard. It was at this point I needed a excuse, so I started self identifying as emo, I listened to the music already, but it helped with the bullying, but the jokes I had to make to keep it up would drive me into my thinking about things I shouldn't think about.
Oh, there was another child I bullied once, he was a nerd who would complain about not getting 100% in a exam, he was extremely violent but I think that's because of the way we teased him. I do regret bullying him but at the time it felt like self defence.
I also had problems with so called 'love', at the time I joined my second school. rejected\dumped four times for the simple reason that I didn't look good, I became so nervous that I would not talk to any girl at all, only when one opened up to me about there sob story did I become comfortable.
Though now I was juggling three fake personas, 'the emo' for my friends, 'the kind heart' for the more fragile people (which at my school was like half the girls) and 'happy jokey' for my breaking family.
Life really wasn't fun, still isn't, but it's getting better, partly because of Dodie (don't now how to spell it though) and partly because of the girl who opened up to me.
Now I've shared my sob story, why doesn't someone share there's.
Oh and if you see this Dodie, your amazing I wish I could buy your book but my parents would judge me to much and if my friends found it they would to. Plus I dont hunk I could buy easily.
I'm proud of you and who you are and who you will be. I would love the chance to tell the girl with the rainbow backpack the same. Nobody deserves to be bullied and while nobody should ever bully, people still do and will and I'm proud of you for sharing that side of your story as well. P.s. Secrets For The Mad looks and sounds wonderful.
would you ever consider doing an audiobook for Secrets For The Mad? I think It'd be nice to have the author read out their own writing, and this video is so nice... only do it if you want to though :) much love
As we mature from my little selves, we begin to recognize the stupid things we've done and life lessons learnt. They both shape and define us for the better. I don't believe I will ever stop learning said life lessons and just from this excerpt, I know that I can and will absolutely relate to the book. It's like a manual of shortcuts and lessons in life and although we're meant to learn it ourselves, I am so grateful that your experiences will help guide to an easier path. I'm so excited for the book!! 💜
i've been bullied since the 3rd grade, and i'm in the 8th now. i started talking to my mom about how i felt in grade 7 and she responded with "Gracie, I knew you were acting a little down since grade 3. Is there any way I can help?" and it really hit me. she offered transferring schools. i took it, and this year i'm going to a new school. with good people. and my mom is going to get me counseling for my social anxiety! i know, it's going to take lots and lots of time to get rid of my depression and anxiety but i think expressing yourself really helps. i was kind of lucky because my dad used to be the same way, but i totally understand what it would be like if they didn't understand. maybe one night, if they're in your room, try to explain you feel different or emotionless. if you ever need to talk, feel free to ask for my social medias! we can talk about anything and everyone and it's just between us. stay safe xx
damn, this is so real. when we are bullied, we learn how to be a bully in the process and that bullying others means being accepted and seen as strong and cool. i wasn't bullied by random people but my so-called best friend. and when i finally snapped, my reaction was bullying her right back when she was in a vulnerable position. i'm not sorry, tbh, she was a complete bitch, but i am angry with myself that i did not react in a better way. i could not go through with it for long though and for a while we were "friends" again until i finally managed to let go. i suffer from depression and anxiety and am generally a very insecure person because of all the years i was put down by the person who was supposed to be there for me. never bully anyone, it can affect them for the rest of their lives. but if you did bully someone, that doesn't mean you are or were a bad person. as long as you realise it was wrong and you never do it ever again, you deserve a second chance. not from the person/people you bullied though, nobody has to forgive their bully or give them a second chance. you deserve a second chance at being a better person, not a second chance at friendship with someone you hurt.
Being bullied is a part of me now, I stepped back and understood that makes me stronger than ever. I'm not thanking this awful person for having done bullying, but I understood this a part of who I am, whether I like it or not. Wearing different outfits than them, not being like they wanted you to be, make them uncomfortable. But it makes you stronger. And this video, reminds me so much stuff... And this drawings are super cool!
Luna M2017-07-29 07:27:12 (edited 2017-07-29 07:32:46 )
Hedy you have awesome skills, but please hear me out... :) Hopefully this doesn't come off as too pretentious, I just wish to be helpful so that your skills really shine. (sorry, English is my second tongue) I'd recommend you invest in watercolor paper, or something thicker which absorbs the water better leaving a brighter pigmentation in the paints, so that way you have lots of control over the colors and the paper doesn't end up bent or curved or anything. I'm assuming you're not using watercolor paper because it looks flat and the colors are coming off really weak and runny in the wrong way. it may also be the quality of the paints. Your awesome cartoony style would also really pop with some basic black outlines after the paints have dried, maybe a felt tip pen? both simple things are simple and can bring out your lovely skills. I could see u as a pro one day. PS: teach me how to draw hands pls
when i was little i didn't get along with other kids despite only having moved half way through kindergarten so i relied mostly on story book cd's for company and your voice is so much like all of those cd's that shaped me as a child so i really hope you turn your book into an audio cd so i can listen to something i like more in that same familiar tone and accent that makes me feel at home
I've just finished a night shift at work and I'm exhausted. I'm a health care assistant that works in a hospital and I've had a horrendous night being punched and sworn at, which unfortunately are regular occurrences. I decided to sit down and have a scroll through YouTube before I go to bed and rest before doing it all again tonight and I just couldn't help but click on this video. Something about your voice just soothes me, I could listen to you jabber on about anything and everything forever. Just what I needed after a stressful 12 hours. Thank you for being you, please keep doing what you're doing because you are eloquent, beautiful and unique. X
I WAS THINKING THROUGHT THE VIDEO, I HOPE THE BOOK IS LIKE THIS BC THEN I WILL REALLY ENJOY IT, AND I WAS LIKE DODIE ISNT THAT BAD AT DRAWINGS, OR MAYBE ITS JUST HEDY AND THEN BOTH WERE TRUE AND I WAS LIKE WOW I SPEND TOO MUCH TIME ON THE INTERNET
It's so terribly easy to be tempted to pick on others for being "uncool" just to fit in with being in the "cool" crowd. I was bullied awfully though I was more passive where I didn't say anything or try to stop anyone from being unkind which can be just as bad. Eventually I broke out of being in toxic friendships and drifted more towards people who were kind and accepted others. We all have the potential to be decent people, once we recognise that there's no need to try to impress anyone, friends don't need to be "impressed" and its cool to be nice! <3 (One friend in particular was such a bitch and it took far too long for me to realise that it was better to be on my own for a little while than stick with her)
E A2017-07-29 13:38:59 (edited 2017-07-29 13:39:19 )
You're a pretty great person for admitting that you were a bit of a bully. Not saying that bullying is a good thing, just saying that it's great that you admitted instead of denying. Also Hedy is really good at drawing.
When I called you Witch, I never will regret it. At the time, it was an insult. A cruel snicker towards your strange ways and technicolor personality. As colorful and outstanding as your bag. Now, I recognize that the word "witch" is no longer an insult, but an opening to one's power. Your ways and your talk were passed by for those who don't believe in the power of a woman and a woman in her own confidence. Your aura was that of an urgent green. Not only was it a way of communication to those who were willing to listen, but it was a call to others who wanted to reclaim the slurs people used to negatively affect them, when all they had to do is own the slur. The slur that originated from a word of power and positivity, to a word of dark and brooding pokes at insecurities. Your rainbow bag held secrets I dare not try to understand. It was a privilege I lost when I called you a slur. A word that you reclaimed with power and pride. Inside your bag, you held your secrets of you magick. Maybe a pen that never leaked ink until a story needed to be told. Maybe a stone that glowed and sparked around people who carried sunshine with them. Maybe a tube of coral lipstick, which stood as your warpaint. It's contrasting colors against your pale skin standing out and protecting, as if it were the sword to your knight. Maybe it held a hair tie. One that was rarely used, but when you practiced your magic in ways of comforting a stranger, creating a beautiful scene with your colors. It held your hair back from your face dusted with faith of others. Or perhaps, casting a spell, which allowed yourself to be a strong being. For the week, until it wore off into an exhaustion during the weekends. So, dear Girl With the Rainbow Bag. I regret using Witch as a slur. I instead grant upon you the word Witch. The word that was reclaimed by you. The word that means strength, and power within a strong and wise woman. Dear Witch, I do not deserve to listen to the whispers of your magick or the spells casted by your coral-coated lips. I do not deserve to be bathed in your presence of pride and individuality. Yet, I invite you to dance with me in the waltz we call life. I have two left feet, but you, Witch With the Rainbow Bag, lead me along the way.
I was never a bully. I've been bullied a lot but I was never a bully myself. I can't say anything bad about a person and watch them cry without feeling guilty. I can't sleep at night if I think someone is feeling bad because of ME. I'm too sensitive, and maybe it's because I'm a loser that can't deal with life. I definitely don't like this part of my personality. But still, I'm glad I'm not a bully
you're strong and smart. you are a wonderful person to bring out your creative thoughts and dreams into a backpack, be wonderful and magical! it's lovely to think people like you will share your thoughts from your mind, to well, real life like castles and rainbow pigs! it's nice, be yourself don't let anyone else tell you, you are a witch and/or different <3
"Everybody is just a collage of their favourite pieces of other people". I'd like to disagree with that. That's the face everyone gives, but every person is fundamentally different. Saying this is implying that humans are far more binary than they are.
I hope the girl with the rainbow bag is happy. Once in year 4 (about 8 years old) I took part in bullying a girl. She was the person who had always been in charge and making other people feel unhappy so a one point the whole class (all 10 of us) refused to play or speak with her. I regret doing that and although I still do not particularly like her I regret that I couldn't keep that to myself and still be pleasant. I also regret it a lot because my best friend now was forced to stick by the girl since they were neighbours and by association people did not talk to her either. When we went to a new school we had all apologised to the two girls and they became my best friends. However this was not nice since the girl was still not a particularly pleasant person and while I had my sense of guilt fuelling my acceptance of her treatment, the girl who had stuck by her spent years in misery from her emotional taking down. Once we got up the courage to inform her that we couldn't be such good friends with her anymore since we were miserable and dreading going to school, however somehow we didn't have enough courage to enforce it. In year 7 I selfishly broke away and hung out with a completely different set of people, leaving my friend on her own with the girl. Even when we moved to a different school their friendship was still enforced, since they were neighbours and their parents best friends. My friend only now is away from the emotional control that this girl had because the girl finally moved to a different school. I hope that the rainbow girl is happier, the way my friend is.
I'm not sure why I wrote this since it doesn't really correlate with Dodie's story but it was my experience of both being a bully and trying to help someone who, while they knew that they weren't happy, had no way to escape and has only recently realised how emotionally damaged she was by the experience.
You know there's something seriously fucked up about our world when the first sentence of this video was 'Like most people, when I was younger, I was bullied'. Like most people.
I got bullied all through elementary school and something else about this kind of thing is after a while, you kind of start to believe those things that your bullies tell you. People told me I was weird and had mental illness because I loved to read and I would practice singing all my favorite songs on the play ground. It took me a while to realize that I wasnt the only one who played music and sang so I made friends with that girl named Izzy. To this day I credit her to being able to see that who you are isnt weird or mental, its special. She played the keyboard🎹🎙
if ever you see this apology, you will also see the comments of this video. I hope you realise how many people are talking directly to you and how many people in this comment section see themselves in you, even if they've never actually met you.
For all we know, you were a very happy child, or a very sad child. Maybe you came out of the bullying stronger and more imaginative, or maybe it made you want to quit telling stories. Maybe you tried to become more like the people laughing at you. If so, I hope you became more like Dodie than the others. She wasn't perfect, she still isn't, but she's talented and nice and strong. She's so, so creative. You were already strong, maybe you became stronger. I hope you did. I hope you're still unapologetically yourself. I hope you still carry a rainbow backpack and sometimes unwashed hair.
I hope you became the original copy of what others will become a collage of someday.
Never have I seen myself in someone else so clearly. I relate to all of this and thank you for being brave enough to talk about it. It makes me feel less alone in my thoughts :)
I used to be bullied a lot too. To the point where I did bully another girl. I was 9. I used to be bullied for liking Pokemon and nerdy things. I did come across the girl years later and said sorry for everything and she forgave me. It makes me feel better that someone I look up to like dodie has also made these mistakes because it's not something people talk about much and I'm so ashamed. I hope you can find the girl with the rainbow bag and do the same dodie c:
It's weird that you're talking about that 'everyone is just a collage of their favourite people' A while ago i had a kind of group therapy, and i found in myself that i don't know who i really are, that at one point in my life i decided that the me i am is not the me that is likeable. So i needed to make a new me, based on other people
I described it than as a mask that is empty and that i colored in with parts from other people. So the mask that i wear is just a collage of my favourite people. I constantly (like the last half year) think that that is a bad thing. I'm doubting how i can possibly find myself. But now i've seen this, i don't know if it is bad that i made my mask from other peoples character. I choose the parts i like, so it's still me.
but when i went to amazon, it showed me a real life version of you, holding up your skirt a bit. it was the uk shop (since i'm british as well) and i just went there but the cover hasn't changed?
please don't say that your sister is "more talented than I'll ever be"... It creates a hierarchy between you and her and that is no good. I'm telling you this because I myself have a big sister that sees herself as the "not talented" one and for a very long time I thought the exact opposite, that she was successful and I was just a mess. It took me a long time to realise that this "hierarchy" between us existed because both of us created it; and it was tough to break free from it when she was still saying stuff like that. I don't want to be harsh but yeah... Don't make her talent about you and don't create a competition. It's not. You're both incredible humans and you can 200% lift her up without beating yourself down <3
Dodie Im verry thanfull that u said some thing about people being their own collages of other people they like, because everytime I watch a video and like they're personality I somehow act like them, and I feel bad because of it...I thought I was just copying them without wanting too and I thought it was really bad to do that, but ur amazing and beautiful words inspired me to be who ever I want to be! And again Thankyou so much!
this was super cute but dodie you should try and find the girl with the rainbow bag on facebook and apologise directly! i'm sure that would mean so much to her x
i can't really relate to stories about people being bullied. i was never really bullied in my life. that being said i still had insecurities. i felt bad for myself all the time, and every time i got a new friend, i wanted their pity too. i wanted to hear "you're so pretty don't think that." but one person told me "you're never going to be happy when you focus on the negative. you're the only person that can make you happy" we're still friends to this day. the only person bullying me, was me. and i'm happier now than any pity could have made me.
most people in the comments are talking about those getting bullied, so I thought I'd talk to those doing the bullying. Think really hard about how you treat the people around you- and this can be peers, siblings, parents, teachers. If you're regularly mean, spiteful, nasty and treat them in a way that you yourself would not like to be treated, that's bullying. I used to bully a kid when I was younger. I was spurred on by my friend, and she was probably spurred on by me until we became people that we weren't. It wasn't until my dad pointed out that what I was doing was bullying that I truly realised what I'd done. And I still feel so awful about it, years later. I think it's something I'll never feel right about. If you're bullying someone, stop now and apologise. I so wish I could apologise to that kid, but I haven't seen him since then. Apologise and make sure they know it was not their fault. You are to blame.
children can be so mean. i say "children" but even at uni people still sort themselves into exclusive groups, at least there they know not to be so horrible though :( school was so horrible:/ (p.s i make artsy vids if u wanna check them out!! no pressure tho!! <3)
Hi doddleoddle its me the girl and thank you for saying sorry i was never mad at you just sad but ill always forgige you i know you didnt mean what you said and thatz ok im. I Saw yiur chanel a year ago and saw it a was you i am ok and you are amazing person and i never thought i will talk to you again but here we are. LOVE. Witch
i always find these bullying videos so eye opening and crazy as someone who has been to over 16 (!!!) schools and has never faced bullying. this was absolutely beautiful.
i just want to take a second to show some appreciation for your book's title. the idea of madness is very meaningful to me (so much so that i have 'we're all mad here' tattooed on my ribs) and you seem to have the same understanding of what madness is and how it's not just dismissing someone as bat shit crazy. i feel so alone so often and though it's unfortunate that some of your recent posts have been triggering to some viewers i genuinely find it helpful to hear you talk about their struggles in such an honest and raw way. my mind is fucked up and i have this sort of negative filter that makes me immediately see the flaws in everything and when it seems like everything's meaningless i come to your channel and am momentarily freed from the bubble of depression clouding my thoughts. you consistently prove to me that though life can often times be absolute shit, other times it doesn't have to be. i love you and everything you stand for and am so bloody excited for your book x
I think this is on of my favourite things you've ever created, Dodie. I loved the way you told the story, and I love that Hedy did the drawings, almost as if you're passing your life lessons onto her.
Hedy's art is so cute!! I love the noses particularly awe Dodie, this story is really nice and it takes a lot of courage to admit that you weren't only bullied, but that you took part in the bullying. You are an incredible inspiration to me, thank you for sharing this story ❤️
Bravo Hedy! Beautifully done! I loved the story, it was different than what you usually do, but I truly enjoyed it. I can't wait to get my hands on the book to hold dearly. <3 ~Lu
ahh hedy is amazing!!! i love her art style and this video i just cant,,,,,,,,, hopefully hedy will keep drwing and can develop her watercolor skills more:)) excited to see more videos like these dodie!!
I cant wait for the book Dodie!!!!!!! Thanks to you and Hedy for making this, brought me to tears. I just cant contain my excitement for this book!!!!!!!!!!!
I started screaming at the end when you said it's an extract from your book. I can't waitttttt! But as for the video, this was such a beautiful story. I'm so glad you didn't try to excuse yourself or become defensive. This made me think a little more about how bullying from the past still affects me and now that I know that, I can deal with it. So I want to thank you for this video, Dodie :)
i have never related to a video more. bless your soul dodie! for being so real and not trying to act like everyone's a victim all of the time. sometimes we're the bad guy, but we become the better person because of it. ❤️❤️❤️
Dodie, this made me cry. It's absolutely beautiful and well writen, idk why it hit me so much but you're such a beautiful person with an amazing soul, because of you i know i'm not alone and bc you inspire me i want to become better. I love you.
You are so amazingly talented with your words and can so beautifully put them into music, too. Your sister is also very talented and draws so beautifully. I absolutely adore Hedy. Thank you for this. Sometimes I get so wrapped up in myself and how I'm feeling like shit, that I forget that others might too, and for that reason you should always be kind.
This helped me so much, I'm now anticipating this book far more than normal. I've read many books in my life, but I have a feeling this one will become my favorite. Never have I ever had a quote that impacted me this much. "Everyone is just a collage of their favorite parts of other people." I am definitely putting that on my wall.
i would just like to say that this is such a nice video. i love how you're not afraid to share your mistakes and your regrets, not just the favorite things about you. you are honestly such a big role model, and i hope i can come to admit my mistakes and be upfront with myself. thank you for this video 💛
Wow, your sister is so talented! this was a great video
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Sam Cheam2017-07-29 03:16:53 (edited 2017-07-29 03:17:11 )
me throughout the video "wow! dodies' art style is amazing! she's so good at art omg!!" finds out that its hedy "well that makes a lot more sense... damn i wish i could draw that accurately with no mistakes" Amazing work hedy! I love your style sm!! ^^
I love that, "everyone is a collage of all their favorite people". that describes me so well, and i feel like i could identify all my parts and who i copied them from to make this weird, chopped up art, that seems to work together somehow.
you just explained my life and how I feel , I laughed at people and made fun of them just to be accepted I was bullied as well called 'pig' or just plain 'fat' and I'm sorry to anyone I ever hurt or made fun of I am still growing I have no excuse for the way I acted I just wanted to be accepted again its no excuse but I hope it helps you see I did not mean that and I truly deeply sorry ~
Dang, I'm the same age as hedy and she is wildly more talented then I will probably ever be, I also loved this video so much, it's probably my favorite video of yours.
The bit to the girl with the rainbow bag was just so beautiful. I'm still crying now-it just means so so much to hear that, relating to that girl and to you and oh my goodness I guess I just want to say thank you for this. 💖
i started sobbing near the end of this video and i don't really know why. i was never bullied, i never was a bully, i was always the odd one out who managed to somehow fly under everyone's radar... i guess this story touched a part of my heart and brain that i don't think has been touched in such a way before. also, hedy is VERY talented. and dodie i can't wait for your book to come out omfg.
This was a video that I had to watch in bits in pieces. As I'm finishing up highschool I find myself often reflecting back and I see nothing but bring the girl with the rainbow backpack except I was the girl with the books. I find my self flip flopping from being trendy and cool, to being who I am and alone. Lately it's been the latter and it has become incredibly difficult. your words gave me a sense of closure for the last 7 years I've spent dealing with the mocking and ridicule I've faced from my peers. It gives me hope that maybe one day they'll grow up and see things the way you do now.
i definitely believe that my social anxiety and anxiety itself are from the days in my childhood that I was bullied. I'm usually the quiet one of the group and afraid to speak in large groups. loved this, thank you <3
What everyone is writing in the comments is all so beautiful I don't know what I can possibly add, but stay you, stay strong, stay beautiful, and don't change for anyone. I've been bullied too, people say tell an adult and I did but she didn't do anything to help, it wasn't her fault really, the bully was sneaky but if you are where I was just know there are better days to come. At the very least, I am here, I can listen, you have at least one friend. You will make it through whatever you are dealing with right now. And life will go on lovely it isn't the end of the world I promise.
i was bullied and even though im trying to be more confident and speak up its still really hard when I am in group of people i just stay silent for most of the time afraid to be ridiculed or simply ignored
Dodie, all I can really say is wow. I really respect how you can admit that you had bullied someone and say sorry. And also I respect how you can talk about being bullied. From my own experiences, I know how hard it can be. Watching this really kind of helped me, and I would try to explain why, but, honestly, I don't know. It just helped me realize that we all go through hard things. And...yeah. I hope you see this, cause I want you to know that you helped me. Thank you.
I am going through that period of "should I be accepted? WHO LIKES ME? WHY DOESN'T EVERYONE LIKE ME??????" but this.... this turned it all around. Thank you for this. The girl with the rainbow bag symbolizes so, so much in this context. It's very beautiful and interesting and just overall reassuring that you recognized your past like this, and that you decided to admit what happened and talk about how that makes you feel now. It creates a strong moral. Things like this, man... it's things like this that help shape you as a person. "everyone is just a collage of their favorite things of other people" are incredible words. I love you.
OK so um.. YES i loved his so much, 1. because i didnt know you could draw you talented lady 2. i now know that i despratly need to read your book 3. its is a good not fiction story that has a good ending
Are you going to record an audio version of your book? I love reading, but in autobiographies it just feels so much more meaningful hearing the author speak it themselves ❤ I understand if you don't, because I know that it's difficult for me to speak about the kinds of thoughts and feelings that I experience. It would just be really awesome if you would. I'm a huge fan of reading along to someone else's voice (which sounds kinda creepy, but oh well). 😊❤💛💚💙💜
fake acceptance is something i've experienced. i even knew it was happening. i've witnessed it happen to others as well. sometimes i think it's better to be fake accepted than to be bullied for differences (not that it's actually better). my heart hurts when i see others being "accepted" but then being made fun of behind their back. but i don't want to tell them this, since they genuinely believe they have found friends. (don't know where i was going with this)
this gave me a little lump in my throat, I tried really hard not to cry because I'm eating a peanut butter and jelly and I didn't want to get the bread soggy but fck I love you so much dodie
the only reason anyone ever told you that you were weird was because to them, you were different. you were the only one out of all of them who had the confidence to be the real you, and to them that was abnormal. unfortunately you weren't celebrated for your confidence and instead treated the way you were. there should be more girls with rainbow backpacks in the world.
I know for a fact we are all a bunch of weirdos who had things said to us for just being ourselves and we are now stronger because of them. I also know for a fact that we have probably all at one time or another (i know i certainly have) said something mean to fit in and then definitely regretted it. To the girl with the rainbow bag, be proud to be who you are because that is wonderful and special and unique and no one can tell you not to be her. To dodie the fact that this still plays on your mind shows emmensely that you are such a caring, kind person and all these years later you still think about that one incident. Although that is the case know that she is probably not in the same position and has a wonderful life! You shouldnt feel bad for that one comment made as a silly kid because we were all kids who said things we regret it is part of growing up xx
the girl with the rainbow bag - please continue to be you. don't care about washing your hair, don't be afraid to tell magical stories. you are good enough, that rainbow bag represents you, colorful, a beauty to the eye. never stop being that way
I know that nobody will read this, but I was bullied all through primary school, too. So badly in fact, that I can't remember much of it. All I can remember is that they laughed at my neck and body, making fun of all the lumps and bumps and tumours and flowing skin caused by a genetic disease that causes tumours to grow on my nervous system (it's called neurofibromatosis)
And I also got called retarded a lot. Like. That was my nickname.
Yet that's all I can remember. My brain blocked everything out.
So badly, in fact?
I wanted to try and kill myself when I was eight.
Now, almost ten years later, my therapist is putting me through the process of being diagnosed with PTSD because it was that bad.
This isn't related to Dodie's story, but this was what I recalled when listening to this. When I was younger, I was unable to understand the people around me . Moving from the Philippines, from a family who mainly spoke Tagalog and being a introvert, I had a lack of interpersonal skills, had trouble understanding social cues and couldn't decipher the little English I knew from their thick Australian accents. It was when I had first attended my new school that I saw how terrible some people could be and became hypersensitive of what others said around me, leading me to lash out at anyone who I thought was talking about me. I resorted to calling my own friends names both to their face and behind their backs to "get pay back". I don't know if they were talking about me, but I know that they didn't deserve that.
To anyone who is bullied it DOES get better Throughout the most of my primary years I was bullied or at least didn't really have friends and I absolutely hated school I felt so lonely and unlikable ( there was some stuff at home as well) . I had no confidence no matter how high my grades were, I got accused of self pity if I spoke about it and since I hated being sad all the time I got angry instead getting in to fights and unnecessary arguments ( sounds a lot for a kid but bare with me) Everyone told me how much worse highschool was going to be worse so I wasn't overly excited But then I started and on my first day I got in a conversation about knives with 2 girls on a bench ( don't ask) who later became my closest mates and more and more people who weren't complete dicks so much so I didn't matter if there were a few arses My badly articulated point is that just wait the right people will come along
I'm moving back to my town and I'm going to be back in school with all my primary school people some advice is needed pls guys
I really hope that girl with the rainbow bag was okay, well I got a lot of praise from my mum for not hurting anyone else when I was also being hurt, and staying by that one scared boy even though I got kicked and called names, but I feel as if she will get a lot if good karma out of being who she was. And well done Dodie for realizing your mistakes and being open about it!
people make fun of me, they call me names...once, i was told to kill myself. i feel insecure around everyone. i can't walk alone, i'm too scared. i have to ask a friend or follow her around (which must be annoying) because she's the only person i can go to when i'm legitimately not okay. and i'm never okay. that's why i'm always around her. i hope one day people will stop gossipping or talking shit about me.
I was a bully, too. In elementary, in my 1st years, I was really cruel to others. I had this best friend who was popular and insulted people for her own growth, but I suppose I was a little bit meaner. Scratch that, I was a lot more meaner than her. I hung out with her and was basically her bodyguard, doing whatever she told me to do. I liked this boy at a very young age, my first ever crush, and we were assigned to choose dance partners for this school dance. I chose him and he chose me, but she shoved me out of the way because she didn't want to be with this one guy in our class. I let her do it, didn't say anything, and on that day, I was there dancing with an invisible man because my dance partner didn't show up. I was humiliated, but I didn't say a word about it. I talked to my crush about how I felt and he said he liked me, but was afraid of me. I didn't quite know why, but then he told me he liked my bestfriend. I was devastated, even though I was so young at the time. I was really mean to him and others back then and sticked around that toxic girl I thought was my friend. She talked about me behind my back, and I knew it, but I believed that if I did leave her and stopped being friends with her, I'd be alone. One day, she told me she was moving to the States. I was sad, but I was able to skype with her often and talk to her. We soon lost connection and made new friends. The old people I bullied are now my friends and everytime I ask them how I was back then, they told me I was cruel. They tell me that I'm a completely different person than I was back then. I hope my old "best friend" is doing well and shes doing fine. I'm thankful for her and all my friends who accepted me for who I truly was, instead of that popular mask.
this was absolutely wonderful! thank you, dodie - for this beautiful message. i went through something similar, and to hear your apology + your story, it was everything i needed and more. :) you are amazing in every which way! (and i will be sure to grab a copy of your book!)
Oh my goodness Dodie this is so incredibly beautiful. Hedy's illustrations, your words, the story, your book cover are so gorgeous. I cannot wait to read your book-O am so excited. Give my love to Hedy, she's so talented. But please don't forget that YOU are so amazing, and talented, and kind. I'm so proud of how much you have learnt and grown. I hope you are feeling happier now, sending all my love. This may now be my favourite video on youtube ever.
i am slowly falling in love with everyone in these comments. oh my, you are all so beautiful. the stories you all have shared, the kindness you all are wanting to put out there, i love it. i am in love with all of you beautiful souls. please keep sharing the hope.
gorgeous video dodie, i love it! and if you somehow read this then if you can somehow get this back to her, tell hedy that her art is just beyond incredible and amazing and holy crap she's talented. i love both you clarks immensely, <3 keep doing you (@ both of you)
Will you or anyone be voicing an audio book? This was so pleasant to listen to and I love your words so much! I'm a terrible reader so I have to ask haha! I love this and you!
i love love LOVE hedy's illustrations... i hope she follows it into a career (if she wants, if not it's a good skill to keep in her pocket)! and i, of course, love your story, dodes... i relate to the idea of being the one that is spoken over, and i think we have a lot in common. i am very much looking forward to your book, and will pre-order it when im off to college <3
Dodie u are an incredible, beautiful, talented, exceptional person. You've changed my life and I owe you so much for that. You can make me laugh and smile when that's the last thing I could see myself doing. I'm sure you won"t see this anyway (lol) but thank you so much for everything you've done for me. U are one of life's wonders. Lots of love <3 <3
I started crying when you apologized to the girl with the rainbow bag you honestly felt guilty for being a bully and that made me happy that you figured out that actions have consequences
DODIE THIS IS AMAZING!!!!!!!!!! i still cant believe you were bullied, it makes me so sad. but this is beautiful and an amazing story and lovely art!!!! im so exited for the book IM JUST WAITING FOR IT TO COME OUT AHHH!!!!!!!!!!!
The title of this video is what drew me to it. I always watch your videos, don't get me wrong, but I rarely hear people say that they were bullied and they bullied as well. I think it's something most people don't admit, and I have always felt guilty and ashamed to talk about how I hurt other people just as much as they hurt me. So thank you for being so open and honest. Lovely video (as always). 💛💛💛
aw that was so nice, i used to bully my now best friend and its weird to think about how scared i was as a kid to just be a nice person who didn't follow in everyone.
such a beautiful video, i can relate so much to this. i always felt terrible when in primary school i was severley bullied, and then as i got into high school retaliated by teasing and ignoring other kids, but making it seem like i wasn't the problem, and my friends stood behind me and joined me. I think we all have our own "girl with the rainbow bag", and to mine, I am so sorry.
this has just become one of my favorite videos on the Internet.
I love you dodie
and hOW IS HEDY SO TALENTED I JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND oh and I CAN'T WAIT FOR THE BOOK AND THE EP WOW ITS A GOOD TIME TO BE ALIVE SORRY IM JUST REALLY EXCITED
i just got out of work and i just read the title. havent even seen the video yet and i already know i love it. you are such an amazing, MATURE, person.
"Until I realised everyone is really just a collage of their favourite people" Well shit, when you think about it that's deep as shiny and honestly pretty damn true
I was the girl with the rainbow bag and I was Dodie. Knowing that someone went through the exact same thing hurts so much and is also such a relief. Thank you for this
yeah i'm crying now cool. this video is so good, not only because of the story, but because of Hedy's beautiful drawings combined with Dodie's wonderful voice it just gave me nice feelings.
I could relate. I was bullied too & I was also VERY self conscious. In my old school, I would get into fights to seem tough. I also did bully people, I would laugh at them or talk smack about them for no reason. Looking at it, I feel horrible. I have not been talking bad about people or bullying them that much anymore & I hope it's something that go away quickly because I feel terrible when I have thoughts of making someone feel bad.
hi dodie, is there going to be an audio book for your book where you're the narrator? because your voice is so lovely:) - also this video and excerpt is so beautiful to watch and i'm so excited to read the whole book!
And the funny thing is, when I was about to apologise to the person I was mean to, my acquaintance (and most likely soon to be friend) told me that she bullied her not too long after.
And I didn't apologise to the girl that day, but I plan to.
I realised that even though she did what put her in a solemn state of mind to another, she still deserves an apology.
This made me cry and even though I wasn't the girl with the rainbow bag, I was someone like that and I know I won't hear anything from the people who said things to me ,but this gave me a nice feeling and a little understanding into how some people think when they say things like that 💜 you have a beautiful soul and a beautiful heart and I hope rainbow girl is okay, but you too Dodie ❤ proud of you
This was lovely. I hope that the girl with rainbow bag is ok and very happy right now. And it's a wonderful thing to evolve and realize how special every single human around us are, especially those who believe in magic. I know there's hope because of them. Ps. Congrats Hedy, these drawings are so cool.
I can relate to this so much. I used to get bullied really bad and come home from school crying everyday. That's part of the reason why I switched schools. But even there, rumors would spread and everyone got the wrong impression of me. They would tease me because I was so quiet which is kind of ironic because I have a lot to say; just not the courage to actually get the words out.
The part where you said you had a wonderful group of friends, but you had a difficult time making yourself heard because of your insecurities, and when you mustered up the confidence, sentences would come out wrong due to the adrenaline - that's something I struggled with in high school and still sometimes struggle with, and I've never heard it put into words. It's so comforting knowing that you struggled with the same thing. I always thought it was just a weird quirk specific to me.
I relate to this a lot and its nice to know I wasn't the only one bullied into being a bully. Between abuse at home and bullies at school it was easy to choose hate. Easy to follow along with other peoples cruelties. I worry alot lately about others from my past thinking I'm still that girl I was. I wish i could go back and be kinder but I know I can't, though i can learn from my experiences and hope to spread kindness and love for the rest of my days! This was beautiful! ~Ally
I was bullied so I became the bully. Then I grew up and went to college and realised I'm no better than anyone else and goddamnit I was just jealous of her talent I found her and sincerely apologised. We aren't friends but we smile in corridors and maybe that's enough
Omg Hedy is so talented. That drawing tho. To the girl with the rainbow bag. Being 'weird' doesn't mean you're unlike everyone or creepy. It means that you are brave to be yourself. And don't stop doing that 💓. P.s OMG the book looks awsome! Can't wait to read it.
You are lovable by your friends. By your family. By your audience. Dear rainbow bag girl, thank you for shining a light in Dodie's heart so she can light a light in ours. Everything happens for a reason ♡ and thank you Dodie for being honest and I hope this was therapeutic because it is therapeutic for people like me who suffer from the same issue. 🌈
To be authentically you can be so, so hard sometimes. And I just wanna offer some advice, I guess. 1. If you are who you are, you will attract people who love you for that. Just give it time. 2. Don't ever let anyone tell you/make you feel that you deserve less space in this world than anyone else. 3. Be nice to yourself. You are a work in progress, and it is beautiful. Let yourself grow, and be gentle with yourself. 4. Don't waste time on people who cannot decide whether or not to care about you.
Hedy is so talented. Omg that drawing tho. To the girl with the rainbow bag. It's okay to be 'weird'. Being 'weird' doesn't mean you're unlike everyone or creepy. It means that you are brave to be yourself. And don't stop doing that 💞. P.s OMG the book looks awsome! Can't wait to read it!
This made me cry because in some ways I am the girl with the rainbow bag and it felt good to have that feeling of someone telling me that I'm not doing anything wrong and that I am loveable 🌈
Dear Dodie, Thank you for this video. Not only did it showcase confidence for sharing your experience as a victim of bullying but it also showed courage in revealing your experience as the bully. In doing so you inspired me to create an entry in my journal about my own similar experiences and I can't express how healthy and helpful that was for me. Thank you for your time and words. Cheers to your sister on her lovely drawings, I loved the art style! Sincerely, Lex
I was bullied and a bully too. I met the girl I picked on in Primary school when she was an adult and I apologized. She said it was fine and she gets it. We get on okay now. It's funny because none of the girls who were truly mean to her said sorry. And those were the girls that were horrible to me and they've never said sorry to me either.
I got invited to my high school reunion the other day and didn't go. My Dad drives an uber and guess who he picked up? The girls that used to tease me in school. They asked why I wasn't going. They were surprised. They don't remember it the same way I do. Humans have a built in negativity bias. We remember the bad things that happen to us. But not so much, I feel, the bad things we did to others.
Wow why did "To the girl in with the rainbow bag..." make me burst out crying? I've had a horrible day, Dodie. A lot of people have horrible days. It's not like I'm special because I have horrible days. But I had a low day. and this helped? Somehow? So thanks for that.
I can relate to this. In primary school I was bullied by pretty much everyone. I only really had one friend, who was part of the boys friendship group who was bullying me. We were really good friends and had tons in common- we did things like write songs and make comics together and with each other we had a lot of creative freedom, something other kids would make fun of us for. But our friendship was a catalyst for bullying- I tend to get really close to my good friends to the point where people think i'm dating them, something we both got teased for, even though simultaneously the same people were making fun of me for being a "tranny" and too gay-looking. So we often had to pretend not to be friends. For some reason I was fixated on being friends with the cool girls in the school even though they were the ones who teased me the most. I was always trying to get in on their friendship group. Eventually how I got in was by turning on my best friend and pretending to think he's weird to look cool. I joined the friendship group and for a year, we bullied him relentlessly, even to the point where we were throwing him around and I was laughing with the same girl who used to beat me up for wearing trousers to school for 6 years. I didn't even get to say goodbye to him properly. I've never regretted something more in my life.
Can somebody tell me how to get over bullying. I was bullued for 6 years and it ruined my confidence and even though many years have passed, i still hate myself. My bullies called me names, locked me in school toilets, ruined my winter coat and in the summer pushed me under a dock and did many other things. I still cant get over it and i have so bad nightmares that i might wake up screaming and crying and im scared to close my eyes. I dont really talk to people, because i cant trust anybody. I just want to get over it and forget all that they did
The way I'm going through school is just by being nice to people, and it seems to work. Ofcourse you can't like everyone but I try to treat everyone with respect. The only time I can get mean is when people are constantly cocky or just mean, but then I am mean not in the mad or really means sense of way but more just jokingly calling them out. This seems to be working for me and except for the normal insecurities everybody has I'm happy, I'm 17 years old and I can get along with the cool kids, the unpopular and the nerds. I'm happy.
Can you voice an audio version of your book? I don't know why but your voice just gives me a pure form of happiness and puts me at ease from all of my stress for the time being. :)
To the girl with the rainbow bag, You are the people that everyone wishes they could be. You are beautiful, creative, and absolutely wonderful. We all do stupid things when we're young, and even when we're old, but we shouldn't not apologize. I hope you understand that you are the one that people are jealous of. You are the one that is unique. Stay proud of your interests. Stay you. Love, a boy somewhere in the world that's looking for a girl like you. xo
dodie I know you probably won't see this but I just wanted to say a few things. firstly that you have helped me be a lot happier just with life in great Secondly that you are very very pretty inside and out i may only know the you that you show on the Internet but I still feel that you are very very wonderful inside and out and lastly that your book cover is very cute and so are all of your song thank you for reading
I feel like most YouTubers fail to show their more human side. Dodie is brave enough to admit she's made mistakes and stand up to them. She's flawed like everyone else. We could learn a lot from her.
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Santiago Olivarez Yes we can learn, how to place personal Ad at the end of an "honest story".
1 likeHanz Franz didn't you listen? That story is an extract from her book. The book is full of honest, truthful stories. Revealing the cover is something many people have been looking forward to, and it's completely relevant to the video.
41 likesI disagree. So many youtubers share their mistakes and flaws, I think its very underrated to see a 'happy' youtuber nowadays who doesn't share all of their negatives. They'd get called fake. I think those people are braver.
12 likesАнастасия Романова hell yeah dude, sounds good
1 likeSantiago Olivarez shut up what about the most human if them all ricky Berwick
0 likesSantiago Olivarez yes!!!
0 likeswell put 💪🏽
1 likeI don't think those other youtubers share their mistakes and flaws like Dodie tho. When they share their mistakes and flaws, it's still on the grounds where they don't want to paint themselves in a bad image at all. Whereas Dodie, she's telling us that she had once bullied a person to, something that most people in the internet would cower away from, because 'this youtuber used to be a bully'.
0 likesYoutubers have a right to keep their flaws private. They are human too and they do not owe it to anyone to share their insecurities and secrets.
0 likes"everyone is just a collage of their favourite parts of other people"
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I read this when she said this and it made it even more beautiful
8 likes@Iliana Morgan wtf same
0 likesYeees.
0 likesto the girl with the rainbow bag: you are lovable
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you are confident, you are bright, and you are brave
78 likesyo shit this blew up
13 likesalso i have a sticky note in my binder for school that says, "to the girl with the rainbow bag..." and this video makes me vv happy which is why i keep the note
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10 likesI’m gayAnna Msp mood
3 likesi literally needed that in my life— im currently making a watercolor picture of that quote. might even post it as my yt pfp!
2 likesI read this as she said it :D
0 likesOn a sidenote, 'to the girl with the rainbow bag' would make such a good book title.
5 likes@SomeGayWizard guYS FANART
2 likesfair chair I love that idea!
0 likesi have trust issues
3786 likesi would rather be bullied to my face
but i was bullied behind my back.
I just wish i knew what they didn't like
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hey, how are you?
36 likesI hate it when things like that happen. It also sucks when you THINK that people are bullying you behind your back but you're not even sure
95 likesomg your pfp and username are goals
5 likesThey didn’t like the fact that they knew that you had something that they would never possess, and it drove them crazy. This is what drives ALL bullies and humans crazy— the idea of being imperfect.
22 likesRight?! Apparently there's this kid in my grade who keeps gossiping about me behind my back, but I'm not even in any of his classes. I wish he would just say it to my face smh
13 likesIt is scary sometimes(always scary) but that's OK because there will be always someone here for you
1 likeIm fairly local but still cant find my car radio I swear to god TØP fandom is everywhere and I’m not complaining
4 likesMy Gosh I love ur name
1 likeyou are brave, strong, kind, and innocent. meanwhile, they talked about you behind your back, because if they talked about them, no one would care.(quoting some meme I saw on tumblr) take care bud 💓
1 likeIm fairly local but still cant find my car radio. Oh my goodness, your like my twin . That's exactly like me. 😨
1 likeIm fairly local but still cant find my car radio I've never related to something more.
1 likeI am going through the exact same thing at the moment. It's the worst feeling not knowing what you've done wrong to deserve it, especially since I find out every time it happens. I would rather not know to be honest, or like you said, have it said to my face. At least then I could change and stop it from happening.
1 likethere’s a reason they’re behind you, you’re better than them
4 likesIm fairly local but still cant find my car radio
0 likesI’m the same. People chatting secretly to each other about me being bi. It sucks.
more like ugly stuff
0 likesi can't find my car radio either
1 likeIm fairly local but still cant find my car ra
0 likesSo some girl got jealous I was hanging out with HER friend so she told her friend that I had lice. Why? So she wouldn't hang out with me. So I became Lice Girl and "Ew, take a shower!" Girl for a while but honestly I don't care. I found great friends that helped me stand up to a lot of other people!
0 likesSame! I hate when random shit feels like it's being passed on about me. Of course no one would do that to me, because I don't want to brag, but I am quite nice to them, but it just feels that way.
0 likesthey only did it behind your back because theyrescared. just ignore them.
0 likesIm fairly local but still cant find my car radio aw sad for you
0 likesStand above them! They just want to make you feel insecure about yourself, knowing that you have a great personality! Don't settle down on their Niveau,they are just jealous for some reasons.Jealousy is often the cause of being disrespectful towards others,when you didn't do anything to them. (sry im not a native speaker)
0 likesMy friend thinks that being talked and mad fun of behind my back is not being bullied but it is and I just want to scream at every one
0 likesAHH your pfp is perfection and *sadly*you had to go through that
0 likesIm fairly local but still cant find my car radio same
0 likesIm fairly local but still cant find my car radio I also have trust issues
0 likesthis video has over 1 million views and about 4k comments, not all of which are about being bullied. and if they all were, it would mean approximately 0.4% of those who watched the video were bullied.
0 likesI had both bullying behind my back and towards my face my whole life and nobody seems to care.
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0 likesYeah I’d rather been bullied to my face too when I was bullied. You just have a sense of security kind of that you know who is saying those things. It just calms me down thinking about knowing who is bullying me
0 likesJuliet Nash i can relate
0 likesDont Make Me Cringe who gives what u think?
0 likesJuliet Nash I’m going through that now :(
0 likesJuliet Nash same
0 likesJuliet Nash , SAME I often find myself instantly regretting my actions and feeling awkward , without speech when people compliment me . Simply because I’m used to the hate and discrimination .
0 likesSame I got bullied by my old group of friends behind my back they would find out my secrets and start rumours they kinda outed me and remember I’m year 7 and just started high school
0 likesPls, an update?
0 likesI hope you’re better now 😄❤️👍👑
0 likes"Everyone is just a collage of their favourite parts of other people " oh my ... I'm gonna be thinking about that for a long time 💭💭💭
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WTF I LITERALLY JUST READ THIS WHILE SHE SAID IT
4 likesLuca Larsen SAME
2 likesI hope the girl with the rainbow bag has seen this.
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Star Pixen me too
30 likesStar Pixen yep
2 likesStar Pixen omds same. and 1100th like lol
2 likesThe girl with the rainbow bag! All I can think of is Tilly out of 'tots tv'
4 likesi was hoping for a comment saying "i was the girl with the rainbow bag"
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Hayley Hughes I believe that was my sister I doubt it but it does remind me of my sister she had a rainbow backpack and was bullied by other kids
255 likesI have ginger hair and a rainbow bag...
78 likesHayley Hughes same
5 likesSame but it wasn't me
8 likesAren't we all the girl with the rainbow bag, though? We're all bullied at some point, and there are always people who don't respect us, and those who do.
274 likesHayley Hughes I was the girl with the rainbow bag!
11 likesMegan Horton deep
9 likesLucy Thurman same girl same
0 likesMegan Horton i honestly don't think all people get bullied
30 likesL. L. Agreed I know plenty of people who haven't been bullied
8 likesL. L. I wasn’t bullied, and I wasn’t a bully myself
17 likesIn my school literally no one is bullied
15 likesSAME AHH
0 likesTempest480 hah it’s hard to believe that
4 likesMegan Horton
0 likesI love how you think about it so deeply.
I wish I had a rainbow bag
1 likeHayley Hughes Same
0 likesMegan Horton Jesus Christ I'm having an existential crisis, why would you do that
2 likesHayley Hughes omg me too
0 likesHayley Hughes SAME
0 likessame
0 likesHayley Hughes sameeee
0 likesHayley Hughes sAmE
0 likesçłöüdŷ ŷöøñgłęš
1 likeJust because you don't say it or others don't say it, that doesn't mean it doesn't happen.
Hayley Hughes its me i told her i was ok and that she is amazing i was never mad at her just sad. I forgive her. LOVE.witch
2 likesSkinny no its me
0 likesHayley Hughes I have a rainbow backpack! But I’m only 14 and I’m not the girl in dodies story 😜
0 likesThere are thousands of young kids lying about it being them so..
3 likesRainbow Flower Hun, we know It wasn’t you because of your YouTube. You’re a gorgeous girl, and you may have a rainbow backpack, but there’s no way you’re over twenty lol. But approach your bullies- if you are bullied- as you would with how you said you did with Dodie. It may be hard, as they just seem so heartless and it’s much easier to forgive someone when they’re as popular as Dodie and as open as her, but deep down everyone has insecurities hidden and we’re all our own version of Dodie. I hope everything goes well for you hunni, good luck
3 likesMe too lol. Now everyone’s gonna be like “that was me!”
1 likeAlexis K. Lindsay it’s not really
0 likesSame :/
0 likesRainbow Flower we looked at your account and you are not her, but you seem amazing!
0 likesMicah Horton that's an amazing analogy but we aren't necessarily bullied??? there's kind of a spectrum and bullying is the lowest point
1 likeEveryone is the girl with the rainbow bug, and dodie, and all the other children.
0 likesThere is an amazing story by Etgar Keret called "pick a colour" that talks about the fact the every person is a bully and a victim at the same time, I think everyone should read this story.
(You can find the story on the internet, maybe you'll need to search "pick a color" without the U, but you'll find it)
Cheers to the girl with the rainbow bag.
316 likesI'm sure she's a great person.
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Miss Oringasm thank you so much its me i never thought i would talk to her again but here we are love witch real name sally carson
1 like@Rainbow Flower You're a little kid, though? She would be an adult.
12 likesI wonder if the girl with the rainbow backpack watched this video?...
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Hannah Barratt she did
11 likeschocothechip because one of the comments said that they were that person
6 likesZ 1 N Only you know people lie...
48 likesHAMILTON IS EVERYTHING yeahhhhhhhhhh ................
25 likesBut i like to trust people
I hope so...
5 likeswhat if she is you?
12 likestununnun nAHAHNANAHANANAG
(me attempting to hum an illuminati song)
Hannah Barratt yeah its me i told her i was ok once i watched this and told she is amazing. I was never mad just sad i never thought i would talk to her agqin but here we are LOVE.witch real name Sally Carson
8 likesRainbow Flower You’re the biggest liar I’ve ever seen 😂
16 likes@Rainbow Flower 🤣🤣
1 like@luna p ANGELICA IS EVERYTHING
1 likeRainbow Flower if you were her, you would be in your twenties
5 likesRainbow Flower aha, that’s funny. You’re not very good at lying.
1 likeOnly a year ago I had very messy, knotty and dying hair. It was so much fun for anyone to point out. They would say stuff like "you have a bird's nest" or "do you brush pour hair?". I got really nervous and whenever someone asked I said "rarely" because I was too scared to tell the truth. My hair was messy because my mum was never around to help me brush it or to help me put it into fancy hairstyles. I was so fed up. Even my friends would comment on it, they believed that I never brushed my hair. I cried for days, everyday after school I would cry about the hurtful things people said. I told my friend if someone said my hair was messy again I would cut it off and make it short. About less than 5 minutes later someone did. This year in March I decided to do it, now I have a grown out pixie cut. Now I have compliments like "I wish I could have your hair" and "your hair is fabulous". I love myself now.
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Ads the Alien I know how you feel about hair sister! It's terrible when you can't do anything, and your mom can't help. I have super annoying hair, and now I have a cute pixie cut to! Stay confident ;)
20 likesI have super annoying hair too!
30 likesBut in my case, my mum is the problem
She is obsessed in styling my hair in ways that make me very self-concious
I wanted to cut my hair short but she won't let me
She says I'll look like a boy
And also, I'm trans
Look up cgh they have great hairstyle vids that i think you would love.❤so glad to know your confident with your hair now.
3 likesNever change your self because of the things that people say
29 likesI'm so glad you're happy now... I have similar story about my hair too. Best of luck for you :)
3 likesEntirely Confused keep being you :)
2 likesUnborn Alien The fact that you cut your hair to a pixie cut and then everyone was saying how beautiful you were then just told me something, humanity only cares about looks. But just remember, it’s the inside that counts.
9 likesUnborn Alien I love my short hair and I got a long tome ago. Som rude people called me a "lesbian"
1 likeUnborn Alien I hope you cuted your hair for you and not because you wanted to please people
2 likesI'm glad you love yourself, but hopefully that isn't because people compliment you. Your self worth and the opinions of others should never be compared.
1 likeUH I THINK I AM YOU IM REWATCHING THIS BECAUSE THIS HAS STARTED TO BECOME A PROBLEM FOR ME WOW
1 likeI can relate to this so much! Everyone acts like I haven't done anything to attempt to make my hair better and that I just don't care! It is such a huge insecurity of mine. I'm going to get short hair next week and I'm praying it goes well but I'm so glad there's someone that I can relate to because everyone uses those insults to me as well....I don't see why people think it's ok to shame people for their natural characteristics....
0 likeshedy's amazing art pulls this story of growth and realization all together so beautifully. i can't wait to read more💕
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hey pham
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0 likesI was bullied daily since I was four years old (with my bullies' ultimate goal being my suicide) and I still can't understand how people can do that to someone else after knowing how horrible it feels. :/
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ᴍ.ᴋ. That is so weird... How old are the bullies?
7 likesShe wasn’t quite sure of what she was doing also in the video she said she felt bad of her mistakes
8 likesPeople do it because they want to have power when they feel helpless. Trust me....I was a bully
20 likesthe part where she speaks to the girl with the rainbow backpack makes me cry every time. I'm Dodie, and the girl, and the people who teased them both, and everyone else, all at once. It hurts to be bullied, and it hurts to bully others. Thank you Dodie, you don't give me strength, you remind me I have had that strength all along.
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tasteblind i love your profile picture. that's one of my favourite movies!
1 likeIt hurts to bully others? Then why did you bully them in the first place
1 likeKromantik
11 likesbecause just like in the video dodie said that bullies will feel like they want to fit in, or maybe it could be a tragic past. maybe things aren’t good at home and they want to take their mind of things. or it could be jealousy. there are so many possibilities so i can’t write them all down. but, even tho they, the bullies, have had a hard time, their tragic past do not excuse their bad behavior. but they’ve learned from that and they most likely won’t do it again.
although i haven’t bullied others, and i haven’t been ‘severely’ bullied (it wasn’t severe bullying, they were just saying mean stuff to me but i tend to forget about it and just avoid them at all means) i think what dodie and this comment said is true.
and not every bully will feel this way, they could just be making fun of you because they think it’s all a joke and that certainly isn’t nice, but all we can do is wait. wait until they see what they’re doing is wrong. if you are a victim, you have the right to be mad at them, that’s normal. but in my opinion, i think we should see each other eye to eye and be considerate. because bullying hurts and being bullied does hurt too.
I was bullied.
155 likesI had anger issues, too much energy, and was too clingy. Kids would call me crybaby, and provoke me. One girl threatened to stab me with a tac. (I am very, very small. I was the smallest in my grade, and she was big.) A bully of mine is my friend, actually. She brings it up from time to time, but it's whatever.
I was a bully, too, from peer pressure.
I was an introvert with insecurity looming over my shoulders. When I received two friends who were popular. I became a little possessive of the "popular" idea and tried to fit in. I was the clown of the group, making people laugh. When a new girl came, (Yes, I am friends with her today," my so called "friends" goaded me into doing bad things. Hitting her in dodgeball despite being on the same team, being rude, you name it. They convinced me to say swears that I shouldn't have said.
I was the joke, used, and molded. I realized this too late. I bet she's off snorting talcum powder right now, cherishing the bliss ignorance she has about "cool" things.
I will never be used again. I utterly despise false people. I am loud, and talk back to those who deserve it, and place my opinion clearly. I am not a pushover, and I will never be ever again.
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Įnånø Wølf omg,, when I was reading this it felt like,, my future soul wrote this
4 likesexactly same with me, i was bullied for since i came to my new school, and then it was getting too much but the popular people decided after 2 years to let me hang out with them, this girl always used to give me dirty looks and talk about me so i stood up to her for a year and then i was told off that she wrote a letter off how i bullied her for 3 years? when i thought about it i didnt even know english those 3 years ago but i cried for weeks because i felt guilty, i still do and idk what to do any advice?
2 likesbubba hubba Do not worry. ‘Standing up’ to a bully is not bullying. If you made her feel unsafe to go to school, or personally despise it OTHER than a ‘rivalry’ (meaning she/he can fight back verbally without fear) then it is not bullying. They were flat out lying. Do not be afraid to stand up for yourself. If the popular kids, like in my case changed you, ditch them. They’ll change you in ways you’ll regret.
4 likesĮnånø Wølf thank you x
2 likesI was exactly the same. My so-called 'popular' friends used me for a bit, then passed me on. I had no real friends. When I would tell someone, I was called a crybaby, and when I finally tried to stand up to them, I had "anger issues".
7 likesI was isolated.
Nobody knew I was alive unless it was for a joke.
Everyone I thought I trusted never believed me.
But it never really even stopped.
It's still happening and I can't do anything.
I've been bullied my whole life but nobody believes me.
I'm just the weird kid who nobody likes.
I'm nothing like my peers. I share no interests with them, I look different, I don't follow stupid trends,
I'm smart, but wrong.
I'm pretty, but too different.
I'm creative, but insane.
They all think I'm mad, I've been called a psychopath.
They don't realise I have feelings at all.
I only have 1 friend now, but I'm going to a different school next year and I just want her to make real friends.
I love her a lot, and she loves me (platonically).
She tells me everything that's bothering her in her life, but I can't tell her how I feel, I can't trust anyone anymore.
But because I made one friend (who is also a girl) and we are really close, suddenly we both get teased for being lesbians :/
She told me she's straight (she has a massive crush on the guy who says to me that I'm gay for Nicole. (I don't like her that way))
But I have never told anyone that I'm pan (I would date on personality).
I just don't want her to get teased for something she's not. I don't care anymore if they tease me, let them, but I don't want them hurting my best friend anymore.
But I'm just known as the artsy girl who makes references (not even that obscure) every second sentence and the scary one.
Everyone's afraid of me because I'm really tall for my age and I wear all black (and I always look depressed).
Sorry for venting yall I just really felt the same as you
"Everyone is just a collage of their favourite parts of other people"
59 likes~ Dodie.
Wow, Hedy is so talented!
142 likesAlso, I doubt you will see this Dodie but everybody has tried to fit in at some point in their lives. I've recently come out of a toxic friendship with a girl that brought out the horrible side in me, the side that would talk about other people, even friends, and laugh at the girls that were at the same social "rank" as me because I thought it made me cool in her eyes. I've moved on from that now, and she's officially out of my hair until summer ends and I sit next to her in English, but oh well. I'm now with a lovely group of friends, we're honest with each other and we don't plan social events if we know the other doesn't want to (which is an important thing for me haha) but I still regret what I was last year. I've since made wonderful friends out of the girls I used to talk about, and they are always there for me and I them. This video made me feel so much better about it knowing that I'm not the only one, so thank you Dodie. Your music and your videos are so inspiring and meaningful, and they really do help a lot of people including me. Thank you.
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I went through the same exact thing but fortunately we don't go the same school
0 likesThe girl on your bus who use to carry a rainbow bag and didn't care much about washing her hair. She didn't happen to be French, have red hair and be called Tilly did she!
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sac magique! sac magique!!
5 likesAre you making a tots TV reference? xD
6 likesTots tv????
4 likesWhy did that remind me of Pip from South Park? It has no relation to it.
3 likesEmisstillonline oml i was just thinking about that lmao
1 like@doddlevloggle
0 likesShe sings good
195 likesLooks good
Draws good
Is there anything dodie can't do?
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hedy drew but yeah she's basically good at at everything
71 likesdiddly darn dank oofTM her sister drew the drawings
63 likesshe didn’t draw it, sorry.
13 likesdiddly darn dank oofTM the drawings are of her little sister's, Hedy
6 likesEmily Bovay oh
2 likesdiddly darn dank oofTM her sister was drawing
5 likesPIKO IS FABULOUS ik 5 people told me
7 likesdiddly darn dank oofTM it was hedy
2 likesdo none of y'all actually read previous comments before repeating the same reply??
17 likesShe, she screams in silence
10 likesA sullen riot penetrating through her mind
Wait-ing for a sign to smash the silence with a a brick of self control
Are you locked up in a world that been planned out for you?
Are you feeling like a social tool with out a use?
Scream at me until my ears bleed
I'm taking heed just for you
She, she's figured out
That all her doubts were someone else's point of view
Wak-ing up this time
To smash the silence with a broke of self control
Are you locked up in a world that's been planned out for you?
Are you feeling like a social tool without a use?
Scream at me until my ears bleed
I'm taking heed just for you (scream)
Are you locked up In a world that's been planned out for you?
Are you feeling like a social took with out a use?
Scream at me until my ears bleed
I'm taking heed just for you
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Green Day - She (lyrics)
My entire 7th period signed a paper so we all make sure a boy in our class who gets majorly bullied is okay.
55 likesI'm really proud of that class.
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Awww I can relateI always make my classmates sign a piece of paper for my sister with social anxiety so that she's happier and feels like people care even though they all do
3 likeswhere are those people at my school because we need some nicer ones over here
0 likes"Everyone is just a collage of their favourite parts of other people" love this video! 💗 I'm SO excited for your book! And omg Hedy is an amazing artist!
410 likesYou honestly have no idea how grateful I am for this video. But while most of the comments are about how people themselves were bullied, I'm here to show a different side of the story- the bully's side.
26 likes3-4 years ago I was a bully. One of my first friends often acted like one and I copied her. I bullied one of my closest friends, disliked my first ever friend because our parents had fell out- I assumed that it was the good thing to do. Stupid assumption really. But most of the things I thought were idiotic back then.
I bullied one of my so called best friends because I was scared of losing my best friend who I'd known for four years. I also bullied another girl because she was mean to me and my so called friends one time. I've been told that she still doesn't trust me to this day and I can see why.
When I got to my final year in Primary School I looked back on those things and then looked at my current friends. I had three amazing best friends- one whom I had known for 7 years at this point. And my closest friends included two of the girls who I had bullied.
The guilt ate me alive and still does. Two of the girls often made jokes about how I used to bully them. I would laugh along and say how I was so stupid back then but I was destroying myself on the inside. I told myself I deserved it- still do in fact. But this isn't about me pitying myself, no that shouldn't happen.
Since that experience I've changed as a person and my view on life has changed as well. I'm in my first year of High School and have a group of friends- we're all really weird and crazy but that's just us and we're happy- sometimes.
I now try to see both sides of the story before not liking something or someone. I'm a lot more self concious and a generally self-loathing person but I derserve to feel the same way that they felt- even worse than how they felt.
I still beat myself up over it but this video has helped so much. While I'm not at peace with my history yet, I'm starting to realise that it doesn't define me.
Thank you so much for sharing your story Dodie Clark and thank you to whoever decided to take their time to read my stupid little self-hate rant.
You're all important and your stories should be heard. I love you all.
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Me too and I struggle of depression because I was being bullied a lot and I was too a bully but u swear I've changed now I pray more often and way nicer and I hate myself for bullying🔪
3 likesYou don't need to hate yourself for what you've done in the past because that's not you anymore. Love yourself for having the bravery to admit you've done something wrong and change from your old self. You are all very strong.
5 likesSomething I'll never forget was in 4th grade. There was this boy named Alex who liked me and I kinda liked him too but he wasn't popular and neither was i. I'd be bullied if I hung out with him so in my mind I thought thst if I called him names around the popular kids that i wouldn't be bullied. They laughed at my jokes like when I called him a fruit loop but in the end they still made fun of me regardless. I thought I was bullied because he always tried to be around me so I tried distancing myself from him. When it came time to work in pairs he always came to me and I felt embarrassed because I didn't want the other kids to attack me for it. I realised too late that it didn't matter wether or not he was around me. I was still considered a joke. I was still made fun of. I left that school in 5th grade to never see or hear from him again. It made me realize that I shouldn't put someone else down to try to lessen what happens to me so In 5th grade through high school I didn't do that. But I was made fun of worse in high school. Never went to a single dance nor prom. My time in 5th grade to 8th was probably the worse. There was a time when a guy named Daniel got his sports heat packet taken away and when she left the room he took it back from her desk. For 2 weeks we had to stay in for recess until someone confessed. The entire grade made me say that I did it. I was then given after school detention for a week for something I didn't do. I was a new student at that point. I don't know how the teacher would've even believed that it was me because I wasn't popular, didn't talk, and was well behaved. It was my first year there soooo. I was sexually assaulted in 6th grade by a 7th grader for a few days straight in school. Someone who was kind of my friend told a teacher. All the school did was suspend him for 2 days then he got to go back to school like it was nothing, but then when I was showing signs of depression and suicidal ideation though a poem i wrote they treated me like i was going to blow up the school. Immediately called my parents, took me out of school and wasn't going to let me come back until my therapy visits checked out. I remember when the school counselor told me to go grab my bag across the school and were telling me not to go anywhere else and to stay in their view like i was about to be a school shooter or something. But the guy who sexually assaulted me wasn't treated anywhere near that. My parents didn't even do anything about it. They just asked like twice if I was good, I said yes, and that was the end of it and it's never been brought up since. I was going through intense bullying and pulled my frustration in poems (mind you i never said I wanted to hurt anyone, I didn't. I just talked about myself) and they treated me like i was the bad guy about to explode on everyone. They didn't care about the fact that I had emotional problems. They just wanted to stereotype me and make themselves look good on record. There was the same issue in high school when I was self harming by cutting. The school notified my parents and my parents freaked out and just yelled at me for an hour and just kept telling me about how it could get them in trouble and me taken away. They didn't really care about my mental stability. They just didn't want to get in trouble for anything and they just wanted me to be normal and not have problems. I'm 21 now and still haven't gotten help for anything I've been through. I'm even more angry and out of touch with reality. I can't get the help I need because my family doesn't get it and through the years I've never been respected by anyone enough to solve the problem. Now I just hide every negative emotion I feel. And nowadays i don't have one single friend and haven't hung out with anyone in 2 years.
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Oh my god!! You’re beautiful. Nobody in the world could possibly be as strong as you. <3
7 likesIf u truly feel this alone, I want to tell u something comforting but I know it must be hard to accept that from a stranger, who doesn't even know u. If anything, I'd recommend u get a dog. I'm being completely serious. They are so kind and loyal and they make you feel wanted, like you're the most important person in the world. They are loving and always there for u when u need them. I honestly hope that you're ok, and u should get help if u truly think that u need it. There is so much more to life. So much more that is worth living for. Don't let the scars of your past tell u otherwise, because u can't get rid of scars. U can only live with them and make the best out of the life you're living. Its been 2 months since u posted this, and I hope since then u are doing better.
6 likeswhat i think you should do is still get help. your family doesn't need to get it. you have so much more power over yourself than they have on you. you're an adult and your parents don't own you so use that advantage and do what you think is best for yourself, because i know you can get better.
7 likesThat's actually horrible I'm so so sorry that you had to go through all of that alone. I know this is weird coming from someone way younger and a complete stranger on the internet but I would totally be friend with you. You are amazing and I hope you can stay strong and learn to be happy. ❤❤❤
4 likesI was a bully, I was insecure, my grandad had just been diagnosed with alzheimers, so I would take out my frustrations on this kid. I got my comeuppance though. I have dark hair, which means the hair on my arms and legs are more visible. My teeth are large and stick out. I was called werewolf, and ape, and i deserved it.
8 likesI became bullied. I still am, kind of, and I deserve it. I deserve it for being so mean to people, but I know exactly what Dodie means about the social awkwardness. I don't speak much among my friends, I mutter, and stutter, and trip over words, so I vow never to speak. I try not to.
HEDY IS DAMN AMAZING!!! When I first watched this I didn't know she was so young!!!!
44 likesIs anyone else soothed by her voice and the watercoloring? 😍
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Cutebaby05 AJ same. Serious message. Beautiful Imagery.
53 likesCutebaby05 AJ yes😍
3 likesASMR bro!
1 likeA S M R
0 likesVery beautiful! Really touched my heart
0 likesI was bullied all through school- not just name calling, I mean I was pushed down stairs and had my nose broken with my favorite book ..
8 likesthen a new girl came and I thought bullying her would help my chances in school.
1. bullying is never the answer
2. she's my best friend now, 8 years later
i've literally been bullied my entire life. Yes, some parts were harsher than others, but they always come back for more. The teasing went away for a short while, but then other people were bullying me,now that the other group stopped, the first group have started up again, and i know this will continue through sixth form because there are too many bullies to escape
5 likes, but this is my final year and despite the fact no one can or will stop the bullying, i hope i can get through it all, To anyone being bullied, please know you arent alone
If there's anything that the movie Koe No Katachi has taught me, it's that no one is perfect. Everyone is mean at some point and sometimes we hurt the most sweetest people with only the purest of intentions. The world is an incredibly unfair place.
11 likesThere was a girl named Lucy in my middle school Latin class. She was, well, an easy target. Her social skills weren't up to par with everyone else's, she had an aide with her at all times, she would demand things. I remember that feeling in seventh grade of making fun of her - it was easy, it was something I could say to relate to other people in the room, to make myself one of them by moving any comments toward her. A part of me felt bad, but at the time, I didn't care.
4 likesBy the time I reached high school I vowed to be better to her. It didn't mean much; she left the class after freshman year. But I remember her. She didn't deserve that.
Middle schoolers are the worst.
CAN DODIE KEEP DOING THIS CAUSE HONESTLY I COULD LISTEN TO HER SOFT VOICE READING FOREVER
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Jacketeer : It's like ASMR but better because it's meaningful
36 likesi love her voice it’s like soft rain
1 likeI could watch/ listen to this on repeat for so long, it's so meaningful and hedy is so talented
0 likesI wish I was best friends with the girl who told stories about being magical she sounds awesome
3 likesI remember in 7th grade, i was bullied. I was bullied by one of my best friends friend, i never knew why she hated me so much. She would call me names as i walked by her, or just straight up say it in my face. Because of her, i was diagnosed with depression and felt like i wasn't worth anything. Eventually the bullying had stopped and she had apologized to me in 8th grade, which i knew was a fake apology. I remember after she had "apologized" i ran out of the area i was in, and ran to the bathroom and cried. Behind my back she had asked her friends why i didn't accept the apology, and said she wanted to fight me. To this day i'm still afraid she might bully me again. She has sorta been nicer to me, but i know she has been threw some things in her past but i just wanted to finally get it off my chest. thank you to whoever has read the whole thing.
6 likesThis was absolutely beautiful, Dodie. Don't laugh, but It made me cry. i love your video and your voice. also, ive aready pre-ordered your book, i cant wait to read it and i will comment on it when im done. Thank you for your time.
4 likesI dont get bullied as much, and havent really been since elementary school. Even then, it didnt happen often, but once i got to middle school, it all pretty much went away. I had more self confidence, and i was friends with the nice popular girls, and had a prety wide-spread friend group, as well as my extremly reliable online group. I have also been a bully, but its moslty just things i say in my head or under my breath. But i do talk about people behind their backs, and it stems from my social anxiety and the feeling of needing to be included.
5 likesi started reading a part in dodies book and i just thought ‘huh, this sounds really familiar!’ so i looked up this video and it was just a mini audiobook session and it made me happy
2 likesI got the book for Christmas today, and it was one of the best gifts I got, and I got lots of wonderful things. I read along while you talked, and your other stories inspire me SO much. I'm going to celebrate Christmas with family that is a good couple hours away, and I will definitely bring this book with. I love the cover, and I think my favorite story is the one about hedy, and 'fame.' I love every word, picture, and page in this book, and I love that you took the time to write it. I hope you have a very merry Christmas, Dodie! Again, thank you for all the wonderful things you have done.
6 likesI remember reading this part in her beautiful book, so many of her stories have stuck with me, and helped me, I have re read her book numerous amounts of times, and always skim over my favourite paragraphs. I love you dodie😌 (also Hedy is an incredible artist)
1 likeI used to be outgoing like the rainbow backpack girl. I would wear a thick rainbow headband and a cute fox hat. I had a few problems that I already tried to leave behind, but that never stopped me from wearing what I wanted. Every day I heard people calling me names like "furry" (and furries aren't bad people, or kept calling me gay and teasing saying other things like, "Where's your girlfriend?", but they brought things further... to worse levels. I was teased, called names, and every now and then I would call my mum to take me home. About a year later, I wore a dark grey sweatshirt. No one noticed me much anymore, yet I still heard people mumble things like, "Isn't she that one girl from last year?" To the next note, I had two really close friends to me. One was way to conceited and bragged a ton, but I still love her and the other was a quiet person I never listened to when I wish I had. These people made me feel more powerful... outgoing again. Till one day, I felt I had power over them. Due to my stupid actions, I lost them. My actions still somewhat haunt me, but every now and then I see them around and I dearly miss them. I felt that my story closely relates to yours. Not quite the same, but you reminded me of it. You're a great person and I learned to not let anyone tell you lesser.
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Nice name, but I've already tried. :')
0 likesThis is personal but my cousin actually commited suicide and it left us all horrified. Please just watch Shane or ryland or dodie and have a nice laugh. I don't want anyone getting hurt :') happy Shane 12 million
1 likeAww, I'm sorry for your loss. I hope everything's getting better. Happy Garret 1 Million. :')))
1 likeIt's been a year we are getting better thanks:) happy ryland 1 million
0 likesThere is a girl in my school that has a massive crush on me, and everyone tells her to die because she's gay. But I totally accept her.. and to be honest.. I like her too.. this is why I hang out with her so much and defend her even though most of the time she's defending me.
3 likesHedy is an amazing illustrator omg. also this was beautiful
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2 likesthe key to stop bullying is to just be funny (literally)
5 likeslike in middle school this girl bullied me all the time
and he said something stupid "I hate your face"
then I actually said back to her "well I love yours sweet cheeks" (I was weird okay)
and everybody busted out laughing
but she had nothing to say back to me :3
and it works because they only bully you to see you get upset so just don't get upset
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no not really, I tried it in 6th grade and came home with a bruise and broken glasses
0 likesThroughout the whole video I thought dodie was the one drawing and I was like, "wow, how can there be so much talent in one family?" But then she said it was drawn by Hedy. 😂 They're still both very talented.
2 likesMoral of the story: A bully can change if they choose to
2 likesI was bullied from primary school literally non stop until I was around 16. I was too smart, the teachers pet, I was weird, a freak, the other kids would refuse to play with me, one kid choked me, one kid said I had a disease and informed everyone not to touch me, and they listened. They had a petition they all wrote on for me to kill myself. I felt on the outside, I felt I was only in my friend group out of pity and I found it really difficult to make friends and keep them. I found out why years later. I have autism, sure it's not the only reason but a big part of why I am the way I am. I had believed what others said about me for so long that now it's ingrained in me. Even if I know it's not true, some part inside doesn't. I'd like to say I'm 100% better now but I'm not. I'm human and we all have our own struggles but I'm working on it.
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Calvin McLaughlin Omg it's Calvin from Kelly's channel. HI
0 likesChloe Hancox Yup! Hey :)
0 likesCalvin McLaughlin I'm picked on a bit at the moment, and as a really socially awkward, incredibly shy person, I can't stand up for myself. Also everyone calls me teachers pet behind my back. My name is shouted over the class really loudly, and to some they take it in their stride, but for me its the most humiliating thing ever!! My self esteem and confidence is plummeting. I am now wondering why this is, and think it could be that I possibly have Asperger's. How did you find out, and do you have any advice!!? Thanks!! ❤️
1 likeC J HEATHERS 😂❤️
0 likesWE NEED MORE AUDIOS OF DODIE READING!! this video helps me get to sleep i find dodies voice so soothing!
3 likesAaaah!! I knew Hedy did the illustrations! I just felt it! I'm so proud, she does so good! I loved the story and I hope to have the money to purchase your book someday!!
0 likesThis was such an inspirational video and I have been bullied, I haven’t been a bully so I can’t relate. I’m asking for your book for my Birthday so I can read it, I’m really looking forward to reading it. 💕🌸
1 likeplease please please do an entire audio book! your voice is so soothing to me and this video is one of my favorites ever!
3 likesThey should honestly show this in schools; this is beautiful.
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Uke Girl OMG yesss
2 likesLiteral gonna send this to my form teacher lol
1 likeHedy is an amazing artist!! I hope she sticks to it. She's incredible!!
0 likesOmg Hedy is amazing at drawing and I'm so happy you shared this story with us Dodie! Love you both!
0 likesOmg I am literally crying. She writes so beautifully! I am SO excited for the book, if it's half as good as this video! Also, omg Hedy is so good at art it's unbelievable.
0 likes"...until I secretly became a collage of my favorite parts of other people."
0 likesWhat a beautiful yet utterly heart-breaking line.
at first i was like 'wow dodie can draw really well' and then i noticed the hands were a bit too small for dodie hands and i literally screamed 'OH ITS HEDY'
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SAME
14 likesClaire Feather I actually knew it was hedy cause of dodies snapchats yesterday about how hedy was working for her bebe
34 likesitsjusthedy
3 likesWhos hedy?
2 likesJaz Le Hedy is Dodies sister
1 likeJaz Le dodies little sister
2 likesWAIT THIS WAS HEDY OMG SHES SO GOOD
37 likesClaire Feather SAME!
1 likeClaire Feather OH MY GOSH ITS HEDY????!!!!!??!?? omg. IM STARSTRUCK!
11 likesOoooh i'm starstruuuck, oooh no gravity for us <3
4 likesomg i was just thinking wow i didn't know dodie could draw i didn't even realise the hand size hahaha
2 likesSame :p
2 likesClaire Feather same
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0 likestoilet brush You are literally making fun of a disorder where people suffer from it therefore it is normal for people to stand up for it. "Welcome to life and the Internet so don't get butt hurt" is a poor comeback. Think harder for the next one lol. 😂
0 likesCan we just appreciate for a second how good she is at painting like OMG 💚
0 likespeople hated me for having heterochromia cause one day my bully ripped off my eyepatch saying like "why do you always wear that stupid eyepatch?" People started calling me weird eye freak but hey my friend told me to ignore them and i did i wouldnt be here if i never met my friend Anyway thanks for reading all of my blabbing heh ( ik my english is bad sorry)
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Ninja Midnight heterochromia is hella cool. Keep being you and embrace yourself for who you are!
2 likesWhat the actual frickydizzle are they talking about. Heterochromia is actually the coolest thing ever!
2 likesWhat colours are your eyes? (If you don't mind me asking)
0 likesI've always found heterochromia to be so cool and beautiful! Embrace the differences. They're too blind to see the beauty
0 likesomg I had NO IDEA Hedy drew those pictures!! wowowow she did an amazing job :) well done hedy 💜
1 likeWhat a beautiful collage of art and philosophy - thank you for this :)
0 likesI teared up a bit. I used to be one of the girls with a rainbow bag. Hearing you say those things gave me some sort of feeling of closure, even if the people who laughed at me were others. I hope she sees this because it's beautiful and so reassuring.
528 likesThank you for creating this, both to you and your beautifully talented sister. I love this video <3
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I used to be what Dodie was. People would make fun of me, so to try to fit in, I kinda picked on this one kid a bit. Looking back at it, I feel so horrible and hope they know, somehow, that it was not their fault and there isn't anything they should fix about themselves. It was me that I needed to fix. I guess why this video hit me so hard.
37 likesCurrently being bullied, something I never thought I would have to deal with. I dread going to school and haven't figured out how to continue going, since it's all my old friends who have turned against me - I have almost no one left. I still have the rest of year 12 and the whole of year 13 before I can get away, and you can be sure as shit that if one of them is going to my uni I'm going to go to a different one.
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Hey, I'm not sure if you'll read this since your comment is a month old, but I just wanted to say you'll get through it. I know those two years seem a lifetime away, but they'll come soon enough. High school/secondary school depending on what you call it is not much like real life. I'm finally a senior in high school (year 13) and I've never had too many friends. I don't dress as nice as everyone else, I don't have much money for a person in my area, and I'm a bit too 'different.' I've had to deal with my share of bullying but something I've realized along the line is: it doesn't matter. Sure, it hurts and they should not be doing it, but none of it will matter soon enough. The people who really matter will stick by you, and anyone else who doesn't was never worth it in the first place. You'll meet new people in uni, and in life itself that will love you for you. Those people who've bullied you won't matter and you'll end up stronger than they'll ever be. You are lovable, you are loved, and you'll be okay. Just keep your chin up, finish school, and never stop being yourself. No matter what anybody else says.
1 likeI needed this. Thank you, Dodie. I was bullied severely when I started secondary school, to the point that I hid myself away from everyone and rarely spoke to people about what was happening to me. There actually came a time when a group of people came up to me and smashed my head into a lamppost because I was getting the same bus as them. No one did anything to help me, instead they laughed and jeered at me because they wanted to fit in. I didn't retaliate because my mum always told me to be strong, and I tried my best. Hearing this made me realize that I'm not alone, so I thank you Dodie. Thank you.
0 likesHedy your illustration was absolutely beautiful, you've developed such a style for yourself and at such a young age! Brilliant work never stop learning new techniques and styles in illustration, you're amazingly talented!
0 likesWelp, we can't all be perfect. We were all bullied and we all did something like bullying- you had the courage to tell the world! atlest you aren't
2 likes"I was perfect. They hated me for it! I loved everyone! I never did anything wrong!"
You are.
"I was bullied- but I did the same. I am just as bad,"
You are very brave.
To the girl with the rainbow bag ~ you're just like all of us, except you chose to be yourself for you and didn't change for anyone else.
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309 likesdoddlevloggle. We all have those bumps in the road. Some harder than others. And some could make that road all messed up. We're here for you. All your wonderful fans. And believe me. Your videos help. They make us happy, or sad, or even upset because of what other people did to you. But what's important is that even though all of this. You stand, and even though you might fall. You get back up, no matter how long it takes.
28 likesYour fans love you.
See you in the next video.
doddlevloggle Thank you Dodie, I love you so much!
3 likesI have sudden urge to cry after listening to the vid and reading this comment
31 likesI felt like the rainbow might symbolize being part of the LGBT and thus, the story kinda symbolizes a child who chose to be herself being bullied, but I know that's not true according to the story. Nonetheless, it was a really great story to put you in bed or just for listening, thank you Dodie, for spending your time making awesome videos 😌.
26 likesKawaii Kayleigh preach
0 likesKawaii Kayleigh yup preach
1 likeKawaii Kayleigh iiiiii
2 likesGot to say, i'm probably the equivlanet of the rainbow bag girl, except i had a black bag with patches, as did other kids in my class and as do many people now. I have always, always been myself. I like what I like and I do what I want to do. I'm 24 and all but one of my childhood friends has left me.
18 likesIt's liberating to be yourself but my god it's lonely sometimes.
I have finally just pre-ordered this! Thank you thank you thank you!! You are the most inspirational person and strongest person I have ever seen! You never fail to amaze me! Keep smiling! :D xxx
0 likesI'm SOO in love with hedy's illustrations, like for real, how can such a young girl have such a talent when i'm sitting here being 19 and cant do anything right :D <3
0 likesyou are so brave and wonderful for doing this, dodie. it shows how far you've come and how much you've learnt, and i'm so proud of you. <3
0 likesI was bullied in second grade by a girl called Chelsea but I under stand why she didn't get to live with her parents which makes a huge effect of sadness in your life but I don't under stand why she flick paint water in my eye (paint that is in water) and I didn't like the class put all attention on me :(
1 likeBoth of you have this chilling, aesthetically pleasing way with any form of artistry.
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Shanna Howell imagine the parents
229 likesAwww, this art style is adorable! And the aesthetic of the wood with the watercolor is just 👌
0 likesGreat story too of course 😊 Thanks for sharing and being so open 💕
I am actually going through what you used to, I'm glad you shared this. This definitely helped. I just hope the bullying will staph.
0 likesThanks for sharing! I just found you're channel and I'm so glad I did! P.s Time to go on the hunt for you're new book, looks lovely! 😘
0 likesI love how pretty this is. I might really want to paint this good. Hedy is a talent powerhouse.
0 likesDear the girl with the rainbow backpack,
509 likesI'm sorry for what you went through and I hope that you look back on the moments where the laughter felt the worst and you smile because you know that you got past that. I hope that you are living a good life and are surrounded by people that accept you. dodie sends the same wishes and she can sympathize with what you went through, even though she was part of your pain. I hope you still have the backpack and that you still dream big, because no matter the hardships, fantasizing can always help. I hope that there were people there to help you. I hope that you are happy and content and well. People get bullied because they are different. You were different. But different is strong.
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1 likedifferent is beautiful.
6 likesIs there nothing that hedy and dodie can't do between them? They're so talented! ❤️
2 likesBloody hell, this was amazing. I was the male version of this experience and still feel guilt for anyone I may have upset then too.
0 likesI feel even more inspired to start own vlogs, as part of my own healing process, based on the back of watching this video.
Thanks for this wonderful story, it asks for sympathy and when you hear stories like these you understand the motive. Have a nice day :)
0 likesBeautiful job, dodie and hedy! Brought me to tears!
0 likesYou are so sweet... I'm so glad I get to know you in some way even if only online. Cute story Dodie and beautiful paintings Hedy!
0 likesyou should do an audiobook thing where you read your book because your voice is sooo nice to listen to its so calming
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Your name is so cool!
2 likesriver song ;) ayyy nice dw reference in your name and also same i love dodie's voice lol
6 likesThis was truly inspirational. And your voice was so calming, soft, and sweet. I feel as if I am the girl with the rainbow bag in other cases. This made me cry tears of joy. Thank You.
0 likesThis was really relatable, thank you dodie<3
0 likesThank you for this. This was so healing.... (trigger warning extreme bullying and suicidal thoughts). The bullying in elementary drew me into trying to end myself in my third grade class. My bully was sitting next to me telling me horrible things. Trying to make me believe things about the future of me and my mom. When she saw that I was choking myself with an extreme enthusiasm and without a thought of having a limit, she pleaded me to stop. She was crying. I continued. The teacher must have done something. Thinking back about it, maybe she was bullied too. Doesn't justify. But it helps bring closure and to understand that it wasn't because I did wrong. I openly loved things I liked too. Maybe she was mad about that freedom. If she was abused too....because my mom saw that the girl's mom always seemed....off...only if the girl knew that we both were being tortured at home. Maybe we could have helped each other heal. Maybe we did....She taught me that hurt people do bad things. I taught her that actions have consequences that may be permanent.
1 likethe story was amazing!! and ur sisters drawing skills are just wow!😍
0 likesthis is absolutely one of the best stories. down to earth and real. i'm proud to be a fan of yours, and i'm really happy you are able to own up to your mistakes.
0 likesThanks Dodie for posting this really amazing video, it's really great that you spoke out about both sides of bullying and I'm sure most people can relate to all sides of the people in your story.
0 likesLove the drawings :) you're story really resonated with me... good luck for the future.
0 likeswatching this for the third time, and i tear up every time.
2 likesLove this! And to the girl with the rainbow bag, I hope you still have a little bit of that little girl in you, the little girl who didn't really wash her hair, told stories of magic and fairy's and carried around a rainbow bag... ❤️
1154 likesi love listening to you talk. your voice just soothes me and make me feel calm.
0 likesThis story touched my heart 💛 I CANT WAIT TO READ UR BOOK!
0 likesThis is a really amazing story and hedy is an amazing artist. Also your voice is h e a v e n l y with headphones <3
0 likesOh my gosh Hedy's drawing style is so beautiful!! I might try to do something like that (if she doesn't mind of course :3)
0 likesWhy am I crying?!!😫 my new favourite quote: everyone is just a collage of their favourite people
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*favourite parts
17 likesI literally paused to write it down because I loved it so much.
8 likesKinda sad but also so real and beautiful.
11 likesNeema topia same
1 likeDon't worry I Kinda cried to
1 likeikr. like, it's so true when u rlly think about it though. and then from the different parts of other people, we make new characteristics, which make us into who we are.
10 likesMaddy Anna 800th Like!😁
3 likesIts like "First!" But being honest
0 likesMaddy Anna i think matt bellamy said something like that once too 😊
2 likesMaddy Anna often not expressed as only personality traits
1 likeno one probably cares but, I thought that it was bad and I felt that I was copying them...
1 likeI LITERALLY FLIPPING READ THIS AS SHE SAID IT WHY DOES THAT HAPPEN
1 likeMaddy Anna why are you crying😂?
2 likesMaddy Anna then who's the original
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0 likesMaddy Anna honestly
0 likesi like to come back to this video when i feel sad, and it makes me feel better. thank you dodie for making me feel happy x x
0 likesAfter watching your videos, I often feel so relaxed and comfortable! Your videos are relatable, your songs are lovely and you just encourage me to always be kind. Thank you <3
0 likesI've been really struggling to ~find myself~ recently and the part where you said "I felt guilty about that for a while, until I realized that everyone is just a collage of their favorite parts of other people." Wow. Thank you. That one sentence is really what I needed.
0 likesAnd look at you now, dear. You've come so far, and I can say I relate to you in a lot of ways. You're an inspiration to many and a joy to listen to.
0 likesI used to copy people's clothes, the way they did their makeup and even their gestures and the way they speak etc. all throughout my life and i still feel guilty about it but i can't help myself because i was so insecure and i still am
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ipek iero i totally relate to this. easier said than done, but don't feel guilty. you were drawing inspiration from other people and figuring out who you were. what's important now is that you love yourself and build your own, strong, beautiful person! but i have a feeling you're already all of those things. :)
8 likesThis made me smile, thank you! ♥
4 likesOmg that weird girl from cheese in the trap? Lol you should read the manhwa called cheese in the trap. The main character was a victim of this. You'll be able to understand how the other person feels and hopefully you'll be less insecure and won't cooy other people anymore. :) webtoon has the manhwa with english translations or odd squad.
1 like+emma campbell not to be mean, but she should feel guilty because it's traumatic to have someone else copy you and try to be you. She wasn't just "drawing inspiration" from others. However she understands that she was wrong; which is good. Hopefully she'll be less insecure as time goes by and she won't plagarize other people anymore. We all make mistakes, what matters is how we learn from them.
2 likesstell la not at all, i completely understand where you're coming from! i didn't think of it that way. however, i do think that guilt is a wasted emotion and she's learned from it. what matters now is we lift each other up and learn to be comfortable in our own skin. i totally agree with you on that. :)
0 likesIt's natural to imitate the gestures and language of those around you.. for example your parents. If you think about it, you make a lot of the same facial gestures.
4 likes+stell la you think it's 'traumatic' to have someone copying you? I feel much more sympathy for the one copying as they are not confident enough to be themselves.
I did the same because I don't have creativity
2 likesstell la wow.
1 likeI relate. I copy the ways my friends speak. They don't seem to notice, but sometimes I realize I am and try my best to act like myself. This is a problem for me since I have one friend that I'm super confident being weird with and joking around and not caring what others think. Then I have a friend that's quiet. Shy. And talks in a deep voice. I act more like myself with the first friend. However I'm getting better at "being myself" and I'm beginning to stop immitating less and less. I hope this shows people who do the same as I do that you don't have to act like your friends for them to like you. That was my mistake.
3 likesI speak exactly like my friend. It isn't on purpose we're just around each other so much I picked up on it. It's weird.
0 likesfrank iero and the piløts at the disco I like your username
1 likeHey everyone probably does it mine is probably worse I used to watch tv so much my accent changed, but sometimes it makes you feel better to "copy" other people. if I didn't do that I wouldn't have become the person I am today. I like to do stupid and dumb things that make people think I'm absolutely insane and it's the funniest thing ever i basically laugh at my own stupid jokes lmao
3 likesLlamacorn Lana so me right there c:
0 likesIve been doing that lately but small things from my favorite celebrities like how they bite their lip or lick thwir lips
0 likesI've been bullied, but once, I've been a bully too. It wasn't horrible, but because I wanted to fit in I turned on one of my good friends. It was in year ONE, YEARS AGO and even though she accepted my apology and what not, I STILL feel horrible. I If I could go back in time, I'd undo that. But now, I'm one of the kindest people out there and I know things would have been different if I undid that. I wish we got closer ( I moved away for a two years then came back ) when I returned, and now I always wear the burden of bullying her, even if it was not even a full lunchtime I did. I'm sorry again, Hope.
77 likes( As I mentioned above, that was a one time thing. Never again do I ever, EVER want to do it again. I've learned from that one mistake and would rather jump off a cliff then bully. Please do not attack me. Thank you Dodie, because of this video you too have made me feel confident sharing this personal experience. I usually get to ashamed to talk about it but this video helped me.)
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Don't be ashamed. It was a mistake and you've learnt from it. I understand where you're coming from. Don't let the guilt eat you, it's okay to feel it but don't let it eat you. Move on a try to rebuild a friendship.
14 likes~A random girl on the internet
Thank you so much, you're right - it won't do me any good if I feel guilty 24/7.
0 likesSwaggyGal Msp Hey, I understand that you're having a hard time right now but that doesn't mean that you can call someone else out. I've been a bully in the past and I've tried to redeem myself- so many people have gone through this exact experience. Just because something bad is currentlly happening to you doesn't mean you can hurt someone else.
5 likesThat makes you become the bully.
I do sincerely hope it gets better though. Best wishes :)
i just don't understand why you would do that when you know what it's like... idk about yall but being bullied made me wanna fight every bully in existence.. like i'm glad you learned from your mistakes but still
2 likesL. L. I think they were bullied after they actually bullied this person but I can't be sure.
0 likesPopcorn Wolf still like i could not stand the thought of making someone feel bad for merely existing...yall must have known thats how you made them feel? how do you cope with that
0 likesL. L. It's not easy at all. You think about it and think about how you could have affected that person. You destroy yourself because of it and you want to make yourself feel the pain that person felt.
1 likeBut instead you try to be a good person. You try to make sure that no one feels that way- even people who hate you and bully you.
When you first bully someone you don't do it for fun. There's always a proper motivation. For me it was that I wanted to stay friends with the "cooler kids". Other people do it because something bad is happening at their home.
While it is a bad way to cope with things and the bullies aren't completely innocent- people like this person are trying to make up for their past.
I understand if you don't get it, I only get it because I have been the bully and know what you feel when you realise what you've done.
Popcorn Wolf i don't buy that whole thing about bullies having it bad at home or something tragic that changed them and made them bully other people
0 likeslike im sure a whole lot of them had it like that but bullies are actually more confident and they tend to have it all together. for most of my bullies it was like this. they had fun picking up on me. i was literally just a joke.
and i appreciate that people are trying to make up for the past but if my bullies came to me with an apology i don't think i'd be ready to forgive
and a lot of the time the reason kids get bullied is because there's something different about them. it's not always about the bully themselves having a tragic past or being jealous of the kid they're bullying. people who act or look or talk different get bullied because kids are conditioned to think these are bad features.
for example i took everything literally and i didn't quite understand people's humor and i got easily obsessed with stuff like comics and i was uncomfortable doing group work - as you may have guessed these are common features in autistic kids. and people love to make fun of autism. now i don't think i am actually autistic but there is definitely something different going on in my head like i've just always known it. anyway on top of all this i always tried to please everyone which was apparently a very annoying feature to have!! and all my friends were members of the opposite gender which doesnt sound bad at all now that i'm a lot older but at the time it was something to make fun of :/
and idk about you but in my country people use the word "autistinen" (it means autistic as you may have guessed) to describe people that are annoying, disliked and weird. kind of how in english people use the word "gay" as an adjective to describe things they don't like (other quite a commonly used word is r*tarded)
it is no coincidence that people who differ from the norm are bullied. its the result of systematic oppression rather than the tragic backstory of the class bully - even though i admit it does play a part (one of my bullies really seemed to have it rough at home and all his friends seemed troubled too but for the most part my bullies were just enjoying life tbh)
and again i'd like to say i appreciate that people are trying to make up for the bullying but it is no coincidence why yall picked certain people to bully and why everyone else thought it was funny too. i think people kind of unconsciously pick out the "annoying" and "weird" kids without realizing why exactly they think the features these kids have are annoying and weird. like im not trying to call anyone out i just feel like its good to acknowledge this.
L. L. I understand that and won't try to change your mind. You have your views, I have mine.
0 likesI'm sorry for wasting your time.
Popcorn Wolf interesting that you feel like you wasted my time. i thought you seemed very nice and had good points on the subject but i understand if you don't want to have a conversation about this like i would have loved to hear more about your views on the subject but if you don't want to i understand. have a good day/evening/night
0 likesoh and you "won't try to change my mind"? you say that like my mind should be changed 🤔 or maybe i'm reading too much into this
0 likesanyway i doubt youre gonna reply to my comments anymore so have a good one
I wasn't a serious bully though. It wasn't even for a whole little kid lunchtime. I only consider it bullying because my desire to fit in and be welcomed ignored the victim wanting my friend and I to stop. I feel really bad about it though and would NEVER do ANYTHING relating to bullying again.
1 likeI think the person who was bullied gets to decide how serious it was and whether they felt it was bullying or not but I understand
0 likesClearFlower you. Are. Me. I did the exact same thing ONCE and I regret it more than anything
0 likesSame,But I was peer pressured into bullying and I regret being friends with them then they started to change me into a bad person now I realize all my wrong actions and have changed my peer group now I sit with nice people. And I was also being bullied a lot at school because I was too thin and people would often take advantage of that but I ignore them now. Now I'm way nicer
0 likesThis is such a beautiful video ❤️❤️❤️ thank you for so elequantly describing anxiety, insecurity, growth, individuality and bravery. Truly inspiring and made me smile in that way of relief when someone understands
0 likesThis vid actually made me tear up a little. Love your videos dodie <3
0 likesThanks for this video ♥️ I used to be bullied, pretty badly by my best friend until about the second year into high school, luckily I had supportive people in my life and managed to step away from that 'friendship' we are both doing better now and I'm so glad things went the way they did ♥️
0 likesbeing beautiful isn't always about the shoes you wear or the way your coat looks. it's about admitting to your past faults and experiences and being able to come to terms with them. im really proud of you dodie
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Via Rose thank you for this
9 likesBeauty can be about outward complexion yes just as long as that doesn't shadow the more important things like personality and etc...
2 likesCourtneysNoneExistingLife I completely agree.
1 likeI love your art style! I'd love to see you draw more!
0 likesEveryone is just a collage of their favorite parts of other people. I love that. We can't be likable to everyone and not to everyone. Seems like it always lies somewhere in between.
0 likesthis was beautiful ❤ I thought you were drawing until i reached the end of the video when you said it was Hedy lol
1 likeher voice is so calming.
2 likesHedy is so talented
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I know right!
29 likesi'm so jelly
9 likesHarry
0 likesHarry ikr
3 likesDodie's family is just great
5 likesthe drawings are sooo adorable! the style is cute! <3
0 likesit's really brave of you to admit the fact that you bullied someone, i appreciate that.
0 likesI was a bully for a bit when i was 10 and i nearly got expelled so I've definitely learnt my lesson!
0 likesDon't do bullying,kids.
This is amazing, dodie 😢 reminds you to always be yourself or you will regret it when you grow older x
0 likesfake acceptance. in primary school i used to be friends with a group of girls who'd call me a smart ass if i used longer words than they were used to. it brought down my confidence so much, but i stayed with them, they were the popular girls who'd hang out by the bins before school, run through the corridors at lunch and i ran with them. they'd laugh at the smarter, more out there girls in my class, calling them geeks and nerds and would say the same to me if i showed interest in them. if i didn't join in i'd be ridiculed, not just by the girls but by the boys who thought they were amazing. i was never like them, small and beautiful, i am 5"9 and uncomfortable. but they are now also the girls in high school who drink vodka at the beach at 3 in the afternoon. i don't run with them anymore, i stopped after the amounts of times i fell. they tripped me up but never had the time to help me back up again. so no i do not drink at the beach but i do hug my best friend of two years and laugh with them and feel safe and beautiful and happy. thank you dodie.
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This is nice :)
3 likesPlanetary Immy very,
0 likesim sorry and your comment is amazing but they hung around the bins lol
1 likejessica badhan it was seen as cool idk either
2 likesPlanetary Immy
1 likeTHATS EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED AND STILL IS TO ME RIGHT NOW
This was actually the first video I saw from dodie. Now she is my favorite youtuber and I own her book.
0 likes"Everyone is a collage of their favourite parts of other people" dodie this literally planted something inside of me and gave me a new perspective. When I'm feeling down this way of thinking always makes me smile :)
0 likeswow, this is beautiful. it completely describes my life and expierience with both bullying and being bullied. it affects you still years after it happens and the struggle to speak up in conversations and feel lovable is soooo fucking true
0 likesI love her voice I wish she did audio books💗
0 likesWhen I first started watching dodie I was not in a good mind set. I was a very weird child so I often got bullied by it. But then there was this girl who started hanging out with me... I finally realized 6 months later that I was in love with her. I would always hang out with her and call her and then one day she showed me one of dodies videos and I fell in love with them now I love dodie and her. There are still some people out there that will make stupid little comments about my hair or acne but as long as I have dodie and my love I will always be able to get past it. Please if your getting bullied tell someone I know it might not seem like anyone's there for you but right when you least expect it you'll meet someone and you will no longer be alone. Oh yea me and that girl are dating now and watch dodies videos together. And all because we were to weird children who needed a friend.❤️❤️
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THIS IS THE CUTEST STORY EVER
54 likesthis was so pleasant to read!!! i hope you two are very happy because i'm happy that you're happy!!!!!!!!
28 likesmilkybags awww thanks I'm the happiest I've ever been right now and hopefully my girlfriend is too.
11 likesI ship to many people this was literally so sweet, and it brightened my day so thank you :) and I'm so happy for you
10 likesClare // aww thanks and it makes me happy that your happy 😊
6 likesThis was so sweet and nice. Thanks for sharing. Also, I love your profile picture :)
5 likesDreadgroundhog4 I like your profile picture too 😂
5 likesThis almost made me cry. (I'm just emotionally unstable)
9 likesThank you 💗
0 likesleonie juliette i did cry :D
2 likesSooooo cutee😫
4 likesI ship to many people I'm very happy for you two ♡
0 likesSumehra Jamal thanks.❤️❤️
0 likesYou're so strong. I wish I had the courage to tell my crush that I like her. But I cant bc unfortunately, she likes someone else...
2 likesdavey Crockett throws clocks at you bc you need to get with the times
20 likesdavey Crockett EURGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
12 likesPeople shouldn't dictate who others are allowed to love that's just wrong.
davey Crockett I disagree, there are MANY married lesbian couples that live happy together. You just haven't seen them.
13 likesdavey Crockett okay look. I disagree STRONGLY with your comment and I understand that you are entitled to your opinion and it's not my job to tell you what's wrong or right or try to change your mind, but I do have the right to give you my opinion on this and maybe give you a new perspective on stuff. Anyone can love anyone. And sure your heterosexual and you feel a strong attraction to men or women depending on your gender. But is their someone in your life who means SOO much to you that is the same gender as you?? You might even say you LOVE them? Just not sexually? Well I could tell you that's wrong but you can't help it, you love this person and I don't have the right to tell you who you should and shouldn't love. That's my opinion and maybe I gave you a new perspective on stuff.
3 likesdavey Crockett you have you opinion and I have mine I love my girlfriend just like you probably love someone. It's 2017 everyone can love whoever they want to. I wouldn't go up to you and say straight people are fucking disgusting because there not. I don't care who you like or marry as long as your a good person. Tearing someone down just because of who they love is not ok. But you can have your opinion but just don't be mean about it. What if you said that to someone who was suicidal and they were so done with hearing that , that they killed them selves. And all they needed was a friend how bad would you feel. And there are PLENTY of lesbian couples that stay together for there entire life so I don't know where you got the idea there is none.I just wanted to say that even though you commented something quite mean I hope you have a nice day.
1 likeValeria ibanez I'm sorry that really sucks.:(
0 likesdavey Crockett can you not just accept that we're happy the way we are, you're apparently happy the way you are, and move on? It's not hurting you, so don't hurt us with your snide comments and rude remarks.
4 likesdavey Crockett okay so if you want to get all sciencey pal here u go.
4 likeshomosexuals are actually essential for the survival of many species. this is because when heterosexual parents died or abandoned their offspring, the homosexual couples would adopt and raise them, whereas heterosexual couples wouldn't as they were able to reproduce themselves. homosexuality exists in over 1500 species. homophobia only exists in one: humans.
davey Crockett
3 likes1. i did lol but sure
2. that's cos they were FAKING IT. do you honestly think a smile means someone's happy ? you cannot tell what someone's life was like by a photograph. we all know the media only show what they want us to see, just nowadays honesty is becoming more socially acceptable.
3. they're not bragging about their identity by talking about it through social media ? they're helping others understand that what they feel is okay. sexuality is not a choice. seeing a picture of amber rose cannot turn someone lesbian. nothing can turn someone lesbian. something can make someone realise they are, but it isn't possible to change someone's sexuality.
davey Crockett every generation has it's issues. there were good points of the past, but also terrible ones. it's called nostalgia, my friend. we remember the good in the past but always think we have it worse right now, which isn't necessarily true in all aspects of life.
2 likesand you're talking about focussing on issues that "aren't important" such as equal rights, then why don't you just let these people live and go raise money for people overseas ? why are in this comment section right now undoing work done in a movement that we wouldn't even need to spend time on if people like YOU didn't exist ?
davey Crockett when did this turn to feminism ? equal rights doesn't just refer to men/women, and I wasn't even talking about that so im not going to discuss this. you legit just completely changed the subject. im talking about letting people be who they want to be. also, my grandmother was depressed. and my mum. so am i. people have been depressed at every point in history so don't even go into that.
2 likesdavey Crockett i was responding to a point you made, and never mentioned older women, that was you ? the equal rights i was talking about were between the hetero and queer. why should heteros be allowed to love who they love but lgbtq+ people can't ? why does it bother you so much ? this is the conversation i was trying to have, YOU changed it, not me.
2 likescece x I wish I could hug you. You are a great person. Thank you from everyone he offended and you stood up for. You deserve a medal 😂❤️
3 likesyour story really moved me, i hope that you and this lovely person will stay together and live happily for a long time 💛
7 likesThat little story was so cute to read!!
2 likesI ship to many people immigrants! #beverlynaidoo
1 likeI ship to many people Awe, that's so cute. <3
3 likesAWWWW I LOVE THIS
4 likesAwwwwww this is the cutest story I have ever read <3
6 likesi ve seen your comments twice now..... and they are both amazing!
3 likesI ship to many people awww that's the loveliest story xx
0 likesif that wasn’t the cutest story ever
0 likesLuckyyy id never be able to date my crush. He's one of my friends, so I'm kind of scared to ruin that if i get rejected. I'm also extremely introverted so that's no help at all
0 likesI’m getting bullied for a long time. I want to talk about it with my friends and family but evertime I mention it they say I should ignore it or say something about it to them. But that’s easier said than done. I tried talking to my student counselor because I thought maybe she would understand, but she said it wasn’t that bad and if it was she would have seen it. Everyday I’m scared to go back to school. Scared of what they will say or do. Scared of things getting worse. Of losing people. Scared my friends would agree with the bullies and bully me too. I am going to an other school this year but instead of being glad I won’t see those bullies again, I am scared of getting bullied again.
1 likeare we going to talk about how beautiful the illustrations are?! holy heck Hedy is filled with talent
0 likesI was bullied and I was also a bully. I could relate to this video on so many levels. Thank you for sharing this with the world. ✌🏽❤️
0 likesI love you so much!! I'm so excited for your book to come out, I can't wait to get it!!!
0 likeswhy is Hedy so good at art
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Mildchilddd :p Practice? Or maybe she's born with the talent OR maybe it's maybeline
35 likesPatricia Santana 😏😏😏😏 references, references
3 likesI just wanna say that her "Everyone is just a collage of their favourite parts of other people" has made me feel okay with myself, more than she could imagine. I've always felt wrong for copying and letting myself be influenced by the rest, but this, and reading many comments that relate to it, made me look at it from another perspective. I've got a lot of thinking to do now <3
0 likesI have never related so much, to every single word of a video. Thank you so much for sharing this.
0 likesOh goodness my heart aches, it was like you'd read
0 likesfrom my own childhood memoirs! Although I don't think I bullied anyone as directly as this, I'm sure I did socially exclude or neglect other kids which is just as shitty.
Highly recommend John Green's video "On Middle School Misery" - heart wrenchingly honest.
Oh my GOD you're an amazing artist.
0 likesI have a duck bag and people keep quacking at me :(
1156 likesI try not to be sad or annoyed though because I love my bag and it means a lot to me because my old best friend (who moved away to Pakistan with no way for me to contact her) had one.
Thank you for listening to my story...
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Tasmin Loganberry That sounds like an awesome bag! Sorry people are making you feel sad.
69 likeswhaaat that sounds like the coolest bag ever, you have a fun bag it has personality, they probably just have a simple boring bag. Honestly fuck them, rock your bag like no other.
49 likesI WANT A DUCK BAG THAT SOUNDS SO COOL but honestly if you just ignore them, they'll probably leave you alone eventually, and hey, maybe they'll end up with duck bags too. Just don't second guess yourself :)
15 likesDon't listen to them having a duck bag sounds amazing,I have a unicorn bag💕
9 likesTasmin Loganberry I FRICKIN LOVE DUCKS I WANT YOUR BAG
8 likesTasmin Loganberry YOU OWN THAT DUCK BAG AND BE LIKE WELL YOUR JUST JEALOUS BC YOU KNOW ITS AMAZING AND YOU WANT IT
5 likesTasmin Loganberry quack back
4 likesdont worry we all love your quack pack here :)
7 likesTasmin Loganberry that backpack sounds awesome! You should oink back at them when they do that because they're acting like pigs
4 likesif you can't deal with it anymore just keep it as an ornament.
2 likesducks are my brothers favourite animal also your bag seems cool
3 likesIgnore them, they will eventually realise that you just don't care and will stop. I know it is difficult to ignore but if you want it to stop then do this! xxxxx
4 likesAlso your bag sounds so cool :)
2 likesTasmin Loganberry don't listen to them and take it as a joke
1 likeI would love to have a duck bag, I bet it is Super Duper adorable :3 don't let those dumb dumbs ruin your adorable bag for you because its yours and only yours.<3 :3
2 likesTasmin Loganberry People laugh and tease me because I love unicorns! I say don't listen to them and enjoy wearing your duck bag! I applaud you👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏼👏🏾
3 likesi know a girl with a duck bag. she's not a very nice person but im so jealous of her bag :)
2 likesI have a spikey bag and people like to poke it and scream
2 likesI have a my chemical romance bag and I get asked if I cut myself quite often. It's annoying and offensive.
6 likesWell I'm Afraid That I youre awesome for having an mcr bag. It means you stand out more and that's a great thing. Also mcr is my favorite band
3 likesTasmin Loganberry when they Quack just make a different animal noise like mooo or oink or baa
2 likesI wore a tweety bird shirt and they kept calling me tweety till I graduated
1 likesmack them with your bag
3 likesay dont listen to them. your bag sounds amazing honestly. i hope the teasing stops tho ❤
1 likeThe Walking Ukulele
0 likesIt wasn't her choice we were in year 6, going to year 7, and her parents were moving back so she had to go as well.
I WANT A DUCK BAG OMG
3 likesTasmin Loganberry Oh right. I would never move to another country myself without wanting to, she's great
0 likesTasmin Loganberry ARMY, JIN
2 likesTasmin Loganberry I love your duck bag.
1 likeTasmin Loganberry I wish I had a duck bag😂 I have a boring galaxy jansport bag
4 likesTasmin Loganberry I love duck bags! They're absolutely cute!! And hey army, don't ever let bad people let you down. You're amazing!
1 likebe the duck and quack them back
2 likesTasmin Loganberry Don't worry those people can quack all they like cause at the end of Thebes there the people that look ridiculous and I would love to have a duck bag! 😂🌷
1 likeTasmin Loganberry you are brave and wonderful 💛💛 don't change until you want to.
1 likeDude, your bag sounds amazing ❤️
1 likeTasmin Loganberry Boi i would love to have a duck bag
2 likesOml that bag sounds so cool! If people are judging you just say like "ha you wish you had a bag as cool as mine" cuz let's be honest they're all just jealous of it.
3 likesboi can i have the duck bag...thats not fair i want a duck bag and i would make fun of their quacking skills
1 likeTasmin Loganberry honestly I would be your best friend I have a unicorn back pack
2 likesYour welcome :) don't let them get to you I'm sure your bag is really cute :D
2 likesWTF I WANT A DUCK BAG OMG I LOVE DUCKS
1 likeTasmin Loganberry ARMY
1 likeTasmin Loganberry I would quack, but just to make sure you also know the language.😊
0 likesBOII I HAVE A DUCK BAG ALSO!! AND I LOVE LOVE LOVE THAT BAG OMAYGAD!!
5 likesI'm sorry for what happened to you, no one knows your story so fuck them right?? 😂😂
JOYS FOR DUCK BAG
Never change for other people :)
4 likesTasmin Loganberry I am so sorry for the situation. Also love your pfp! I would reccommend to do something to embrace the character of the duck, like quacking or flapping your arms. You can enjoy it and play with the rude people. Show them that the bag means a lot to you and don't feel embarresed. If that bag makes you feel happy, no one should stay in front of you enjoying it. If I would see a duck bag on someone I would think that the person is cool behind it because she has something that has character. Embrace it!
3 likesTasmin Loganberry just say, "you want some bread for that scabby mouth?"
1 likeTasmin Loganberry I love ducks they're adorable!
2 likesJust simply don't care, when I moved to a new secondary school, I used to get bullied, although I wasn't bullied harshly. I just laughed with the "bullies" and they simply didn't bully me anymore, now I'm friends with one of them and in good relations with the others
0 likesQ U A C K
3 likesHey! I live in Pakistan too! I feel really sorry for you because sometimes these little things are the memories left of loved ones.. I hope you two get to see each other someday ☺
1 likeTasmin Loganberry lol, i have a friend who looks like a duck because of his lips so we quack at him when we see like a duck figure. hes also the tallest guy in our classroom lol.
0 likesNext time someone quacks at you don't be sad. Just be happy because you have a cooler backpack then them.
2 likesI would love a duck backpack.
Tasmin Loganberry be proud that your backpack is something unique and when someone quacks at you again just ignore them or try to laugh it off
1 likeTasmin Loganberry they're just jealous because your bag is better
1 likeI am Jungsh00k I have a panda bag
1 likeDude i LOVE cute animal bags I have a fluffy dog/wolf bag that has a hood (the hood is the head) and it's the best thing I've ever had if you just stay proud of your back and don't let people make fun of the bag. Maybe next time they quack you can quack back. Someone once said to me "haha did you kill that dog" I answered "yes I went all the way to the woods and shot an innocent wolf just to create a back pack" haha they didn't have anything to say.
3 likesI did have to get a new bag though because the back pack straps keep on slipping. I wanted to get a really bright bag to hurt people's eyes when I walk in the halls. If it wasn't that I would have made it my duty to get that bag that's covered in bells (I love annoying people indirectly)
Well I'm Afraid That I'm sorry that they do that (I love mcr too it has helped me a lot) but people asking if you cut often is terrible but stay strong because I would love a backpack like that
2 likesTasmin Loganberry It's okay at least you have family (us ARMY) and just tell those bullies to be quiet and that they have no jams (jk but seriously it's okay we're all here for you :))
1 likeTasmin Loganberry I have been trying to find a duck bag or any animal I'm jelly of u!!!!
2 likesTasmin Loganberry da'aww that's so cute honey! Keep on being you!
1 likeTasmin Loganberry
1 likeIt's ok fellow ARMY we're here for you
Tasmin Loganberry just be like "GOT A PROBLEM WITH MY DUCK BAG? DEAL WITH IT!" stay strong Hawiting!!
1 likeTasmin Loganberry i used to have a cute bag with cat ears and every now and then people would say pussy over and over again behind me, it made me uncomfortable at the time and i didn't understand why my friends would laugh when i told them but looking back now and it was only about 2 years ago i find it hilarious
1 likeTasmin Loganberry you are a beautiful person, people shouldn't treat you like that at all, if I were you I would just ignore them or point out how disgusting and fucking ugly they are. Don't worry I am here and I love you ♥♥♥
1 likeDUDE, where can I get that duck back, that sounds amazing
3 likesWhaaat I want a duck bag
6 likesTasmin Loganberry it's probably a joke so I would stop taking it as an insult
0 likesI have a dragon bag ^^
1 likeWhat an inspirational story by an inspiring person. 💛
0 likesHedys art is BEAUTIFUL!!! Also yayyy again for book! Your narration was beautiful as well
0 likesThank You for sharing Dodie <3
0 likesHi, I just wanted to say : this is an amazing video. It should be viral !
0 likesI would pay for Hedy to paint my bedroom walls
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where u live boo im getting my paintbrush
70 likesI would pay for her to paint a picture for me
5 likesI WOULD PAY FOR HER TO GET HER PAINTBRUSH OML
12 likesAbigal Dun same omg!
2 likesme too!!
3 likesBabigal Dun i would pay so much omf
2 likesI would pay her to hit me in the head with her ukulele and thank her afterwards
1 likeTo every girl with the rainbow bag out there:
0 likesWe love you, even when others are mean. I'm sorry for all the times I didnt stick up for you like I should have.
This is so beautiful
0 likesAnd you adding the art took the cake :>
💛💛💛💛💛
Stopping being as confident as a im always been was my greatest fear when i was about to start middle school. Teenagers can be really cruel, and i wanted to be as happy as always. Im so happy that the fear vanished and to be enjoing middle school a lot...
0 likesthe drawings are stunning and the words made me cry. you two are a power pair of creativity !
0 likesDodie im watching this in the bathroom of a party why am i like this
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me
227 likesdoddlevloggle well shit mate i love you
79 likesJulia Maroun YES BABE YES CONGRATS MY LOVE
9 likesThe why am i crying in the club meme makes so much sense to me now
29 likesJulia who u don't know,
63 likesJulia flying solo,
Julia in the bathroom by heRSEEEEEEELLLLLFF
(It's a reference to a musical)
michael in the bathroom
42 likesmichael in the bathroom of a party
+Ty Carris i have regret the beers
17 likesMicheal in a bathroom
38 likesMicheal in a bathroom at a partyyyyy
MICHAEL FLYING SOLO
23 likesWHO U THINK THAT YOU KNOW
Michael who
8 likesMICHAEL IN THE BATHROOM
16 likeswould your name happen to be michael lmao
11 likesDID SOMEONE SAY MICHAEL IN THE BATHROOM I'M-
25 likesALL BY HIMSELFFFF (I'm sorry)
15 likespay your fucking taxes i love you 😂
4 likesKatie Brant I LOVE YOU TOO 💛
3 likesMichael in the- you know what, everyone else has already said it, I'm just gonna sit here.
13 likeswell i guess i'm too late for the michael in the bathroom jokes
8 likessame :(
0 likesAm I too late for Be More Chill?
4 likesHamiltrashiness NOW IM JUST MICHAEL IN THE BATHROOM
4 likesJulia Maroun SAME
1 likeTy Carris BMC!
4 likesI AM HANGING IN A BATHROOM AT THE BIGGEST PARTY OF THE FALL
8 likesim so happy that I'm not the only BMC fan here lol
5 likesi love the BMC references
5 likesY E S
0 likesOmg all the BMC references are great!! <3
7 likesAre you hanging in the bathroom at the biggest party of the fall
9 likesmy bmc fan
6 likesme
1 likeJulia Maroun is it the biggest party of the fall
4 likesJulia Maroun MICHAEL IN THE BATHROOM-
9 likesYESSS MICHEAL IN THE BATHROOM ^
10 likesI'M JUST MICHAEL IN THE BATHROOM AT A PARTYYYYY
5 likesBlack_Blossom if only it was the irony would skyrocket
0 likesI'm so late for the BMC jokes but fuck it. MICHAEL IN THE BATHROOM BY HIMSEEEEELF!!!
4 likesmICHAEL IN THE BATHROOM
1 likeMICHAEL IN THE BATHROOM AT A PARTY
FORGET HOW LONG ITS BEEN
+Lilly Doesn't Know Anymore I LOVE YOU CHILD
0 likesLaura ._.
0 likesYES
YOUR AMAZING
THANK YOU
//h.j.d//
0 likesI could stay right here or disappear and no body would even notice at all!
Julia Maroun Michael in the bathroom
0 likesMichael in the bathroom at a party.....
0 likesMICHAEL IN THE BAAAAATHROOOOOOM
0 likesThe drawings are so cute! Dodie I (and lots of others i believe) are going through and have been through these situations
0 likesI love how you used the end of the video to address your wrongdoing to the girl with the rainbow bag. I hope she sees the video and will feel a bit better about the past..
0 likesHedy is so talented! Also I'm glad you made this video, it's going to sound cliché but I'm in you shoes. It's horrible.
0 likesI really wanted this book for so long and now I’m finally getting it TOMORROW! I’m so excited!!!!
0 likesI was bullied all through elementary school. I was the only fat kid in the class with dark curly frizzy hair. I would get gum, banana, paper put into my hair almost everyday. At recces I would go to the back of one of the sheds in the playground and play alone with my Pokemon cards, the only enjoyment I had at these ages. I would come home and pray and wish that I would wake up skinny with blonde straight hair while I was crying on the bathroom floor. I've been beaten by the boys in the class, smacked, tripped, push and more.. Every time I walked from my seat to the front of the class to sharpen my pencil some people would moo.. I was walking home from school and this boy who I will never forget because he was a common threat to my every day childhood life.. He started to follow me on his bike and tried to run over my toes and feet while stopping me from getting home. I kicked his bike so hard it dented and I ran home as fast as I could. The next day I got a indoor suspension.. I would have told my father because god knows he wouldn't have let that happen but I was just happy to be out of the class for a few days.. I've been called fat, ugly, disgusting etc .. Every name in the book really. A couple months ago I received this message on my Facebook.
1873 likes"Hey, i just wanted to say I'm sorry for how i treated you in elementary school... I could have been better to you for how good of a friend you were to me"
I told her that it was okay and that we were children and that I am okay now. She replied:
"thank you... it still doesn't make any of the things that people or that I did any better"
She's right.. it doesn't but as long as she knows that, that means her kids might know that too.. So someone who is chubby with curly frizzy hair doesn't have to want to change their self at 7 years old.
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My goodness, I'm glad your okay now!
64 likesThanks! Took years to get over it but I'm finally coming to terms with it at 22 haha
41 likesThank you! :)
23 likesReading this made me cry. Thank you so much for sharing your story, you are a wonderful human being
31 likesThank you so much for this that was so beautiful. It gives me hope that someday my bullies will realise what they have done, and change for the better. I am very much like that rainbow girl (also used to be bullied for having rainbow stuff lol). But I know that everyone can change, and that gives me hope.
19 likesThis made me cry
16 likesThat was beautiful. Bless your soul. You seem like such a lovely person.
17 likes<3
7 likesAw thanks <3
5 likesI did read it again.
7 likesI had a similar problem except people made fun of my asian features. They would never address me by my name they would just call me 'Ling-ling. I am half Egyptian so they would make jokes about me being a terrorist. One memory that really hurt was when i got tripped up in food tech and nobody helped me they all laughed and pushed me when i tried to stand up. Then pushed me near the pan and i burnt myself. The teacher didn't bat an eyelid which made me feel so alone. I cried and begged my mum to let me have plastic surgery because i hated my eyes so much. It was not that big of a deal for them but it was really big for me. I am 15 but i still struggle to look in the mirror and like what i see. I left that school but the memories are still there.
30 likesAlayna Irene I love your hair in your profile picture omg
8 likesAlayna Irene I just wanted to post a comment so you'd be aware of how many likes you've got
8 likesAlayna Irene Thank you for sharing your story. It was so touching and beautiful. You are such a strong individual and I hope you know how beautiful you really are.
15 likesAlayna Irene everyone is being in their own way
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1 likeAw thank you!!
2 likesWow haha Thank you! Didn't see this!
2 likes:( Man that's disgusting. That teacher should be fired. Don't worry about them.. It will get so much better. I didn't over come "bullying" until my 20s and it still dented me and it always will. lol but it gets better AND you get stronger.
11 likesThank you <3 So much!!
2 likesHaha times change! (this is my other account) now everyone likes my hair :)
1 likeHahah :D
3 likesThanks for the likes everyone. It means so much. (This is my other account ahha) :)
3 likesAlayna Irene Im naturally skinny, with a natural thigh gap. I have thin straugh natural blonde hair. I hate it. I have social anxiety. I wear baggy pants because I hate my thig gap. I dont look anorexic skinny but my thigh gap does make me look skinnier than I am..idk...Then I have a huge nose, acne but still a sort of baby face. I have to shower every day and ik how bad it is. Im too shy to say hi to people. Im not bullied. Id rather be than being invisible. I start to cry infront of the class when I just have to say a few words in a presentation with others. I wish I could go two days without showering and feel confident. Wake up and see a chubby cute girl with a smaller nose, thighs thats touching! Not a back thats weirdly bent. I mean, no one should be afraid of bending over because you think your back bends really weird?
15 likesSince mah thigh aint touching my erm...vagina lips are pretty loose or how to put it. I mean youll see them if I stand up straight. It looks gross! All tose ppl saying oooh my vagina! Its huuge! Then theirs like these small lretty ones. They dont have a thigh gap.
They dont know what its like, to look in the mirror and wanan vomit. What its like looking at peopels legs and seeing their legs touch and thats...not what mine does.
They dont understand how much I wanna speak. I didndt dare to ask for an eraser during a test, and I didnt dare to ask to go get mine. And I didnt dare to scribble iver the wrong answer. Im getting help tho...in math....Im not fialing it but I were close to just a yesr ago, but now they say im the best in the class im in. (A help class for those with F to E)
My mom says: just go up there and speak. My dad once said: Just fricking go and talk as much as you do at home at school then! Then theyll see how sngry and rude you can be! (i pointed out that he was schweing...im not english so idk...too loud at dinner....) youre just a coward! Just open your fu king mouth and speak! Okay he didnt exactly say that (Mostly it was in swedish lol...im swedish) but it made me so sad.
I want do die. I think im going to live one more day tbh...then....I will die. But..I just got. New phone, my mom bought these expensive acne curing products....and we are poor. What we get a month is what one person earns and they even get a bit more, each month. But now dad earned a. It more and they paid for mah phone, I just had to skip one month of getting money (my english is bad sooo yeah...and im too sad to think rn)
If you read it all, thank you.
I dont think ive said a hundred words in school...almost three years in this school now...im 15.
Agreed! <3 stay you girl and don't let the world tell you who you are. Let your true self inside shine through and be kind to those people..... and maybe they'll be kind back. :)
2 likesGirl :( Don't let anyone bring you down. YOU need to keep going and understand that you're important. School will end and that will be gone. Don't do anything you'll regret.
4 likesWhy the fuck would you walk home at 7 years old smh
0 likesWe live in a very small town it is very common for children to walk home. I lived about 4 -5 mins away from school.
3 likesAlayna Irene People were jealous of your cuteness, I wouldn't think that's ugly it's just cute! Girl you had lots of jealous people in your childhood!
3 likesAlayna Irene ooooh shit
8 likesI was the bully...in my school
Now i settled down to be that chill person who gives advise
Alayna Irene I'm so sorry
1 likeAlayna Irene This made me really sad I have brown frizzy hair and I'm glad to say...people like me because of my hair and yeah it hard cuz most people don't have hair like us but that's good! You should feel unique don't look down on yourself I know your older now but I just thought I should say this.
4 likesAlayna Irene
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no wordsAlayna Irene
0 likesI'm crying
Don't Cry! (This is my other channel haha) I'm far over this now. :) Anyone can be as long as they do not let them get to you. I did for YEARS and it does scar but you can't let mean kids control you. I'm sure most of these kids grew up to be good people. It's hard being a kid and like Doodie someone could have found some type of acceptance in bulling me but later come to realize what they were doing was wrong. Like the girl who messaged me! I'm 22 years old. She didn't have to message me but she did and that's important. :)
4 likes<3 <3 <3
2 likesI relate to this so much! I was skinny with spots and frizzy black hair, that people used to put paper and chewing gum into. I used to dream of waking up with thin, straight, blonde hair, boobs, and clear skin, but of course I never did. Kids shouldn't be taught to hate themself because of their appearance! It's so much extra stress on top of everything else we deal with in life!
5 likesYou are one of a kind . And that's amazing because you are a much better person than those bullies and that's something you should be proud of.. we are all one of our kinds, noone is the same but your curly hair and stuff that makes other people laugh makes you even more one of a kind and being different is a gift. And when those bullies r gonna have kids and are gonna get bullied, they r gonna remember than THEY were those bullies once.. Rock your looks and don't give a damn about the bullies . I used to absolutely DESPISE the way I look but then I just figured out ways to love little details on my face like my eyes I guess because you are going to have your body, your face for the rest of your life and you have to learn how to love it. Wow cheesy lol thats so nut wat i actualy am pwufjcsjalpshpwivzblapshpa oh well much love <3
3 likesAlayna Irene ONCE I WAS SEVEN YEARS OLD... (ITS A SONG)
1 likei know someone just like you everyday i watch this happening to them. its horrible.
0 likes<3 <3
0 likes:(
1 likeugh I love this. Thank you <3 SO much haha
1 likeI agree being a kid was hard enough .. I like my hair now. :) Thanks for this <3
2 likesAwww, i totally would have ung out with you. So glad youre getting better :(
1 likegrace kuo exactly. Idk what makes them make people's lives miserable. But i fear that they r never gonna stop
1 likeAlayna Irene You Are A Very Strong Person
0 likesYOU ROCK GIRL AND I LOVE YOUR NAME SO SO SO MUCH and you are amazing and freaking worth it, kids can be shitty people too, it's not an excuse, you are awesome!
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0 likesThis is horrible and I'm so sorry this happened to you. You're beautiful and amazing. <3
1 likeThank you! soo much means alot. <3 (other account!)
0 likesawww man !! lol too nice haha thanks a lot! (other account!)
0 likes<3 :') Thank you! (other account!)
0 likesaww haha!! <3 (other account!)
0 likes<3<3
0 likesWow. Its amazing how people will remember the bad things that they did in their childhood and randomly text or call the person they were horrible to and apologize. Thats so sweet and I'm so sorry that you had to go through that. By what I can see of you through your profile picture, you are DEFINITELY one of the most beautiful women I have ever seen in my life. I hope that people who read your comment take a moment and think of what they could have done to hurt someone else and apologize to that person. ☺️
0 likes+Alayna Irene - I have medium length, wavy, honey blonde hair and abs- you can’t deny that you’re skinny if you have abs 🤷🏼♀️bUt just because I’m blonde or tall or skinny doesn’t change who I am! Plus, kids will find any god damn way to bully other people!!! Looks don’t matter it’s what’s on the inside that counts 😊 btw, that was a powerful story and I personally think you are very pretty 💗
1 likeI have no idea what you said you're at such a long paragraph that I don't have the time read that so umm good job forward surviving/thriving I feel bad for whatever pain you probably went through and the good job/bad job depending on how your story is
0 likesAlayna Irene I was bullied as well, in primary school (upto 11) I was kicked, punched and elbowed and called fat, and a slut when I had a boyfriend, I wasn't the only creative one I'm my class but was the only one who was picked on for it. When I joined second school (12 to 16) I was called fat and had pig noises made at me, one girl said 'u should skip lunch cos ur fat,' my best friend was also slightly larger and would get mad when someone was rude to her, and she'd take it out on me. She was close with one girl who was always horrible, they would talk then my best friend would act different, and rude. I fit in with the music department, and when I was with them I was called weird. I had no one to turn to, even my teachers thought I was fat, I had nowhere to go.
0 likesJennism u r beautiful, ik that it doesn't rly help but u r.
0 likesAlayna Irene Wow that's... Really sad. I'm sorry you had to go through that. But if that's your in your profile, your hair looks amazing and so do you.
1 likeYeah that's me but my hair is brown now haha !
0 likesBullying sucks. I hope you found happiness. <3 (This is my other account)
0 likesAlayna Irene God bless you and have a safe happy life
0 likesYou are beautiful
0 likesAlayna Irene omg yes ! Even I was the only fat , frizzy -curly haired girl of my class ... And there used to be whole groups of boys waiting to call names at me during recess ...I hated school until that ended . I'm really glad to know I am not the only one ...
0 likesAwww you look so beautiful
0 likesSleepyMisya lol you jave to use the same comback as me lol you are so weak😂😂😂😂
0 likesI am fat! :) It's fine tho. People who are fat are still worth living.
1 likeI used to get bullied through elementary school (primary school back here in the UK) for being too big or being new and being a Muslim. I get how you feel and I didn't know what was really wrong with being different but I told my parents and it got sorted out.
0 likesSleepyMisya What kind of...? Even if someone is slightly overweight you don't say it, actually I thimk the person you called 'fat' is beautiful just the way she is. You're lucky she didn't get offended. That's not something to joke about. Even after seeing the comment and everything you still have the audacity to do that. You're lucky you're behind a screen because if I saw you I would have honestly slapped you. Sorry if I am being rude, but it's just something I don't like. Smh :(
0 likesSymone Love its have not jave, use some autocorrects
0 likesSleepyMisya oh yeah,
0 likesI don't care DUHHH
Symone Love Then don't, nobody cares if you care
0 likesSymone Love your the one who talked to me at first 🙄, if you don't wanna answer my questions, then don't. As I said "nobody cares when you care" means that I don't care what you say too 🙄
0 likesSymone Love same for you
0 likesSleepyMisya how about we stop, im sure im giving you a headache because you are giving me a headache lol
0 likesSleepyMisya lol if you didnt know im ten😂
0 likesSymone Love you know what? Let's just stop and be friends or never talk again cause it's not working :/, I'm sorry to the one who I called fat and you, bye.
0 likesSleepyMisya yeah im so sorry to im not like this. It would be nice if i can get to know you. Im just really really sorry.😔
0 likesAlayna Irene
0 likesI hope your okay you see I'm a inrevert so I stick to one group of my friends...so yesh BUT I REALLY HOPE YOUR OKAY
Jennism
0 likesDon't change yourself your awesome there's this really pretty girl called wengie and she's a YouTuber like with dyed hair and everything and you actually look like her
I’m chubby with curly frizzy black hair too! That’s how I always was, I never got along. It took me a while to accept who I am and love myself. Well, not really love myself but be ok with myself I suppose. Your story made me smile. :)
0 likesMuch like you, I was overweight and had dark frizzy hair. But I have no idea how it must have felt to be in that situation. Judging by your profile pic, you are very beautiful, and I'm glad you're doing better. :)
0 likesGood thing that she apologised! Bullies suck, dude.
0 likesthis was so lovely to watch/listen to xx
0 likes(also im quite excited i have the same watercolour pan as hedy!)
aww I cried at the end. her voice is so beautiful and the way she apologized IM 😭❤️
0 likesplease make a tutorial of you drawing with this kind of art style, I would gladly appreciate it I love you so much dodie
0 likesI watched this a lot of times, and I also observed how the water changes color. I love your voice, and you gave me a different view in life. Thank you.
0 likesThat was beautiful, thank you so much it made my day
0 likesThe painting is just so...... I'm speechless I don't have a word for how awesome and amazing this is.
0 likesYou draw so good!!! You make it seem so easy :)
0 likesI was bullied every single term of high school and even when i moved schools it still happened. It has really affected me now and i can't even go out for a day without overthinking things
0 likesShe is amazing at art!
0 likesThis is actually the first video I’ve ever seen of dodie, and I love it sm.
0 likesI saw it for the first time around when it was uploaded
I dealt with a similar thing, and still am going through the phase of it being over but being nervous.
0 likesI was bullied But never became a bully myself, and it hurt knowing that i felt like couldn't do anything about it. :(
good job hedy! this is amazing!
0 likesThe girl who didn't really wash her hair, told stories of magic and fairy's and carried around a rainbow bag sounds like she'd be ONE OF MY FAVOURITE YOUTUBERS AND PEOPLE tho xx
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Little Amy why youtuber?
9 likesI just imagine if I couldn't know her IRL and if she was on youtube I'd love her content :)
53 likesShe would my favourite tooooo :)
1 like420th like 🙌🏻
2 likesAzra Kunz I feel like Aurora would be that person but wouldn't really pay attention to anyone being mean to her. She would be to lost in her own world to notice. Her hair would be in a cute little bob and it would be neatly maintained.
1 likeShe kinda acts like me...
0 likesKarupé I think that maybe when she was younger she was more vibrant and colourful. as she matured maybe she started to like more earthy tones.
2 likes"The girl who didn't really wash her hair, told stories of magic and fairy's and carried around a rainbow bag"
2 likesTilly out of 'tots tv'
ZEDA THOMPSON miles has good manners and that's what matters!
1 likeLittle Amy she sounds like me hahaha
0 likesI would absolutely love if you made an audiobook version where you narrate your book. Your reading voice is so nice to listen to
0 likesYour story and voice was comforting and calm it felt like a little safe space thank you. I loved hearing your story Xx
0 likesi first thought dodie was drawing this and i was like why is she so talented, is there anything she can't do?
0 likesI can't stop replaying this. It makes me emotional, but gives me hope. So much hope.
0 likesThank you so much...
Hedy's art style is super cute
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Milo The Bunny hedy drew it, not dodie
26 likesptxhollyx It was edited...
11 likesptxhollyx the comment is edited, so they could of quite possibly changed it.
5 likesHOW DID SHE DRAW HANDS LIKE THAT
4 likesDiddly dudes, i changed my mistake. relax.
1 likeYou have the prefect voice for audiobooks. Its so soothing and lovely x
0 likesI am so excited for your book. Lots of love. P.s Hedy and Dodie your both so talented xx
0 likesThis was lovely! just subscribed to your channel c:
0 likesWhen you said "To the girl with the rainbow bag" I started crying so hard. Dodie, you don't have idea how much your videos and your songs help me out. Thank you so much for every thing you've done, I really value your existence. I really loved this video. Your voice is gorgeous and the art is so pretty and calm. Thank you for the life lesson
0 likesHEDY IS SO GOOD AT ART AND YOU ARE SO GOOD AT ART
417 likesYou two tell the most beautiful stories together. Thank you for sharing this with us, Dodie
Every kid should see this ❤️
1 likeThis made me cry! So beautiful 💛
0 likesthank you for the honesty in this so amazing video!
0 likesThis was beautiful, the story and the drawings
0 likes"Everyone is just a collage of their favorite people." I'm really glad that I'm able to watch your videos because you're one of my favorite people! :3
0 likesYour voice is so calming, could you please do an audio book ❤️❤️
0 likesWhen i was in 3rd grade, ive been beaten by boys in my class. Everytime im going to my seat, they wont forget to make me trip down to the floor. I had best friends, but no one actually bullies them. So i decided to talk to the guidance counselor bravely and boom, they never bullied me starting that day.
0 likesThis reminds me of my childhood as well, I was bullied up till grade three and I bullied another girl I felt bad, then we moved and I still can't forgive myself
0 likesHoly shit! Hedy is such a terrific artist.
131 likes“Everyone is just a collage of their favourite people”
0 likesI love this a lot
Candid, startlingly clear insight - it took me longer to arrive at your leveling out, we all seem to get there eventually.
0 likesit takes a lot to be open and honest about times youve hurt others, and i'm really grateful i saw this
0 likesOkay wow, I'm crying. This was so good
2 likesHedy is an AMAZING artist she's gonna go so far with her art in life. love it.
121 likesDodie i wasn't originally going to purchase your book because i don't tend to get youtube merch in any fashion, but if this is what i can expect from it, i'll be buying it the SECOND my mum says she'll let me.
to the girl with the rainbow bag: i used to be you. then i changed myself. i dressed how other people dressed and i hid behind what i thought was how i was supposed to look and act. but right now i'm trying to except myself, my hypothetical rainbow bag, and all.
Thank you so much, it helped me a lot, because I am now in the same situation as you were and now I can understand it more, that you so much, it really helped me ❤
0 likesOh dodie this was so wonderful and powerful and brave- as someone who has been bullied badly through all their years at school, thank you <3 and hedys drawing is absolutely amazing and unique!
0 likesYou are very brace saying this into the public. Lovely art. ^^
0 likesThis was beautifully drawn. Xx
0 likescan we agree hedys art style is so beautiful and creative and unique
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maisie394 I love her, but her art style it's not creative, look all over Tumblr and you'll find millions so similar
7 likesThis made me tear up 💛 it’s so beautiful
0 likesHer voice is so calm and nice ♥️
0 likesHedy is incredibly talented!
0 likesThis was beautiful. Thank you.
0 likesWhen the book comes out you should definitely make an audiobook to go with it because this was great!
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Maddie Flack yes. Just yes. I need this.
7 likesI know! I was so encaptured! Her voice is so soothing <3
1 likeI want a rainbow bag! That sounds awesome!❤💛💚💙💜
1 likeI love you so much dodie 😍💖 so proud of you xx
0 likesThis is my story, and I'm still fighting it right now, however I did never bully, I was more of a punching bag
0 likesPlease make an audio book of your book dodie! 💛
0 likesAs someone who has also being in both sides of bullying, something I always wonder it is what's worst - the whole insecurities and traumas caused by it or the feeling of guilty to have caused someone the same wounds :c
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I've never been a bully but I have been bullied and I think being the bully would be worse since bullies cause so much irreversible harm to others
12 likesJaycee Same, I don't understand how you can be bullied and then inflict the same torture on somebody else. I was bullied and always vowed and never became a bully.
7 likes+Sweet Lolita In my experience, the only way I could see to get out of it was to tease others to distract the bullies from myself. By the time I realised what I was doing, it had become habit while around those people, but because they were bullies as well as my "friends" I couldn't shake them. It was selfish and the wrong decision, but when I saw a way out I took it. Of course it didn't STOP the bullying. It just slowed it down so that I didn't break. You're a much better and stronger person than me with the way you handled it :)
3 likesrinofthemill This. A thousand times, this.
3 likesMany people don't realize the harm they have caused. Others go even further and just naturalize it.
If you have the capacity and awareness to see the damage you are causing, then I agree, known it must be way more painful than being on the other side of the spectrum.
I think it all comes down to how much a person craves attention and validation. As a child, not only was a I constantly bullied but I also never had a solid group of good friends. If being mean to someone was the way to seek credibility and friendship from the "popular" group of girls, I would do it. Thank god I grew out of this, now it would kill me to even hurt a fly. But sometimes I wonder, if my parents had instilled better independence and I had better self worth if I would've done those things.
4 likesSpeaking as someone whose bullied a lot of people and been bullied as well, I'd have to say being the bully takes the cake for me. Sure, it was my inability to responsibly deal with the feelings that came along with being bullied that made me the bully, but that doesn't change the fact that guilt follows me everywhere. It's turned into a genuine fear that I scare and hurt others simply by being in close proximity to them. It makes me feel as though I'm never worthy of happiness because I've caused others so much pain, and I wouldn't wish it on anyone.
3 likesAlém do Nada
0 likesYes
First and foremost, thank you for the beautiful video and thanks for sharing. Second, please don't keep the paintbrush in the water while you're not using it! It's not good for the brush.
0 likesHOW DOES HEDY DRAW PERFECT CIRCLES
1 likeAlso this is such a touching story <3
Please, can there be an audiobook version available? Dodie's voice is just too lovely.
0 likesLow-key cried. The message was amazing
0 likesDamn, tell Hedy she's absolutely incredibly talented, it's rare to see an art style that isn't Manga that developed at her age, you can already see what an amazing illustrator she'll be! ❤️
50 likesIs it just me who thought that dodie would be such a good story teller 😍
0 likesIs there anything you can't do? Your drawings are amazing
0 likesI want to know who disliked this video! I mean how?? Doddie is so inspirational, and vulnerable- I love her!
0 likesI would love love LOVE more videos like this💕
0 likesWhen you mentioned the girl with the rainbow bag again I started to tear up because like not only were you apologizing to the girl with the rainbow bag, she was also symbolizing people who don't necessarily fit in and ohmygod the feels
0 likesI think everyone can relate to "I was bullied and I was a bully"
0 likesWhat she said is relatable. And bloody brave. She makes people think about what they are doing and saying. How it's not all about them.
I want my future children to sit down and watch this.
1 likeI can most definitely relate to this, now that I have seen this, I will stop bullying other people just because I am bullied, thank you! Although, I can’t really do anything about me being bullied...
0 likesI love you dodie. You are beautiful 💛
69 likesThis. Is. Important. Dodie this is absolutely beautiful! It allows people to see that nobody is perfect and we all make mistakes. And hedy I love the artwork it's so sweet 💙
0 likesI cannot begin to describe how powerful this video is, to me and to so many others who felt this way during our school years, thank you :D
0 likesPlease make an audio version of the book (if you don't already have one)
0 likesYour voice is so soothing
And carries a lot emotion... I teared up near the end
We've all been there, it's ok. I have bullied someone once, for once I felt like I belonged. But I grew up and understood. I was never open minded, I was insecure. I cared about other people's thoughts more than mine. But then I thought "why do I care?" And I guess I'm more open-minded now, but I'm still a little shy. But I'm working on it :)
0 likesTo anyone like the girl with the rainbow backpack, who is bullied because they're different-You can't be #1 without being odd <3
84 likesHedy has such a talent I'm so impressed
0 likesHedy has such a pleasing art style I love it
0 likesIt was so lovely that I actually started crying.
0 likesI love Hedys art style it's incredible
0 likesI can really relate to this. I've never been 'bullied' as such, by which I mean there has never been a particular group of people calling me names and stuff over a period of time. However, especially when I started high school, I was often at the receiving end of mean comments. I won't go into detail but my awkward looks and alternative interests meant that I was singled out on a few very serious occassions.
140 likesBut I have bullied. Well, not 'bullied' by the definition before, but I have made rude comments about people when I was definitely old enough to know better. I'm trying to minimise my nasty thoughts about people because I know what it is to have people say things about you and I don't know why I ever wanted to inflict that same pain on someone.
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Stay strong x
2 likesAnd I have been a bully of a kind. And I will always be ashamed of that, I never ever did anything physical and it was only for like three weeks but I was so scared of losing my best friend to this other girl when I was in third grade that I started talking shit about her behind her back, saying how much I hated her and other stuff. Im not proud of it at all. But looking back on it I realize that I was just extremely insecure and frightened of being lonely, I wish more anti bullying campaigns would focus more on the bully, as most have a reason to why they bully
2 likesThank you, Dodie.
0 likesman i can’t believe that this was my first dodie video :’) man i’m so glad i clicked on this
0 likesI find this relaxing and inspirational because dodies voice is so soothing
0 likesI’ve gotten bullied because I’m different. I️ like different things I️ say different words that other people don’t understand and that makes them mad. People say my voice is high and annoying and that I️ sound of a five year old. I️ started to tease people to get over it. Granted they were my friends and it was a joke. It hurts to get bullied because you’re different. It’s not right. I’ve been called many names that I️ don’t have the heart to say. One girl who I️ thought was my friend started to bully me over text. My mother found out and long story short we never spoke again. I️ try to please people but it never works. My friends hear other people or other friends say rude things about me. I️ have one question. What’s wrong with me?
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Galyllis I might be a month late, but I just wanted to say our stories are much alike the only difference is my voice isn't that high. I wish you the best of luck in life and I hope you will have better days than I have had
1 likeGurl if any things wrong with anyone here it's me 😂 you seem bloody ace! I was the same as you so don't feel worried at all, you have your whole life ahead of you so go live it! Don't let those sheep bring you down
1 likeInspiring lemon child
1 likeHazel N Wolff yas child
0 likesThis is so great, thank you.
0 likesAmazing story awesome job on the illustration. You've got some talent over there but that was some sloppy watercolour work... Love the video
0 likesWhen i was smaller, I had a pixie cut. When i got my hair done, i was so happy about it. I beamed with joy and excitement when i looked in the mirror with my short and cute hair. Weeks later, fifth grade started. I was eager to get new friends and meet new people. After all, it was a new school. I entered my classroom and got weird looks from other kids, and I honestly didn't know why. Soon after class started, I would find myself stuck in the corner of the giant field at recess, covered by fear and the shadows of teasing children. They laughed away at me, and made fun of my hair. They said I looked dumb, ugly, and like a boy. I would gulp it down and go inside the bathroom, pulling out a sharpie and drawing on my arm and hands. All the joy and pride I had in my looks, faded into anxiety and depression. Then one day, a new student transfered to our class. I was excited, because I wanted to know a new person, and finally have a chance to gain a friend. She wore glasses and wore an anime pin on her jacket. The bullies laughed at her, and called her four-eyes, a weeb, a wannabe anime girl, and blind anime trash. I was scared. I couldn't stand up to them. They would tease me once more. So i did the only thing I could do to gain a friend. I laughed at her too. I played along with the bullies. And we became a group of "friends." Though she got bullied, she didn't cry or run away, she just pretended to ignore it all. But I could see the look on her face. She hurt inside. I began to talk to her, and the bullies didn't notice. I hung out with my -friends-, but I felt out of place, and i was only there because i joined their little teasing game. I tried to escape from them, and talked to that girl, but they trapped me into being a bully once more. Then one day, I decided I couldn't handle it any longer. I got angry when they bullied her, and I took the fiery rage and anger inside me and shouted it all out. Telling them to stop, and that it was immature. I ran away with the girl, and they bullied both of us. But we both smiled, brushed it off, and ignored it entirely. How did we do that? Well, we were together. We were all alone together
1 likeHedy Is such an amazing artist!!!!!!! her drawing style is so simplistic and adorable! i dont understand how she draws such perfect shapes! im really bad at drawing shapes.............
0 likesYou should make this an audiobook read by you. Listening to you read your story is so calming... <3
52 likesYou are an amazing artist.
0 likesYour story and drawings were amazing Hedy
0 likesThe first few words pretty much describe me. I should honestly stop trying to make myself a victim.
3 likesYou are so honest! Well done
0 likeswhy are all the most talented people bullied as a little kid?
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Christi bc they are different
6 likesbecause children think being different is wrong, or weird, or they don't understand why someone does something, or they don't feel good about themselves and they want to put the attention on other people... there's no simple answer, bullying is complicated
9 likesThey get bullied and then realize that they are worth it and they are better
0 likesChristi I’m bullied and I have no talents do your statement isn’t 100% accurate
1 likeKarma hits you like a boomera--
0 likesChristi most people in generall hav been bullied at stages in their life
0 likesI bought secrets for the mad!! It was like a month back now and it still hasn’t come so I’m hoping it will soon, I’m so excited to read it. I love how completely authentic and honest you are. Opening up about being a bully is hard, people’s ego’s always get in their ways and find it impossible to admit that they are flawed too. Also, Hedy is an amazing artist and I’m so happy to see her blossom as a person 💞
0 likesI love the drawings so much <3
0 likesi really hope that dodie does an audio book with her voice reading her book
0 likesHedy is such a legend when it comes to drawing, I mean cmon? What's not to love?
0 likesDODIE PLEASE START A PODCAST THIS WAS AMAZING AHHHH
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CeramicKangaroo she was on dear hank and John
7 likesI can relate to this. I was bullied pretty badly when I was younger..and it turned me into a really bitter person..Everytime someone tried to hurt me after the bullying fiasco I lashed out at.. probably worse than I should've. I held grudges for longer than I should've. And hell , I'm angry at myself for behaving that way. But it was the outcome of bullying..and honestly..I'm so glad Dodie made this video.
0 likesThis is amazing!!
1 likeBoth you, Dodie, and the girl with the rainbow bag inspire me to be myself now in the upcoming year and I'm gonna make sure to be my happiest bubbliest self when I can. Thank you...
0 likesi was a bully when i was younger. in 3rd grade, i became friends with my neighbour who was popular at the new school i went to. she bullied a girl named sarah so did all of the kids. due to this reason, she used to play with first grades for the rest of her school years. i remember being so horrible to her, to the point that she'd start crying and i wouldn't feel any sympathy for her. there was a time when i was close to being friends with her but betrayed her. i made up a huge rumour that she called my friend a bitch and she got beaten up. i remember crying at home and not wanting to go to school again. i never stood up to her because i didn't want to be bullied either. i was so selfish. another new girl came to school in 5th grade. her name was melanie and she was bullied for being fat. she was bullied to the point that she had to leave the school. once, me and my friends pushed her down on the snow. in 6th grade, a new guy came in. his name was nick. he was bullied because he was "too smart" or "a-know-it-all". my friend despised him and always got into fights with him and made him feel down but on that year. i have came into realization that what i've done was horrible. i got closer to the guy and knew more about him. till this day, we're still dating. i'm sorry for the ones that i have hurt in their childhood. i am so sorry.
2 likesWe all need to take a moment and just appreciate Hedy's insane talent, i mean this is drawn so well!
45 likes"everyone is just a collage of their favourite parts of other people" i love that
0 likesThis is what happens when you let others control your life.
0 likesI'm happy then you learned, and how you became you not someone you think is "cool"
I read along to Dodie reading this, whilst I read my copy of her book :3
0 likesBullying is something a lot of people face, me being one, so I think this made a great impact on my and most other people, thank you
0 likesVery good video! I Love Hedy's art!
0 likesToday I found out that the person I like (and I told them I liked them) like My best friend. And they didn't say anything. Great
i'm honestly crying this is too much i love this
0 likesi truly love this video ♡ what types of paints are those, by the way?
0 likesI was bullied way to much too. I know how it feels to be bullied
0 likesThis is wonderfully honest, and Hedy's drawings are amazing
54 likesI was rarely bullied, just left out. I just got so used to sitting alone at a table. If there were other people at the table (which thankfully, after time, there were) I was absolutely silent. I wasn't really friends with them. They would blabber over me and I would pick at my peanut butter and jelly sandwich on wheat bread, rarely taking bites. Eventually, in middle school, things got easier, slightly. I was split between 2 friend groups, but to be honest I didn't really fit in with either. I was used to sitting quietly on the seats in the gym as everyone played sports that I utterly sucked at. The anxiety and embarrassment would creep up my chest and strangle me, leaving no words. On the last day of school, it wasn't the fun joyous end surrounded by friends I thought it would be. I left that school when the bell rang, unlike the other kids who were playing spin the bottle or having dance-offs. I wish I had stayed, maybe they would have been nice to me.
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(Hi there! Feel free to share your stories down below, believe me, it feels good to get it out of your system)
she is very talented wow those drawings look awesome.
0 likesand a very touching story, don't feel bad a lot of people had to "become mean" to stop being bullied themselves and no one is really proid of that but it teaches you a lot
Dodie should make a podcast
2 likesI love dodie's voice it's so soft and sweet
0 likesIs there going to be an audiobook for 'Secret For The Mad'? I would (and i'm certain others would too) LOVE to listen to it on audible or something. xxx
0 likesyour voice is so soothing!!! love u dodie xxx
0 likesi just watched this and it actually made me tear up a bit
0 likesThe art to this video with Dodie's voice is simply so pleasant!
0 likesIn primary I would hang around with the popular girls. They were your typical air heads and would laugh at any of my real interests to I would pretend to like what they did. They never liked my and I knew but I have a fear of rejection and hate being discarded by anyone so I took their bullying, stoped using my 'big words' and took what was making my self astern plummet.
39 likesIn the beginning of Secondary school my class would do nothing but bully me as I have a different taste in music and was called an emo. I can't deny that I'm not because I'm your typical run of the mill wear all black and listens to 'the shouty scary music'. Every day other kids would call me names, ask to see my wrists (witch never have or will have cuts on them). I had a friend group of six and I'm still friends with three of them.
I'm only in my second year of secondary school but I will soon be entering my third, where I'll be my self and the first year will repeat but I don't care because as soon as that bell rings I have beautiful amazing friends who put up with my self deprecating jokes and vocabulary. So my next class will bully me but I'd rather that then hide who I am.
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You sound like a cool person to be around, actually. :)
0 likesBocolate
0 likescorrect.I agree with you
Lauren Fox
0 likesthen therye missing out alot
I know how you feel. I was always excluded because I was really shy and anxious, but once I started to join people in being mean I was accepted. There was this one girl everyone laughed at, and I thought was pretty cool despite being a little weird. But being a dumb teen I laughed at her like the rest did, to feel accepted. Later on she left school and I think it was due to the bullying, I really hope she's ok now.
0 likesyou have so much confidence showing your flaws
0 likesi couldnt never do something like this!
Oh my gosh her art is amazing! I wish I was as good as her omg i love hedy so much
0 likeschokes
"Everyone is just a colage of they favourite parts of other people" That's beautifull.
0 likesI remember I called a girl a troll once. She was new to our school, had pink hair, and she was beautiful. I still regret that, even though I was friends with her a few months later. I regret it, because she went over to my house once, and then her father took her away from her mother. Last I heard, her mother had police after her dad, and her father ran away from them, taking the girl with him.
33 likesI didn't see her again and as for what happened to her, I have not a clue. The school didn't hear from their family either.
And I still wish I could hear her voice and see her face again. I'll bet she's really beautiful. I really wish I could tell her it was never her. It was me. I was scared of being rejected by the friends I had.
I wish we had known how great a friend you could be at the time.
I found a picture the other day, going through my files. You were holding my brother's guitar, and it was somewhat dark, and we were sitting on the couch laughing. I pulled out a camera, and you posed 'casually'. Model in the making, haha.
Edit: Maybe I'll see your beautiful face and your unusual but nice sounding name that we all had made fun of at the time on the cover of the magazing for some amazing thing. Maybe someday I'll see you smiling and laughing, no longer alone. I'm positive you don't remember me, and won't, but I hope that you're safe and happy now.
See you some day or no day,
-C
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you know i manged not to cry for this video but dangit this comment killed me
3 likesI relate to your story, And I cried because of it because even now Im looked at and talked about but these days I dont even know if it's bad or good. I deal with anxiety and currently am a bit anxious but watching this lifted my spirits.
0 likesThanks for the reminder that we all matter and are loved, love u dodie!~A randomly nervous fan
I wasn't bullied a lot as a kid, but with stuff going on at home and my sensitive somewhat fragile mind it was definitely enough to put insecurities in my head, I feel like I became mean before I got confident as well, I just hope that nothing I said hurt anyone
0 likesThis made my day bc maybe the kids that bully me might just need the attention why thank you dodie
0 likesOh Hedy! You're so talented!
0 likeseeEEE this was fun to do
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lol it's fun seeing everyone obsess over you in the comments
43 likesItsJustHedy love you❤
13 likesHedy I hope you are aware and proud of how good you are at art bc damn girl
20 likesYou have an amazing talent with art Hedy, keep doing what you're doing :D
7 likesI'm glad you had fun. You're so talented!!!!!!! I want to see more💞💞💞
5 likesaH you're style is incredible !! You've inspired me out of my art block,, I love your pieces <3
6 likesDania Ahmed lol my sister's name is Dania (SHOOK)
0 likesit was rlly beautiful :)
5 likescan u pls teach me how to watercolour bcz damn
5 likesYou're so amazing Hedy! Wish I could draw like you D;
4 likesI'd love to see you do some sort of tutorial ;D
4 likesHoly cow, Hedy, you are SO TALENTED! Amazing job with this!
5 likesPlease make more videos
3 likesYou're such a good drawer I need you to give me lessons xD <3
3 likesAbsolutely fantastic Hedy, you must have spent many hundreds of hours practising your art and skills, my hat is off to your dedication!
3 likesYOU'RE HECKING AMAZING I LOVE YOU
2 likesI cannot believe you are so young yet are so talented and much cooler than myself. <3
5 likesyOu're gr8 at drawing!! x
2 likesItsJustHedy you are SO freaking talented and i'm so happy more people gets to see that
2 likesI'm the 667th like I'm sorry I know it was perfect
0 likesi love your art so much its so simple and cute!
1 likeYou have some phenomenal skill!
1 likeYour art style is so pretty! ❤
2 likesThank you
0 likesItsJustHedy your drawing is so damn cute I can't
1 likeYour art is sooooo pretty!! I love it a lot, keep it up ❤
0 likesItsJustHedy You're a SUPER awesome artist! Those drawings are incredible💜
1 likeYour art style is the cutest, like the kind of pictures in a children's book that give you nostalgia even when you've never seen them before.
3 likesItsJustHedy It looked amazing!! Love you!! ❤️
1 likeI love the drawings you did so much!
0 likesItsJustHedy post a video!
4 likesHow are you soo good at art?
1 likeyou should make more videos!
2 likesGirl upload a drawing video like this
0 likesItsJustHedy FAKER
0 likesUndertale Comic Dubs How? This is the girl that drew all the artwork in the video. Dodie didn't draw it
0 likes+Undertale Comic Dubs she did the artwork.
0 likes+Not only was she credited in the description, but also the end of the video. Don't go around throwing accusations.
1 likeYour drawing and painting is absolutely amazing. I love your drawing style it's so cute and nice💗
3 likesItsJustHedy how are you so damn good at everything
1 likeomghedyiloveyouinthetomskavids
0 likesItsJustHedy you are SO talented
4 likesItsJustHedy hedy is art
0 likesItsJustHedy YOU DID AMAZING
4 likesOmg i went to your channel and you liked my dead gay son im hyperventilating
1 likethis is fHUCKING INCREDIBLE
1 likeItsJustHedy I
4 likes* cough * if you have any free time you should make a new video * cough *
1 likeOmg ur soo talented
0 likesItsJustHedy I
0 likeswhat palette ?
0 likesi adore your style
0 likesWhilst I'm sure every intention in this video was pure, and as much as I love you dodie, I can't help but wonder if the girl with the rainbow bag might watch this advertisement for your new book and be left with a sour taste in her mouth
0 likesthe book is coming out right before my birthday and I showed my mom this video so hopefully she will get it 💙
0 likesPowerful story. Thank you.
0 likes"Everyone is just a collage of their favorite parts of other people." YES. I've always tried to incorporate the mannerisms and personality traits of other people that I find endearing into my own self. It's really interesting when someone that I've tried to emulate compliments something about me that I "stole" from them. It's like they are approving a piece of their own reflection. But, I suppose they also learned that behavior from someone else. We're all copies in a way.
0 likesAnyway, great video Dodie and Hedy! Much love.
Dodie, I have Insomnia, and this helped me a lot, seriously, your voice is perfect as a narrator, and you telling a nonfiction story, made me felt better, thank you,
33 likesHedy, Can I just say, you are amazing at watercolour :)
0 likesdon't worry I've been bullied throughout my school life.... it's not nice... i feel you Dodie ❤💙
0 likesCan't wait to read that book and hold the wonderful pages of the Dodie Clark Adventurers in my hands
0 likesI'm gonna tell you my experience of being bullied and played.
0 likesIn year 1, also known as kindergarten, I had joined a school, St Pauls.
I was naive and very shy then and quiet, but smiled a little, I had drama free life until I came there.
It was a stereotypical school and there were these 4 girls, who were the mean girls. There was a tall one,the leader, let's call her Amiela and there was these two cousins in the group two, let's call them Erin and Julie and the Amiela's bestie, Belle.
Belle came up to me and was very nice and calming, and I sat next to her during classes.
Then one day I moved table and got sat next to Amiela. We talked and became best friends and soon forgot about Belle.
Belle got jealous. Really jealous. She called me names behind my back like I was a witch.
Then I met Erin, who wasn't fond of me, she pretended to be my friend, and being in the mean girl group she told me their group name, the 4 degrees.
They added me in and one day when I was at break time( recess) I heard Erin, belle and Julie hanging out, so I decided to go closer to them, but before I went to them I heard them talking about my family and calling the midgets, because I was short.
I went to Amiela and told her everything and she believed me, Belle, being jealous made up a lie of me spreading romours about Amiela, and then we weren't friends any more, I spent days crying and they bullied me.
Amiela would throw me around on the field, then I pushed her. The worst mistake ever. I remember her saying "oh, you wanna play like that?"
She dived onto me and punched me, giving me a nose bleed and a black eye, and nobody helped, she walked away swearing at me and I told a teacher.
She got detention and gave me a death stare.
I felt alone and afraid.
Amiela. Would. Kill.me
She told her mom and her mom came stomping into the school and getting angry, yet I was scared to tell my mom.
I was being antisocial and I was scared to tell anyone.
I would cry everywhere, teachers would ask but I was silent.
Amiela being herself laughed at me.
I was a wreck, at the point where I was going to kill my self.
I was 6, thinking to kill my self, and I planned it.
But Amiela apologised.
And we were friends.
Then I went to year 2, (1st grade.)
And Anita left.
But Erin and Julie didn't stop.
I got to know Julie and it was fine but Erin didn't quit, and it came to where Julie and Erin had a fight and ended in detention.
Amiela told me that nothing happened till I came. And they went against me again this carried on until year 4 (3rd grade)
When I said sorry.
I got Amiela's friends against her after a while and changed into her, gossip girl, leader and ultimate primary school mean girl.
We bullied her but worser then she did to me. And then one day she got them back and bullied me, and she was bragging of how I attempted to bully her.
"Like she cries to me and then we're friends and she attempts to bully me!" That's what she said. I realised what I did was wrong and it wasn't suitable behevior but she didn't have to brag all about it.
I then met a girl Ashley, and we became besties and we never fell out and we are still besties as I type.
Amiela heard about Ashley during lunch with her gossip club. She got jealous and talked crap about Ashley.
We had a fight and of course I lost.
I started to go to kids gym.
Then in year 5 (4th grade) a new boy Henri came, he was cute and I had a crush on him, but Amiela had a crush on him too and then we had had a typical stare off, we had become arch enemy's now. I shared a desk with Henri so I spent more time with him. And in year 6 (5th grade) on the last day we shared a kiss in front of Amiela.
And then when we were in college( high school) he found me on Facebook and we had a long distance relationship. And he'd come see me some days but yeah.
Then Amiela and Erin transferred to my college.
And they bullied me, I was a joke, until Henri got angry and told them to stop. This is basically my life story. Amiela sometimes comes and makes fun of me but it comes and goes.
You have confidence for posting this saying that you bullied someone.
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Gaberdoodle I'm the 666 like
2 likesI hope at least one of the people who bullied you found your channel and bloody regretted what they did to you. I especially hope that the girl with the rainbow bag found this, and forgives you 💛
0 likesDodie should make an audiobook for her entire book and read it herself!!
0 likesI cryed. I'm still crying. Even though I have been bullied and am now accepted I always ignored the possibility that I could be hurting someone else
0 likesDamn, this was powerful, you seem to be my reflection
0 likesThis is me in middle school. I am a college graduate now and I still suck at talking to people because of how I was treated in middle school. Wish I could go back to middle school and just not care but that's just not how the world works.
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wish that's how easy brains work haha
6 likesIt's because I look different. But I needed this, Thank you Dodie..
0 likesI never related more to a video. I grew up being bullied and I thought a way to get out of this endless cycle was to pick on someone even weaker than me. I called the new kid at school "homeless" because he wore slightly dirty clothes. For months after that everyone started to call him that and suddenly they left me alone. Til this dsy I still feel guilty and think about him. What I did was wrong and til this day it's one of my biggest regrets. Fight hatred with kindness and when people give you reasons to not love anymore, love even more.
0 likesI love the drawing! ✏️
0 likesdodie please read an audiobook or something haha, its so soothing
1 likeI reeeally hope we get an audio book version of this read by you! Your voice is so lovely to listen to 😊
36 likesYou help me alot because i also get bullied now you help me face my fears of bullying and i understand now who i am what the real world is out there because i am liked and loved so thank you dodie
0 likesI love how good the drawing were, and me myself I would say that i was and still is the girl with the rainbow bag
0 likesI never wanted this to end!
0 likesI used to be a bully, I was bullied before in the same school ... and by the end of my time in that school, I had my whole class ganging up on one girl who had joined our class late.
1 likeWell I wasn't expecting to get emotional today
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3 likesI cri man
0 likeshello i would like to tell you that your username is amazing your user is all of my fav music\youtuber but thats all goodbye mon ami see you idk later? i dont know how to socialize bai then hehhee im awkward
0 likesToday I was on the bus home with my friend reminiscing about year 6, when we realised, we were backstabbers. Rebecca had joined our school a year before, and we became 'close' in year 5. I say 'close' because she had no friends, and really liked us, but we would always avoid her. In year 6, she and her twin Riley got bullied for no reason. We would comfort her, but then talk behind her back at how weak she was, and how annoying she was, and just for no reason. When one of our other friends, Jacinta, slapped Riley, Rebecca confronted her, and Jacinta slapped her too. My friend and I sympathised with Jacinta instead of Rebecca and Riley, and again would talk about them behind her backs, about how it probably didn't hurt, and how they were just exaggerating for attention. She now goes to my high school, and is one of the most amazing person I know. She is a really close friend, and if I could redo any year, it would be that year.
0 likesThis is amazing !!
0 likesYou bullied me back in Leventhorpe - I avoid videos with you in now. But I clicked on this video and it made me realise I too am better for it - more confident, and happier. I am not the girl with the rainbow back pack - you probably don't remember me from Fame, but I forgive you, not that it makes much difference. I hope you, like me, make the best of this life.
0 likesthis was beautiful and you made me cry. i love you.
0 likesThis was sooooo amazing
0 likesThanks for this video. It really resonated.
0 likesAnd after 20 years I finally just realized why I am the way I am.
0 likesi love your soft voice and with the amazing water colour it made this video lovely
0 likesthis video made me cry, i am going through what dodie was. i was bullied and was so done to the point where i just joined their crowd to escape their bullying and bullied my old fake friend who used to always bully me, i regret it. i did as a way to get for all the times she bullied me and in the end i left the bullies and had no one to go to but thank god i was starting high school. it was a new place for me to start fresh and use my mistakes to become the person i shouldve been.
72 likesand now without my old fake friend and the bullies, i made new friends who were like me, weird, nerdy and all the stuff i tried to hide in primary school. i finally felt at home and free to be myself. school became something to look forward to and not something to hide from. and i finally could say i was truly happy and found some real friends. and its all weird to me how much can change in a year.
- twelve year old from perth, aus 💞
Aww Hedy. She's so talented.
0 likesI would love to one day meet dodie, ask her to write down in hand "Everyone is just a collage of their favourite people." and then get it tattooed.
0 likesThe girl that Dodie called a witch sounds like a muggle version of Luna Lovegood, she also sounds like the type of person I would love to be friends with
0 likesHedy is so talented and so is Dodes!
0 likesyour voice is nice to listen to
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Almost Home Athena agreed
2 likesAlmost Home Athena AUDIOBOOK???
15 likesAvril Castro yesss
1 likeIt's really hard when you're going through heaps of crap and you turn to your friends for support, but in such a horrible negative way because when you're mentally unwell, you don't see how you're effecting the people around you and the people you care about. The struggle of realising you've done something so wrong and damaging but you're left unsure of how to fix it. Bullying is unnecessary and terrible but it's worse when you realise you are the bully
0 likesHedy's so talented at drawing.
0 likesI love this art style so much
0 likes"Everyone is just a collage of their favorite people" is my new fav quote
0 likesI understand your pain I was bullied my whole life
0 likesI relate to the bullying part and how I'm insecure infront of strangers
0 likesgreat job you made a girl feel like trash good on you m8 yes i know that you were bullied yourself but you really screwed up.
0 likesShe is an amazing drawer
0 likesDodie, well done for owning up and admitting that you did wrong
20 likesI suffer from a little bit of depression because I get bullied and I don't know what to say so I try to ignore it but sometimes that doesn't work.. and I have Social Anxiety so I can't make more then one friend and people say that I'm a loner and no one will love me..
2 likesI don't know why but I felt like sharing that.
In 5th grade, I had met a girl who shared the same interests as me and thought my drawings were good. I already knew this girl, as she was my friends friend and she was in my 3rd grade class. We would sit together at lunch and hangout in the swings at recess, until she started to be a bit more distant towards me, I brushed it off thinking she just wanted to hang out with her other friends that were in the class too.
0 likesDuring that time, I became more social awkward and not having any friends besides the girl who was ignoring me. I only had one other friend who I found annoying at the time and didn't want to be around with as much {we are now great friends lol}
The girl soon started to say some nasty things to me like "your art is ****" while as before she had loved my art and complimented it a lot, she had called me a weeb for watching anime {which she had watched too} and called me other names I don't feel like mentioning. Things just seemed to get worse, she told me to kill myself all.the.time and she would yell at me and call me even more nasty names when I asked her simple questions and told somethings.
The bullying continued and got worse and worse. I didn't want to tell my parents or teachers out of fear she would retaliate and turn my other friends against me, so I became more violent and would slap her and step on her toes when she was under the table.
Even though she was being rude to me, she would still try to make conversation and be extremely nice, I was confused and still hung out with her because when she was nice, we would always enjoy each other.
She was really rude and once completely plagiarized a drawing I had put time and effort into making.
After that school year was over, I finally told my mom, she was upset that I hadn't told her sooner.
I hadn't heard much from the girl until recently, when she sent me a DM on instagram, we had some friendly talk and I never really texted her again
So yeah that was my bullying story
i cant get over how much i love this video
0 likesi like the way you said that everyone is just a collage of their favourite parts of other people because I've been thinking about that part of me and thinking I can never be myself because I have no original trait as these are just stuff or traits I see from others as well and just owning them...thanks for it...finally found an answer to one of my life-long questions....
0 likeswhat a beautiful video. seriously i really needed this right now. because you’re someone who inspires me in so many ways, is insanely talented, is so kind hearted, and is so open and accepting of her feelings, sometimes it blinds you into believing you’re better than you are. and that you don’t make as many mistakes as the average human being. but knowing that you could make mistakes like this, and then still turn out to be the wonderful woman you are, it’s very reassuring. because it gives me hope that even though i make all the crazy mistakes that i do, maybe i’ll LEARN from those mistakes, and turn out just fine in the end.
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You will! ^^
0 likesUr my favorite dodie ❤
6 likesI was bullied hard... and I meant like someone punched me into a locker and left me there over night knowing that I did NOT LIKE SMALL SPACES the other day I punched that girl in the face I ended up in the front desk but it was worth it.
0 likesMan when I read this in your book for the first time I could hear your voice narrating it haha.
0 likesWATCHING THIS AND READING HER BOOK AT THE SAME TIME IS MAKING MY BRAIN MELT WHAT THIS IS SO COOL
0 likesI've noticed how elitist I've gotten lately. I had to tell myself that I am not worth more than others because I am articulate, but its so hard to not go above and beyond, because, without my eloquence I feel I may disappear. I talk all the time because I need to feel like I matter, and I need to feel wanted, but I end up isolating myself because I dont know how to listen. I know its not the same as making fun of others, but I still feel guilty for all the times I thought people were lesser than me because I new how to use "effervescent" in a sentence. We can grow out of our old selves into something new, something better. And we really appreciate your honesty. 💞💓💕💖
39 likesOmg why is Hedy so good at art can she just give some of the talent to me ok thank you 😊❤️😂
0 likesMy friend and I sat on a park bench, the first time we'd ever gone out together, we look at each other spilling out our deepest secrets.
0 likes'It's like when Dodie said...oh what did she say, she wanted attention as a kid'
Me suddenly excited I hadn't known she liked Dodie until then.
'She didn't realise that seeking sympathy and attention wasn't the way to make friends'
We sit for a while talking about how we'd both been like that as children, even though we both are still 'children' in a way...
This video really hits home, I have almost the same story. I was bullied, as most kids are. One of my insecurities was how short I was. But there was one boy in our year who was significantly shorter than me, so I used to call him "midget" and it made him furious. I feel so guilty to say that it made me feel better at the time. Looking back now, I'm so ashamed of how I acted but I actively try to avoid doing that ever again. I wish I could apologise to him now.
0 likesAnybody out there struggling with bad vibes, I just want to remind you.. You are not alone. You are a beautiful person who is just going through a rough patch. Better days are coming your way and you must be there to see them so, Struggle for now but thrive later. ♥
0 likesWow this choked me up a bit the combination of the beautiful illustrations and narration brought a tear to my eye wow .
29 likesWhen I was five years old, my best friend was also my bully. I was a total pushover. When we didn't agree on something, which was practically every day, she would physically bully me to the point of tears. But I still couldn't find it in me to break up as friends. It never even crossed my mind. All of the older kids and teachers loved me, but never did anything about it. She moved away, and in the third grade, I made a new best friend. Her name was London. One time we were messing around, horse-playing, and I accidentally hurt her. I hit her in the breadbasket (A point in the middle of your chest that makes you sick to your stomach if hit.) I immediately felt this surge of power. It started becoming a regular thing. I enjoyed it. At some points, she would fight back, which I'm proud of her for looking back. But the teachers did nothing. The students did nothing. They just watched. Eventually, she was walking to the pick-up area and I caught up with her and said, "One more?" She gave in and opened up her arms and I hit her. Her mother saw that and walked over. She was the first person to stand up for her and guilt washed over me. Her mother told the school and I was given a lecture about "personal space" by our health teacher. My parents grounded me for two weeks, which I totally deserved. But I would have kept going if no one found out. It wasn't a matter of being mean, it was an addiction. It made me feel powerful. If you are being bullied, let someone know. Don't be afraid.
0 likesNO! it’s not fair that you can be beautiful, have a even more (somehow🙂) singing voice, and now you’re an amazing artist? WHAAAAAA!?!?!
0 likesI dont know why but tears fell from my eyes watching this. You made me realise how its okay if you weren't the best person in the past, what matters is that you realise your mistakes and overcome it to be a better person now. Ive spent years feeling guilty for once being a child who had strong jealousy and envy towards everyone for some reason and treating them unfairly for that reason. I was also always guilty of being sort of manipulative as a child, always trying to change other kid's minds about something. Maybe that has something to do with me being raised to play as the pity poor girl because of my household situation and my mother teaching me what to say to my father that had cut ties with us and how to sound sad and pitiful to make him feel sorry for us and give us some sort of financial support. I knew i never wanted to do that but i had to cause if i didnt she'd guilt trip me and id feel guilty. I didnt want people to keep looking at me like i was a disappointment. In the end i was way too annoying and get way too attached to anyone who was nice to me/interracted with me. Also, i for some reason always felt like i was bullied, but for some reason ive also felt that what happened to me wasnt "bullying". People always glare at me, looking at me with a sneer. Always projecting how they think about me with the way they look at me. They'd make fun of my grades, make fun of my clothes. Made fun of me being on my period making me feel insecure about everything. Id even hide in the toilets when i was on my period (people had to go for some sort of prayer and people on their periods are excluded) cause i was terrified of them finding out i was on my period. My "best friend" at the time told me "its okay, ill still be your friend even though you're not smart" and i actually somewhat thought that im so lucky she was humble enough to be friends with the piece of shit that is me. But at the same time i felt kind of hurt. Then the teachers would always make fun of me, make fun of how i look, make fun of how slow i am at catching up with the rest of the class. Telling me how its pitiful that i became lazy and ditch school, even though i was always absent because i was suffering from depression. I felt like i was bullied but ive always wondered if it counts as bullying if its a grown adult making you feel that way.
0 likesDodies voice is soooo relaxing omg
0 likes"Everyone is just a collage of their favorite parts of other people"
15 likeswow, blown away by the sheer poetic genius of this line <3
I loved this!
0 likesCan you please do more of these?
0 likesI one time ate my friends kit Kat and he caught me and was upset and that still lives on in my mind and haunts me 😂
0 likesMaybe I'm speaking of my own bias, but I find more depth in bullies that have been bullied than plain victims or bullies.
0 likesIF YOU DON'T DO THE NARRATION FOR THE AUDIO BOOK VERSION THEN HUN WYD
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ASMR Flutter mkmmkk
1 likeASMR Flutter What does WYD mean?
1 likeMacanacat 66 it means what (are) you doin
0 likesWas literally about to comment this word for word
0 likeshedy’s drawings are wonderful
0 likesi got to this part in your book so i decided to listen to it and follow along. After hearing it before it was enough to make me sad and rethink the things i've done before, but following along in the book just made it seem so more real. Being able to see and physically touch the words made them feel realistic that this was an actual experience that someone has gone through and not just some words through a screen. thank you so much dodie for sharing these storis and experiences with your audience. <3
0 likesOmlll you have no idea how hyped I am for this book!!!
0 likesI was bullied when I was younger and often times it does make you more likely to be a bully yourself. I didn’t even know I was doing it, but the lasting pain and my horrible mental state made me take it out on others. And they took their anger out on me. I’m currently trying to be a better person and not talk about people or take out my sadness on people I call my friends. Bullying from my past has made me insecure and scared of my friends, not because they were my bullies, but because my bullies pretended to like me and then proceeded to crush me. And I started treating my friends in similar ways because I was scared. And I am scared. But I’m trying not to be.
0 likesI feel talent coming through the screen and hopefully transferring to me. We love you dodecahedron ❤️ sorry sorry
16 likesSo inspirational and beautiful 💕💕💞
0 likesI think you are beautiful just the way you are. You dont have to change for anyone else.
0 likesHedy and her talented drawings. I lerrvv it!!!
0 likesI did a book talk on secrets for the mad and read this story as my excerpt.
0 likesYou're voice is so soothing and you are so amazing Dodie. AND WOW HEDY YOU ARE AMAZING AT ART!!!!!!!!
14 likesThis is so true 😂😭❤
2 likesshe's so good at using water color woa
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artcanne it's not her xD
0 likesartcanne its her sister not her
1 likeI was bullied in first grade then a few years later I found myself bullying a girl who did nothing to me. I didn't want to make the same mistake as my bully so I apologized. We did turn out to be great friends but she left the school, everyday I apologized to her and today I'm still sorry. Then in 5th to 6th I bullied boys. Some of them thought it was ok, to just tougher them up so I did have good friends who had faith in me of what I do. Right now I'm trying to stop so I'm holding my tongue when I want to say something. It's working but it's not working much. I just hope that I can still be noticed at school and that I still have friends.
0 likesI love that Dodie had the courage to speak about how she was bullied and then gathered even more of that courage to tell us how she'd bullied someone before too. And then apologized to that specific girl.
0 likesI applaud to you Dodie, not many people have that courage
hedy's drawing skills are insane
34 likesOne of the actions I regret most of my childhood was when I made a girl cry because I teased her for being tomboy-ish. Looking back, I was a real piece of shit growing up (not all the time, but I did some really disgusting things every now and then).
0 likesHedy's drawings are so cute!
0 likesI've watched this video to many times and know it word by word
0 likesI have those watercolours and that brush set !! I feel connected
0 likesIt's strange how not only you or I but many people in the world have dealt with bullying. Even if it's at school, work or your household. Everyone goes through things differently. I myself at the very start and end of Primary school I was bullied. Why? I haven't the slightest clue. I was different and that's for sure i loved art, I loved any sport that had a racket involved. I liked singing and dancing. I enjoyed history. But I started to question myself a lot. I questioned my upbringing. My sexuality. My look, style or just the way I talk. When I got to the age of six I began to start hating myself. I would look in the mirror each morning and tell myself that no one liked me and that I was stupid. I would come sometimes crying and collapsing in amongst my mothers arms. My family were all that I lived for. They're my everything. I grew up without true friends. Most of them used me. But what for? I started to change myself not for me but for others. I had fear in being rejected and unexcepted. It was simple. I just wanted to had friends who actually liked me for once. I made people feel sorry for me. People began to like me. It felt wrong but at least I had friends... Right? Wrong. It was half a year later and I hated the fact that I changed for people who would only like me for the themselves and for the wrong reasons. I faded away from the group of people, and felt... Happy? Something I hadn't felt for quite some time. I was called fake, a lier, and a backstabber. It hurt and I was in amongst the two walls. Confusion and Understatement. A few years later I had made it to High school. One of the worst places on earth in my opinion. It took me 5 years to meet people who were considered to be losers and outsiders. I decided to join these people one day for Lunch. And we had decided to ditch school for that one day. We went to a fish and chip shop and got silly drinks. We had so much in common, yet I isolated myself from people then, and, somehow they understood. They had been in the exact some predicament as I had been in. I felt. Joyful. I thought to myself that this would only last for these few moments. 2 years later and and are closer then ever. It can take quite some time to find people in your life who are willing to show their true colours. And well. They're lit up like neon gold. I guess what I have learnt over the years is that, things take time, and that if you turn what was a negative into a positive you'll find that the positive is what you yourself have become. You learn and you grow though experience. You become a better person. So to end on that note. Thank you Dodie for telling us your story. And thank you Hedy for your wonderful drawings. We're all human. We all make mistakes. But how are we supposed to learn if we don't make few hic-cups here, now and than.
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jamie irvine Wise words
2 likesThe girl with the rainbow bag sounds like my dream girl, honestly. Creative and imaginative, not caring about anyone's opinions of her.
0 likesWhen I was in prep (the year before grade one, after kindergarten) I was really rude to my two friends... I was a bully. After my stupidity repeated for two years I was confronted by a teacher but the things she said I did were way worse than what I actually did, like sometimes
0 likesI'd ask to trade lunch but they told people I stole it. I was the biggest one there so everyone took their side. Since then we aren't friends and now I am the victim
Of bullying. Karmas a bitch. Just don't listen to rude things others say and be who you want to be.
to the girl who didn't really wash her hair, told stories of magic and fairies, and had the cutest rainbow bag; i was you, i changed for people when i shouldn't have, but you stood your ground, thank you for being so brave when me and many others like you couldn't be ❤️💛💚💙💜
0 likesI'm from the US
0 likesAlot of ourselves see ourselves as the victim,hero or the one in the right whether out of pride,fear,or power and don't want to admit we were bullies too. I can totally relate to this and simply love people speaking out about their experiences in school. I was bullied in middle school and 8th grade was the worst year. but Looking back I treated alot of people like crap in 7th grade because I had a victim mentality out of paranoia so I would snitch on people for the pettiest of things in fear they would do something and I broke alot of friendships that way. You could say I was the annoying class monitor. In 8th grade I tried fitting in but people saw through me and no one liked me and I snitched alot but only because I was getting pencils and rocks thrown at me. The entire class yelling at me and calling me names for simple mistakes and being the scapegoat for the class. It didn't help that I took everything seriously and it only increased the bullying. I would sit alone in lunch and people would only sit with me to insult me and mock me.
High school was a fresh start and even when people didn't like me they left me alone. People would dislike me when I did nothing but others didn't and the trauma from middleschool would eventually get to me to get diagnosed with depression at 17 in my junior year of high school. Ironically it is there where I made some lifelong friends and made me feel better.
I love this! And the drawings are very cute! Good luck with the book sales!💙
23 likeshedy’s art style is So cute i love it so much
0 likesYou are so easy to listen to!!!
1 likeThis video is very relatable... this happened to me... I was bullied, I bullied... which I didn't mean.
0 likesthis is absolutely beautiful. Most people don't have the guts to admit things theyre ashamed of. Hats off to you Dodie.
0 likesI love this video and all the messages behind it. I wish I could be as strong and proud as the girl with the rainbow bag as I could never hope to show my personality to everyone I know. I have been mute for a few years now, for many personal reasons, and I am teased and bullied a lot for it, but I am not strong enough to stand up for myself. If I was, maybe I could be more like Dodie and push through the hate. I know so many probe are going through worse than me, so I don't want to sound like I'm begging for attention, but the internet is literally the only way I can voice my opinions. Thank you for the amazing video Dodie and Hedy's art is so amazing! <3
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Hope you get through it :)
4 likesSophia Swartbrick I really hope you can break free of whatever is keeping you from voicing your opinions! Someone who talks less, thinks more and more deeply. Amd I bet you have an awesome Angelina Jolie voice anyway. Best of luck.😊
3 likesI really hope the girl with the rainbow bag has seen this video <3
0 likesHOW IS THIS SO GOOD THE HANDS ARE SO GOOD AND AAAA THIS IS SO GOOOOOD. I LOVE IT!
0 likesYou are honestly perfect
1 likewow you're both so good!
0 likesHedy is so talented, I love her so much ;) 💛
48 likesI LOVE YOUR ART STYLE <3
0 likesand i love you
OMG WHAT I DID NOT KNOW HEDY WAS DRAWING I THOUGHT IT WAS YOU SHE IS SOOOOOOO TALENTED❤️❤️❤️❤️
0 likesThis is so beautiful it makes me want to cry...
0 likesthis has such an important message omg
1 likeThis was so beautiful. I love you Dodie. You are literally my everything and have changed my whole perspective on this crazy thing called "Life". My music taste is a collage of yours. Thank you so much for helping me get through so much, making me laugh, and making me feel a sense of comfort. You will always have a soft spot in my heart <3 Lots of love from an awkward, young girl, who thinks your awesome and brave :3
12 likesYou honestly have the nicest voice ever.
0 likesYour voice is so soothing😍
0 likesEver since 3rd grade I’ve never kept a friend for a long time. All of my friends would backstab me and be rude. It has left me with trust issues and being insecure... i was also popular, it was miserable cause I was a bully so I backed away but now I’m actually getting bullied...
0 likesI love this because everyone always talks about getting bullied
0 likesbut no one ever talks about being the bully
I know loads of people who are similar (me being one)
Oh boy I can already tell this will make me emotional. I apologized to my bully two days ago and she apologized back. And honestly it felt like my pain was taken away a bit. I'm starting to get over those about 9 years of bullying that I didn't even realize was going on, I thought it was normal to be treated so poorly. It is not. I'm so sorry for anyone who has gone through bullying, we can make it through the past or the present ok. You are lovable. All of you. Thank you Dodie for making this video
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Outo ninjalapsi Kana oh my god i relate too much to not really realizing being bullied. I was so used to being constantly laughed at and being left out that I thought it was normal. I was used to being the fat geeky kid who talked to the teachers more than to their classmates because bullies used every chance they got to call me names. I was used to spending recess alone in the library while the other kids played outside. I thought that was normal from grade 1 to 9. Only looking back I realize how terrible it was. I think that is a coping mechanism when your brain just cant bare the truth of the bullying and loneliness
3 likesLeo Zebra oh my god that is really relatable while also being horrible. It's funny what our brains can do, I was humiliated in front of the whole school twice without even realizing. It's really good to know your not alone although no one probably wishes this upon anyone. Thank you for sharing your story, and I'm so sorry. I wish you a bright future.
1 likeOuto ninjalapsi Kana I wish you a bright future as well, thank you! I found it very interesting to hear that other people experience the same thing. I am much better now though I'm still not the most popular person. I wish there was no bullying but sadly people do not change so to everyone who is getting bullied: You are strong. You can do this. Don't let your bullies decide about your life and your future. I love you.
1 likerinofthemill I lied to them about a little thing and I was the one feeling as about it although it made no sense. So I decided that if I apologized first I had nothing to lose and they might also realize how wrong they'd done. A bad plan but it somehow worked out
0 likesGosh darn it why do I have to cry every time I listen to this.
0 likesI'm literally standing on my couch wearing a zipped up hoodie with a coat hanger in the hood pretending to be a star I would love to know who this beautiful collage has come from
0 likesim so happy i stumbled upon this
0 likesI love your voice!
0 likesIs it bad that I laughed at dodecahedron
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Zaina Soliman same
17 likesI did too... loving the club penguin icon except it's making me sad
59 likesRIP ORIGINAL CLUBPENGUIN, YOU WILL BE MISSED
46 likesZaina Soliman I'm too slow to get it lmao help my poor soul
12 likesCharlotte DeRosa dodie= DODEcahedron 😂
9 likesEquestrian Liv Ohhhhhhh😂😂😂
2 likesZaina Soliman yes ...(thinks LOOOOOL)
2 likesThe CP profile photo :)
6 likessame :))
0 likesZaina Soliman nope I did too XD
0 likesA dodecahedron is a 12 sided shape and DODEcahedron. But I interpreted that they called her it bc she was clever too and in primary school knowing what a nonagon or decagon or dodecahedron is was seen as clever and they called her it bc she was intelligent but also because of DODEcahedron, idk tho💛
9 likes?¿Unknøwn¿? //Edits and møre\\ ^^
0 likesCharlotte DeRosa ^^
0 likesThat sounds like the best kind of nickname.
2 likesZaina Soliman no
0 likesI thought this as I read it
0 likesZaina Soliman I did too friend, I did too.
0 likesZaina Soliman I did too... sorry dudes
0 likesZaina Soliman same
0 likesNo... because I did too
0 likesC L U B P E N G U I N
0 likesNo, Dodie laughs at it too and it was her nickname XD
0 likesHedy is so incredibly good omg
0 likesyour voice makes me feel so calm.
0 likesHer voice is so calming I could listen to her voice while I fall asleep... I hope that didn't come off as creepy ^^;
0 likesI'm so confused, I have never experienced this bullying, I've never bullied or been bullied. Im not aware of any bullying happening at my school either. Perhaps I'm too nieve to notice
0 likesPLLLEEEAAASEEEEE do an audio book for Secrets For The Mad ! Your voice is really calming when I feel anxious or scared xox
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Ellie Mason YES THAT WOULD BE AMAZING!!!
4 likesEllie Mason true. i love reading but i'd honestly rather listen to her voice.
3 likesI never was bullied, neither do I get bullied, and I'm a pretty confident person, but I feel quite sorry for all those of you out there who are going through this every single day. I'm honestly envious of your strength if you keep up with it, and I honestly believe and hope that it will get better, everyone deserves to be happy without feeling a certain weight of fear or discomfort on your shoulders. Being bullied and insecure is a hard thing to go through, but I'm sure that ever single one of you can do it. I might be a complete stranger to you, who are reading this, but I still believe in you c:
0 likesthis video honestly brought me to tears
0 likeswow Hedy is really amazing!!
0 likesHer voice is so soothing omg
0 likesThe end killed me
5 likesHoly fuck I hope the girl with the rainbow bag sees it
I’m in this exact situation right now. I’m bullied and laughed at so I bully and laugh back. It’s gotten me in some trouble and if I don’t get some serious help soon I think I’m going to do something stupid or dangerous. I want to be okay and I know it gets better but I just want it to be better now.
0 likesShe can draw, sing, do creative writing and is pure.
1 likePeople: The perfect person doesn't exi--
Me: Um ExCuSe Me!!!!
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Actually the person drawing is her sister Heather!
0 likesI have never been bullied before. But I know what it feels like
0 likesI was bullied for 6 years straight. I was so sad all the time, and the same bully would really lower how I felt about myself. I used to have so much confidence, I was smart, and I felt like I was going to be amazing and stunning one day. Eventually, I started to feel like I was nothing, I was taking up space in the world. I felt like I didn't have the humor, confidence, and kindness I had before. I loved watching YouTube, I would come home, feeling like I was nowhere, and seeing people laugh on the screen made me laugh too. I one day felt like somebody, I was laughing and having so much fun. The day school came, the girl multiplied almost everyone in the school except my best friend. I didn't know anything was up, till people came up to me saying, "God! You know (Her name) told us so much about you! Get out of this world and school, you don't belong here!" I felt empty. I felt cold. I felt sad. And more importantly, worthless. I came home that day, and banged my head so hard, that I almost passed out. The next week, I was assigned a new seat in class., and I met a guy. He was so sweet and enjoyed the things I liked, I eventually asked the teacher if I could sit next to him, and she said yes! He made me feel special, and told me one day he would get a computer to play online with me! Until one day he looked at me with voided eyes. I asked him what was wrong, he said this thing exactly, "I'm moving away to a different school, I'm sorry." I felt like I was falling and sinking at the same time. I said, "You are? Can you call me? Or text me? I can give you my phone number!" He told me he couldn't because he didn't have a phone, which explained a lot. Before that I met another guy, who played games with me, after the guy who I grew attached with left, I felt a void grow inside me. The guy I played with, he liked me... and I told him "No, I can't. I'm sad can't you see? He left me here in this school where everyone hates me! He had to move and I don't blame him, and your asking me to be your girlfriend? No, is my answer." He looked at me then left. The guy who was moving gave me one last smile, and I ran up and hugged him. I said, "Friends for life?" He replied, "Yes, friends for life." It gave me some time to here this and I felt happy for a minute. He hugged me and it felt so nice, but a part of me was voided. The next day, I was beat up. The guy who I rejected was upset, and would punch me and kick me and throw stuff at me. I felt worthless yet again, and so powerless. He was in wrestling and I was in nothing but sports. Day after day I was hurt, and nobody said a word. My fake bff (Not the one that I mentioned) would just scream my name. During that summer from all that pain I told her exactly what she was. Not my friend for not helping me. I would cry and go home early from school, and the next year was worse. He got another friend to hurt me, and if I wasn't getting hurt physically, I was emotionally getting hurt. I decided I had enough of the girl who started this, and made a YT account to go spread hate on her YouTube channel. My mom found out and made me take it down. I was a bully. A heartless person, my only question was, why? The next year we moved up, and it's been better. I forgave people who shouldn't have been forgiven. The people who beat me up, and the girl who ruined my life. I'm friends with them. And when I go up to my locker and see my Crush, he doesn't say anything, but I know he takes extra time at his locker, while I rush up to my locker and my BFF talks to me, and then leave because I know I'm going to say something stupid. I'm not voided or feel bad. My confidence is just starting up again, and when I look in the mirror now, I sometimes see my scars, but I also see me. After all this time it's still me. Littlemouse. I now draw and watch YouTube. I check twitter, and try to help the people who are giving me my confidence back. I enjoy other games then Minecraft and Roblox, I love UnderTale, and although I feel my bruises still, I do cry and think, I'm always going to be me, I'm always going to be Littlemouse. My parents are also helping my Confidence. They tell me when I grow up, I'm going to look like Jennifer Lopez. I don't really believe it but hey, it still helps. Thank you for the people who took the time to read this. Have a great day/night :)
0 likeswow your voice is so soothing and peaceful
0 likesOmg dodie no matter what you have done, just focus on the future, because you are such a good person. Ground yourself to what you love, not what you've done wrong. keep being strong, because ily so much. please live forever, you pure angel.
0 likesI had no idea Hedy could draw, what can't this girl do
0 likesI love your voice and
47 likesI love Hedy's art
<3
OMG Hedy is incredible!
0 likeshedy is so talented !
0 likesI personally believe that there are many girls with rainbow bags out there, and I can say will ful certainty, that at least one of them has seen this.
1 likei can relate kinda...everyone was mean around me so i copied them and became one of them and got in a lot of trouble for it and i have to go to high school with them so you can imagine how they r now as they think there tuff and more important
1 likeI just typed an essay on my experience with bullies and how it's effected me. My laptop glitched and deleted it and I'm salty but I guess it was just a sign to not be annoying and stuff.
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KZL no it wasn't it was probably just some test from the universe or something like that
5 likesKZL or... it was simply a coincidence.
0 likesI love her art style
0 likesI love her voice it reminds me of a movie I watched Anne Frank
0 likesThis brings me back memories (haha I even cried. )
0 likesmy insecurities through bullying has effected me in many ways because I like boring things and for my weight and how I look , nowadays it seems I cannot obtain at least one friendship without my thoughts thinking that everyone will one day hurt me just like the past. That is why I stick to having no friends..
0 likesI don't know if this is just something that doesn't happen where I live but there's never been a situation like that in my school. if you don't like kids in my school you don't bully then you just avoid them.
0 likesi didnt cry the first dozens of times i watched this, but my eyes got teary wathing this for the seventh time today
0 likesOh my god I love your art!!!
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0 likesI was bullied and was the bully too in elementary and I still guilt myself for it to this day. I’ve apologized to this girl in my head multiple times but it doesn’t change the feeling. And it affects me in my everyday life but I hope I can be like you someday. Elementary school was such a blur by now from me constantly trying to forget but I know I probably said some mean things and it wasn’t even to impress anyone it was just because I was mad and upset and picked up the bad things that were dished at me I guess.
0 likes"Drawn by..@its--"
80 likes"Please follow my sister, she's so incredibly talented--"
Me: HEDY
i was cyber bullied for a year and didn’t tell anyone until it got out of hand. 😔
0 likesThis was actually really relaxing
0 likes1:58-2:31 .. every word of it legit describes me exactly
0 likesThis video gives me chills
0 likesI can relate to everyone in this story. Both dodie and her side characters whether it was the name-callers or the girl with the rainbow bag. We can all make terrible decisions; being persuaded by society that it will make us a better person through the eyes of others or letting other people think that way. Decisions like that, though, shouldn't define who we are and or who we should become. Sure things may seem unforgivable, but it takes all kinds of truces, understandings, and mutual grounds to accept what was once was and shiz.
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love how you put this!
0 likesa few months ago i took i made fun of a friend cos everyone else was, at the time i was going through some hard things and i was being bullied, i lost a friend and forever regret what i have done,i feel an enormous amount of guilt, i tried apologising but i got no response i dunno what to do theres nothing for i can do
0 likesThe Here and Nao Lol it was a midnight thought but you have no idea long it took for me to word this without getting out of hand. Thanks though! :D
0 likesI was really badly bullied by one girl in particular at my old school, she would call me names make fun of my appearance and make awful comments on how shy I was and how I would always sit at the back of the class (which was because if I sat in any other row I was always worried that the people behind me would be judging me, which stopped me from focusing on my work). Her family went away for about a week for a holiday so she wasn't there for a few days which gave other people a chance to pick on me, but it also gave some of her friends the chance to talk to me. One in particular came up to me one day and told me how this girl would always talk about me and how she wanted to be like me, how she was jealous of me, it didn't make sense to me at all. I told her friend that no one had any reason to be jealous of me, I don't have that great a home life and I was recently diagnosed with a type of arthritis (I'm 15). When she came back from holiday I saw her friend talking to her about what I have no idea, but it seamed like after that conversation she held back a lot when talking to me and wasn't so hard on me all the time. Was it because I knew that she was jealous of me, or something happened to her on holiday? I have no idea but she eventually just stoped talking to me at all together, which I was grateful for because she gave me such anxiety that I didn't want to go to school at all. Most of year 8 (in Australia) I didn't attend because in the morning when I was getting ready and would walk into the kitchen my game art would drop knowing that I had to go back to that place. Just that thought gave me so much anxiety that I would have a panic attack every morning on the kitchen floor just balling my eyes out repeating "I don't want to go" which I didn't even know I was doing, my mum told me about that earlier this year.
0 likesWow ok long sorry short, sometimes people are jealous of you for some reason. They might think you have things better then you do, or they are going through something tough and project their negative thoughts into you, not that it is very helpful. I have learned not to take things to heart so much and just to not give a crap. It has helped me get over a bit of my anxiety, I still have horrible thoughts about what people are thinking about me when I am I public but it doesn't effect me as much as it did just a year ago. One time I stood frozen in the middle of a shopping centre while having a panic attack because I though I wasn't wearing the right pants to go with the outfit I had on and that people would think I'm not fashionable, I have no idea what I was thinking because looking back I looked sexy af but in that state of mind nothing I ever did was right or at least acceptable.
Seeking the help of a psychologist didn't help me, I have been to 4 different people, the thing I felt like I needed was to be able to befriend someone who didn't know anything about me, just so I could vent to them. Then I found a thing called kinesiology, I have no idea how to explain it but finding the right practitioner who my mum and I have now become great friend with really helped me be able to get over most of my remaining anxiety, I really recommend it to anyone who feels like they have tried everything. It does take time and it does take a lot of commitment but it has helped me so much.
I relate to this so much.
0 likesWhen I saw who this was by I was literally like no fluffing way she was a bully?!
0 likesBeautiful story beautiful art beautiful message
0 likesHedy did great!
46 likesYour drawings are soo pretty🔥🔥
0 likesThis video nearly made me cry.
0 likesThe part you spoke of about holding back in the middle of a conversation because you're worried about not being heard in the space and then having it come out mumbled and just wanting to sink into the ground. I thought it was just me,
0 likesTo the girl with the rainbow bag, all of us don't know you, but you're a great inpiration for all. I'm pretty sure you're doing great in life! ❤❤❤❤
0 likesWhen I was in 5th grade I was bullied because of my laugh. One day my friend let's call him dee made me laugh so hard that I snorted and every one started staring at me and pointing at me and laughing. The next day a guy named let's call him Joe started to snort at me. Every time I got up to get a pencil or ask a question I would hear him saying "pig" behind my back. At the end of the week I snorted again and he and his boy group started laughing at me and i started to cry in class. I was so embarrassed I couldn't stop crying until the end of class and not even my best friend could cheer me up. After that I even called my self a pig and told myself I would never be buetiful or have a decent laugh. Two months of constant bullying went on and I couldn't take it so one day I told my mom of course she said to punch him but instead I told on him and he got detention for 3 weeks. But i think tjis is just constant bad luck bAdd cause evety year i get bullied even in preschool and kinder garden. This happened not that long ago because I'm now in sixth grade and I'm already becoming an out cast in my class and I'm still self conscious about what I look like and what I wear and I still think I'm never going to be buetiful. Well thank you for reading and I hope nothing like this ever happens to you.
0 likesWow, his really good at drawing
0 likesI’m so sorry Dodie.I know you didn’t deserve that.
0 likesYou are REALLY good at art
0 likesHer voice is beautiful
0 likesDodie is one of the best human beings on earth
0 likesI love Dodie but things like this make me feel like we don't get the whole picture and she's not the fully perfect happy person she sets her self up to be. Idk sometimes I get the feeling off of her that something's not right... she's not a bad person but she isn't as "perky & sweet" in real life. Sometimes it feels like a forced persona.
0 likesI wish I could go back to primary school and teach my bully a lesson (by that I mean tell her off)
0 likesi freaked when i saw hedys name at the end bc i may or may not be in love w hedy lol
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2 likessofia omg you have the same name as me and last year I had the exact same profile picture as you. What a coincidence ahahaha
1 likeSof woooo twinning (though sofia is my middle name lol)
1 likeSame
1 likebingo bongo
2 likesI'm getting bullied by this one girl that's crushing on the same boy I like. Somehow she got my number and started calling me nasty names and telling me to kill myself. I tried really hard to put a smile on my face even when inside I'm breaking down into pieces.
0 likesThis is my favourite video you've made
0 likesIf you ever been bullied than you know how it feels. If you see anyone just getting teased or bullied you need to standup for them making sure they never have to go through the same thing you ever had. (sometimes just saying one word can do so much for them)
0 likesWhen you have never been bullied and you are left out
0 likesIf the 'girl' saw this, she might would forgive you :)
0 likesthis has really helped me i am not the girl with the rainbow bag but i do have a bag thats well...brave i came home in tears because people where laughing at my bag the last part really helped me xx
0 likesI got bullied a lot. I wasn't smart either, I always scored last.
0 likesthis was beautiful
0 likesdAmn Hedy is amazing at drawing
57 likesHello, I am the girl with the rainbow bag. Thankyou for your sweet message at the end, I almost cried.
0 likesDon’t dwell on the names you called me, I forgive you. We were just kids trying to fit in.
From how I remember you, you have grown up to be such a sweet girl, don’t ever stop shining.
I can’t wait to buy and read your book.
Love, the girl with the rainbow bag
(And yes, I’m still magical)
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Are you serious? That's so cool if you really are :-)
0 likesShe draws good, she sings good, she plays good, she’s adorable....
0 likesAnd then there’s me ._.
Strange that she reads so disconnected from the text when she normally has such an involved narration voice.
0 likesOh my godddd she's coming out with a book, I've waited years-
0 likesLast time I was this early
745 likesThis joke was actually relevant
Lol love you dodie💛
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2 likesIs that a Ryan Ross profile pic
1 likeYour voice is so soothing, who's with me?
0 likesThat was beutiful! It made my day!
0 likesThis really connected with me in multiple ways..
0 likesI got picked on for my name (Chelsea) the entire way through primary school because of the sole reason it’s the same as a football team here. Then in high school, i got picked on for everything from a hat i owned and wore for non-uniform day, to my social media names. I had around 20 different boys from different classes who would all participate, the worst being in around year 8 or 9 in art, where on several occasions they’d go out of their way to destroy my almost completed work, and i broke down in one lesson and they just laughed at me. 4 of the boys were in my form and spent a good deal of it picking on everything they possibly could at any point, it was relentless for 5 full years. Ironically, one of the boys was separated from the group and was in my class in college and didn’t have a bad thing to say to me, he was weirdly nice to me the entire time. But i’ll never forget what they did to me, and what it led to in the middle of an english lesson in year 10. I remember i got so sick of the remarks, that i walked out of a lesson one day, and my friend had to follow me and calm me down/stop me doing anything stupid. I don’t really have any friends from high school left, only 2 that have stuck by me. I’m forever grateful to them, life never got any easier after that but i’m blessed to be a collage of the friends i have now❤️
0 likesthe book cover is PERFECT. and hedi is incredible at drawing wow i'm the same age as her and my limit is stickmen and awkwardly shaped cats :)))
6 likesIs it wrong to want those drawings? They make me happy
0 likesat first i was like "OMG SHE DRAWS TOO!" but then I read the description.
0 likesThe girl i love is weirdly a collage of all my favourite people despite not knowing any of them
0 likesBut i deeeefinitely am a collage of my favourite people and it makes me smile so much, knowing i have pieces of them all within me wherever i go is a blessing
When she said that thing about being a colleague of your favorite people it really got to me. In elementary school I wasn't that popular and was a little socially awkward, but my best friend was the complete opposite. She was outgoing and was pretty up there when it came to popularity, she was funny and seemed to know exactly what to say. In middle school we didn't have any classes together and it was around this time I began wanting to become more "popular." I thought that I had to change to become more popular, so I decided to start acting like her. I copied her mannerisms and tried to say things she'd probably say, and since she wasn't there to notice this went on for a while until I forgot how to act like I used to. I began adding the personalities of people I liked into my own and after a while that just sort of became me. I'm a sophomore now and people are frequently pointing out how similar me and my friend are. They'll say things like "you two act just alike!" Or "you're basically the same person." When I hear this I feel guilty because I was the one who had in a way took her identity and morphed it into my own, just because I wasn't satisfied where I was on the the popularity scale and myself. I don't know how to go back to how I used to be and I don't think I ever will be able to which really sucks because now ive accepted myself but it doesn't even matter because it's too late. If you read all of this I appreciate you taking the time to do so and I'd like to know if you, or somebody you know has gone through something similar.
0 likesHedy is so amazing at drawing
21 likesAwesome you're amazing I love your art XD
0 likesA few days ago, I brought my fidget controller to class because it helps me focus. I went to get my lunch out of my locker and when I got back, some kids older than me were messing with it. Of course I felt like they were teasing me for some reason. I politely asked them if I could have it back. I don't know why but I thought they were teasing me when they said "Oops, sorry." I carry it around in my pocket now to avoid situations like that. :T
0 likesthis honestly made me cry
0 likesCute style! Stay calm and carry on.
0 likesi love you Dodie, youre so strong and youre such an inspiration. you made me start youtube and be convident enough to make a video about my tourette syndrome. thanks dodie. just thanks for everything. (and i really like your art Hedy)
6 likesI was bullied for 7 years and 3 of which was physical. It changed who I was. I changed from a bubbly, outgoing child into a shy, introvert scared of meeting new people. I was like this until I had enough. I am still shy around new people but I'm more intimidating, I have a temper, and am emotional. I developed depression and social anxiety. I learned that by treating people badly that's how you show love (I was verbally abused at home).
0 likesI'm going to therapy and have a long way to go, but nothing will take away the mentally scaring things I was told and did to.
Yes, I was bullied and yes, I was a bully. It doesn't change what I did but slowly everyday I'm making amends to the people I've wronged. I'm not ashamed and by me telling you a little of my story you will be inspired to do the right thing no matter what you've been through.
The ending almost made me cry
0 likesI really want to read your book!!
0 likesI just went to high school and I'm so similar to you with the top sets.i have anime everything and weird shoes. Everyone else is wearing af1s while im here with comfy boots.i act happy but at night i cuddle with my kitten and cry. ಥ⌣ಥ
0 likesThanks for coming to my ted talk
GO HEDY AND DODIE IM SO PROUD OF THEM❤️
21 likesThe second she described the girl I thought...wow she sounds like a book character...
0 likesMy best friend tried to bully me when I was in the seventh grade. What I did? The next day I poured my water bottle all over her. We were inside the school and I have no idea how but I got away with it.
0 likesI got a new set of friends and whenever I walked past her she would quickly move out if the way. Then one day I just stopped seeing her and up until this day I have no idea what happened to her or where she is.
I had a rainbow bag just like that, I didn't care about my looks, I thought I was magical, I wasnt that girl,though i was just like her. I now have anxiety, I don't like how I look and rather despise myself, but apart from that...I have now ordered a new rainbow bag off amazon, thank you dodie, it's arriving in three days.
0 likesI HOPE THE GIRL WITH THE RAINBOW BAG SAW THIS ❤️
0 likesI would love to hear her read the entire book in that amazingly calming voice. Then i could sit with the book and read along.
4 likesWhen I read this part in the book all I could think about was this
0 likesI wish that girl with the rainbow backpack could be my friend
5 likesIn 2nd grade I was best friends with the "popular girls"
0 likesThen in 3rd we got separated and I met awesome friends who are always there for me then in 4th I was with them again and my friends too I saw how much attention they were getting from the boys and I wanted to be one of them again I tried for months not really fitting in but once I did I started pushing my true friends away from me and at the end I realized it was a mistake because once I started talk to my true friends they pushed me away and made fun of me I was bullying my friends with them but I realized to get away from them so I did and they forgives me
Your not the only one who felt like this, cause I feel like it most of the time
0 likeswith hedy's adorable drawings, and your lovely soothing voice this video has really had me hooked. love you lots dodie !
5 likesWe all do things we regret and we shouldn't be ashamed of it it only makes us look back at it and know that we shouldn't do it again
1 likeYour sister is soo talented wowww
0 likesoh my god i did not just cry at the “girl with the rainbow bag” part because i cant remember the last time someone has told me anything like that
0 likesYou know what's interesting? In schools here, boffin is actually a really big compliment
0 likeswhy does every single video make me cry
34 likesThis video could be very useful to a lot of people. Am I allowed to use it in class ? I teach English in a French school, near Paris. I am planning a topic on Bullying, and was looking for someone who gave enough thought to his/her experience in order to help my kids aknowledge the fact that the crossline is very thin between being bullied, and being a bully.
0 likesI also faced a similar situation but slightly different. My twin sister and I both were bullied by the same group of kids at the age of 6. I don't recall us having a difference from the other kids and up until now, I still haven't figured out their motives. It was also not that bad because they only teased and not actually physically hurting, but I was still hurt by their words.
0 likesOne day, the bully had actually walked towards me- and that was the first time she did not tease me. And she asked if I wanted to stop the bullying. Of course, I said yes. One condition was that I had to bully my own sister. So I did, cowardly taking up that chance and didn't even think twice about her own feelings. It got to the point where I think even the bullies thought I went too far. Everytime we went home, we would always argue. And we physically hurt each other by biting, scratching, punching etc. I was always the bigger and stronger so she ended up being hurt the most. That happened and conflicts between my family and I began.
A few weeks later after always getting scolded by my parents did I eventually stopped hurting my sister because I realised how horrible I was being. We didn't go to kindergarten at all from August until December because our family was worried. Since then, my sister and I started having insecurities and social anxiety, causing us to be more closed off with the others (I also had a case of depression last year because of these exact same memories). The morale of this story is, even minor verbal teasing can change a person's whole life. (To be honest, I think it (would) only happen(ed) to me because I was emotionally unstable, weak, and a coward. But I've changed and I even became more open minded with a lot of things.)
For the ones who are reading this, please understand that you're not the only person who has a difference, and that doesn't make you any less important. Instead, be proud of it because it makes you unique. And please, for the sake of your future, do not repeat my mistakes. Well then, have a good day. And if you just so happen to have a terrible day, I hope you will be greeted by happiness and may life treat you kindly.
My art teacher would have yelled at your sister for keeping the brush in the water. 😂
0 likesI hated him.
UR A GOOD DRAWER!!!!!
1 liketo the girl with the rainbow bag: I am inspired by you
1 likeok this is going to make me sound stupid, but at the end of the video it says all that weve been watching was done by your sister. you are so talented with multiple books and cds and friends and instruments and i just assumed that all that going on in the video was just another one of your talents. i was wrong. still props to your sister. that was pretty cool!
0 likesthere was a new kid in my school
0 likeshe seemed pretty nice
i thought about being friends with him
but i knew everyone didn't like him..
he was bullied
everyone hated him.
i knew what they were doing was wrong
but i didn't want THEM to hate me
i didn't want THEM to see me as an outcast
i didn't want them to...
BULLY ME.
so, i teased him. i made fun of him.
i knew it was wrong, i knew i shouldn't of done that..
but if i didn't, i would be in his shoes.
but he's still there
it's never too late to apologize, am i right?
..
right?
I also have these conversational self-confidence issues. Like you, the cause is likely the bullying I received at the start of secondary school, but I have to constantly tell myself that else I fall into the trap of feeling like there’s something wrong with me. I have some good friends these days, and each day I feel like my confidence improves. Although I don’t believe I will ever be “normal”. Sometimes rather than lack of confidence, it’s simply a loss for words that prevents me from joining in with conversation, a mental block that I can’t see a way around. Even typing this out it feels silly to be blaming the small amount of bullying I got many years ago for the impact it has had on me, but i have to believe it is the truth. But I’ll keep working on it, talking to as many people in as many situations as possible. I’m already noticing progress since changing schools but from this point onwards the only way is up. ❤️
0 likesI’m not intending anyone to read this, it’s more to put my thoughts down in words so I can understand them. But if someone happened to stumble upon this, bless you. ❤️
You are my inspiration I love your content and I hope you continue to upload grate vids ♥🏳️🌈
13 likesI didn't have many friends when I was younger. The kids called me names and for a while I didn't really have any friends. I remember i invited a lot of people to my birthday party but kids still "forgot" to come. When i got further into primary school i found friends but I wasn't always accepted. I was the butt of the joke a lot but i was so desperate for friends I accepted it. In highschool i suddenly found myself with proper friends and i didn't really know what to do with myself. As a kid in my attempts to be liked i also made fun of other kids and i feel terrible for it. I just wanted friends and my attempts to fit in lead to the hurt of another. To the girls I made fun of, i'm sorry. To the children who didn't like me, i don't blame you i was a strange kid. To the friends i thought i had, i'm sorry you felt the need to be mean to me. Everyone deserves happiness, even those who made me feel terrible and especially those I made feel terrible.
0 likesHEDY DREW THIS? Ugh she's so much more talented than me.
0 likesShe reminds me of an real life Hermione but can draw
0 likesi need this book immediately
0 likesThe part when Dodie says about how bullying affected her that she couldn't drop a sentence while being in a company with strangers, it's so familiar to me. When sentences flash in your brain, you start sweating and repeating those sentences inside your head, getting ready to voice them. But I never voice them, I just can't resist this pressure from being in a company. And it's not only with strangers but also with friends (who are not too close with me).
0 likesI've never been bullied and I can't even say how lucky I am that I've never been. That's also the reason for feeling guilt because of that undesirable shyness in conversations. Because I don't have excuses for being like that. And it's probably just personality predispositions I was born with, but in this case it sounds like something I can't change (which is not true)
There are people who are content with them being silent in most social situations. And I am content, sometimes. But most of the times I am frustrated and angry at myself because I want to talk, to be with people, to exist in their dimension, be a part of 'them'. Maybe (most likely) I am too sensitive because I care too much about other people's opinions, I don't want my pride to be hurt and I choose to avoid such risks.
It's been a couple of weeks since I am not in my teen-stage anymore. However I still ruminate on such things and over-analyse myself. Golly, I'm sick of that. When will a stop being so self-obsessed and self-centered
This was the best thing I have ever heard
0 likesI sometimes get teased about being a crybaby. It’s my body that wants to cry, not me. I always try not to cry often by, making up reasons or wiping my tears away when I know they’re coming. I always try to act tough, try to stand tall, try to act nice, supportive, friendly, and everything else... but I still feel like I want to crawl into a ball and cry. In the back on my head, I still know that people are judging me. I also get teased about other things. When we tease each other jokingly, I still feel miserable, even knowing they’re just jokes. And they’ll also say thing when they’re annoyed by me. Saying stuff like “Nobody likes you”, “Crybaby!”, or “No one loves you”. It seriously makes me sick inside. Wanting to just... leave and never come back. Never show up again. Because, I sometimes feel like they would feel nothing if something happened to me. Even if I died, only one or two would go ask on what happened. Those who really care about me. Then the rest would ask just to spread it around the school. My thought always go on what would happen if I was gone? What if I suddenly vanished? And the other what if’s that will eventually ruin my life.
0 likesTbh, I wasn't like all the other kids in school.
1 likeI had colorful hair, it'd be a different color every month, all the kids would talk about it. My friend told me my hair would fall out if I didn't stop coloring it.
My backpack stood out, everyone had these typical blue or pink backpacks, whilst I stood at the corner of the room with the darkest and most colorful backpack.
I had 2 friends, we were all bullied because of the way we ACTED, people called us lesbians, maybe once or twice we'd be called stupid. Some kid told everyone in all 3 classes that my bestfriend wet herself, all she did was slide into water.
We told everyone multiple times that we're just bestfriends, nothing more. No one believed us, we told the teachers about the bullying.. They did nothing about it, I told my mom and maybe my dad every single day that it wouldn't stop. But I knew they couldn't do a thing about it.
My parents eventually pulled me out of school, signing me up for online school.
This was very nice. It made me want to get your book even more ! Can't wait to get my hands on it :)
4 likesDodie you inspire so many people and so many people get bullied and really need to see what they do to those people that get bullied
0 likesPreciso de legendassss aaaáhhh
0 likesso hedy has just always been good at art?
0 likesIt's not so much odd as "different" whenever I hear people say they were bullied for being smart. See, in my school the people who are smart are the people who are popular, most of the time. If you were on the honour roll and were sent to interschool competitions or always swooped in to deal the finishing blow in class debate activies, everyone knew your name. And if you were the nice kind of honour student who lent them notes and answered their questions in an impromptu lunchtime tutoring session before a big quiz, they liked you. And if you were the confident kind of honour student who knew what to say and didn't trip or splutter when you say it, who knew to keep your cool and roll with it, they didn't mess with you.
0 likesUnfortunately, two out of three turned out to be bad. Elementary school me was explosive and impish and acted without thinking and was always so easy to read. I suppose you could say I was bullied. Some boys just knew how to get on your nerves and stay there, preying on your lowest points and setting you up to explode. Same boys sometimes acted like friends too, for no apparent reason. But the thing with these boys was you knew they were assholes and you didn't trust them.
I, on other hand, was thought incapable of their level of bullying until proven otherwise. Because I, on the other hand, was the honour student who smiled at your jokes and defended you from those boys and lent you a hand when you needed it. Turns out I also had it in me to be the honour student who looked at you and saw so many things to dislike, to pick on, to strike at. Cruelty just came so easily.
So I was a bully. But I was one they thought they could trust until they couldn't.
And I don't know how to not be cruel even though I've reached highschool and mellowed out and wore my hair down and knew when to turn a blind eye and found out how to douse gunpowder with water so I don't explode ever again. Even though I have friends I can love without hating. I don't know how because now I know what I was doing (fourth grade admirer; third and fourth and fifth grade girl friends who were nothing but nice; girl from third grade that was so easy to tear down; sixth and seventh grade transferees whose only mistake was liking me and being unlikable in my eyes) and some stupid, awful part of me likes it.
...Well, now I've gone off and written a novel. Toodles.
This was adorable
0 likesI was bullied my whole grade school years by my 'best friend' who talked me down behind my back. Nobody in class liked me, I had no one to play with, no one to do a presentation with, they all didn't want me. The first years of middle school I was still shy, trying to be kind to everyone, defend the ones who get mocked. However, now, in my last three years, 8th, 9th and now in 10th grade, I witness more and more that I am a bully. I don't talk trash about my friends - I am unbelievably loyal - but about random persons at my school. I make fun of their everything. Their clothes, hair, face, personality or even voice. I try to calm it down tho, to everyone in my class I am really nice, expect one, a girl everyone hates because she stole money from another classmate, lied about it and filmed us while swimming and sent the video to other people without our permission, she ranks like she never showered before, is a brat towards us etc. But to others I think, to others... I am a bully.
0 likesI used to be a bully to this certain person, all because I’m very insecure about myself. Now, we’re friends-
0 likesi used to be a bully at kg 2 and 3
0 likes(in my country we start going to school from 3 till 5 yo)
when i went to elementary school everyone started to bully me since day 1 and i never knew the reason like hello you are only 6. i didnt know what bullying is. everyone spys on me looking at me waiting for me to make a mistake so they can make fun of me. what ever i do infront of them was a bad thing. even when i tried to fix one of the girls roller backpack they were like eww how do you touch this, and for more pain, the girl was standing beside me and the whole class was at the other side and when they said this to me i pointed at her and said "then why is she beside me?" she walked away from me and stood beside the whole class and crossed her arm. i went to tell the teacher (like i usually do) and they started screaming "go tell her as if we were afraid. go cry to her. show us what you will do bla bla bla" and when i told the teacher she answered with "you are disgusting what do you want me to do to you!" i was so shocked and went to sit at my place alone. this happened to me when i was ONLY 6!! and it went like that till iam at grade 3 then my dad told me that i will change my school and i was like "eh". it was so much pain that i even didnt care. my imagination used to be way too bloody for my age, i wanted to have the power to become a t-rex to step on them all and see their blood and little bodies stuck on my feet, and never wash it off so i keep stepping on them all the time. i used to be way too mature for my age tho, what i had experienced in my life made my current friends come to me when they need a help in a problem. rn iam 14 and i have the thinking of an 18 years old. i even think sometimes that iam too young for me.
Hedy is so talented
0 likesits 1am and im watching this. i made the volume soft and tried to listen , it was quiet for the first few seconds so i held it against my ear and suddenly "LIKE MOST PEOPLE" and i fricken jumped and damaged my ears
0 likesCAN'T WAIT FOR THE BOOK OMG
0 likesCan you start an ASMR story time channel your voice is so soothing
0 likesawe omg Hedy drew this!!!!!!💕💕💕💕💕
1 likeI had a goddam fan club in elementary school. I stopped to tie my shoe before I went outside and I'd have at least 3 people waiting for me, half of which I probably didn't know.
0 likesHeyyyyyy what's wrong with being a witch lmao. I practice wicca lol, I love it! 💚💚
0 likesbefore she said the drawings were hedy i was like IT ISNT FAIR I DIDNT KNOW SHE WAS AN ARTIST HOW IS SHE SO GOOD AT EVERYTHING, then i was like oh, okay (but seriously i would die to be that good at art, or music, or singing, im dedicated to quite a few things but im not very good at any of them. just average)
0 likesDodie's voice is so damn satisfying, holy moly😌
4 likesHOW DO U DRAW HEDY! Ur so good!
0 likesWe were playing a game on someone’s phone that was a Lie detector. So we asked each other questions, fun and full of laughter, and no teasing. And after awhile it was my turn. I held the phone in my hands waiting for the question, and while they were thinking a boy said “When are you going to get lighter skin?”
0 likesThis was a part of me that I didn’t like, at all. I live in a country where having light skin is better. (Which is probably most of the countries)
So I just laughed it off, sadly. Until someone asked me another, more appropriate question.
This blew me away.
0 likesthe art is amazing
0 likesTo the girl with the rainbow bag,
6 likesI wish I could be like you, free and joyous and known in myself and hopeful that the things I love will save me one day, and I hope they did.
You took comfort in splurging on about the things you love and taking them and never hiding them away from your peers, you made them known and you made yourself seem strange and different just because you showed your loves.
You're braver than I even could be and I hope your somewhere right now, still taking pride in those things,
I hope yous till wear your rainbow bag with pride and never let a single comment hurt your love for things,
I hope you're somewhere out there doing what you love and never stopping.
I'm so proud you girl
for putting your heart on your sleeve.
Girl with the rainbow bag,
I'm so glad that you believed.
From, the girl with the rainbow heart xoxo
2:05 that....hit the mark! 😔 The whole video..
0 likesWow ur sister is so so talented 😍xx and I love ur channel
0 likesi have trust issues
1 likei would rather be bullied to my face
but i was bullied behind my back.
I just wish i knew what they didn't like
Bullied a lot at school and for some reason not very many people like me so I can relate
1 likeThis is so me.. I was always bullied each year of school. And I bullied them back.. 😞😔
0 likesPlease get this book put on audible and pleaseeeee narrate it!!!!
0 likesUr art is amazing
0 likesI hope the girl with the rainbow backpack can see what a lovely human you're now and that you're sorry
0 likesgoddamn it, why does everything make me cry
5 likesI love it that she is brave enough to say that she was a bully. Not many people can say that
0 likeslove it so much
0 likesThis hits home because when I was younger I bullied people unintentionally because I thought that I was being witty and snappy and cool. I wasn't being cool and now because of it I'm dealing with things that make me scared and it hurts to know that I hurt someone. It's hard to forgive yourself when things like this happen and I'm thankful that someone else has dealt with a similar situation. I never intended to bully people I was just blind to what I did. That doesn't justify my actions but now I've learned and I'm growing. Thank you Dodie ❤️ God bless you
0 likesI was bullied and a bully as well. I wish and I wish I could tell the girl I was mean to that I'm so sorry! And the people who were mean to me... well I know one of them is going down a road full of drugs and broken hearts. But I know they were just kids, and I'm ok.
0 likesI just wish I could tell the girl I was mean to that I'm sorry.
Dodie, I only found you a few weeks ago but I just want to tell you how much of a difference you have made in my life you are amazing and I can't wait to read your book💙💙
3 likesIm am the girl with the rainbow back thank you for your apology i have three beatiful children and they love you so thank you for making them happy i live in Minnesota near the great lakes i am a happy and proud mother and wife i also still have that rainbow bag my eldest weres it to school have a wounderful day
0 likesSo you can sing,make songs,play instruments,and draw?!?! What can you not do?
0 likesamazing drawings
0 likesthe last clip when she was drawing the rainbow bag made me cry. :(:
0 likesalso dodies parents were pretty cool naming at things cause dodie and hedy are like my fav names ok thats it bye
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Chloe Routt their names are Dorothy and Heather but yeah I'd love to know the story of their nicknames because they're so cute
73 likeslane boi no her real names Dorothy she says so in her facts about me video
20 likestinangyuen i never knew that!! i feel kinda dumb thanks for letting me know lol
1 likeI think hedys name is heather or something :)
7 likesChloe Routt my mum named me after a country TwT
2 likesMy mom let my sister name me after a proud family character
5 likestinangyuen I believe Dodie's was because her brother couldn't pronounce Dorothy when he was little? (She talks about it in another facts/questions video)
5 likesChloe Routt hedy is a terrible name
1 likeLizzie Cook pretty sure it's short for heather - not sure but i think so
1 likeHannah Phelps but it would be easier to say Heather
0 likesChloe Routt Their full names are Dorothy and Heather x
16 likesLizzie Cook How? It's shorter and cuter lol
0 likesive gone through the same thing oh my gosh but i think i learned a little earlier than you cause im just entering highschool and although i have no friends i am quite kind to people but do every once in a while do things to make people feel bad for me but at least now i know what im doing and i do my best not to do it
0 likesPLEASE USE THESE PICTURES IN YOUR BOOK
0 likesThere's this dude who was in my 5th grade class (I regret this) that I hated. Everyone hated. He smelled like trash, but that's because he was poor. And I walked up to him and said. "if your going to go to a school. Don't come here. Go inside a trashcan where you belong(I know stupid) and I made him cry while everyone was laughing at him. I was a mean kid.
1 likeYou talking about all of this makes me feel a little better my best friend is not my friend any more.
0 likesI really hope that the girl with the rainbow bag has seen this. (Despite there being at least 3 different people in the comments claiming to be her). As someone who was bullied throughout my school life, this sort of an apology and regret would mean a lot (sadly I think the bullies from my school have not matured at all)
0 likesI'm pretty sure my ex friend texted me while i was at school today and said this: "Natalie, you need to change your ways. God loves you and you need to accept christ. Trust me." and my mom blocked it.. I'm gay and i guess he isn't accepting? Idk. Thanks for reading! :3
0 likesI really loved that, until I realised it was a plug for your book :(
0 likesThis made me cry your so good and omg 😭
0 likesbless hedy is so talented
9 likesThe story has similarly happened to me but I'm a boy with a rainbow bag....
0 likesAnd it still is happening
I got bullied at school, but it was behind my back.
0 likesI was actually bullied from 1st to 7th actually.. and it wasnt the traditional way of bulling really. They just would ignore me and I wouldnt get chances to get friends and this made me extremely insecure because I thought it was because I was weird and I was ugly and stuff like that but sometimes the boys would bully me because I spoke english to friends and because I wasnt like the other girls and then in 7th guess whaaat! I found out I have a anxiety disorder thats pretty bad and possibly some other stuff like asperers or something and it was so bad I would get panic attacks from thinking about school so yeah that wasnt fun.. and that wasnt too long ago either I actually just got into 8th so woo I guess?
0 likesI got bullied for being different and I had no friend for most of primary school and closed of cause of that but on high school transition I meet my friend at first she thought I was scary but then I opened up and a new world was opened up
0 likesat first i thought dodie drawn it. it's a really sweet story thooooo
0 likesHoly shit i was watching this and enjoying it and then I looked at who it was by and I screamed
0 likesomg why r u good at everything!!!!<3
0 likes"to the girl with the rainbow bag" is when i started crying js
0 likesi'm sitting here in my room...its 10:54 currently and i'm tired. fegtrcv56 (sorry i think i just fell asleep on the keyboard.)
28 likesi have been binge watching some of your videos and i just wanted to say that not only am i falling in love with your channel but i think i'm falling in love with you and your personality.
your smile has brought joy to my life,i'm literally just here trying my emotions on my laptop,sipping tea and pondering about what i want to be? (hey that rhymed!)
ANYWAY!
Your great
and please don't stop doing what your doing
much love from just one of your 641,000 :)
Im pretty sure im bullied.
0 likesBy pretty sure i mean im pretty sure im talked about behind my back.
It doesnt feel good. I just keep it to myself.
I wish i couldent.
But its hard.
Awesome. And people ask me why in so kind and awesome myself. Well. "I'm just a collage of my favourite person and myself"
0 likesi rewatched this video cause I felt bad, I was playing a game on my laptop and got annoyed cause I kept being killed, so I wrote a stupid thing in the chat. I was feeling annoyed but I don't like being mean so I said in chat, "u a big ol sack a poop" yep very immature but I felt bad about it after. its stupid, and immature but I felt bad about it, andtobehonestiwouldntwanttobecalledasackapoop. But anyway Thanks for reading❤
1 likeDodie your book is out the day before my birthday!!
0 likesI think everyone had had bullied and also bullied someone before.
0 likesHoly crap that's from dodies book?! 😂 I AM SHOOK
0 likesI was bullied gor 6 years and my bully was in my class for the years. And i had many friends there. But then i moved and i still talk to my friends back at my old school. But at my new school, im in 6th grade and everyone is so nice. I made so many friends. Boys, girls, everyone. At the middle school i go to, no one is bullied or made fun of, there aren't stereo types, no popular. No un-popular. We are all different. But all the same. No one is made fun of. Ive made close friends. And i feel like I've known my friends forever. Well if you read this whole thing, happy holidays or Christmas 2017 or anything else you celebrate. And if you ever have gotten bullied, you aren't perfect. No one is. Whoever bullies you, they are just jealous of you. Well happy holidays!
0 likesI cried when I watched this oml
0 likesHedy is so talented
0 likesI’ve always been bullied. For being bi, having a ‘posh’ voice, for not wearing makeup and not being stereotypical pretty girl. I try not to get offended by it but then a person who was meant to be my friend manipulated me and pushed me to kill myself. She said “It would be better off, I mean you’re not happy here and you never will be. You’re just a useless person who is a burden.”
0 likesMy niece passed away when I was 10. It was a known all around the town as it was on the news for being suspicious, as a 10 year old I already knew about depression as my parents both have it, so I took care of them so much. Now I’m 14 and I have been diagnosed with depression and anxiety, I stay alone at school which I don’t mind, but I still get bullied. I know that I’m not alone.
To the random person reading this, you are not alone. It might seem like you’re at the bottom, but just focus on the positives and eventually you’ll build yourself up. The world is shit. We all know that. There is no point sugar coating it, but we can do our best as people to make it better. I care about you, and happiness might seem far away, but it’s closer than you think. I get bullied, instead of focusing on that, I focus on the fact that when I leave school I will be able to make my own life and perhaps help others. Have a good life and remember to smile! :D xxx
the drawongs ARE SOOOO CUTE!!
0 likes2:18-2:27 someone put it into words
0 likesThis is so cute and touching awww
15 likesI think this is important as hell, so many people get bullied and yes that's awful but people don't talk about BEING a bully, it's a serious problem
0 likesPLEASE NARRATE THIS BOOK AND TURN IT INTO AN AUDIO BOOK
0 likesI love your voice
0 likesby the end of this I was crying
1 likeNo way, hedy' s work is amazing!!
6 likesI was bullied in elementary school Because I was bad at sports and "weird" I'm super awkward. Thinking back I remember I was strong I had confidence, I fought back. I didn't believe them. at one point I broke. I stopped fighting, I believed them. I was thinking how to be more likable at all times.
0 likestwo years later the only things they told me was: Why are you so quiet? Why don't you talk to us? Why don't you speak louder??
Sometimes I wish I couldn't speak
she: "To the girl with the rainbow back"
0 likesme: insane noises of sadness
This is like asmr 💕
0 likesThis id amazing!!
0 likesI know this video is quite emotional, and I love it so much so this probably isn't the place to request a video idea but, if you and hedy could cover "call your girlfriend" that would be unbelievable check out the Lennon and maisy one
24 likesyou are all in love with dodie and I don't blame you... but tbh I'm in love with hedy :")
0 likesI wouldn’t count it as bullying... but it’s been with me for over 3 years...
0 likesI was just at my new school, talking to some friends when this random boy, we call him Mark Junior, as I was saying he randomly ran up to my back and kicked it.. I told his mom, because I saw her, and he said “She was going after me” and last year.. I was learning self defence, I don’t anymore since a bruised the inside of my foot, but the skills I learned are forever with me, in the same year, before I learnt self defence, there was a new girl, again I don’t count this as bullying, but she randomly came up to us, with two of my closest friends and started like... saying stuff about me and my best friend, I was then going to my school every 6 pm, and staying there until 8 pm, to learn self defence.
That was my little life story... I really never became a bully..
I was a bully too. I stopped because I really wanted to appreciate that person and be their friend. My friend pressured me into bullying her, and I really didnt want to and regretted it. I was bullied. I was bullied by the girl that pressured me into bullying the girl in the last story. I was pushed into a deep spiral of depression, constantly contemplating when to kill myself. Im still here, but thats only because of my parents. Learn to love the right people.
0 likesYou are too much like me about so many different things and I'm shocked. I think we are twins lol
0 likesThis is so beautiful Dodie! I could so see this being a song. 👍♡♡
3 likesTo the girl with the rainbow bag. I feel for you I was just like you.
0 likesThis made me cry a lot
0 likesits nice how you got bullied and you where a bully and the person you bullied didnt care about getting bullied snd now you feel guilty
0 likesI feel like the girl with the rainbow bag, there was this boy who my friend liked, but he was getting bullied and one day he came up to us crying and we cheered him up, but now, his bullys are his friends and he makes fun of me none stop, but so do his friends, I've been to a teacher 3 times but nothing works, one time I decided to ignore him until he started putting rubbish on my desk, so I simply put them pack on his, he scolded me and picked up the rubbish and while slapping me, so I ran out the classroom crying into the bathroom, I decided to go to a teacher again after sitting in there for half an hour put a week later it got worse, he made fun of me saying I smiled wen he talked to me and stuff, I only smiled because in that week he was finally treating me like a person, then... he started saying if I bought him stuff or gave him money he would stop, so I did. My friends told me I shouldn't and I knew it was wrong but I thought if I did he would be nice to me, but he didn't he just kept asking and one day him and his friends were crowding me askin for money, after that the next week I decided to stop, so I did and it got worse, I would get told to kill myself daily and stuff like that, one day my friend asked him why do they bully me, he sed he doesn't and it's because I have a go at him everyday which I don't, I don't know wat to do to this day I just hope they don't do it next year.
0 likesI can relate to this so much, I am literally in tears.
3 likesOh baby the same over here. When you try to stay quiet you ended up being bullied. But when you try to fight back, you ended up feeling like a bully. It's ok to defend yourself
1 likeI cried...
0 likesthats all I have to say
You're so pure
0 likesI really want to know what kind of watercolors she used ❤️❤️
0 likes"we are just a collage of our favourite parts of other people" stops, stares dead ahead. Realises that nothing about themself is original. Existential dread sets in worse than ever... subscribes
0 likesI wish I could just give everyone hugs
0 likescan i marry hedy's art style itS SO PERFECT
0 likesMuch love for sharing
0 likesHedy is so talented!!!!
5 likesI was also a bully then I got bullied now were all good.
0 likesHello Dodie,
0 likesI know it's none of your business, but I'm asking you, because I think there needs to be something done. And if you don't want this in your comments, you are free to delate my comment of course.
This massive bullying going on against simply_kenna has reached it's limit. It is getting more and more toxic. It stands in no comparison to what she has done.
Maybe you can set positivity against that huge mountain of negativity.
I don't want to start a discussion here and everybody is free to think of that theme whatever they want, but it just has gotten out of hand. I'm not defending anyone, but this is cruel bullying simply_kenna is going through, nothing else. And that will stick to a human soul forever.
I was bullied really badly in primary school, and there were a few painful incidents in secondary school too up until I was about 13.
0 likesI bullied this boy who was 2 years below me in secondary school and I feel like a piece of shit for it. I bullied him in the exact same way someone 2 years older than me bullied me. I apologised to him about it, and then 2 years later I bullied him again. I was a fucking piece of shit. I really want to reach out and apologise (I’ve found him on Facebook- his brother was in my year) but my therapist said I shouldn’t because it might bring up painful memories for him. I’ve joined an anti bullying charity to try and right my wrongs but I still feel like shit. I was such a shitty person as a teenager.
Also there was a time when one of my friends (who I don’t talk to anymore because they were a horrible person) said something really mean about the person I bullied when he was within earshot. By this point I wasn’t as much of an arsehole, so I told my friend to shut the fuck up. I still feel like shit about what my friend said, and I feel like if I didn’t bully this boy then my friend wouldn’t have said that about him.
The fact that I bullied someone haunts me because I was bullied myself so it’s the last thing I should’ve inflicted on anyone else. Also I was at the age where I knew wrong from right, so I’m disgusted that I could treat someone so badly.
EVERY DAY I JUST ASK MYSELF AS I SEE THE OTHER KIDS "is there somthing wrong with me,why do they hate me "
0 likesI have a cheeseburger backpack and take to school proudly #cheeseburgerbackpack
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melanie pineda CHEESE BURGER BACKPACK! CHEESE BURGER BACKPACK! Steven universe is my lifeeeee
31 likesmelanie pineda You are amazing!
11 likesYess! That's so awesome! I saw a girl with a cheeseburger backpack but I was too shy to compliment her even tho I wanted to, still regret not complimenting her
12 likesI'm also 15 who proudly wears a cheeseburger backpack with a Steven universe shirt. And I love it
15 likesI also have a S.U hat. And mug.
7 likesYe
Hazy yea u right about that. And trust me I didn't always have the confidence to take it around and be my child ish self. I still don't have much confidence but my cheeseburger backpack sure does help. Even if I am called a small fat child ish girls
1 likeSTEVEN
2 likesMyTwentyØneCryingPhansPanicingAtTheDisco OMLLL YADHHH STEVEN UNIVERSEDE
2 likesI have a hot dog one :)
0 likesHeck yea. I have two SU shirts. One from Hot Topic and a custom made Lapidot one
0 likesmelanie pineda Steven universeee
0 likesMy friend has one too!!!
1 likei had one last year lol
0 likesyou’re awesome
0 likesmelanie pineda I had one, I am overweight but not by much. I was called fat and I didn’t wear the bag anymore and I still have it to this day but I am still
0 likesSelf concise about wearing any clothing with food pictures on it.
I love you. STEVEN UNIVERSE 4 LIFE
0 likesThis is so sad but so relaxing
0 likescan she get anymore talented ?
0 likesI had a very hard hearing dodie because she wasn’t talking very quietly, quiet enough for me to not hear, and my family was speaking in Tagalog very, very loudly. Though, I started crying near the end because I thought that little message was really sweet :”) ♡
0 likesYou're voice is the cutest thing ever omg
0 likesThat art is beautiful
11 likesI think people attempted to bully me? Honestly I've always lived apart from reality and am notoriously oblivious. I only remember two times when someone tried and i gave as good as i got and never got bothered again.
0 likesThe first was in first grade. I was short so this boy in my class (same height as me btw) called me a kindergartener. I literally told him "i may be short but at least I'm smart" and he never talked to me again. Idk why that was such an effective comeback. I probably got made fun of behind my back after that but ... whatever.
The second was after moving states and in seventh grade. Im fat and some girl i didnt even know came up to me at lunch and said loudly "Are you pregnant?" And i didnt even pause just went "Nope, I'm just fat. But you might be." And i feel kinda bad about the second part because like less than 9 months later she apparently dropped out to have a kid. (In the 8th grade... at 13... like... i hope she's doing ok.)
But yeah nobody bothered me xD I did do basically nothing but read. I was the kid who went through every book in the library worth reading and then half as many that weren't. Its probably good other kids didnt bully me. I had enough at home.
•o• bullying happened in elementary school.. for me that is .. where kids didnt know really how to harm anyone except for words gum and paper. I was thankful that it happened in elementary where it was a big enough sin to just push someone down. However, that was my experience. I was a a little teeter totter for those who wanted to pull my arms side to side. I was the mat if people wanted to walk all over me. I was a book where i absorbed every nasty name they said. I was their art canvas if they wanted to stick gum or wads of paper to me or color me red with embarrassment. It was a childs game. Im just lucky i won. I may not be the happiest and i suffer from depression.. but i get to stand by people who love me. I created a family that wouldnt put me down but hear me out on my problems. Im lucky that i made it past that childs game and saw some beauty in my self and in those who bullied others. Without them... i wouldnt be the person i am. So I thank you for the suffering that made me see and learn to never listen to those barks and laughters.
0 likesThere is beauty in every pain.
OMG, THIS VIDEO HAVE SUBTITLES IN SPANISH.I am so happy, I could undertand :')
0 likesSame I was bullied then I lied sense they would laugh if I told the truth when I was in 1 grade I had to sit in a baby seat and when my friends saw they laughed, I hope you have a great day who is reading this, you deserve a good life
0 likesi love you.
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💙💙
0 likesKate 💛💛💛💛
0 likesi guess i'm lucky, in a sense
0 likesno true bullying ever goes on in our school, it's rare that a stranger would go up to you a tease you but, more often then not
here, the closest people to you are the ones that hurt you the most
and somehow? it's worse then being called out by a complete stranger
i don't know if it's only me, but there's a person
she constantly degrades me but i can't be bothered to care anymore
calls me fat, stupid, tacky
i've grown used to it
i can't let go
if i let go, i am nothing, i'll be going through school alone
and i just can't deal with that
and sure, i'll be free from her abuse, but i've grown attached
it sucks
i suck
I was bullied all through elementary too. People would tease me for my lips because they were big and my top lip is upturned or I wasn't like them and they would just be mean in general. This one kid, when I was in 3rd or 2nd grade said he would never marry me or a girl like me because I was black, at the time I didn't know what racist meant but it still offended and I felt hurt so I became insecure of my skin color and wished I was white. I would have friends but they exclude me from stuff and I would be left alone which was was around 4-5th grade and by the time I graduated elementary, I had no friends to go to and it was just me and my family. I would almost cry everyday because of how bad the kids would bully me, just thinking back at it now, it seemed like I was depressed but I didn't know what that meant at that age. When I want people to like to me, I would do whatever they did, if they didn't like this person, I didn't like them or if they didn't like this musical artist or group, I wouldn't either (like one direction but don't worry, I love them to this day but I still feel like a fake fan for "not liking" them at some point). 6th grade took a while to make friends but it happened and I still stuck to those people. Middle school got better and I began to get more confident in myself and wasn't a sheep (follower) more people started becoming my friend and I was a lot more happier than elementary. There is a few times where I would get teased but I would defend myself...and maybe go off on them a lot but hey, that shows I'm stronger now. I'm not messed with as much by my former bullies because hey stopped, even one girl who used to be mean to me is like really nice and a great student, who also seems innocent, unlike the other popular ones who wants to head down the wrong path. I just started high school and it's still getting good, even though there is moments where I still feel lonely, I have friends who I can go to now. To my fake friends and bullies, please have a nice life even though in my head I kinda wish for the opposite but people change!
0 likesYou are so artistic! #StopBullying
0 likesI was the same as Dodie back then..
0 likesWhen you remember that dodie can art. SHE CAN ART PEOPLE.
0 likesEveryone's a collage of other people - that stuff hit deep
0 likesThat is amazing
0 likesMy best friend. My only friend talked shit behind my back and started to bully me. I have trust issues and can never fully trust someone now.
0 likesDodie is my aesthetic.
0 likesAwwww this almost made me cry
0 likesTHAT RAINBOW BAG, I WANT IT NOW!!
0 likesIf I recall correctly I think I know who the girl with the rainbow bag may have been. Do not be so hard on yourself, things were not easy in your class. Without you in the form she would have been more isolated, as you were one of the few people with the maturity and patience to be friendly with her, until later years when greater mixing in school meant she found her own close knit group, just like you. I believe we as teachers were jointly culpable. I always knew their was strain in your friendship, but perhaps underestimated what consequences it put on you when inevitably she was isolated so paired her with you. It is hard aligning perceptions from back then, with the realities as understood now. You are an inspiration to many, I am glad to have glimpsed some of that path.
0 likesOur stories are the exact same except I never picked on anyone.
0 likeshere again to watch this video for whats probably the 100th time. i watch it if i need a cry lol
0 likesI am weird. And minor. Introvert. But I love my self💕
0 likesI think people treat me the way I treat myself.
Your drawing is nice👍
1 likeAWEE THE DRAWINGS ARE SO CUTEE
0 likesI know lots of people are saying they were bullied, but I have a different story. I, myself was a bully in elementary school. I wasn't the main one, my friend was the main bully, and I supported her whenever she bullied this one kid. Whenever I asked her why, she said it was because he was wierd, and I never once decided to question her reasoning. I didn't even realize I was bullying him. I didn't even realize it when I made him cry. That went on for about a year. Then there was a bully rally at our school to stop bullying, and it wasn't til then that I realized what I was doing. That was in 4th grade. I finally stopped bullying him, but I never told my friend to stop cause I didn't want to risk our friendship. She eventually stopped too, though. He moved away in 5th grade. At least when he left, we weren't enemies anymore, but we weren't friends either. My other friend(not the bully one) became his friend and kept in touch with him for about a year. I'm just glad we didn't leave off as enemies, otherwise I don't know how I could have lived with myself for what I did. In 5th grade I tried to make up for what I did by talking to him every once In a while, and he talked to me too. I wish I could've done more when I had the chance. I wish I hadn't let the bullying go on for as long as it did. Maybe it wasn't as bad as I remember it. Maybe my guilty conscience make the memories seems much worse than they really are, but I'm going to have to live for what I did. I just want u all to know that not all bullies are heartless, and that some stop the bullying once they realize what they've done. I hope you can learn to forgive them because it might be hard for them to forgive themselves. As for my friend(that was the bully) we still hang out. She never once showed any sign of remorse, or at least not out loud. But I just wanted to tell my side of the story, because im a former bully myself. I do regret what I did, but I can't change the past, so I must live with it
0 likesI was bullied a lot, I moved to a new school in kindergarten, did have any friends, but I didn't mind. I'd just play Pokemon and read any school gave me free time. Then I stayed back in the first grade, not because I wasn't smart enough, my parents made that clear, but because I started too early. But I didn't care, as long as I could play Pokemon I was happy. It was my first day with these people, and I decided to try to make a friend, there many people to choose from, somehow I chose the perfect person to talk to, she was kind, we had the same interests, she was amazing. A couple weeks later a girl started to bully us, because we were shy, nerdy, and different than her. Then people started not to talk to me except for two stellar girls, they were nice but I thought they liked me out of pity. People looked at me and whispered, I had no clue why they would do that. The bully would continue to call me names one day then cry the other day about something fake to make me feel bad for her... It worked, and because of that I never told anyone but my best friend. Soon the school year was almost over and one of the girls who was nice to me told me that the bully was spreading romars about me for the majority of the year, I was mad that no one told me till now, and sad that no one helped me, but I was grateful that she told me I must have taken a lot of courage. I did nothing after that to stop what happened, if I could go back I would've told a teacher, but it's too late. The bulling continued, but that's why in later years of grade school I tried to hide being "nerdy," it's why I have trust issues, it's why I have no social skills, why I have no confidence, ect. But I I realized, who cares about what other people think about you like Pokemon way too much, you can like what you like, who cares if you'd rather read, play video games, draw, watch "nerdy" movie's, do math because you like math, think about cool stuff, stare at a wall, and ect instead of interacting with people. There just one thing that amazes me, that that happened in first grade.
0 likesYou know when I was in 5th grade (now I’m in sixth) I was kinda shy and I didn’t know that people were trying to make friends with me and get on my good side and that made me then feel good and I felt loved but then I found out they only treated me this way because my mom worked at the school and if she found out anyone was being mean to me they would get is serious trouble. But now I’m in sixth grade I’m off at a school with older kids and high schoolers while my mom is back at my old elementary. But being part of the new group of kids at this new high/middle school is scary and isn’t fun. You constantly hear older kids talking about how we shouldn’t be here or that we just don’t deserve to be a such a nice school it hurts ya know. And my best friends both go to my school and are really the only two I can really talk to when I need something or am hurting one of them is a boy and makes friends easily and that makes me happy for him but with me on the other hand I only make people that can make me feel a little less useless ya know it’s like they can watch me fall and laugh but instead they leave me in the ground crying but tell me it will be fine then they walk off. But my best friends friends well they aren’t that nice to me I don’t know I guess I intimidate them because they want to be best friends with him but they don’t understand how much we have grown as people to accept that we will all have other friends and his friends didn’t understand that I knew this kid since kindergarten. But his friends just were rude to me when he wasn’t looking giving me dirty looks one of them called me “ugly” another one smacked me in the back of the head but ya know it’s fine it’s not like I haven’t been through enough being lied to in elementary by someone I trusted having all the kids in my school pretend to be my friend so that they wouldn’t get on my bad side because then they get on my moms bad side. But did they ever stop to think one more lie or one more hurtful word could send a chain reaction and I can stop coming to school or for worse just exclude everyone from my life and wait for everything to freeze so that while everyone else is frozen I can walk back over to where I want to belong in the arms of my best friends and my family instead of in a dark corner with all these laughs these lies and they “promises” people make to hurt me. But there is one thing I don’t understand there is this one girl in my class and she has been lied to and faked by so many people yet she has the courage to come to school everyday with a wide smile and willing to be hurt by people and as long as she helps them she will feel amazing. I.......I used to be that girl but with all these things going on it hurts and I can’t always just fake a smile trust me seeing other people smile because I did it I caused that smile it feels great and this time instead of telling me I’ll be okay and walking away sit feels like they wiped my tears always and then walked away. But no one will read this it’s too long I jut hope no one I know reads this because then they’ll try to “fix” me but you can’t fix something that’s already broken you can only slowly make it better.
0 likesHedy your art is AMAZING
5 likesIm the top in writing in my ENTIRE grade, so yes.. I also got bullied
0 likesagh i want to be hedy's friend!!! she i so smart and amazing and she loves Hamilton like me and she is my age and aghh she is just so freakin amazing!!!
6 likesOmg your dodie my twin sister loves your songs 😊
0 likesJimminy Cricket! Does Hedy sell prints on Etsy? 'Cause she should get on that! She is hella talented!
0 likesPeople in my class bully me for watching you, Dodie. But you know what? I'm proud that I watch your videos.They say you're weird and you try too hard. It makes me sick. They think being different from themselves is weird and abnormal. I don't care what they say because, without you, Dodie, I wouldn't be who I am today.
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I'm happy for you :) stay strong, don't listen to your classmates, dodie rocks!
0 likesTobyrobot Thank you! The Dodie community is full of beautiful beans that always brighten my day :)
0 likesThese days people get bullied for wearing Sketchers...
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PanicAtTheHamilton21BMCChiplote HoodiesRLife I know, sketchers are comfortable and I don't really care about Nike or adidas
0 likesAww Dodie❤️❤️💋
0 likesYour voice 😍
1 like2:09 soo relatable omg
0 likesow you stabbed me... in my FEELINGS
0 likesI am bullied I'm 11 and my so called friends were so mean I was called a pig and other things I would be people freinds and they would just abandoned me and say I was not cool enough when this happens stand up to them ! Killem with kindness
0 likesI love you the girl with the rainbow bag i just wanted to let you know you are loved and you are brave and you are smart
1 likestrange that calling a person a witch could be bullying.
0 likesAs a person who hates youtuber books... I'm genuinely looking forward to yours
11 likesI think your awesome 🤗#awesomedodle
0 likesWhat drawing style is this X ❤️
0 likesive never been bullied. ok thats not true. in fourth grade people would call me a dwarf or a midget and hang things of mine over my head, because they knew i couldnt reach. but that stopped once i stopped talking to them
0 likesDon't leave your brush in the water like that! It can mess it up lol
0 likesI feel like I can lowkey relate to the rainbow bag girl =/
0 likesI get bullied by my teacher.She said that if I tell anyone then I'll get expelled.HALP MEH!
0 likespsh FORGET ABOUT ASMR, LETS LISTEN TO DODIE TALK WHILE WATCHING A SATISFYING ART THING
0 likesstarts crying after watching it
All throughout elementary and middle school I was teased for being annoying and obnoxious since I was a really hyperactive kid, and I didn't have a lot of friends, I was mostly friends with the weirder kids in school, and people would tease my friends and it made me really upset. I didn't really speak up for myself so I often was isolated and alone, clinging to the outskirts of friend groups. Today I have serious abandonment issues and I'm convinced I'm going to drive my friends away, or that they don't like me, or that I'm annoying, which stems from years of being put down and ignored, but I'm really trying to branch out from it, so I can be more confident when I leave for college next year :')
0 likesI want these drawings in my room 😂😍
3 likesI'm crying in class and it's this videos fault lmao
0 likesthis video really hit home
0 likesIf you are the girl with the rainbow bag, please add a comment saying you are❤️❤️
2 likesI’m a girl who loves rainbows and unicorns. Some people would call me rainbow girl but nothing mean. Do not bully people or just don’t be mean in general. One day the people who you bully might be successful and is cool. Just choose kind.
0 likesNO WAY DID HEDY DRAW ALL OF THAT?!?!!!!!??!
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she did
19 likesChloe Diana yep
2 likesSO. DAMN. RELATABLE.
0 likesI don't really understand bullying victims who turn into bullies and I never have. I was bullied throughout school and it nearly killed me. I would never do that to someone. However, I do appreciate that you are genuinely apologetic and I love your videos, Dodie. You're not a bad person, you were desperate to fit in and I get that feeling even if I don't understand hurting someone else. Bullying can eat you alive. It got to the point where I was in therapy for 2 mental illnesses and attempting to kill myself. Thank god I'm happier now. To anyone being bullied, I know it sounds cliche but I promise it gets better. You're worth it and you should absolutely stick it out to see the person you become. I'm so glad I saw it through.
0 likesCan you do a drawing tutorial!? ❤❤
0 likesI am the rainbow bag girl it's okay for what you have done to me during the past I forgive you. I threw away the rainbow bag because I felt sad but I still miss that rainbow bag. I forgive you Dodie and it's okay.
0 likesthis was lovely
4 likesi will never not cry listening or reading this
0 likesI'm kinda always in the background, even when I hang out with friends, they don't let me take part in a conversation, they kept talking over me. That was back then, I did only have 2 friends that always let me talk and take part in a conversation:). But I soon found out that they were talking behind my back. And they weren't my friends anymore. Now I don't have any. it seems like I only get bad luck having friends. now I'm stated the "Drawing girl." I draw instead of socializing. I draw instead of eat at lunch, I draw instead of playing on the playground. But I like it that way. I have less worries. You don't always have to have friends to be happy:)
0 likesThis is out of context but like she can draw, paint, sing, play a bunch of instruments, and she's beautiful! She honestly I perfect
0 likesam i the only person that cant imagine dodie as a bully
0 likesThe book cover is so lovely!!!
40 likesSad. People who are bullied often become bullies. And when they bully the victims also become bullies. The sad vicious cycle
0 likesWow this is like my life story...
0 likesI WANT HER BOOK SO BADLY T_T
0 likesOff topic but I love your voice sooo much
0 likesi've been bullied most of life too. It sucks. Especially when there is no one there for you. Heck, i'm 15 now and it still happens sometimes, some forms hurting more than others. The worst thing for any bullied person is to become the monster they hate most. Everyone, don't be afraid to stand out and stand up for each other, whether you know the person or not.
0 likesHedy is talented af
0 likesI clicked on this video as soon as I saw the title because I got bullied and so I bullied
0 likesAnnnnnnnnd there is the book plug. :P I'm teasing, you're lovely!
0 likesActually I am homeschooled but except in preschool - grade 4. And if anyone actually had a rainbow bag in my class I'm pretty sure you'd be the most popular one there. Cuz everyone would want a rainbow bag in my class 😂
3 likesNot everyone is a collage of their favourite people. They might inexplicably be versions of their parents who might not be their favorite people.
0 likesBeautiful.
0 likesWell, look where you’re at. And look where they are.
0 likesI feel like a bully, not that I made fun of people. But I was very hot tempered. The second you make me mad I will roast you (surprisingly well), when I was in school it was usually me playing around though, not being at all genuine. Although many didn't realize this. I also slapped my sister...every day. I'm a jerk :D.
0 likesLet's find the girl with the rainbow bag!!!
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Pakislav I second this
26 likesPakislav I third this
8 likesi fourth this
0 likesI fifth this
0 likesI sixth this
0 likesPakislav I seventh this
0 likesI eighth (?) this haha
1 likePakislav i ninth this
0 likesi eleventh this
0 likesI twelfth(?) this <3
0 likesi thirteenth this
0 likeslets not. she might not want to be found.
111 likesI fourtheenth this.
0 likesI sixtenth this
0 likesi seventeenth this
0 likesi eighteenth this
0 likesDO NOT i very much doubt she wants to be reminded of what she went trough when she was younger I do believe your intentions are of kindness but leave her be she has most likely has moved on. The past is the past, let hers be.
31 likesI EiGhTeEnTh this.
0 likesI 19th this ?
0 likestwentieth this, as long as none of her personal privacy is invaded!
16 likesI twenty-first (?) this
0 likesPakislav i twenty second this
0 likesWELL LET'S NOT SIT ON OUR ARSES AND GO ON TO TWITTER OR INSTAGRAM FIND HER!!
2 likesYATH GURL!!! also, im the 911th like on this comment. MOMENT OF SILENCE PLEASE.
2 likesI 2nd this
3 likesshit
I understand she might not want to be reminded of her past, but she might also wonder why dodie amd other bullies were mean to her. If it were me, I would love to hear this coming from my bully, it would give me closure. So I am excited to find her as long as we do it carefully and don't invade her privacy. As long as we do it respectfully, I think she would love it. And if she doesn't, I think she would still appreciate our effort. It'd be cool to know what Dodie feels about this.
3 likesI twenty third this!! (Hope she dosen't mind)
0 likes+mirandawatson99 you are probably right
0 likesPakislav what if she's like a super gorgeous model or really successful 😂
1 likePakislav __No. Let's not. There's a reason Dodie does not mention her by name.
56 likesand then?
0 likesI hope SHE finds THIS but WE don't find HER. Respect her privacy please.
13 likesCamryn Singsandreads We could just try to trend on twitter or something. If she wants to be noticed she will reach out to us. If she sees it but doesn't, than we'll just move on. I don't think there's anything wrong with that
1 likewhen I read secrets for the mad I knew something sounded familiar
0 likesThis video proves that bullies were bullied
0 likesIk I'm late to this video but I'm kinda in the same spot as you it all starts off with the first year of highschool I had 2 friends loved them so much and did everything with them after a while we left 1 of those friends out all the time. Pranked her even though they weren't funny made fun of her and everything after a while another girl joined our group and was teasing her then near the end of the year I started realising what I was doing and made sure we backed away from her. The next year came by and I started feeling excluded I only started realising after they punched me and beat me multiple times pulled a prank on one of them and she comes to me and diggs her nails in me I started hanging with other people and doing my own thing I ended up having a huge fight on the phone with one of my friends and got back together after a while. Then I left her for Good and got on with my life then they started bullying me for no reason. Steal my food, throw things at me, call me names or try to get me mad she did it to me and my new group of friends (the one I left at the start accepted me back in) my friend was very upset with the bullying and would end up in tears in the office. Through out that year we went in the office so Manny time thinking we got them but never did they always got out of it out school really only cares about the way out school looks and we're number 1. The next year (this year) goes and I'm alone. 1 of My friends who got bullied left school only comes to school once a week. They left my other friend alone and now just pick on me. It's not easy having to deal with bullying while your sister is suffering from depression when U see messed up thing happen cause of depression. Till this day I'm still sad and I feel so alone. Outside of school I have no friends what so ever and I still get bullied. It just annoys me that the school is doing nothing to help me the teachers basically bully us. This is probably Kama from being a douche to my bff on the first year of highschool.
0 likesi just want to know how you can get more creative than dodecahedron
0 likesI'm LOWKEY in love with hedy... but she's older than me, so it's ok right??? RIGHT??? RIGHT??????? I'm only turning 12 tomorrow.
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EstelleFoxy lmaooo
3 likesThat's okay because I have a crush on dodie
3 likesUmm.. Thats a little weird, but then again, I won't judge 👌
2 likesSame and we are actually around the same age the only problem is I'm in a different state and country lol I'm from Los Angeles
4 likesEstelleFoxy shes a week older than me
2 likesme and hedy are the same age and i have a tiny crush on her lol
1 likehow old is she???
1 likeEstelleFoxy she's two years younger than me😟 but in august she'll be 13 and I'll still be 14
3 likesso hedy's 12?
5 likesYou're lowkey in love with hedy? im freaking highkey in love with her lol.
7 likessame but me and her are the same age 🤷♀️
1 likeemmasperos Speros lol
1 likeEstelleFoxy she's younger than me and it makes me feel awkward and idk why
5 likesHappy birthday
1 likethat's definitely not weird, it's totally normal to have crushes on people around your age. I think my girlfriend and I are around the same distance apart in age as you and hedy (I'm 14 and they're 13)
1 likehappy early birthday!!!
0 likesEstelleFoxy heyy!! i'm turning 14 tomorrow !! birthday buddies!
0 likesAka Gray k
0 likesHedy looks so much older than almost 13! Idk might be just me
0 likesdodie this is so cute
0 likesI don't get bullied, I never bullied (once unintentially and another time i was so little i didnt get it) but i kinda bully myself
0 likesYo this is a fuckin mirror I can relate so much !!!
7 likes“Everyone is just a collage of their favourite parts of other people”
0 likesBecause ur book and nodderellas book come out on my birthday I'm going to get them for my birthday 💗💞💗
11 likesto be honest, I did not remember my school days. I'm not sure if they were bad and I'm not sure if I was the bad guy. I didn't have a hard time (as what I could recall) and I am really afraid that I might be one of those bullies. This is an apology for being a jerk : I am sorry if I've ever hurt any of you and I hope you can forgive me.
0 likesI wonder if the girl with the rainbow bag remembers that one girl who called her a witch and watched this video
0 likesthey would call me beluga. that was everyone’s nickname for me for 2 years, and to this day, people periodically call me it time and time again. i used to dye my hair different colors so people had something to describe me as other than fat. but that just made it worse. they would come up with rotten nicknames and slogans. i bleached my hair blonde and got bangs and a girl said “she looks like cleopatra got ran over by a bus”. that girl was my bestfriend.
0 likesthis is the reason i was always kind to my bullies. i knew they were the ones who needed love the most.
1 likeyou are so gorgeous<33
16 likesI've been bulled my whole life I still do get bulled I'm all ways that sky person and lonely I am very different to other people I just don't want to be around people
0 likesbtw
0 likesI love this video
I was the non-athletic G.T. otaku who did nothing but draw all day
Why am I crying in the club rn
0 likesActually that isn't that bad because you accepted it and now you can talk about it and Don't feel afraid of it.
0 likesThis is so cute
0 likesthis sounds like poetry
0 likesDodie bullied me because she forgot to capitalize “I”
0 likesAm I the only one that wants more videos like this
0 likes+doddlevloggle
0 likesThis is a nice Draw My Life, btw 🙂
Girl you ain’t alone
0 likesI'm never bullied
0 likesPetition for dodie to sell the paintings
0 likesI love u. That was defnitly one of my favorite videos❤
9 likesAt school when you were getting bullied i feel bad for you and you will bullied me that even feel worse because a bullied girl was bullying me but i never cared about anything i was magical and i am magical but i am also a savage now and let me tell you that i was the girl with the rainbow bag
0 likesDid you show this to the girl you bullied?
0 likesThis is sad. No matter how many stories I hear, it's sad.
0 likesfor the whole video i was thinking you were the one drawing this, but then at the end of the vid i knew it was Hedy
0 likesOMG THIS IS HEDY? IM SO IMPRESSED
41 likesim watching this for the third time and only just realising it was by Dodie
0 likesI was bullied and was depressed in the 4th grade. Since then I stutter I have a awkward disposition.
0 likesThis was my first dodie video c:
0 likesat 2:24 i was really worried i thought hedy was dipping the brush in a hot chocolate
0 likestrust me ive done it before....
not fun.
I had to unlike this just so I could like it again.
9 likesIt's kinda odd to talk about bullies then plug you book
0 likesThank you xxx
0 likesdont worry i was a bully and i got bullied
0 likesYou weren't the only one.
0 likesI was a bully too, but it starting in kindergarten, first day of kinder.
I was first excited but, since I was the only Asian kid there, they looked at me funny, and we are usually short, I am tiny, they would call me midget, I had a little mustache and I was a girl, they would also make fun of that too, it drained my happiness.
Primary School came, I wanted to change, I wanted to be like the kids at kinder, so I became a bully.
but then, there was another girl, she helped me, she got back my happiness and everything I used to have, she helped me build up my courage, but then, she left.
But I used the courage she help me build and tried to make some friends.
Now, Life is great. c;
IM CRYINGGGG
67 likesI WANT THE BOOK
0 likesi cried and idk why </3
0 likesI thought you were only good with music... you can't be an artist too! This just makes me feel bad now.
0 likesWhere did you get that palette from!!!!
0 likesi don't like these comments, completely rejecting the conversation of how she bullied someone, i know she apologised, but bullying is very, very strong on a person.
0 likeshas anyone else realised at 2:26 the drawing on the right looks like dan TDM ?
45 likesno... just me?
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Pebbles Gall I do too lol
1 likePebbles Gall omigosh yes!
1 likePebbles Gall YO I THOUGHT THE SAME THING
1 likeHE DOES
1 like👉🚪 out
3 likesIn the end the bully always wins, lets be honest. They won, and thats that.
0 likes“everybody is just a collage from their favorite parts of other people”
0 likesHEDY IS AMAZING WTF
4 likesI really know the feeling......
0 likesI'm not crying YOU'RE CRYING
0 likesmost people are afraid to bully me because I hang out with older people, I dont use my friends just so I can not be bullied but because they are my greatest friends. And when I go to highschool I wont even see my friends anymore because they are all going to a diffrent highschool :(
0 likesThe bullies remind me of the background gems in the episode of Steven Universe that had Garnets origins
0 likesWot im not crying thats just rain from my eyes
40 likesoh goodie now I'm crying
0 likesthis video is just so, pleasant
0 likesThx for the great vid :)
0 likesIs bullying still a thing?
0 likesThis video made me cry. Wtf.
0 likesThe description of the girl reminds me of Luna Lovegood.
0 likesOnly dodie would take the fact she was a bully and turn into something "cute","artsy" or "tumblr". Very very immature
0 likesI hope the girl with the rainbow bag sees this <:)
0 likesI wanna hug you and yell at you at the same time ._.
0 likesWhen I was little I was bullied for my spongebob shoes....i ended up biteing my bully
0 likesI was a savage 5 year old
You can draw too 😍
0 likesi can relate to this video a lot, i still feel terrible to this day but one girl becamemy best friend now, we're like sisters and she's the only person helping me through my depression which makes me feel even worse because i feel like i don't deserve her and her kindness because of what i did to her.
0 likesDo"decahedron" is in fact very hilarious
4 likes"everyone is just a collage of their favorite parts of other people"
0 likesYour prose could kill
i just realizedi watched this a year/few years back,and just found this on my now favoritesinger's vlog whom i didn't know eXIsTed when i first watched thisiTs A sMaLL wORld aFTer aLL
0 likesI was bullied and I became a bully to my bully...
0 likesi know a kid who goes to my school who has a backpack of the purple cat from sailor moon. it's quite cute actually
0 likesdodecahedron? Private school yeah? There is no way any kid is shouting that across a play ground without they themselves being mocked.
3 likesDude your sister is so good at drawing
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I commented this 4 months ago and then commented it again just now lol
0 likesI have been bullied from grade two (7/8 yrs old) but I was the shyest kid in the whole school. It has been continued and I’m now in high school (grade 7) and this year I learnt to stand up for myself even though this year has been the worst year of bullying it was worth it. But the sad thing is, my bullies were my BEST FRIENDS. Two of them even got suspended then one left the school because of the suspension
0 likesgod dAM HEDY UR AMAZING AT ART WHT
0 likesi love your signing voice but IM MORE IN LOVE WITH YOUR SPEAKING VOICE AAJDJDJDJKSSK
0 likesI'm not lying I am kind of a bully but I don't really ever get bullied a teaser about me but seeing this is think I might stop being a bit of a bully
0 likesplease keep the English and Portuguese subtitlesss🥰
0 likesrealy good drawing
0 likesHoly crap your voice is satisfying
0 likes" My mommy says to always wear a coat
4 likesbut it's warm and it's heavy and we're trying to float"
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;D good spot!!!
4 likesI really want these pictures on my wall.
0 likesI wsnt bullied then I became a bully and I started to feel like I hated my best friend I had for 4 years
0 likesI’ve been bullied since 4th Grade, and only recently have I thought about killing myself. Few days ago, i tried. i tried to end it all. i still want to. but i have such a long life to live. i was called on this earth for sOmething, i swear. i don’t know what, yet, but one day i will know. and until then, i will try remain on this earth.
0 likesYOUVE GOT A BOOK? HOW DID I NOT KNOW ABOUT THIS
0 likesthe book cover looks fkin beautiful aHh
3 likeshedy is so good
0 likesI was bullied and a bully too .
0 likesI like her art style
0 likesIn my school the majority of 5th and 6th years have (depending on gender)
1 likeAdidas/O'Neill/anyotber sports shitty brand
Or
Princess/ Disney backpacks
And then there's my friend group who have black backpacks
Then that huge group of 1-2nd years who have plastic transparent bags with glitter inside them...... not the best but eh
left a dan and phil vid for this
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now that's what i call a true dodie fan
30 likesDisaris Aura same and I don't regret
15 likesDisaris Aura me too lmao
4 likesDisaris Aura same
0 likesDisaris Aura I did too
0 likesDisaris Aura same lol
0 likesMe too , I was watching their latest video on their gaming channel , then Dodie posted and I was like , sorry guys priorities
11 likesme too
0 likesDisaris Aura SAME
0 likesSame
0 likesME TOO
1 likeSame haha
0 likesSaME
0 likesDisaris Aura literally same
0 likesDisaris Aura I came right after watching Dan and Phil
5 likesDisaris Aura SAME
0 likeswow now THATS true commitment
1 likeRewind Pause same
1 likesame
2 likesDisaris Aura same
0 likesDisaris Aura same
0 likesSame
0 likesDisaris Aura Aah, I almost started crying because I was so conflicted about whose to watch first but I already started the gaming video
6 likesDisaris Aura came here from them lol
0 likesLol same
0 likeslol me too
0 likesLol same
0 likesDisaris Aura yea, I just left their d&pgames video.
0 likessame
0 likesDisaris Aura pfft same
0 likesDisaris Aura I didn't.
1 likeDisaris Aura same
0 likesalmost did it but when i saw this was up i was alrady at the end so i just nah
2 likessame. i wasn't disappointed
2 likesI watched this before the gaming vid
6 likessame. I'm heading there right now
2 likesI was going to like this comment but it has 420 likes
1 likesame
0 likesLol omg same 😂
0 likesMEEEEE
0 likesDisaris Aura same
0 likesDisaris Aura Jesus Christ me too and I felt so guilty until this started playing
3 likesDisaris Aura me too thO
0 likesoh god same wtf
0 likesDisaris Aura same
0 likesI recently made a video called Dear my bully. If you wanna check it out that's cool however it's pretty lengthy cuz I ramble alot
0 likesThis really calmed me??? What the heck??? Pls do an audio version of your book with you reading it out loud bc I feel like it'd be the most soothing thing ever
0 likesI NEED MORE
0 likesi honestly relate to dodie so fucking much
0 likesNah I've been bullied to the point where my own mum would let me stay off school and if one of the instigators made a video with drawings and colour I wouldn't forgive them
4 likesi wish i could draw :(
0 likesWell shes not confident cause you called her a witch 😂
0 likesOmg I wanna read this
0 likesThis vid made me fall in love with english!
0 likesyoo i thought dodie was drawing til i read the description after finishing the video lol
6 likesI'm not crying, you are
0 likesI didnt plan on crying today
0 likesAll this happening to me too it's horrible but it's great how you came out through the end as a happy person were all broken
0 likesI'm 12. In my school, being nice gets you nowhere. I like to be nice to people but that makes me 'uncool' or 'unlikeable'. So I don't talk much. I only really hang out with guys because they're the nice ones. The girls just backchat about people and laugh at people who are different. I'm the only girl in my class who wear trousers. That doesn't help... I also have big-ish thighs so they look kind of weird, but I look horrible in a skirt so I stick with them. I suck in my stomach to the point where I can't let go anymore. It hurts to. Because of my 'boy-ish' personality I'm called a lesbian. There's nothing wrong with that but it still hurts. I have two real friends, one doesn't go to school and the other doesn't talk much and is shy. I pretend to fit in but it doesn't work.
0 likesTo anyone who is going to say that I'm doing this for attention. I'm not. I would never tell anyone face to face, or with them knowing who I am. It's better for me to say this stuff anonymously.
I love how she talks about the rainbow coloured bag girl like she's still that bullied little girl, like Dodie's made her immortal. When she talks to her at the end it's in present tense but to the old little girl. I find it outstanding how she's done that, maybe to make her remember not to be mean et cetera or to always haunt her
3 likesDodie I love you
0 likesI be bullied every single day
0 likesNo one ever helps.
God I wish they know what els happens in my life
Once they tried to threaten me .
I almost killed myself until my bestest true friend helped me
I really want the girl with the rainbow bag to watch this now
0 likes🌼Your so beautiful ❤️💛💚💙💜
0 likesI wasn't bullied, but I was made fun of a lot. I would be left most of the time. By the end o elementary school, I had no friends. Beginning of six grade, I made a friend. She turned out to be a cheater and most likely wanted to be friends with me to get good grades. She would always shout at me and get into fights for no reason whatsoever. It was really hard but I had to end our so called "friendship". By the end of six grade I had made another friend, and she was amazing. Sadly she moved away by the beginning of seventh grade.
1 likeI changed class after a month of seventh grade. I knew no one. I had to choose a friend group. So I chose one. And it was the best decision of my life. They were just like me. They were awkward introverted teenagers who love old bands. They also love Dodie. I've been friends with them for almost two years. I'm going to have to leave them when I go to high school and I don't know how I'm gonna survive.
i was a small skinny kid, with few friends. i was teased for drawing only girls, and teased for not wearing fancy clothes, and rarely having a original outfit;just the same old skinny jeans and purple shirt. one girl in particular would put cafeteria food into my backpack, or poke me with pencils, and once stabbed me in the side. the bullying was terrible, and has caused me to be careful about what i do or say around people. i recently found the girls instagram and started treating her like shit. i realized that is not the way, and stopped.
0 likesthat was so cute also sad
0 likesThe rainbow backpack girl seems like someone I would be friends with.
0 likesParents: Yeah I was bullied and now the people who bullied me have bad lives :)
0 likeslooks on youtube
Me: EXUSE ME doodlevloggle has 689K subs, and you dont even have youtube.
Parents: yeah, and?
Me: SHE WAS A BULLY
Parents: ... what have I raised
Candice was a good bake-off winner, good times..
0 likesAnd then there's me, a crazy, gay, idiotic biatch who has no special story apart from being bullied slightly. Heck, I haven't even came out yet.
1 likeHEDY IS THE SAME AGE AS ME AND SHES SO MUCH BETTER AT ART IM SO UPSET WITH MYSELF
0 likescool art!
8 likesOh pictures are so beautiful! <3
0 likesIM CRYING 😭
0 likesIn elementary school (now) I got a banana skin in my hair... Yeah... 😂
0 likesyou're doing better than me. im quite, dumb and im bullied
0 likesyou are so real and i like that
0 likesOMG thats the same story of my bullying story
0 likesIM NOT CRYING YOURE CRYING
0 likesit's 4am and i am sobbing wth
0 likesYou did a really good job drawing Dodie 💛👌😘
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0 likesIt was her sister Hedy! ☺
It was Hedy c:
0 likesHer and Dodie look so alike when it's from that angle 😂👌 but let's be honest it's still really good drawing
1 likeTrue im obsessed. Plus there both wonderful talented people so it make since that you would mistake one for the other lmao :^))
1 likeik this is weird but hedy has nice hands 😂♡
0 likesOk so my guess is she apologizing to the girl with that raibow bag and....... she apolegize many years later Amazing job doodie👍👍👍👍👏👏👏👏👍👏👍
0 likesI. Enjoy. This. So. Much.
0 likesI'm autistic,so I got bullied..
0 likesAnd of course,I ain't got no friends boi
So my brain kinda just tell me
"You dont need any friends.they're useless."
So,that actually make me feel better!
But when I got to a new environment..
*sigh*everything just went down.
And I have tourette's.
An issue that makes u twitch uncontrollably
Aaaaaand it got much worse when I'm nervous so yea hahah😅
I want you to be my mom
0 likesResons
1.soothing voice
2.calm
3.loves to draw(me too)
4.glasses
5.long hair
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plus lgbtq+ supportive and that'd be nice to have before i come out
0 likesId rather watch a video called ‘i was a bully’ than ‘i was bullied’
0 likesI don't understand why people not at my school and teachers at my school always talk about "Oh there's bullying everywhere everyday" and I'm like Tf where? I don't see no shit! And I look and look but I see no bullying...one time my literature teacher told us to write about us being a bystander...
0 likesMe: IVE NEVER SEEN BULLYING
Teacher: your lying
Me: OK whatever
I swear tho...I never saw anyone be bullied and ive never been bullied and if they try to then I smack talk them till they leave me alone...so idk
Also people say that bullies are people who have gone threw something difficult in their life and try to take it out on someone else but I used to be a bully because of people I thought were weird and cuz I thought it was fun...I was fine at home tho so again...idk
I really hope the rainbow-backpack-girl is watching this pleaseeeeeeeee please
0 likesI'm a teaching assistant and was bullied when I was at school. Bullying is something I'm very aware that happens in secret most of the time and it's something I will always try my best to stop and stop people feeling the way we did at school because I didn't have a teacher stopping it when I was at school, and now the power is in my hands. Bullying will always happen but there are ways it can be lessened and victims can be supported 😊
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You, my friend, are a beautiful person.
2 likesShanna Howell thank you! So are you x
0 likesUhh this made me cry...🍓🍓❤️❤️❤️
0 likesi re watched this in full speed just watching the colour of the water change lmao
0 likesBut please do tell... did the girl with the rainbow back end up right? Apart from this, has she reached to you or have you reached out to her? Just a little contact between the two of you could set things right forever :)
0 likesWhere did Hedy get her watercolour palette?!?!
0 likesim not crying
6 likeswhich water colours does your sister use???
2 likesI just realised heddy is drawing 💕💕💕
0 likesMaybe you should contact the rainbowbag-girl dodie?
0 likesSo was getting bullied (getting called acne face(cause I have 4 tiny pimples), chubby, wannabe, loser, Unwanted gay person (yep I'm gay) and alot more) so it got to the part the started abusing me but now I'm really thin and pretty and most of the guys that bullied me has a crush on me now and they know I'm gay....and that I like both genders so they think they have a chance XD
0 likesH E Y M A N. it's lances birthday today. Also the drawings are amazing
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Amazing Krystal hedy drew these !!
1 likeAmazing Krystal Heyy Voltron fandom
0 likesHedy! Dodie! woo woo!
1 likeCould anyone tell me what paint was used. Awesome video btw.
1 likewhy do i keep coming back to this video
1 likeif shes a bully then how is she an artist?
0 likesUnrelated, but I have that paint set thingy! 🎨
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Aoibh Tomany what's the brand name~?
0 likesWhat set is it? 💛💛
0 likesI just recognise it as the one from primary school😂
0 likesI like the girl u called a witch reminds me of luna lovegood
0 likesI laughed when u said which is funny looking back at that
0 likesDoddie,I learnt freckles and constellations on the Ukulele
0 likesthis one kid in kindergarten punched me in the stomach because she thought i lost het money so i kicked her off the slide >:))
0 likesi am not crying...
4 likesdo more drawings
0 likesthose paints are the paints every secondary schooler art student has lol
0 likesI really hope the girl with the rainbow bag is alive
0 likesI havent or at all been bullied. 😮 but i feel like they talk about me. But who cares! 😏
0 likesThe last time I was this early
3 likesI thought I was straight
I would relate
1 like“dodecahedron” sounds like a hella cool name don’t know why 🤔
0 likesI was bullied 😞 in 2 grade
1 like@doddlevloggle Thank You
1 likeDoes the rainbow baged girl watched this???
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Pinkmans Psycho someone said she did
2 likesPinkmans Psycho I THOUGHT YOU SAID RAINBOW BAGEL 😂
10 likesHelenaBonhamCarterFan 😂😂
0 likesOkay, This is Epic
0 likesDoes anyone know what watercolour palette Hedy used? x
0 likesIm bawling
0 likeshedy needs to teach me
0 likesCOVER "Fell It Still" By Portugal. The Man. PLEASE!!💕
4 likesI like your voice
0 likesstarted to cry
0 likesYou need to make a Sleep Story for Calm
0 likesI don't know why I'm crying
0 likesNot being mean at all but where's your pants in this
27 likesi hope my school library gets it in november
0 likesUgh I can stop watching this video it's actually ridiculous. If I see it suggested I physically can't not click on it
0 likesHey Id like to say that I was fat in middle school and kids would often stare at me and whisper about how ugly I was, and trip me. Often I would hear people make fun of my art, I had only one friend . Then one day my best friend made a new friend and I was fine with that but then that new friend is a Bully and they would often say how I have no friends and how I live in the sewers and that my best friend was never my friend, she said all that right in front my "best friend" and my friend just laughed and insulted me too. In math class kids would avoid the seat I sat in and one day I had to sit next to the bully they would say "ew look how disgusting they are, can I move? No wonder they have nobody to love them." At that point I had very severe depression and low self esteem, I wanted to kill myself. And I even attempted to, i never felt so worthless in my life. no matter what happens to you be strong, don't let their words hurt you. Telling a teacher just won't help, I had to find that out the hard way, just ignore it and move through. Stay strong.
0 likeseveryone from the comment section saying they've been bullied but no bully wants admit they were bullies
0 likesI did a fucking cry because of you dodie god damn it
3 likesThank you
0 likesLooks like we've got an artist
0 likesI hate the fact that I relate too much at this.
0 likesin my school, if you're smart and funny then your popular
0 likessuddenly everyone in the comment section is being bullied.
622 likesthere’s a difference between being bullied and being picked on :/
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Smurficles Did you ever think that maybe this video attracts an audience of victims and bullies and not that people were pretending?
176 likesHana M no. i doubt EVERYONE is a “victim”of being bullied. they’re just looking for attention.
43 likessure a lot of people may have been bullied, but bullied is always used as a loose term, and it’s not being used properly.
Smurficles I guess, but either way many people's feelings were hurt by someone more than once. Whether it was bullying or not, I think most people can relate.
82 likesSmurficles, I rather think about it as this video attracts people who have been bullied. Yeah, not everyone has been bullied but the amount of people in the world is a lot. There is a lot of people. People who have been bullied. Yeah, maybe they're just doing it for attention. But not everyone is. And no I'm not saying that's what you think, but I'm sure almost everyone has been bullied in their life. And since a lot of people have (shown in the Comment section) I doubt they're trying to seek attention. They're trying to relate to her, because they have been in that situation. I never said that everyone is being sincere, but I doubt they are all lying. And Anyway, I hardly see that many people saying they have been bullied, so why did you say that everyone was saying that? I wasn't bullied. And I know you were most likely using the word everyone as like a metaphor, but still.
44 likesSmurficles maybe you're the mean one if u think ppl are making it up for attention
39 likesdo you REALLY think someone is gonna comment "i've never been bullied"
50 likesa majority of people commenting are commenting because they relate !! get over yourself
Smurficles just because some people have been through worse, doesn't mean their problems don't exist. What doesn't hurt you might mentally or even physically damage another. They could be lying and but only they know that. If they are lying, thats their guilt alone. If they arent, they don't need you to tell them that What they went through isnt "bullying" because Its not severe enough. Bullying is bullying, no matter how severe it is. Just like sexual harrassment is still sexual harrassment even if it isnt severe.
49 likesNai'a Kāhealani 100% agreed
8 likesWhat hurts you might not hurt another person, or vice versa. What really makes it bullying is when the persons feelings are hurt, or the bullies intention is to hurt their feelings. This video naturally attracts an audience of victims of bullying and most people will feel inclined to comment if they related to the topic. You aren't the only one who can be bullied, or have your emotions hurt. And yes there is a difference between being bullied and picked on, but if you have been picked on repeatedly it counts as bullying.
15 likesSmurficles You know, maybe all those bullied people came here for Dodie and to hear her story and share theirs.
7 likesThat’s true, I’m bullied, basically thrown around and called names, I get hit a lot and it does bruise. I get thrown things thrown at me in class, including horrible notes. I wish people didn’t lie about being bullied, it’s not fun and I’d give anything to change the way I’m bullied :/
4 likesSmurficles she never said everyone was,she said the video draws attention to people who have an experience with bullying..?
2 likesI personally think there's all types of "being bullied", but if you are wanting to say a lot of people are just being picked on, then please put Dodie in that category too. What she talked about did not seem like bullying; more just like a normal, picked on, insecure child and teenager. It's all part of growing up. Now, of course any type of bullying or picking on is not okay and should be stopped and not ignored.
4 likesAnabelle i completely agree, i was bullied for 3 years and i've always been the target of my year group, i got cornered multiple times by about 20 people from both my group and the year group above who were helping the kids in my yeargroup, constantly threatened, and then my school only dealt with it when i got assaulted last year. Bullying is horrible, i hate when people throw the word about when their experience was just name calling and not fitting in
2 likes+Smurficles I am late to this comment but I have something I would like to add, yes you may be right, maybe some of these people are playing up their experiences for likes and attention from others in the comment section. However, coming from a person who was bullied for a large portion of their school life, I do not want to deny peoples experiences and shame on the people who are playing them up. But, as +Hana M , +BirdyLovesYou and everyone else have said, videos like this attract a certain type of people and that type is people who have been bullied so please do not deny peoples experience because you don't know if they are lying so don't accuse them of doing so.
1 likeeveloux I’m not accusing them of lying, I’m just saying that the ACTUAL definition of bullying isn’t actually very well known. I thought I was being bullied, but I was only being picked on like once every few weeks.
1 likeand by the way, to everyone who is calling me mean that I don’t think everyone is being bullied, stop saying that bullying is just “when people hurt your feelings.” Because it isn’t. Bullying is when someone hurts your feelings REPEATEDLY. maybe everyday. People are being picked on, and I believe that, but your views of bullying could mean that you’re bullying me because you’re hurting my feelings. But you’re not bullying me.
1 likeGerard Slay nope.
0 likesSmurficles surely you'd come back with a better argument than 'nope' if you knew you were right. Clearly you arent and now you're stuck. You really aren't worth wasting time on.
3 likesGerard Slay it is meant to be an opinion. if it triggers you so much to waste your time trying to make me feel bad about myself (like bullying) then you should stop being a hypocrite and just leave, ok bye bye again, and don’t come back
0 likesSmurficles i dont have a mom.
2 likesGerard Slay what a shame
0 likesSmurficles excuse me?
2 likesGerard Slay i said what a shame
0 likesSmurficles you wouldnt say that if you were stood infront of me would you?
0 likesGerard Slay dude i don’t even know you. i wasn’t being sarcastic. ok now leave me alone.
0 likesSmurficles 'what a shame' sounds pretty sarcastic no matter which way you claim you said it. I never wanted your sympathy its fake anyways, i just dont appreciate you bringing my mom into this when yet again you dont know shit so you shouldnt say stuff when you have no idea what situations im in with them.
1 likeGerard Slay ok ok whatever
0 likesI agree, everyone's so quick to make themselves victims nowadays. And I think that is why people are "bullied". Because some idiot called them fat once and for the rest of their life they will tell people that they were bullied. If you're going through stuff or if someone made a mean comment about you and you need someone to talk to I would suggest friends, teachers or parents. Don't go victimizing yourself on the internet where thousands of people could see your comment. You don't need that much attention do you? Just drink a cup of water, relax and talk to someone else. Get over yourself. Edit: this was 4 weeks ago never mind
2 likesThe difference doesn't mean shit when both are wrong.
4 likesthey are the same
0 likesand there's also the difference of being mentally bullied and physically bullied. Just because it doesn't physically injure you or it wouldn't 'hurt you if you were in his/her shoes', doesn't mean that it's not bully.
1 likeARMY , and yes there's definitely a difference.
0 likesShut up. This video reaches so many people, and so many people are bullied
0 likessmurficles pay less attention to the people claiming to be bullied and look at all the 10 year olds claiming they they ARE the girl who had the rainbow bag and that they forgive Dodie.
0 likesWell, there’s a really fine line. Bullying and being picked on can definitely be similar or even the same thing. What I (and my family, friends and school) consider bullying, some may not think is that bad. For example, one of my bullied would trick me into trusting her, then tell all of my friends that I’m gay. I am gay, but I trusted her with that, and she’d shout it in the clubs we went to. Then shed pick up my bags and run away with them and take stuff from them, and shove ice lollies down my top. But it took my ages to talk about this because it felt like my fault. Don’t assume other people don’t have big problems. I reckon the reason there are so many bullied people in the comments is because videos like this really appeal to people who have been bullied.
0 likesI thought she said "miss Jackson" so I started playing miss Jackson by Panic! At The Disco
2 likesBtw I'm a Pansexual emo :P
It hate getting bullied....
0 likesBut you have talent....
Im getting bullied right now i get bullied for my close my voice and my face i get called nits i get called a prostatute for wering a black leather jacket and for being dyslexic i get my bag throne out of the 3rd floor window i get yogurt throne all over me and the name i hate the most is fat mistake but one day i also got followed home from primary school bye 2 boys who split up then went the only 2 ways to my houes so i ran away but they still followed me then i finally took a stand and punched 1 of them in the face and ran home and told my mum everything and she said "im proud you stuck up for your self...lets just say the wont bother you again" and they never so the best way for you to stop getting bullied is to stand your ground!
0 likesNo, I will not cry
1 likeAnyone else think that girl with the rainbow bag is now a fantasy author???
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i'd hope she is, because i can relate to rainbow bag girl and i want to be a fantasy author when im older...
0 likesAmazing
0 likesHEDY BABY WOW ♡
0 likesNow i feel bad I had a rainbow backpack in elementary school
0 likesWhy are my eyes sweating? :(
0 likesdodie, you were as strong as the girl with the rainbow bag was. even though you bullied her a little. you were bullied as well. she probably as well was a bully later on. but it is a cycle some of the greatest people have to go through to become who they are today. you probably pushed her to become the amazing person she probably is now. i mean, i was bullied as a kid. it was a lot of tough times but i remember becoming a bully as well. i wouldn't let the "weird" kids talk to me and i would talk down on them. but now today i talk to everyone as if they are all the same humans. i spread love and joy. so you and i are definitely as strong as the girl in the rainbow backpack. we just all had to go through some things. it's life. and i love you dodie.
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kitkatkaitykat productions just because your being bullied does not mean you have to bully other people. Maybe it did make the girl she called a witch stronger, but maybe it didn't. Maybe she was bullied till she broke. We really don't know. I never felt the need in bullying. I never felt satisfaction in fitting in. I was bullied, and it hurt. Never the less I would never try to bring someone else down to boost my own ego. So I can tell you right now, that girl with the rainbow bag to be able to keep her chin up through all the shit she faced is just incredible. No one should resort to bullying no matter how troubled and broken they feel inside. And for all you know, the other kids could have pushed her down a hole that she couldn't climb out of.
15 likesCec Ellis this is extremely true 👏 I've been bullied before for almost my entire way threw kindergarten and middle school. I never felt the need or urge to bully someone else. And in the long wrong I broke down and still haven't gotten up fully. Anyone that can bully to "fit in" will never have my approval for anything.
3 likesi disagree. bullying ruined me. if anything it made me bitter, sad, angry and ashamed. but never did i take it out on others because i knew what it felt like and i couldn't do that to anyone else. it made me defend people who were bullied. there was this one kid who was also being bullied and he liked to take it out on me to turn the bullies' attention away from him i guess - and despite that i defended him from the others cause no one deserves to be bullied!
2 likesi was mean to some people occasionally, yes, but only if they treated me in a mean way. this was when i started to fight back and i actually got the bullies to back off. "just ignore them" was some of the worst advice i'd gotten. like you gotta fight back but not get emotional cause that's what they feed on.
oh and if my bullies congratulated themselves for "pushing me to be the person i am today" i'd smack them because "the person i am today" is insecure and anxious and constantly feeling inferior thanks to how they treated me :)
like their apology means nothing to me. i know we were all kids and whatever but they didnt have to suffer the consequences of making me feel like shit. i paid that price.
2 likesI know you meant well but this comment just comes off as kind of rude. It's like saying 'well, it's okay that you bullied her because she probably bullied someone too!' even though there's no evidence of that. Also, you can't justify being a bully in the past by saying you probably made them a stronger person because that's not the case sometimes. Read up on teen suicides, alot of them involve bullying somehow.
4 likes"The things i and everyone else was going through do not excuse the way we treated you but i hope it'll help you understand that it was never because you did anything wrong" - dodie
0 likesI agree with dodie basically.
I wish to have your book but I live in the PH and shipping is extremely expensive ;-; I'm just gonna die here
0 likesSounds like Sophie from Howl's Moving Castle~ :3 :D
0 likesHedy that style is just HMMNN 👌👌👌
0 likesthis woman is fabulous at drawing and singing and all i can do is try to kick a ball and trip over it
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Sophia Whitsell it's Hedy drawing, Dodie's sister.
0 likesI was the girl with the rainbow bag. My name was Zoe, I don’t know if you can remember. I’m now a writer, and I’m studding in uni. I’m okay now. But every night I was crying. I did look strong but inside I wasn’t.
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TicklesFootball6666 TV No you weren't 😂
4 likesLmao no you arent
3 likesIf your telling the truth, I quote , from dodie, you are lovable
2 likesIf you’re gonna lie, at least be subtle about it. And take down any videos you have up that blatantly contradict your lie.
0 likesJust delete this comment , please
same here i was bullied then i bulied someone
0 likesThanks :)
0 likesshe kinda sound like the person who played "Anne Frank" from the movie called "The dearie of Anne Frank"
0 likesWhen she said likeable I thought she had said like a bull at first it just didn't work as well in context
0 likesHonestly dodie I usually really enjoy your videos and aesthetic but your latest content has just made me kind of dislike you. I get that you feel bad about having treated this girl badly, but something about making a video and hence money off of this just seems kinda wrong. The girl with the rainbow backpack would deserve that. (Also the self promo in the end ist just aaaargh)
21 likesMaybe you should donate some money to an organization that tries to battle bullying.
People make mistakes and that's ok but I cant help but feel that this is you saying look at me I'm so great and don't do this anymore and just justifying yourself and your actions instead of apologizing and actually doing something constructive.
Also most people here will probably only comment nice things since there 16 or whatever and really adore you, but that shouldn't just relieve you of your guilt. It's snapchat all over again. Instant gratification and positive notes from strangers rather than doing something constructive.
Sry this has been so long
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Jason Arik people are never happy are they
15 likesim shocked that you fail to see how genuine dodie actually is, she apologized and owned up to her mistakes. some youtubers never do that because they think theyre all high and mighty. shes the sweetest person ever and even if this was to promote her book, the message is still there and shes not trying to show off that shes great. she literally admitted she was a bully and knows that that was wrong of her. shes owning up to it and feels sorry. like the comment above me said, some people are never happy or pleased.
26 likesJason Arik um.
2 likes"Hi Dodie, I normally like you, but not lately."
why so unkind? 😔
Jason Arik Also I am in my twenties...and I am willing to be critical where I see that it is necessary. Does that mean I am abnormal to dodie's audience? Because to me that sounds like you might be using words in the way you claim to resent. 😯
3 likesheya :) So my intention of this chapter is to show why people might bully - in that it's not a reflection of the victim, but of the bully. I also hope that people who pick on people who are different to those might watch this and reconsider after seeing the long lasting effects of bullying too.
45 likesI think you've sort of missed the point on why I create my content - I'm not looking for gratification or forgiveness of course.
Ageist much saying that 'people would only comment nice things cause there 16 or whatever'. Also it's they're not there
0 likesHey dodie and people,
4 likesFirst of all thx for the responses.
So this opinion was mostly my own reflection of what might be going on subconciously in you having your recent video about oversharing in mind.
Now if you say this totally doesn't apply to you than I'm very happy for you. By no means did I mean to offend anyone. I just shared my insight as a person who's already been dealing with depression, anxiety etc.
Raising awareness is obvs a good thing, I merely didn't point out the obvious in my previous comment. I do stand by me feeling conflicted about the whole making money business.
I also think my phrasing might have been a little harsh. I really enjoy your music and vlogs and they've helped me tremendously during my bouts of depression.
I don't dislike you you just made me feel a lil queesy.
(Also not every 16 yo is stupid, there's just a big part of your audience that consists of impressionable youth)
bro they've moved on with their life they've probably forgotten like agh
1 likeThe tittle of this video is my life it's so true
0 likesI'm gonna cry
0 likesI'm not crying I promise
0 likesHer bullies must be shaking now
0 likesLiked how you talked about both being bullied and being a bully. Normally people just talk about being bullied and forget to talk about bad things they have done as well. No one is perfect, and it is human to be insecure and do things you later wish you hadn't done. (Not that bullying is ok... Just trying to make a statement.)
0 likesIm not gonna lie i started crying haa
0 likes1:48 I am sorry but that is a adorable backpack
0 likesOh, spent the whole video thinking it was Dodie drawing.
0 likesHedy I swear can you just oh my goddddddd
0 likesAnyone know what watercolors Hedy is using???
0 likesi lOve this video,,
0 likeswhat brand of watercolor did your sister use?
0 likesI was bullied at school but I also was a bully towards other people - I didn’t have any friends so I used to hang out with the boys and then my parents forbade me because they are very old-fashioned and thought I should only hang out with the girls. I was completely alone after that and the girls would only let me hang out with them to use me as a messenger when they fell out with each other. I was always angry at the world and I once saw this little girl at the park who seemed so happy and content with her life - I could tell she was clearly a sweet and wonderful person and young me went up to her and said some horrible things for no reason before running off like a coward. I still think about her a lot and I really hope she’s okay - I seriously wish I could go back in time but I can’t erase the past. So here’s my message to that poor girl - I know you will never see this but I just want you to know that I’m so sorry for what I said to you that day and I had no right to take my anger out on you like that. I know you are an amazing, courageous and wonderful human being and I hope you never let assholes like me get in the way of that. You have made me a better person and I so wish I could let you know that. 💔
0 likesI hope the girl with the rainbow bag sees this.
0 likes2:00 - 2:30 was me and is me still (though less so now.)
0 likesLOWKEY CRYING
0 likesI'm so sorry but this is reaaaaally triggering my ASMR oh ma gawd
0 likesThis came out on my birthday ^-^
0 likesPlease narrate an audio book
0 likesI cried.
0 likeswhy didn’t you tell the rainbow girl that speech before when you had a chance ?
0 likesi wish to someday find a comment here saying 'i was the girl with the rainbow bag.'
1 likedid anyone else just watch the mug every time she washed the paint brush just to see the colour change?
0 likesDid anyone else cry?
0 likesIM CRYING
0 likesI need to meet the girl with the rainbow backpack
0 likesYO! YOOOOO I HEARD U SONG SECRET FOR THE MAD AND IM LIKE SHOOk!! U so pretty
2 likeshedy is aMAZING
0 likesWhat are the paints she’s using???
0 likesI just now learned the artist is 13... oh my
0 likesI don't join bullies...I beat bullies...
0 likesDoes anyone know what waster coulors she's using
1 likeI was the girl with the rainbow bag. You won't believe me, I know. But, it was me.
0 likes3:20 (saving cos i want to draw it)
1 likeI have the same story. In 3rd grade my classmates used to bully me because I was too young to be third grade. In fourth grade, I got along with my classmates and bullied 2 girls from third grade( they bullied me in chat sites during the summer). Once 4th grade was over Me and my best friends made a fake account messages the 2 girls mean stuff.For the 2 girls I’m completely sorry for My actions now in 8th grade I have fully matured.
0 likesI’m not crying you are
0 likes:( i was trying to show i was worth it but it camed out imbarrisingand akward it hurts:(
1 like3:03 that looks slot like that one animal crossing character😂
0 likesI relate
0 likesMy sister was the girl with the rainbow backpack, she has subscribed to you and she says she forgives you :)
0 likesI'm not alone.
1 likeYOU FORGOT TO PUT A CAPITAL LETTER FOR I OH NOOOO MY TEACHER SAYS IF U DONT DO IT YOU NEED TO DO IT AGAIN
0 likesDid any one else think that the end of the video where she was talking about the girl was gonna be really really sad because they thought she was gonna say we're instead of are
0 likesshe is very right
0 likesWhat kind of watercolours do you use ?
0 likesI hope that the girl with the rainbow bag saw this... and I hope that she didn't kill herself
0 likeswhat is this drawing style called?
0 likesso many tears
0 likesI'm always mean to friends,
0 likesI don't mean it,
My humor is rude and sarcasm.
But I talk,
I ask,
I wonder,
And it annoys people. Even my friends say to my face that's it's annoying, even my mother calls me mean names time to time of my talking.
Is it karma?
No, I was bullied so much I wanted it to stop, so, my humor changed, my style, my life.
I want it to stop, I want to be innocent again, but that will make them start.
I don't know what to do, I tried everything. I just want people to like me, I just want them to know I actually care about them.
Actually, when look back, I don't talk at all at times. I was quite. Maybe my mom's getting to me.
Tomorrow I'll stay quiet, I'll be nicer, I'll hold the doors for the people who hated me for the rude, innocent jokes the last day.
I'll change into something better.
I'll try harder.
I'll make them happy.
I'll make myself happier.
I'll be healthier.
I'll open something lighter, take hatred off my chest, pick myself up when I fall, kinder and sweeter.
There's always a tomorrow, but let's start today.
I LITERALKY HAVE THAT EXACT RAINVOW BAG AND RED HAIR AND TAHT HEIGHT HAIR IM SHOOK😂😂
0 likesI KNEW IT WAS HEDY'S HANDS
0 likesNever heard such a relateble title...
0 likesHey dodie you're a little quiet, if u could talk louder that'd be nice
0 likesand to us your a talented woman....named Dodie
0 likesSecondary school really fucking breaks you
0 likesI'm crying...
0 likesWhy are you so good at drawing
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icechaii it’s her sister drawing
0 likesah okay (thanks) then why is her sister so good at drawing
0 likesicechaii idk probably just a lot of practice
0 likesGod damn the ninjas cutting onions
1 likeI define stupid as a false sense of superiority. I usually say someone is being stupid or whatever as in their current behavior is stupid, not them as a person. But I don't really talk to people if I don't want to so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
0 likesIm not crying you're crying
0 likesI have that same pencil :3
0 likesThe real question is why is dodie only wearing a coat
0 likes❤
1 likeintense sobbing
0 likesGuys did u know that she’s on YouTubers react
0 likesam i the only one to click on CC and read what she was saying?
0 likesme watching ths oh my gawd. *amazing*
0 likesalso PLEASE get a discord.
Dodie should make an art called doodleoodle or doddledoodles
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watch out rat coming through Hedy did the drawing in this video, not Dodie.
0 likesWow.....so beautiful...I LOVE U SOOO MUCH UR SO GOOD ILASTRATER
0 likesI'm re-watching some vids and barley now Ive realized that this vid was posted on my bday 😭😭
0 likesOmg your sister drew that
0 likesim not crying you are
0 likesThis is off topic but... what watercolor thung is that im curious!!
0 likeswhat paints did she use?
0 likesHedy could animate Steven Universe
0 likesWho's cutting these onions? :')
0 likesyou are loveable
0 likesShe’s like ash Ketchum, she doesn’t age or change clothes XD
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i was waiting for this comment
0 likesI swear these kids need to get wise and meditate.
0 likesHeavy is the cost........
2 likesHonestly this whole video is me I'm a dick XD
0 likesDo you know what happened to the girl with the rainbow bag?
0 likescan i know what watercolor is that!!!
0 likesDrawing!!! S'good
0 likesThe title relates to me...sadly
2 likesi really really hope we get an audiobook version of the book too, this was so lovely!
0 likesNever been here before but the title and the fact you have told the full story inspired me to subscribe 😘👏🏻 ADMIRE YOUR HONESTY
2 likesI really love how thoughtful this is. ❤️❤️❤️
0 likesThis just made me love you even more dodie <3 your one of the few you tubers who show their human side and that they aren't perfect and have made mistakes so thank you so much
0 likesi'm on the verge of tears, thank you so much for this beautiful story dodie; thank you for sharing your flaws and personal experiences with the internet. we love you 💛
0 likesI relate to this so much! Thanks for sharing Dodie. 🌈🖼️
0 likesThis brought tears to my eyes thank you for shedding light on these types of things 💗
0 likesI love how calming and soothing Dodie's voice is... and I love how brave she is at admitting her mistakes and manages to make this inspirational. I'm glad to have Dodie as my favorite youtuber❤️
0 likesI've watched this like 5,000 times already. HEDY IS SO GOOD AT ART AND DODIE IS A GREAT STORYTELLER!
0 likesThis is incredibly beautiful Dodie. You are so brave to release this and words can not express how proud I am 💕
1 likeOmg this is one of my favourite videos she has ever made
0 likesLove her so much ❤️
first off, i'm really digging this art style and the speed draw and paint is probably my favorite thing in this video. Secondly, R E L A T A B L E A F B R O!!!
0 likesYOUR PROSE IS SO BEAUTIFUL!!! I CAN'T WAIT TO READ IT💗
0 likesI seriously loved this video style and narrative so much. Thanks dear! ❤️
0 likesi've been in this situation as well... i still feel so guilty for picking on someone else after getting bullied myself....
0 likesi hope that she's out there somewhere, feeling good about herself.
also these illustrations were super nice~~
The drawings are so lovely oh my god and I'm definitely getting the book
0 likesThis was so nice and amazing! I can't wait to get your bookb
0 likes"Everyone is just a colleague of their favourite parts of other people." Wow 💖
0 likesEverything about this was so beautiful!!
0 likesThis was such a nice video :) and Hedy is so talented!
0 likesDodie is so honest with her viewers, it make me so happy that a youtuber admits her flaws. This video helped me get over the guilt of previous mistakes and made me more confident in dealing with my depression. Thank you Dodie.
0 likesThis video is amazing, it has given me confidence. Thank you
0 likesthis was so soothing. please do make videos like this one!!! ❤️
0 likesthis is so beautiful?? hedy is such an amazing artist!!
0 likesBeautifully done, so so beautiful. ❤️
0 likeshedy's art style is so cute im in love oh my!!
0 likesdodie - im very excited for ur book (v pretty cover btw it's so lovely), i hope ur doing ok rn, lots of love <3
I didn't know until now that Dodie adds captions/sub's in her videos. This is a fantastic inspiring video thank you XXX☀🌻❤
0 likesDodie, when you started talking to the girl with the rainbow bag I almost cried, I felt so touched.
1 likeYou are absolutely amazing, there are so many things that I would like to tell you that I wouldn't even know where to start, but a huge "thank you" is enough for now.
Everytime I follow your trains of thoughts I realise how similar your mind is to mine, and I would love to meet more people like you in real life; you are one of the best youtubers out there, and you seem like a precious, special and incredibly loving person. We love you so much x
This was so so so so incredible. I could watch it again and again.
0 likesI loved the message in this video ❤
0 likesWow thank you so much for this!
0 likesI was bullied in kindergarten (which sounds ridiculous I know) and know one ever believed me about it. In high school I became the bully (having fake friends, not talking in conversations and all) and still to this day I feel bad about it.
I absolutely love this! ❤
0 likesThis is so beautiful, girls💜
0 likesIve watched so many of these videos and it truly makes me realise how uneventful my childhood was
0 likesHOLY HECK HEDY IS SUCH A GOOD ARTIST AND SHE'S SO YOUNG AND THIS PASSAGE IS SO BEAUTIFULLY WRITTEN AND SPOKEN AND ARGHHH
0 likesi love how honest she is
0 likesI just watched your Instagram live stream you did (this video is 3 days old as of today) and it's beautiful. You're an absolutely amazing human who's been through so much. I'm proud that I live on the same world as people such as you, luckily the same country too. I came out today as bi because you inspired me to and be happy of who I am. This story brought tears to my eyes. Thank you for all this Dodie.
0 likesOH MY GOD I LOVE YOU DODIE AND EVERYONE READING THIS COMMENT I LOVE YOU TOO! ❤️💛💚💙💜
0 likesOh god, this video gives me the chills. I was bullied at school because I'm bisexual and people in my country are extremely homophobic. People like Dodie help me to accept myself and believe that someday the homophobic horror will end. Thank you, dear Dodie. You are my hero <3
0 likesI started crying when she said "to the girl in the rainbow bag, you are lovable, you are confident, you are bright, you are brave". - I was bullied at school too and think I needed to hear this. ❤️💛💚💙💜 also I can't wait for your book! It will be the first You Tubers book I actually buy!
0 likesYour sister's drawings are so beautiful <3
0 likesto the girl with the rainbow bag, you are beautiful. you are loved. and you are doing you wonderfully. don't listen to what others say about you. it gets better x
0 likesWow you're the whole package. Sing and can draw!
0 likesThis was so beautiful and adorable
0 likesThis was SO GOOD ❤️
0 likesOh my god Dodie I literally said something similar the other night. It was something like "Every pieces of me is just a partial copy of other people and if you take that all away there would be nothing left." It's so strange and frightening to think about.
0 likesFeel it was so relatable ❤ love your sisters drawings as well ☺
0 likesThank you so much for this video <3
0 likesI love the draws of Hedy... And your story... I really want that book
0 likesThis video is helping me with what I'm going through right now because I am bullied by my own family and I sometimes think that picking on someone else will help. But it doesn't. I would become the bully and I would honestly rather be the one picked on than the one doing the picking because it's the beautiful things in life, like flowers, that get plucked.
0 likesThis was so lovely. Btw, Dodie, will your book be available in the Philippines? :)
0 likesThis is so beautiful ♡
0 likesI am madly in love with you, platonically of course. Who spoke with courage, and for that I admire you. You are brave, and I thank you for that. You just earned yourself an additional subscriber, with lots of love!
0 likesI love this you are so talented
0 likeslove this dodie!
0 likesI had the same situation, I just wanted to fit in. but all i did was make myself feel bad. Being a bully never helps, it just made me so insecure of myself that it made me hide from strangers and break my friendships. I would never go outside with kids and I would never join after school clubs because i knew i wouldnt fit in.
0 likesi cant wait for your book, im going to probably preorder it in October tho.
0 likesDodie this made me tear up. I definitely needed this.
0 likesWhen I was in school I was bullied. It was started by one of my best friends and continued from 3rd grade to 7th. Because of this I have trouble sharing opinions and I am very shy although I don't act like it. Around 4th grade I gave in and started bullying my best friend in the entire world. We have grown apart, probably because of the bullying, but some how I managed to save our friendship. Then my mom found out what was happening but it didn't help, it made it worse. Thankfully as I got older I made more friends who helped me block out the rude comments about my appearance. Thank you dodie for sharing this story. I thank many people in your audience could relate. And the art is so wonderfully done! Thank you for another wonderful video
0 likes"To the girl with the rainbow bag, you are lovable, you are confident, you are bright, and you are brave."
0 likesHedy is genuinely one of the most inspiring kids ever, these illustrations are so beautiful (also sorry to Hedy because she probs hates being called a kid but you/Hedy and me & my lil sister have exactly the same age gap), she reminds me to remind my sister how proud I am of her too ^_^ This was a lovely, honest video and I cannot WAIT for the book!
0 likesHedy's drawing are so amazing! Fucking amazing!
0 likesYou write so well and it was spoken beautifully. Your sisters watercolors are lovely. I am very excited to read your book! :)
0 likesdodie, you are so wonderful.
0 likesAnd thats why I love dodie ❤️
1 likeThis made me want to start drawing again
0 likesStill get so shocked at how talented Hedy is
0 likesI cried damn it why are you guys so talented
0 likesHedy is a brilliant drawer!!
0 likesTalented is an understatement
1 likeThat child has more talent then I ever will.
0 likesHOLY MOLY! That is so relatable ;-; I need your book so bad
0 likesI'm doing an Illustration Degree at university and honestly Hedy is so much better/ creative / motivated than I.... she's gunna go far
0 likesI knew it was hedy! She's such a talented cutie!!
0 likesHedy is amazing! Holy crap!!!
0 likesI love Dodie's voice smmmm
0 likesWhat gorgeous illustrations!
0 likesSad that I can actually relate to this story
0 likesThis left me crying. Wow It was shocking how much I related to this video.
0 likesThis is very long but I felt better after typing it and so I felt like I should share it (?) :
Growing up, I was bullied horribly. It came from those I considered friends (who before we had a teacher talk to the whole school about bullying I didn't think we're being a bully but rather just taking a joke too far) all the way to my brother's friend/ next door neighbor. In fourth grade.. My own teacher made of me. She left me crying in the middle of class, told me to stop overreacting when I was having a panic attack. Imagine that, an 8 year old having a panic attack and instead of being calmed I was called over- dramatic. My mother never believed me for she thought I was just saying that because I didn't like me teacher... And I didn't but I also didn't make it up.
I grew up with humongous speech problems. When I talked no one would hear me because I mumbled so much. So much my parents would get mad and told me if I couldn't speak up then I shouldn't talk at all, so I'd go mute and stay mute for long periods of time. hah. When I did get any attention, I'd laugh at the kid they also bullied but soon stopped because I'd rather stay silent than make someone feel as low as I did. The bullying got so bad for another girl that at age 8 she tied her scarf so tight around her neck she passed out... Kids called her a tomato face after because of how red her face looked when she was choking...
In middle school I found friends and I was too naive to see that they themselves were bullies, I just wanted to finally fit in. I still didn't. The popular kids would only talk to me because I was smart and they needed me to get an A on an assignment.
High school (secondary school) was the worst. I was "friends" with just about everyone, except I wasn't. I just knew people who were so it was easy for me to slip in and pretend that they noticed me. They didn't but that was good enough for me. Until it wasn't. And I tried to kill myself over and over again until I did right, and after that doctors did what they were supposed to do and save me. That happened my freshman and sophomore year.
I'm a senior now. I didn't think I'd live past 16 but I'm going to be 18 soon. I left my old high school but I'm going back now and I know I can handle it because I have real friends there, and even though it's only four people at least it's four people who care.
The only thing that ever got me through anything was that I am smart, I've always gotten good scores on tests and even was advances extra classes in elementary. I've always have been talented, I play seven instruments, I'm a pretty damn good photographer now and I'm okay with boasting about it because I take pride in it, I'm going to be in choir again this year. And I am worth it and I have to tell myself that because I'm constantly told I'm not, even by my own patents. So I have to tell myself I am because I *am*.
And all of you?
You're worth it too
HEDY THIS IS SO GOOD GOD BLESS
0 likesPLEASE SAY YOU WILL DO AN AUDIOBOOK AND YOU WILL NARRATE! I WOULD BUY THAT SO FAST!
0 likesBasically my life story, bullied becomes the bully. Regret it now so much
0 likesWait... how is this on DODDLEVLOGGLE? this is so beautiful! :o
0 likesI hope the girl with the rainbow backpack sees this and hasn't been negatively affected longterm by the bullying she endured. Thank you for admitting your faults and putting a heartfelt apology out there!
0 likessame. i got bullied in highschool and took over to bully other people as well. so awful. thank you for sharing this story. ♥️ you help me to manage my thoughts a bit better and to understand myself.
0 likesWhat the heck heddyyy how are you so good at drawing!?!!! I am so jealous I think that my skin must be turning green 👽
0 likesI was brought to tears omg
0 likesAHAGGAHAGAHA DODIE THIS VIDEO WAS SO AMAZING GO YOU GO HEDY YEEES DETS GOOO
0 likesthis made me feel a lot
0 likesgood god I love this.
0 likesOmfg the cover is so damn cute i love it
0 likesI was mostly physically bullied by boys who liked me but this one girl spread rumors about me so I cyber bullied her and regret it all now
0 likesIve wacthed this 10000000 times and i love this
0 likesthis is so gorgeous and important
0 likesThis was touching. Your narration over the water color time lapse was very pleasing to watch. As well as the words, "Everyone is just a collage of their favorite parts of other people."
0 likesi was also bullied and tried to heal myself by acting assholey and saying savage and sarcastic things to people,most of them werent even the ones that bullied me,but hating myself + others hating me made me really cold and exhausted,trying to get better though,my mental unstability shouldnt affect my behaviour so much,i have friends,but its very hard to act naturally,when you've experienced so much awful things..i feel bad for everyone thats affected by my savageness,i just cant control myself,im always sad
0 likesI love dodge even more than before(if that's even possible)
0 likesThis was wonderful ;___;
0 likesFairPlay to admitting to be a bully not many people do so big up to that
0 likesAHHH HER ART STYLE IS SO CUTE
0 likesthis made me cry so much omg
0 likesWow you draw and paint really fast. It's like your speed up the video.
0 likesI just wrote in my little book
0 likes" Be the girl with
the rainbow bag "
Your so good at drawing
0 likesto the girl with the rainbow bag, we were all you at one point. we have been teased for our differences and our ability to look at the world so colorful. you are not alone. everyone has carried a rainbow backpack once in their life. we are and can be strong like you. we stand together and hope you keep being you.
0 likesOkay but I love that art style so much.
0 likesThis made me tear up
0 likesLITERALLY SHOUTED WAIT THAT WAS HEDY AT THE END OMG HEDY WTF SEEEEW TALENTED!!! Ahhhh I'm proud XD actually incredible the whole time i was like woah woah beautiful and woah.
0 likesFirstly. I want one on my wall.
Secondly absolute beaut of a story.
Thirdly.Whats a good story without a great image of the story.
I bullied my bully at the same time she was bulling me it was a weird time
0 likesI love your art style😍😍😍😍
0 likesThanks music for changing you and changing people
0 likesTo the boy who who had a funny looking face, who had a funny way of talking, who was dyslexic and who seemed like a gross person because he picked his nose (and admittedly, did do some gross things, that's not the point tho), Im sorry for making fun of you, even if it wasn't in front of you. You may seem different, but remember that different is special. Even if I wasn't the one bullying you, I still said some mean things about you. I always felt bad about it.
0 likesTo the other boy who's been in my class for 3 years, who also isn't the most good looking of people, who also seems like a gross person, who also has a funny way of speaking, and who also lost his died when he was a child. I'm sorry for always making fun of you behind your back, Im sorry for being grossed out by you and not wanting to touch you, because even if I said those things, deep down I know you're a very kind person, because you're always kind to me and to the people around ,you've even helped me with work before.
Please accept these mistakes I have made and will continue to make.
I need to buy the book
0 likesTime for a novel about me being bullied and being a bully
When I was in kindergarten- so only about four years old- I took karate. The main thing the instructors told us, though, was not to do it on others. However, I used to be a classroom bully. I'm not sure if I started it, or the other kids in my small class did, but there were constant remarks, and I would get physical. I punched kids, shoved kids, and was all around awful. Like most kids, though, I didn't really know what I was doing. One of the key moments that made me stop acting in such a way was when my kind-of-friend came into class with stitches in his eyebrow; I say "kind of" because I bullied him, as well. He was one of the younger kids, and I somehow got this image of me causing him to have those stitches. Today, I'm fully aware I didn't do it, but my mom has informed me that I used to get night terrors, and that must've been one of them. Somehow, I very vividly remember hitting his head against the sink in the bathroom. This fear of what I was capable of steered me away from physically harming those around me, but I didn't stop being cruel. Now, as a 13-year-old, I've grown more anxious and depressed. Overall, I'm not as happy to speak to others, anymore. Being in a school in which everyone seems to be two-faced and lying doesn't quite help that feeling. Though I've never gotten into a fight, I've seen kids, I've heard stories. As a short, pansexual agender kid with emotional issues, lots of acne, and crooked teeth, most people don't take me very seriously- shocker. So I guess it's come full-circle. Thinking back to first grade, not long after I was the class bully, I started feeling ashamed for who I am, and who I was. I hurt people. My empathy just started sinking in, and I faced how cold I was to everyone. Maybe that's why I am how I am today, but I still could never look at my old friends the same. As I've moved many times, I've moved back to my hometown before, and seen the few kids that spoke to me back then. When I lived home again, I tried to reconnect, but it failed. We'd changed, and inevitably drifted apart. I cried so many nights over my Pre-K friend's note to me; it was filled with how she felt replaced, and would no longer talk to me. Somehow, I was the bully again. It had happened, whether it was intentional or not. I don't quite understand how it all unfolded the way it did, but that's my life.
to the girl who didn't like to wash her hair, who liked to tell stories abiut being magical and carried round a rainbow bag.
0 likesstrut your shit. if you didnt end up growing up, we'd be best friends.
I was bullied, and I was a bully.
0 likesI was fat when i was younger, and was bullied for it for 6 years. I was diagnosed with body dismorphia and bulimia at age 12, and lost a lot of weight. I was very insecure. There was this girl who did not like me, but she kept it to herself. One day she saw that i ate fries, something i hadnt done in months. She said, probably not menaing no be hurtful, "are you really gonna eat that?".
I was so full of anger from the previous bullying and from the eating disorder, and I started using her as something to unleash my anger. I could pull her hair or lay mean comments. She moved to another country before i could realise that I was doing something wrong.
This made me cry.
0 likesI've already watched this about 10 times...
0 likesI started crying when you spoke to the girl with the rainbow bag
0 likeslove the art
0 likesI am so excited for you book yay
0 likesto the girl with the rainbow bag: i used to be you in elementary school. no care in the world what people said about me and what i wore and liked. it changed in middle school. me being in a small private school meant small classes. my friends thought because we were a small grade and we all knew eachother, it was okay to make fun of everyone. like, no hard feelings. it hurt me though. in 5th grade, i stopped going to my favorite children's store and moved onto where my friends shopped. my style became duller. i wasn't unique. i was one of them because i was afraid to be judged. i wish i could be like you. more brave. but, oh well.
0 likesWill your book be in stores?
0 likesNAILED IT.
0 likeswow this video, just wow.
0 likes"I secretly became a collage of my favorite parts of other people..." dodge dives deep man.
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Dodie* hehe autocorrect strikes again
0 likesthis video ❤️
0 likesI read this as "I was buried and I was a bulky"
0 likeswow i cried a lot
0 likesI LOVE THE COVER
0 likesThose are hedy's drawings? I'm so shook
0 likesAAAAHHH, Hedy. That makes sense 😂
0 likesIm preordering it rnnn
0 likesIf you stare into the abyss, the abyss stares back
0 likesit made me tear up omg, I want your booook
0 likesi so relate to 2:09-2:30. i hate social anxiety
0 likesI cried. Dodie is so kind and pure and I fucking love her way to much. I don't know what I would've done without her. I would be sinking in my insanity and giving a flying fuck about anything, but I discovered dodie and her music and then I realized that music keeps me sane. I lover you dodie you've inspired me too much.
0 likesTo the girl who can show what most people can't
0 likesOur flaws
We tend to hide our flaws but what we don't realize is the only way to grow as people is to embrace them. Which is hard. Very hard. Dodie along with all of us struggle. Some more than others. It's hard if you have these self esteem problems because you simply can not talk to unknown faces. I hate that sometimes I don't like the way I look, but I do and that can't be changed. People say to be strong and just try but they don't realize how hard it is to do those things. To be "normal" and to fit in. Also social anxiety really sucks. Any kind of anxiety or depression sucks. You can't escape it. You can do things to numb the pain but it's always there. So to the 1% that will see this.... Find something to numb the pain because I trying to get rid of it is wasted energy doing something you love. Take care❤
There is a reason to this as a vast majority of kids who are bullied fear it will start again so bully others to stop it happening to themselves
0 likesI looove it
0 likesThis is how YouTube should be reality.
0 likesIm still "bullied" so i bully them back lol
0 likesI don't know if that girl will watch this video, but I don't think this is enough to fix the problem. Maybe she has problems with her self esteem now. No hate, nor appreciation for this.
0 likesI'm not crying my eyes just sting
0 likesWow
0 likesthis was what party tattoos was about
~My mummy said to always wear a coat, but it's warm and it's heavy and we're trying to float.~
0 likesWhat water colours did hedi use? (I don't know how to spell her name sorry if it's spelt wrong😂)
0 likesim not crying, you're crying.
0 likeshA sike we're all crying because you're a fucking genius and i love you wow
Why am I crying?
0 likesCOOL art!
1 likeNot most people, people who deserve to be bullied get bullied like kids with disabilities lol
0 likesWho's excited for VEDAAAAA TOMORROWWWW I CAN'T WAIT
0 likesi NEED hedy to upload my drawing vids
0 likesmy heart
0 likes+ Dodie .... If I weren't already married ..... (and 40 years older than you....) <3
0 likesDodecahedron... Fucking heroes😂
0 likesI cried
0 likesDodecahedron LMAO. Also this was uploaded on my birthday.
0 likesanyone else hope the girl with the rainbow book bag sees this ?
0 likesWas she bullied by groups of Asian children?
0 likesIs your book going to be translated to Spanish?
0 likesI'm a witch I don't know if I should be offended or not
0 likesKinda sounds like my life.. Ha..
0 likesNot only can she sing but she is pretty and she can draw... HOW
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Maddiewhal02 10 Her sister drew, but the rest is true!
0 likesI didn't see the last picture from my tears what
0 likesOoooooh
0 likesDumb Question:
If everyone is a collage of their favorite people then...who's the original? 😮😮😮😮😮😱😱😱😱
I love you.
0 likesanyone knows what watercolours hedy used? ;u;
0 likesTo the girl with the rainbow backpack, why did you not scream and and fight back at them? Why did you not act like them to be approved? Because you are strong, smart, and braver than I will ever be. You are a witch, you are the most magical witch I have ever seen. The magical witch, with the rainbow backpack.
0 likesi wrote a poem about the rainbow girl
0 likesI know most people don't care but i just need to get this off my chest. I just started a new school, it's a boarding school. People hate me there. They call me names and insult my parents (who are the only people i really have in my life). I met one boy who is very nice, but he gets bullied as well. I hate my life right now. People buly me but they don't even know me. They insult mt parents but my dad is so busy working just to take care of my mum who is terribly ill. I really don't know what to do or how to handle this situation.
0 likesSame.. I always get bully before.. but now, I became a bully.. idk just to revenge?
0 likesi love you.
0 likesI hope i don't get bullied in Middle School.... In the weird type so...
0 likesyou learn about dodecahedron in primary school?? wtf?
0 likes😍
0 likesThe boys in My class bulies me beacuse I have short hair and like "boys" clothes. They taunt me whit their mean words about My aperence. But I like how I look and so does My few friends. But beacuse of the bullying I get sad and show It to the world as I am grumpy and beacus of that it is hard to make new friends, and the bullying continue. Try to be strong but I don't know how....
0 likesAnyone know Dodie's PO Box??
0 likes...why did they call you a dodecahedron..?
0 likesi love love thia video
0 likes💛💛💛💛💛💛💛💛💛
0 likesWeirdly I never been builled
0 likesASMR? that would be great
0 likesMy childhood bully is now my very best friend
0 likesI have a raindow bag with animals on it. Just thought I would tell u that. Oh and I get bullied ish
0 likesRespect wHaM3N
0 likesi want a rainbow backpack
0 likesWhy does she remind me of Anne Frank...
0 likesWait, what if that girl with the rainbow bag watched this or something
0 likesI'm just like you
0 likesWhat if the girl with the rainbow is watching or reading the book?
0 likesawee dodes😢😢💓
0 likesI'm a cool kid but I don't bully.
0 likesI love watercolor first i thought the water color was pastel
0 likesI really am a collage of my favourite people :/
0 likesWhat is this fluid coming out of my eyes oh god
0 likesThis is like an asmr
0 likesI wonder if the girl with the rainbow bag saw this
0 likesIs there only 0 comments for me? Also great art!
0 likesIv read this in ur book
1 likeEveryone on YouTube has a crazy or emotional background and there is me: sleep food and watch YouTube xd
0 likesDodie your videos bring me so much joy. I was bullied in elementary school and it always hurt me so much. As I developed into middle school switching schools the bullying stopped for a long long time. Recently becoming a junior, The bullying started again and my insecure little girl feelings have resurfaced. You are so inspired and I love you.
2 likesBeautiful drawings hedy is so talented! Also I loved the positive message at the end. Book cover looks good too
0 likesI'm so exited for the book to come out!! Dodie is such an interesting person..I love her stories. Lovely art, too!
0 likesI honestly love this so much, dodies voice is calming and wise and hedys drawings are beautiful, amazing <3
1 likeHedy is just amazing. Props to her, beautiful illustrations
0 likesThis is beautiful, thank you for sharing your amazing story! <3
0 likesHEDDY'S ART HAS GROWN SO MUCH AND IT MAKES ME SO HAPPY I LOVE HER AND I LOVE YOU
0 likeswhen she was done talking i was like "nooooo pls i wanna hear more" and then she said it was an extract from her book and i am so happy to hear that! i've just pre-ordered. dodie, i love you. this was wonderful.
0 likesthis is the best thing I've seen. i love the art. the art is beautiful. bodies voice os so calming and i love how she tells things. i would love an audio book from you, or more videos like this :)
0 likesThis is beautiful!! ;-; I've already preordered your book AND I AM SO EXCITED TO READ IT!! :D you inspire me
0 likesThis was a beautiful video! I absolutely loved it. Hedy is so talented as well! It's quite amazing and I'm only a little bit jealous. Just a little bit.
0 likesI literally love this. This is so relateable and so worth watching.
0 likesI keep watching this and it gets me every time. Well done dodie.
0 likeswow wow wow this is gorgeous. the words, the art, the raw emotion. i can't WAIT to get my hands on that book, i know it's gonna be incredible
0 likesthat was really beautiful story with beautiful illustrations. I would like to read and have this book but it will probably be hard and expensive from Poland. but well. I bet it's absolutely breathtaking and I hope I'll have a chance to hold it and to read it. thank you dodie for everything ❤❤
0 likesThis comment section is so beautiful I'm actually crying. This is al so meaningful and wonderful. I love the community around here. Thank you dodie for bringing these wonderful people to this nice place and giving us comfort in talking about our thoughts and express ourselves through here. I am so excited for your book wow.
0 likesI relate to you so much Dodie. I think you're my favorite YouTuber now
0 likesI'm excited for the book, the cover is so cute❤️
0 likesBeautifully done 💕
1 likeI could literally listen to you speak all day. You have a really calming voice I don't know what it is.
0 likesThis was a really beautiful video. I know I can relate to it and a lot of others will relate to it too!!
0 likesThe whole way through this I was like "wow dodie is great at drawing I didn't know she was this good!"
0 likesAnd then the end was just like ...oh
I honestly god chills from listening to this, looking forward to the release of the book
0 likesI straight up started bawling at the end, bloody hell. That apology really got me. I hope all that have been bullied take dodies lovely advice
0 likesHedy! I adore your art so freaking much but lil tip: don't leave the brush in the water when its not in use because over time it can hurt the bristles!
0 likesFirst of all, both you and Hedy are so talented! I wish I can be as artistic as you two are. Second, my favorite thing said in this video is "we are just a collage of our favorite people." It's something we don't normally think about, but it's so true. We pick traits we like about others and mold that into our personalities (which isn't a bad thing. It's a part of life and finding who we are). Thank you so much for sharing your story! I hope that I can buy your book and read more about your experiences ☺️💛
0 likesI think we've all been participants of some kind when it comes to bullying, it's true that kids are mean. When you are a child you just really want to fit in, no matter at what cost. But, it is also true that there really isn't any excuse to do any of those things just to feel more adequate. Hedy's drawings are stunning!
0 likesas i watched this i was just thinking about how similar your experiences are to mine. Also this was calming and aesthetic :)
0 likesHedy is so so talented and Dodie I loved this so much, something about it just makes it so calming and relieving that no one should judge anyone.. There's no justification to it, and I love that you grew up and matured to become such a respectful and lovable young lady :) I love you both so much xx
0 likesthis is beautiful, I'm so inspired.
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I've watched this so many times. I love it.
1 likehedy is so amazing and so are you dodie, you girls are both lovely xx
0 likesI've been bullied and a bully too, thx for posting this. I just wanted others to hurt like I was at home, I felt so angry and unleashed my pain on people who didn't deserve it. I'm sorry to everybody I've damaged, and I hope you're surrounded by support and are happy.
0 likesAnd now I am crying (: But it's worth it, thank you for this Dodie.
0 likesI cried watching this 😭😭💛💛 it was so beautiful ❤️❤️
0 likesSoooo nice!!! :D I love collabs of you and Hedy! But also ones of you alone of course.
0 likesThis is absolutely beautiful 💙
0 likesThis touched my heart and soul so much. 💛🌻
0 likesI love your voice in this video! I would love if you read your Instagram captions more or uploaded SFTM as an audiobook <3
0 likesYour voice is nice to hear when telling a story. This story is so personal but was needed to be said.
0 likesHedy slays life. Honestly i love her so much. She is a huge insporation to me because we're the same age and ahhhh just love her
0 likesCan we appreciate the art, though? A great story, not to undermine it, but that was also some amazing art!
0 likesI'm amazed at how much I can "relate" to this. Dodie, it's okay if you don't ever read this, but if you do then thank you for your songs and honest videos like these that have helped me so so much over the years <3
0 likesHedy is so talented! Good work!
0 likesI am just binge watching Dodie's videos to go to sleep :3 and Hedy's watercolor speedpaint calms for an odd reason
0 likesGod, that brought me to tears. How I would like my bullies to say I did nothing wrong, but maybe it's too late and they're not mature enough to tell me so.
0 likesIM STILL NOT OVER DODIES NEW BOOK! MAN AM I EXCITED, another good read to look forward too😄 well done dods💗
0 likesWish I could draw like Hedy ❤️
0 likesAww I love this it was cute and it helped me out. Thank you 😊
0 likesThis video is so aesthetically pleasing like the wood in the background and the watercolours and the drawing and dodies soothing voice
0 likesThis video is so beautifully done.
0 likesThis is so good!! Hedy is amazing!
0 likesWill there be an audible version? Hearing you read from your book would make me more emotional than me reading it in my head to myself I feel
0 likesThese are so beautiful, I can't deal!!!!
0 likesThis was amazing x
0 likes"we are all just a collage of our favourite parts of other people" I love that
0 likesAwww the book cover is so cute! I love it!
0 likesI was about to go in on this video, because I get so utterly, incredibly disgusted and disappointed when people who have gone through something bad force someone else to go through the same thing. I watched it, and you turned it in to an awareness lesson, which is a really good thing to do. As a previously bullied kid it still makes me really sad that the world is able to do things like this to us, leaving others behind to avoid the mean words at least for the day, or an hour.
0 likesThe part about being a collage of different people really hit me because that's how I feel a lot and it helped me understand that that's normal and everyone absorbs things they like from other people and it just helps you grow as a person
0 likesI did the same thing. I was treated pretty crap most of the time, but for a couple years we had girls who were "less cool" than I was and i treated them like shit because at least i was being included
0 likesHoly shit. I always think how I am a collage of others. It has made me doubt who I am so much. Am I really me, or am I just everyone else? The parts that I admire most about others? When people say that they like my style or personality, is it even me they are complimenting? I definitely feel like a fraud. But you're right Dodie. I didn't stop to think that others might be that way, too.
0 likesI love Hedy like, she's just so talented! She inspired me, and I'm getting better at drawing!
0 likesBtw, don't judge my username I'm going to change it in three months cause that how long you can change your username.
first of all: hedy's my age and i adore her. second-my story: in about second grade i became friends with a girl named Celia. Celia was the only person who'd play with me, but she'd often call me fat and too wide to play with the other kids. At the time, my dad would also call me fat and i stopped eating swet foods. Foods in general. In middle school is when i began to really have a problem with bulimia. Now i'm recovering and videos like this help me a lot. Thanks if you read this all lolz <3
0 likesI have 3 words: Hedy is AMAZING.
0 likesI love your voice and I love your sister's drawings😍
0 likesI've been bullied and I've been a bully. And I'm glad to call myself a friend to the person I've bullied. She is more than the names I called her, she is more than my actions towards her. She is strong and she is kind, and I am sure that I would be the same for my bullys.
0 likesBtw: DODIE I LOVE YOU! Please make sure to get this book to internacional borders, excited to read it here in Brazil! ❤️
"everyone is just a collage of their favorite parts of other people"
0 likeswow. that part honestly got to me. i've never noticed that's exactly the case
this was so beautiful I'm in tears
0 likesHedy's art style is so pretty :')
0 likes"I was just secretly a collage of my favorite parts of other people. I felt guilty about that for a while but then I realized that everyone is just a collage of their favorite parts of other people" I'm
0 likesThat's
Me
And
Wow
I'm not alone
Holy shivers, Hedy is brilliant!
0 likesThis was beautiful.
0 likesI went to a very small school when I was in primary school - there was 14 people in my whole year because of this you had to be friends with everyone there was one girl who constantly picked on me to the point where her words still effect me to this day but I needed her to like me so I stuck by her side and I bullied the others in our grade I just didn't want to be the one on the other side of it - this continued into highschool as those girls went to the same school only I went to a very small school when I was in primary school - there was 14 people in my whole year because of this you had to be friends with everyone - there were constant fights and constant bullying and I regret to say that I bullied other people bc I didn't want to be the one on the other side of it - this continued into highschool as those girls went to the same school only now there wasn't 14 people there was 200 - but even with 200 people I sat alone at lunch and because of that people thought I was strange and would make sure there was no seats left at their table- it wasn't until I was 16 that I found a little shred of confidence and sat with the people I liked rather than the people I wanted to be like and now they are the greatest friends I could ask for but I find myself doing things I don't want to bc I still just want people to like me even 4 years from that - although I feel like I'm better at making friends with people that build me up rather than put me down (sorry just poured my heart out in the comments don't mind me)
0 likesI love Hedy's drawing style so much wowwww
0 likesand I cANnOt waiT to read Secrets For The Mad yeeeeeee
When I was in elementary school, I was never really saw much bullying. I wasn't popular, but I had a good group of friends, and at that point all I ever saw was most people getting along with most people. I remember riding the bus and talking with the kids on the bus. We always made fun of this one girl. I'm not really sure why she was a popular target to this kind of stuff, but she was. I never heard anyone say anything to her face, but we all talked about her behind her back. Then came middle school. I strayed away from my childhood friends and found a new friend group of people who understand me. And I happened to become friends with that girl, the one we made fun of years back. We're not super close, but she's a lovely girl who's is cool and funny and random, and an all around amazing person. I feel awful I ever said anything mean about her. But people make mistakes and learn, and I guess thats just what I did.
0 likesp.s. Hedy's art in this video is marvelous!
this was the most calming thing please read your entire book for us
0 likesawe i love hedy (and dodie ofc)!! she's so skilled
0 likesi love this, so much. <3
0 likesI love this so flippin' much
0 likesIt is so unfortunate how we treat each other but I assure you our differences are what truly make us individuals...
0 likesDodie thank you, this video is something a lot of people needed, like me. this will probably get lost in a sea of comments but oh well, i have bullied people in the past and it was because i wasnt liked much and bullied a bit (i was an annoying kid i dont blame them too much) so i made fun of this one poor girl and it breaks my heart that i did and that i made her cry, she was proably nice and we could have been friends if i wasnt going through a bad spot in my life, we could be friends now. and it saddens me, to any people feeling guilty about what you did, dont, look back at your mistakes and learn from them and grow, im still quite young but those short years ago i was such a different person and will be in the future, everyone has made mistakes but you will learn to accept them and grow into a person that one day you will be proud of, once again dodie thank you for this video and all those people reading this i hope you are well and if not i know you will be in the future
0 likesOmg hedy's drawing is so cute I love her style
0 likesOHMYGOSH HEDY'S ART STYLE IS AMAZING.
0 likesOkay so when I was in 6th grade I bought a snoopy back pack for school. When I saw it I was so excited and I immediately knew that that one was the one, without thinking what my peers might think. My dad supported me and was proud that I didn't care and I love him for that. My mom on the other hand told me everything that might go wrong and fed my insecurities. She told me if I was sure I wanted to take it to school, or she would tell me people will laugh at me, or tell me that's a bold move and I shouldn't take it. I started having second thoughts about it and was actually thinking on getting another bag. On the first day of school though, I thought "I don't care and if people make fun of it I don't care" and I took it. So many people at school complimented me on how cute my back pack was and how they wish they had it and I'm glad I took that risk because I really loved that bag. So anyone out there that's insecure on what they like. Don't be. Cause you are a beautiful, smart, and amazing person and anything YOU like is all that matters. Don't care what other people think cause who knows....... people might actually like it.
0 likesHappy for you x
0 likesHoly cow Hedy is a talented artist
0 likesWoahhh Hedy is an amazing artist!!!!!!!
0 likesLove this 😍
0 likesgod you and hedy are both so talented...
0 likesthis had me crying, in a positive way tho
0 likesNo way! Hedy is so talented!!!!
0 likesThis was so important thank you
0 likesthis is why i love dodie. she admits that she has flaws, tells us those flaws, and i think that's why i was surprised that she told about this. all other youtubers cover up their flaws but dodie lets hers out. they aren't pretty, but no flaws are. she seems more human than most youtubers to me.
0 likesDodie are you reading your book for an audiobook? Because you're voice is so nice to listen to and is love to hear your whole book just like this passage! I'm so excited for it and for you!!
0 likesAw, this was so cute and sweet...
0 likesDamn I'm crying <3 That book MUST get to Argentina or I will cry some more (and if you want to come too, better <3 )
0 likesThey are both so talented I swear
0 likesI love Hedys art style
0 likesI LOVED THIS AND I LOVE YOU AND HEDY DAMN
0 likesDang I'm so excited for this book
0 likeshedy is so talented but also this is such a good video/written thingy
0 likesWoah Hedy is amazing at drawing
0 likesI LOVED THIS
0 likesHow do your videos, happy or sad, always make me cry? ;-;
0 likesI didn't notice at first until I couldn't see and I was like "why is my face wet?" There were so many tears streaming from my eyes and my heart started to ache. I never had REAL friends until I reached 8th grade (I'm currently in 9th grade). I always was bullied and I could do nothing about it. Iw as so confused because my twin brother had so many friends and my older sister is so talented. I would try to be like them and tag along to what they did. I would buy my friendship and give, never getting back. I would hurt others and hurt myself just to get a few laughs. I lied about my sexuality and "dated" people who were considered popular but didn't even care about me. Now looking back I was wrong and unproductive. The time spent trying to be like others could have been spent being my own person. I'm learning to work on myself and bring my anxiety to an end. With the new amazing friends I have and will never let go, hopefully one day I can be proud of something I've done for the world.
0 likesHeather and Dorothy are such wonderful names. Bless your parents.
0 likesOMG I LOVE AND WANT YOUR BOOK SOOOOOOOOOOOOO MUCH RIGHT NOW ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
0 likescan't wait for the book tour!
0 likesHEEDDYYYYY YOUR ART GETS BETTER AND BETTER EVERYTIME I SEE IT AAAAA
0 likesI really hope you can look back to that day, and to that girl with the rainbow backpack, and know that the mean comment was said by the old you. Know that you're better now, that you've changed to become a better person. I usually overthink things and can't get rid of the feeling that one bad thing I made on the past make me a bad person, and that this thing defines me. I've forced myself everytime to think that I'm not like that anymore, and try everytime to convince me that I need to live with that, that forgetting isn't maybe the best choice. But maybe I'm still learning. Hopefully it's easier for you. If you read this and have a tip to avoid thinking too much, please, I'm listening... or reading.
0 likesYOU ARE BRAVE, DODIE. And you're a very talented person that inspires a lot of people, me included. Thank you, thank you, thank you❤
PS: sorry for the long comment and all the possible English mistakes, have a happy day, and a better life😊
I kinda cried when she said an apology for the rainbow backpack girl :,)
0 likesI love the cover!
0 likesHedy is really good at drawing
0 likesPerhaps it's because I don't watch a lot of mainstream youtubers but I've only ever seen youtubers admitting they were bullied and it's nice to see someone admit they were a bully once too and made an effort to change and improve. It proves that it's true that you can't just blame people for everything. Chances are you've done some messed up shit too. It's really brave of dodie to own up to it
0 likesI'm getting her book for my birthday!!! so excited!!!!
0 likesHEDY'S SO TALENTED GOSH
0 likesi still feel bad for making my mum buy expensive branded trainers for PE after i was made fun of for having ones from tesco, why are kids so obsessed with shoes and coats and bags
0 likesDid this video make anyone else cry when she said sorry to the rainbow girl? So powerful Dodie, thank you ❤️
0 likesThis is not the first time I have cried at one of Dodie's videos. The first was her cover of 'here comes the sun' and the tears were mainly from enjoyment and bliss as I listened carefully to a song I cherished when I was younger (because it appeared in the parent trap which I used to watch over and over again) sung by a person I had quickly grown to enjoy listening to. It was also partially the realisation that the carefree days of wanting to show all my friends a film I would learn to call my favourite were over, exams were approaching soon and I would have to deal with harsh reality. As I watched this video, once again silent tears fell from my eyes as I saw so much of myself in this video. However much I hate myself for it now, I was a bully. Ridiculing people I sometimes called my friend among others because they were doing it too. I wouldn't call myself popular now or then but in those early days my best friend was and I often mistook the people wanting to be around her as also wanting to be around me. The most vivid example of this that has stuck with me through all these years is falling out temporarily with my best friend for one stupid reason or another and watching all the girls crowd around to comfort her whilst I stood alone the other side of the playground with one friend taking my side in it all. We made up before the end of lunch as most silly arguments are and that was that but a part of me has never forgotten that I was the one alone welling up because I thought I had lost my closest friend until someone saw me. Entering high school I reminisced on my ridiculing and believed I should never do it again. I was in a different crowd now and I thought I was doing well but this one girl who is the kindest, sweetest person I know was different in the way she acted and her interests and soon enough harsh words were spoken behind her back. In a plea for acceptance, I joined in thinking that it was fine. As I look back I feel horrified by my own actions, these past few years people changed their ways and me with them but I still hear words spoken across classrooms. Though I had troubles of my own from people I called my friends I feel that I took my pain out on this girl to, as Dodie said, be on the other side of it. On a happier note, I've been trying to be more myself and distance from the hate and trying to be a person I want to be. Surrounding myself with brighter colours and people whose company I want to be in.
0 likes(As a side note to anyone who read all of that I really just needed to write that out so to order my thoughts and stop the tears from coming down. Please share your experiences if you want, if like, me you think it will help)
i love hedy's art syle!!
0 likesone of my fav vids of yours ever
0 likesI hope the girl with the rainbow bag sees this 💖
0 likesEveryone has had mean things happen to them, everyone has done mean things to someone else. I like this vid 'cause she didn't just act like the victim like so many people do; she took responsibly for her actions as well. People need to do this more often. Instead of trying to change other people and get other people in trouble we should try and change our selves and receive the consequences too.
0 likesAlmost cried with the book cover don't know why
0 likesDon't mind me I'm just sobbing and wanting to hug everyone in sight. *hugs everyone in the chat*
0 likesGIRL, honestly, WRITE A BOOK!!!!
0 likesi thought these were hedy's drawings!!! so cute!!!!
0 likesHedy is so talented that is hurts
0 likesThis is was beautiful
0 likesOH MY GOSH HEDY YOU ANGEL
0 likesRelatable yet painful
0 likesdodie, will your book be available internationally? like for example, India??
0 likeshedy is vvv talented
0 likesHow beautiful.
0 likesCries bc I'm not as talented as either of these two
0 likesIIIIIIIIIIII WANT YOUR BOOK SO BAD. SO. BAD. I love you dodie, so very much. You make me think twice about my unnecessary choices I make because my brain is screaming at me and my heart is telling me to give in (if you can't tell I did that recently. In fact I did that last night. Oh boy.). You're voice is calming and makes me smile. You're beautiful in every way, I especially like your face. Very lovely. This was amazing, you are amazing, I am amazed. 💕💕
0 likesI'm moving to new york in a week and I went to pre-order this and was like
0 likes1) I'm broke af hahah
2) i'm still going to pre-order it but it will be sent to my NEW YORK address
which if you don't know me you're like what wow so exciting :| but GUYS this is amazing for me. I am so
terrified, and
scared
but
I'm glad we have someone like dodie to cheer us up and make us feel strong.
that is all
much love <3
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OMG!Have fun and stay strong,going to new york is on my bucket list but living there is a dream...have a wonderful life <3
0 likes"everyone is just a collage of their favorite parts of other people"
0 likesWhen you loved this extract but you can't get the book. ;~;
0 likesHonestly, Dodecahedron is kind of a baller nickname
0 likesHEDY'S ART IS SO NICE AJFNWKXJE
0 likesI flippi'n swear (but i don't...) that the part about secondary school (middle school?) is exactly me. I'm sitting w/ my frens, a sentence comes into my head, and I want to say it but "oh it's too late they've moved on" or "nah it was a stupid thought anyway." Or if I do say it I'll have to repeat myself cuz I'm so quiet and nobody can hear me and I'll feel embarrased. don't do that, it'l ruin u... i know
0 likesI'm so excited and I want to cry
0 likesShe is really talented and I hope people don't mind me asking, but does anyone know what paint pallet she is using?
0 likesDodie I know you may not see this but hey I'll try anyways!
0 likesThis video is a reminder,its a reminder that even if Im not famous or cool me being kind to others and being myself matters more! That if I had the chance to crack a joke about anyone else I'd swallow my tounge and avoid it because it's not worth the pain I'll cause to them. I always try my best to stay away from talking about others because I know it will hurt me if I was in their place! Remember guys we could all just be a memory in someone's life so let's try to be the best one possible.
Loved the video so much!!♥️
ps.HEDY HOW ARE YOU SO TALENTED I CAN BARELY DRAW A CIRCLE WITHOUT IT BEING WOBBLY😂😂💗
Did anyone else think dodie was drawing the whole time until she said somebody else did
0 likesAs a strange, quiet, secretive child... I too was made fun of. I didn't do anything about it and ran away... Eventually I met someone called Gabriel, we became friends talking about our nerdy hobbies and games, in year 3 I took up violin and played for years... I'm not sure why, I just did. My teacher would also be calling me names and lowering my convidence... Eventually I quit. I decided to move school for personal reasons, in my new school I did the Clarinet... And I also met someone very special to me... Her name is India, she understood me, and I to her; we would often sing songs together that would trend around the school and even around a campfire on a school trip. We laughed, we smiled, we sang... I loved, I loved her... Sadly she doesn't feel the same way but we will always be the best of friends. I'm not in school anymore, I get depression amd anxiety to the point where I forget how to function. I am working on myself but my friends standing by me makes it better... I don't want to be the child I used to be... I want to adopt a new personality that I already had deep inside :) thank you for reading
0 likesWhat do you mean most people were bullied? I guess it depends what you mean by bullied but I'd say only like a third of people were actually bullied at school
0 likesOmg u are amazing
0 likesI don't usually get audio books but if you record an audio version of your book I will SNATCH THEM BOTH UP
0 likesOk I love Hedy so much omg
0 likesthis made me cryyyyy
0 likesI started crying
0 likes#26 on trending!
0 likeshow am I the same age as hedy and she is MUCH more talented then me??????
0 likesI AM CRYING!!!
0 likesBeing called names isn't being bullied, if it is everyone has been bullied which trivialises it really
0 likesWHY ARE ALL THE BULLIES BLACK HMMMM DODIE!?!?!??!? nah i kid, love you dodie xx p.s. can i buy that picture of the bag at the end?
0 likesI feel like I'm the only homeschooler here.
0 likesDoes anyone know what watercolor pallet that was??? Or can someone recommend me one?? ((:
0 likeslol im crying my fucking eyes out
0 likesi love you so much, te amo, come to Brazil
0 likesI am crying now
0 likesI thought it was your sister LOL me like her sister draw very well~
0 likesI hope the girl with the rainbow bag saw this
0 likeswhat brush did she use to paint with?
0 likesHere I was thinking that I was a horrible human being and a bully because years ago I kept on stealing food from a girl in my class and insisting it was all fun. She told the teacher and Ive regretted it ever since. Its nice to know that other people that are good have been in the same situation and its gave me a bit of hope that what happened was a little bit more forgivable than I think. I wish I could undo it...
0 likesSome of the script was used for captions on her Instagram posts
0 likesI've got the same watercolour pallet -
0 likesuhm hello your sister such a good artist
0 likesI'd totally date the girl with the rainbow bag
0 likesI would love to see where the girl with the rainbow backpack is now
0 likesI want her art style
0 likes<3
0 likesI have been both the kid with the rainbow backpack and Dodie.
0 likesmy mummy said to always wear a coat
0 likesBut it's warm and it's heavy and we're trying to float
❤❤❤
1 likeThree words: rainbow bag merch 🌈
0 likesShushsushhsbs Hedy is so fucking talented
0 likesHow old is Hedy?
0 likesYo what pallet is this? It's great
0 likeswell this got deep quick some pencil but!
0 likesSTOP OVERDRAMATISING EVERYTHING
0 likesNgl I love that blue jacket and yellow boots
0 likesIts true, i am just a complete collage of dan and phil and dodie
0 likesEveryone hates me for that
HEDY!!!!
0 likesWHO THE HECK IS CUTTING ONIONS BESIDE ME?!
0 likesTHIS IS BETTER THAN ASMR
0 likesGuys I kinda want to find the rainbow-bag-girl.
0 likesi recognised hedys hair
0 likesI'm trying to watch this video but your voice is encouraging me to sleep ... =_=
0 likesMakes somes friends and make your help!
0 likeswait so it's not a real story or it is...?
0 likesI like ur drawing
0 likesI can't hear you but nice drawings though
0 likes2:27
0 likes2 people to the right of dodie, the guy with blue hair, he looks like DanTDM
HER HANDS ARE SO FUCKING CUTE
0 likesI was bullied in 4 th grade to I'm in 6th grade now and I'm better
0 likesJust like you but I just don't agree with everybody what they think about other people I'm just I'm so type of the whole way you seen that much I just can't make conversations friends I come from a very rough childhood so I am a type of girl that's emo and don't talk that much can't read that well and I get bullied a lot and tell him this how I ask sometimes I come off of one hand rude and loud but it's just how I am I'm not typical who goes to somebody and say hi and I'm the type of girl forced to sit back and just let somebody else do something Pacifico who Lisk so I just sabacc and just so people really swing please and also I'm 9 years old and I haven't people can't say it right or anything else and it doesn't bother me people just give me nicknames for my grandma Call my T my old teachers to call me ttgg survival my name Sesame things to me my name is Timmara Cash city of people usually call me awkward for you to call them the weirdest car ever but that never gets me down I always come back stronger than ever then before I was like you heard I'm before I come from a very very hard life two three different School 1 Asbury one by my grandma and one here yeah my mom and my dad got a divorce when I was about zuo there were never together they're just different girlfriend and boyfriend only on Fridays I get to see him I feel my mom boyfriend over me a lot the number to play down but the disc causes and my emo yeah but that's my story and that's how I am and I'm also black black and white because my father was black and it mom was like so yeah I know how you feel and I know how it can hurt you in a young age but don't forget I could have one I been called tell jealous impales week old black witch
0 likesDodecahedron 😂😂😂😂😂😂
1 likeOh, know i know why i have no friends :)
0 likesHEDY'S ART IS IMPROVING SO MUCH AND IM SO PROUD OF BOTH OF YALL
2 likesi love the way dodie talks. i was feeling very anxious and this video helped me calm down. also, i love the art!
2 likesJust pre-ordered your book! I am so proud of how far you've come, and I am sure this book will be as creative as you are ❤️ Well done for everything! :)
1 likeThis video is beautiful, and great job to Hedy for the art! I love her art style!
1 likeDodie is legitimately my hero she's soo kind ❤️❤️❤️
1 like1. This video is beautiful: Your voice, your writing style and Hedy's drawings
1 like2. It's such an important message more people need to hear
3. You should put it on doddleoddle
4. I repeat: this is art
how can someone's voice be so calming and soothing. This is one of the most loveliest things I have ever had the joy of watching. Thank you Dodie. Not only for sharing something that you are probably embarrassed about but telling us the transparent truth, not the opaque truth where things are made up and you make yourself look like the best person in this situation and make yourself look like queen bee and for also expressing your thorough thought about this problem you had to deal with. -amber
1 likeWhat a beautiful message! Your words and Hedy's paintings are a perfect pair! 💖
0 likesThis was beautiful and I really can't wait for your book (and EP!) ❤️
0 likesThis video is very cool and I'm glad you actually talk about bullying others, this is a subject that is well avoided and shouldn't be. Also, HEDY IS SO FREAKING TALENTED MY GOD
1 likeDodie, being a victim of continuous bullying, I've been in the position where no matter where I go, I'll always face the idea of being unlikable, and that I'm unwanted, it can be difficult.
1 likeTo anyone who does read this, who may be going through the same fate I am. You're strong, beautiful, loveable and important. You're all, all of these adjectives because you've not given up, you've not been any sort of ridiculous as to join the bullying, and I know it's tough to be going through some shit in your life, but please, if any of you need to speak with me for anything, there will be a video going up on my channel soon about where to find me, or any other numbers you can use to talk to someone about being bullied.
This shouldn't be seen as a shameless promotion, but, if you do need a friend to turn to. I'll always be there for you.
I've never pre-ordered a book before on amazon, but today is the day I can tick it off my bucket list ♡♡
0 likesThat was beautiful. Definitely gonna pre-order the book. You have a very beautiful voice, and your sister is amazing at drawing.
0 likesBrilliant. Absolutely love your voice and the way you storytell. Thank you for sharing your honest feelings. Well done!
0 likesThis is beautiful and honest and I am close to tears x Thank you dodie for saying these things because I have close similarities within this
0 likesThis helped me out so much! Thank you!
1 likeI was bullied and I was a bully too. Thank you for this video. You are a beautiful human being 💙 and Hedy is so talented! Talent runs in the family💙 sending you hugs💙
0 likesI really like Hedy's drawing style. She's extremely talented
0 likesfirstly, beautiful storytelling, i cant wait for the book and secondly, hedy is so talented
0 likesHedy's drawings are soo beautiful!!
1 likeThis was amazing dodie 😭❤️💔
0 likesbeautiful story dodie, so proud of you. <3 but i just want to commend hedy omg!!! my smol bean!! such a talented baby bean!!! i love both of you!!
0 likesamazing video, i'm so proud of you and also great work from hedy!
0 likesthis nearly made me cry. i love this so much. thank you for sharing this.
0 likesThis really touched me, and was painfully reminiscent of my own experiences, although I never really turned on any one else. I know I am still affected by the years of bullying every day, even though I present as confident and self-assured.
0 likesthis was soooo good ! i can't wait to get your book !
0 likesIt's lovely to see this from the perspective of a bully, it helps us understand why we were bullied when so often I would ask myself "why me?" when really the question should have been "why not me?" because really, it was not about me. It was about them. It took me a long time to realise that, as Dodie says, it wasn't that I'd done anything wrong. x
0 likesI always feel like dodie is in another time ❤
0 likesThe part at 2:09 literally made me cry because I've never related so much to something. I'm exactly like that now and it's really nice to feel like I'm not alone.
0 likesI LOVE YOU SO MUCH. you inspired me, and you make me feel more human and real. Its refreshing and it feels as if we're friends. It's quite insane that the from the day I found you, I found more and more of myself. I don't ever think I'll be able to thank you enough for that, but it should be heard. you are an AMAZING person and I can't wait to hear more of your book. and more from you :)
0 likeswow, this is powerful. i love this.
1 likeAlready preordered it. SO exited, can't wait❤️🙆🏼
0 likesDodie thank u for making my day ! Yur wonderful, luve u ❤
0 likesThis made me tear up a little, it was like hearing a slightly changed version of my own story, thank you Dodie 💛
0 likesTo the girl with the rainbow bag: I hope you never gave up on yourself or others, and I hope you always feel bright and happy every single day ❤️💛💚💙💜
Will there be an audiobook as well? I love your voice and that would be so amazing<3
0 likesYour writing style is very calming somehow. It's really soothing to read a style that's exactly the authors voice when they speak. I can't wait to read your book and own that beautiful cover!
0 likesWow this was amazing. 👌illustration I love the art style.
0 likesYOU HAVE SUCH A SOOTHING VOICE AND HEDY HAS IMPROVED WITH HER ART SO SO SOOOO MUCH I LOVE BOTH OF YALL SO MUCH
0 likesI really loved this style of video and i can't wait to read your book
0 likesJust in response to your previous videos alongside this one- this is a really good way to express your feelings and your struggles with mental health. It is self analytical, honest, but also hopeful- even if you could not back then, you are righting your wrongs and moving on. I am looking forward to the book dodie. It is going to be helpful to many I think, in the right way.
0 likesthis is beautifully and the drawings are amazing
0 likesamazing video. everything you said and your sister's work. beautiful
0 likesWell soon as I'm not finished with school yet, I'm going to say something. I don't think I have bullied many people. there was this one girl but we didn't really bully each other. We argued viscously I did hurt her, frequently.
2 likesI would run out of lessons, but it's important to know that at the time my depression was kicking in, my family was dying around me (luckily not my close family) plus the teachers would not do anything about my misbehaving tricking my mind into everything being ok, of couse though what I was doing, and the things happening to me, were not ok.
I eventually got kicked out (expelled with no paperwork) I wanted to leave the school, but I still cried in public (something I hadn't done for 3 years)
I went to a different school, a school I was happy going to despite it not being what I expected when I got there.
For the first term I wouldn't do games because I was too scared to disappoint people, I did eventually but I vowed to never do rugby.
I was always shaken especially for the first week of two, I was so scared to talk to people, everything happening at the time was a bit much.
The people were a lot more accepting at the new school, though they were a little bit racist (even if it was a joke it could be uncomfortable.)
I was constantly stressed because I had to keep up this fake smile attitude, then people started questioning my sexuality, which is something I find uncomfortable, despite telling them this, they continued, and the same for them calling me an emo asking about the time I tried to kill myself, I was talking to a trusted friend about it, but someone I didn't trust overheard.
It was at this point I needed a excuse, so I started self identifying as emo, I listened to the music already, but it helped with the bullying, but the jokes I had to make to keep it up would drive me into my thinking about things I shouldn't think about.
Oh, there was another child I bullied once, he was a nerd who would complain about not getting 100% in a exam, he was extremely violent but I think that's because of the way we teased him. I do regret bullying him but at the time it felt like self defence.
I also had problems with so called 'love', at the time I joined my second school.
rejected\dumped four times for the simple reason that I didn't look good, I became so nervous that I would not talk to any girl at all, only when one opened up to me about there sob story did I become comfortable.
Though now I was juggling three fake personas, 'the emo' for my friends, 'the kind heart' for the more fragile people (which at my school was like half the girls) and 'happy jokey' for my breaking family.
Life really wasn't fun, still isn't, but it's getting better, partly because of Dodie (don't now how to spell it though) and partly because of the girl who opened up to me.
Now I've shared my sob story, why doesn't someone share there's.
Oh and if you see this Dodie, your amazing I wish I could buy your book but my parents would judge me to much and if my friends found it they would to. Plus I dont hunk I could buy easily.
This was beautiful and made me cry, I think I will keep it close to my heart
0 likesI'm proud of you and who you are and who you will be. I would love the chance to tell the girl with the rainbow backpack the same. Nobody deserves to be bullied and while nobody should ever bully, people still do and will and I'm proud of you for sharing that side of your story as well. P.s. Secrets For The Mad looks and sounds wonderful.
0 likesI LOVE THIS VIDEO! I LOVE THE STYLE, AND HEDYS PAINTINGS! I! LOVE! THIS! VIDEO!
0 likesgood on you for speaking up. power to you
0 likeswould you ever consider doing an audiobook for Secrets For The Mad? I think It'd be nice to have the author read out their own writing, and this video is so nice... only do it if you want to though :) much love
0 likesThis video helped me so much. As someone in school who isn't the most confident, I could really empathise. Thank you 😊
0 likesHedy is such a talented artist those drawings look like something that belong in a children's book
0 likesI'm. So. Excited. For. This. Book. 💖
0 likeshedy's drawings are amazing!!
0 likesIs anyone going to talk about how talented Hedy is? 😍
1 likeAs we mature from my little selves, we begin to recognize the stupid things we've done and life lessons learnt. They both shape and define us for the better. I don't believe I will ever stop learning said life lessons and just from this excerpt, I know that I can and will absolutely relate to the book. It's like a manual of shortcuts and lessons in life and although we're meant to learn it ourselves, I am so grateful that your experiences will help guide to an easier path. I'm so excited for the book!! 💜
0 likesi've been bullied since the 3rd grade, and i'm in the 8th now. i started talking to my mom about how i felt in grade 7 and she responded with "Gracie, I knew you were acting a little down since grade 3. Is there any way I can help?" and it really hit me. she offered transferring schools. i took it, and this year i'm going to a new school. with good people. and my mom is going to get me counseling for my social anxiety! i know, it's going to take lots and lots of time to get rid of my depression and anxiety but i think expressing yourself really helps. i was kind of lucky because my dad used to be the same way, but i totally understand what it would be like if they didn't understand. maybe one night, if they're in your room, try to explain you feel different or emotionless. if you ever need to talk, feel free to ask for my social medias! we can talk about anything and everyone and it's just between us.
0 likesstay safe xx
This was AMAZING!!!
0 likesdamn, this is so real. when we are bullied, we learn how to be a bully in the process and that bullying others means being accepted and seen as strong and cool.
0 likesi wasn't bullied by random people but my so-called best friend. and when i finally snapped, my reaction was bullying her right back when she was in a vulnerable position. i'm not sorry, tbh, she was a complete bitch, but i am angry with myself that i did not react in a better way. i could not go through with it for long though and for a while we were "friends" again until i finally managed to let go. i suffer from depression and anxiety and am generally a very insecure person because of all the years i was put down by the person who was supposed to be there for me.
never bully anyone, it can affect them for the rest of their lives. but if you did bully someone, that doesn't mean you are or were a bad person. as long as you realise it was wrong and you never do it ever again, you deserve a second chance. not from the person/people you bullied though, nobody has to forgive their bully or give them a second chance. you deserve a second chance at being a better person, not a second chance at friendship with someone you hurt.
Being bullied is a part of me now, I stepped back and understood that makes me stronger than ever. I'm not thanking this awful person for having done bullying, but I understood this a part of who I am, whether I like it or not.
0 likesWearing different outfits than them, not being like they wanted you to be, make them uncomfortable. But it makes you stronger.
And this video, reminds me so much stuff...
And this drawings are super cool!
HEDY IS SO TALENTED DAMN
2 likes"Everyone is just a collage of their favourite parts of other people" is my new favourite quote
0 likesWhy is Hedy so great at art my god..
1 likeYou know, I really respect Dodie's parents for giving their children creative names without called them something stupid like "Apple or "Car"
0 likeshedy makes drawing look so easy 😩
1 likei love hedy's art style so damn much
0 likesThank you, Dodie
0 likesholy moly hedy is amazingly talented!!!!!
0 likesOh my god! Hedy is SO TALENTED!!!
0 likesHedy you have awesome skills, but please hear me out... :) Hopefully this doesn't come off as too pretentious, I just wish to be helpful so that your skills really shine. (sorry, English is my second tongue) I'd recommend you invest in watercolor paper, or something thicker which absorbs the water better leaving a brighter pigmentation in the paints, so that way you have lots of control over the colors and the paper doesn't end up bent or curved or anything. I'm assuming you're not using watercolor paper because it looks flat and the colors are coming off really weak and runny in the wrong way. it may also be the quality of the paints. Your awesome cartoony style would also really pop with some basic black outlines after the paints have dried, maybe a felt tip pen? both simple things are simple and can bring out your lovely skills. I could see u as a pro one day. PS: teach me how to draw hands pls
1 likeI'M DEFINITELY BYING THIS BOOK! (I wanted to buy it before this obviously, but now I just want it more. Also rainbow bag girl seems cool.)
0 likesMan i was once bullied. I agree with you dodie.
0 likes@doddlevloggle Thank you for talking about this subject, a subject not talked about much. Thank You.
0 likeswhen i was little i didn't get along with other kids despite only having moved half way through kindergarten so i relied mostly on story book cd's for company and your voice is so much like all of those cd's that shaped me as a child so i really hope you turn your book into an audio cd so i can listen to something i like more in that same familiar tone and accent that makes me feel at home
0 likesThis was so incredible I'm gonna cry
0 likesi actually love this so much
0 likesThis made my heart melt
0 likesi really loved this.
0 likesHedy's art it so lovely!
1 likeI think your book would lose a lot of charm in text form.
0 likesCan you do a reading of the book?
I defenetly would buy that!
"Everyone is just a collage of their favourite people" - SO TRUE
0 likeshedy honestly has such a nice art style, my art is such a mess
0 likesI love this video ❤️❤️❤️
0 likesAwesome job !!!!
0 likesI hope the girl with the rainbow bag still stays true to herself. (I was near the tears thanks to this video ☺)
0 likesHedy is an incredible artist
0 likesHedy is great at drawing omg
0 likesThis was such an excellent video
0 likesI've just finished a night shift at work and I'm exhausted. I'm a health care assistant that works in a hospital and I've had a horrendous night being punched and sworn at, which unfortunately are regular occurrences. I decided to sit down and have a scroll through YouTube before I go to bed and rest before doing it all again tonight and I just couldn't help but click on this video. Something about your voice just soothes me, I could listen to you jabber on about anything and everything forever. Just what I needed after a stressful 12 hours. Thank you for being you, please keep doing what you're doing because you are eloquent, beautiful and unique. X
0 likesI seriously can't wait for Dodie's book omg
0 likesThis is beautiful xo
0 likesalso hedy is amazing at drawing !
0 likesIam watching this with my hamster xx this video was beautiful x
0 likesI WAS THINKING THROUGHT THE VIDEO, I HOPE THE BOOK IS LIKE THIS BC THEN I WILL REALLY ENJOY IT, AND I WAS LIKE DODIE ISNT THAT BAD AT DRAWINGS, OR MAYBE ITS JUST HEDY AND THEN BOTH WERE TRUE AND I WAS LIKE WOW I SPEND TOO MUCH TIME ON THE INTERNET
0 likesIt's so terribly easy to be tempted to pick on others for being "uncool" just to fit in with being in the "cool" crowd. I was bullied awfully though I was more passive where I didn't say anything or try to stop anyone from being unkind which can be just as bad. Eventually I broke out of being in toxic friendships and drifted more towards people who were kind and accepted others. We all have the potential to be decent people, once we recognise that there's no need to try to impress anyone, friends don't need to be "impressed" and its cool to be nice! <3
0 likes(One friend in particular was such a bitch and it took far too long for me to realise that it was better to be on my own for a little while than stick with her)
"Don't judge me for my successes, judge me by how many times I fell and got back up again." ~ Nelson Mandela.
0 likesthe art is so pretty!!
0 likesYou're a pretty great person for admitting that you were a bit of a bully. Not saying that bullying is a good thing, just saying that it's great that you admitted instead of denying. Also Hedy is really good at drawing.
0 likesOooo you see this is the only YouTube book that's taken my interest 😂💗
0 likesDear Girl With the Rainbow Bag,
0 likesWhen I called you Witch, I never will regret it. At the time, it was an insult. A cruel snicker towards your strange ways and technicolor personality. As colorful and outstanding as your bag. Now, I recognize that the word "witch" is no longer an insult, but an opening to one's power. Your ways and your talk were passed by for those who don't believe in the power of a woman and a woman in her own confidence. Your aura was that of an urgent green. Not only was it a way of communication to those who were willing to listen, but it was a call to others who wanted to reclaim the slurs people used to negatively affect them, when all they had to do is own the slur. The slur that originated from a word of power and positivity, to a word of dark and brooding pokes at insecurities. Your rainbow bag held secrets I dare not try to understand. It was a privilege I lost when I called you a slur. A word that you reclaimed with power and pride. Inside your bag, you held your secrets of you magick. Maybe a pen that never leaked ink until a story needed to be told. Maybe a stone that glowed and sparked around people who carried sunshine with them. Maybe a tube of coral lipstick, which stood as your warpaint. It's contrasting colors against your pale skin standing out and protecting, as if it were the sword to your knight. Maybe it held a hair tie. One that was rarely used, but when you practiced your magic in ways of comforting a stranger, creating a beautiful scene with your colors. It held your hair back from your face dusted with faith of others. Or perhaps, casting a spell, which allowed yourself to be a strong being. For the week, until it wore off into an exhaustion during the weekends. So, dear Girl With the Rainbow Bag. I regret using Witch as a slur. I instead grant upon you the word Witch. The word that was reclaimed by you. The word that means strength, and power within a strong and wise woman.
Dear Witch,
I do not deserve to listen to the whispers of your magick or the spells casted by your coral-coated lips. I do not deserve to be bathed in your presence of pride and individuality. Yet, I invite you to dance with me in the waltz we call life. I have two left feet, but you, Witch With the Rainbow Bag, lead me along the way.
Same Dodie. I was bullied really badly and in primary 7 I bullied a kid really badly and made his life hell.
0 likesBullying is one of the worst things you can do to a person. I mean, apart from the obvious things...
0 likesPretty girl with the rainbow bag,
0 likesYou had all the confidence that I lack.
I can now see how you kept your smile a'glow
omg hedyyyyyy u so gud also can't wait for the book this was amazing
0 likesthats so beautiful im almost crying
0 likesI was never a bully. I've been bullied a lot but I was never a bully myself. I can't say anything bad about a person and watch them cry without feeling guilty. I can't sleep at night if I think someone is feeling bad because of ME. I'm too sensitive, and maybe it's because I'm a loser that can't deal with life. I definitely don't like this part of my personality. But still, I'm glad I'm not a bully
0 likesTHIS SHOULD HAVE BEEN A MAIN CHANNEL VID IT WAS SO NICE
0 likesI legit walked around with weird bags and snape-hair and got bullied by someone who got bullied too
0 likesplease do this for the whole book aha xxx
0 likesDear girl with the rainbow backpack,
0 likesyou're strong and smart. you are a wonderful person to bring out your creative thoughts and dreams into a backpack, be wonderful and magical! it's lovely to think people like you will share your thoughts from your mind, to well, real life like castles and rainbow pigs! it's nice, be yourself don't let anyone else tell you, you are a witch and/or different <3
this is beautiful
0 likesoh my god???? hedy is such a talented artist???? holy shit????
0 likesTHIS IS PRECIOUS
0 likesIt's okay !! I love you no matter what
0 likes"Everybody is just a collage of their favourite pieces of other people". I'd like to disagree with that. That's the face everyone gives, but every person is fundamentally different. Saying this is implying that humans are far more binary than they are.
0 likesi love this drawing style aahh
0 likesLol the way i was bullied and i was in low sets for everything😂
0 likesI hope the girl with the rainbow bag is happy. Once in year 4 (about 8 years old) I took part in bullying a girl. She was the person who had always been in charge and making other people feel unhappy so a one point the whole class (all 10 of us) refused to play or speak with her. I regret doing that and although I still do not particularly like her I regret that I couldn't keep that to myself and still be pleasant. I also regret it a lot because my best friend now was forced to stick by the girl since they were neighbours and by association people did not talk to her either. When we went to a new school we had all apologised to the two girls and they became my best friends. However this was not nice since the girl was still not a particularly pleasant person and while I had my sense of guilt fuelling my acceptance of her treatment, the girl who had stuck by her spent years in misery from her emotional taking down. Once we got up the courage to inform her that we couldn't be such good friends with her anymore since we were miserable and dreading going to school, however somehow we didn't have enough courage to enforce it. In year 7 I selfishly broke away and hung out with a completely different set of people, leaving my friend on her own with the girl. Even when we moved to a different school their friendship was still enforced, since they were neighbours and their parents best friends. My friend only now is away from the emotional control that this girl had because the girl finally moved to a different school. I hope that the rainbow girl is happier, the way my friend is.
0 likesI'm not sure why I wrote this since it doesn't really correlate with Dodie's story but it was my experience of both being a bully and trying to help someone who, while they knew that they weren't happy, had no way to escape and has only recently realised how emotionally damaged she was by the experience.
You know there's something seriously fucked up about our world when the first sentence of this video was 'Like most people, when I was younger, I was bullied'. Like most people.
0 likesyou're tearing me up gurl
0 likesi was choked up by the end
0 likesThat is the most beaautiful video I saw today <3
0 likesI got bullied all through elementary school and something else about this kind of thing is after a while, you kind of start to believe those things that your bullies tell you. People told me I was weird and had mental illness because I loved to read and I would practice singing all my favorite songs on the play ground. It took me a while to realize that I wasnt the only one who played music and sang so I made friends with that girl named Izzy. To this day I credit her to being able to see that who you are isnt weird or mental, its special. She played the keyboard🎹🎙
0 likesHedy is so talented oml whot
0 likesTo the girl with the rainbow bag,
0 likesif ever you see this apology, you will also see the comments of this video. I hope you realise how many people are talking directly to you and how many people in this comment section see themselves in you, even if they've never actually met you.
For all we know, you were a very happy child, or a very sad child. Maybe you came out of the bullying stronger and more imaginative, or maybe it made you want to quit telling stories. Maybe you tried to become more like the people laughing at you. If so, I hope you became more like Dodie than the others. She wasn't perfect, she still isn't, but she's talented and nice and strong. She's so, so creative. You were already strong, maybe you became stronger. I hope you did. I hope you're still unapologetically yourself. I hope you still carry a rainbow backpack and sometimes unwashed hair.
I hope you became the original copy of what others will become a collage of someday.
With much love and admiration for who you were-
I have that paint pallet , but I feel so bad for her ;-; I know how it feels
0 likesyou should auction off those pieces of art and donate the money to a bullying charity or something similar :)
0 likeswhy am I crying in the club rn?
1 likeMight be a bit of a reach to say that most people are bullied in school. Still, really interesting story.
0 likesI swear that hedy' s water pot is a cup of tea.
1 likeAnybody else?
Never have I seen myself in someone else so clearly. I relate to all of this and thank you for being brave enough to talk about it. It makes me feel less alone in my thoughts :)
0 likeswow i related to this so much
0 likesi love this
0 likesHOW CAN YOU JUST DRAW HANDS LIKE THAT OMGGGG
0 likes"until i simply became a collage of my favourite parts of other people"
0 likesI used to be bullied a lot too. To the point where I did bully another girl. I was 9. I used to be bullied for liking Pokemon and nerdy things. I did come across the girl years later and said sorry for everything and she forgave me. It makes me feel better that someone I look up to like dodie has also made these mistakes because it's not something people talk about much and I'm so ashamed. I hope you can find the girl with the rainbow bag and do the same dodie c:
0 likesI love this
0 likesHEDY DID THIS
2 likesoh my goodness i've always thought ab how i am a collage of my fav ppl.. that's crazy
0 likesI, too, wanted fake acceptance... I still hate the way I acted... sighs
0 likesWhy was I like that... Why couldn't we have been taught how things work...
It's weird that you're talking about that 'everyone is just a collage of their favourite people'
0 likesA while ago i had a kind of group therapy, and i found in myself that i don't know who i really are, that at one point in my life i decided that the me i am is not the me that is likeable. So i needed to make a new me, based on other people
I described it than as a mask that is empty and that i colored in with parts from other people. So the mask that i wear is just a collage of my favourite people. I constantly (like the last half year) think that that is a bad thing. I'm doubting how i can possibly find myself. But now i've seen this, i don't know if it is bad that i made my mask from other peoples character. I choose the parts i like, so it's still me.
thank you dodie.
but when i went to amazon, it showed me a real life version of you, holding up your skirt a bit. it was the uk shop (since i'm british as well) and i just went there but the cover hasn't changed?
0 likesYour art style is so cute!
0 likesEdit: oh wait nevermind it's Hedy😂 but it's still cute
i thought the drawings and paintings were too good to be done by dodie. no offense intended
0 likesI love this video
0 likesSometimes I wish I had a shitty childhood because people who have shitty childhoods are the people who are the best and kindest
0 likesWell, yep...Imma get that book.
0 likesomg thought u were painting this n i was like wow but then i found out it was hedy & that makes more sense
0 likesYou speak so beautifully
0 likesThis is so real girl
0 likesOk now I want a rainbow bag cause it looks really nice
0 likesHEDY IS GOALS
0 likesI have to pre order this book
0 likesis there anything hedy cant do??
1 likeplease don't say that your sister is "more talented than I'll ever be"... It creates a hierarchy between you and her and that is no good. I'm telling you this because I myself have a big sister that sees herself as the "not talented" one and for a very long time I thought the exact opposite, that she was successful and I was just a mess. It took me a long time to realise that this "hierarchy" between us existed because both of us created it; and it was tough to break free from it when she was still saying stuff like that. I don't want to be harsh but yeah... Don't make her talent about you and don't create a competition. It's not. You're both incredible humans and you can 200% lift her up without beating yourself down <3
0 likesBLESS HEDY
1 likeDodie Im verry thanfull that u said some thing about people being their own collages of other people they like, because everytime I watch a video and like they're personality I somehow act like them, and I feel bad because of it...I thought I was just copying them without wanting too and I thought it was really bad to do that, but ur amazing and beautiful words inspired me to be who ever I want to be! And again Thankyou so much!
0 likesI love you dodie but the pitch of your voice is too low and it's driving me crazy @@
0 likesIsn't there a thing you can't do? you can sing and draw and play instruments #£$;@€:
0 likesthis was super cute but dodie you should try and find the girl with the rainbow bag on facebook and apologise directly! i'm sure that would mean so much to her x
0 likesholy crap Hedy has some skiiiiiillzzzzzz
1 likesHit this almost made me tear up
0 likesHEDY DREW THIS OMG
1 likeWOWOWWW HEDYYY OH MY GOD YOU ARE MY IDOL WOW
0 likesDODECAHEDRON IS SUCH A COOL NAME
0 likeswaterproof shoes😭 DODIE I WANT YOU TO ADOPT ME
0 likesi can't really relate to stories about people being bullied. i was never really bullied in my life. that being said i still had insecurities. i felt bad for myself all the time, and every time i got a new friend, i wanted their pity too. i wanted to hear "you're so pretty don't think that." but one person told me "you're never going to be happy when you focus on the negative. you're the only person that can make you happy" we're still friends to this day. the only person bullying me, was me. and i'm happier now than any pity could have made me.
0 likesDon't make me cry, I have makeup on
0 likesYep I'm crying.
0 likesI just looked at the title and was like S A M E
0 likesI so hope the girl with the rainbow bag will see this
0 likesoh my god im. crying
0 likesOMG YES HEDY
0 likesthank you
0 likesmost people in the comments are talking about those getting bullied, so I thought I'd talk to those doing the bullying. Think really hard about how you treat the people around you- and this can be peers, siblings, parents, teachers. If you're regularly mean, spiteful, nasty and treat them in a way that you yourself would not like to be treated, that's bullying. I used to bully a kid when I was younger. I was spurred on by my friend, and she was probably spurred on by me until we became people that we weren't. It wasn't until my dad pointed out that what I was doing was bullying that I truly realised what I'd done. And I still feel so awful about it, years later. I think it's something I'll never feel right about. If you're bullying someone, stop now and apologise. I so wish I could apologise to that kid, but I haven't seen him since then. Apologise and make sure they know it was not their fault. You are to blame.
0 likeschildren can be so mean. i say "children" but even at uni people still sort themselves into exclusive groups, at least there they know not to be so horrible though :(
0 likesschool was so horrible:/
(p.s i make artsy vids if u wanna check them out!! no pressure tho!! <3)
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0 likesSorry I got hairspray in my eye and it's just tearing up yeah I'm fine I'm good
0 likesYOUR BOOK IS GOING TO BE LEGANDARY
0 likes2:21 IS THAT FINN WOLFHARD I SEE?
1 likewholesome
0 likesIM QUAKING
0 likesi thought it was dodie drawing lol
0 likesWhat if hedy was the girl with the rainbow backpack 🎒
0 likesI am being bullied
0 likesi srsly cant hear what youre saying half of the time but i love ur vids and plz change it
0 likesWhy isn't this a main channel video oml
0 likesThis is a draw my life but Billy form
0 likesHedy yesss
0 likesWow.
0 likesAm i the only one who noticed the character at 2:26 looks like Ricky Dillon?
0 likesThis is really irrelevant but did u get those watercolours from your school cause in my school we use them. Great video tho
0 likesART
0 likesHi doddleoddle its me the girl and thank you for saying sorry i was never mad at you just sad but ill always forgige you i know you didnt mean what you said and thatz ok im. I Saw yiur chanel a year ago and saw it a was you i am ok and you are amazing person and i never thought i will talk to you again but here we are. LOVE. Witch
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Are you serious?
0 likesI'm going up to secondary school 🏫 and my in my old Ur there was only 6 people and in my form there is 5 I'm so scared
0 likesWho else cried
0 likesYou sound like my friend
0 likesWhat kind of watercolors are these ?
0 likesI have the same paintbrush
0 likesYOU HAVE A BOOK?????
0 likesDODECAHEDRON OH GOD
0 likesWhat paintbrush did the girl use in the video
0 likesi always find these bullying videos so eye opening and crazy as someone who has been to over 16 (!!!) schools and has never faced bullying. this was absolutely beautiful.
2 likesi just want to take a second to show some appreciation for your book's title. the idea of madness is very meaningful to me (so much so that i have 'we're all mad here' tattooed on my ribs) and you seem to have the same understanding of what madness is and how it's not just dismissing someone as bat shit crazy. i feel so alone so often and though it's unfortunate that some of your recent posts have been triggering to some viewers i genuinely find it helpful to hear you talk about their struggles in such an honest and raw way. my mind is fucked up and i have this sort of negative filter that makes me immediately see the flaws in everything and when it seems like everything's meaningless i come to your channel and am momentarily freed from the bubble of depression clouding my thoughts. you consistently prove to me that though life can often times be absolute shit, other times it doesn't have to be. i love you and everything you stand for and am so bloody excited for your book x
2 likesI love this. The pictures, your story, and your openness.
1 likeThis gave me chills. The story is beautiful, your voice is incredibly soothing and Hedy's drawings are gorgeous💛💛
0 likesThis almost made me cry. Thank you, Dodie. This video had such a beautiful and important message.
0 likesI think this is on of my favourite things you've ever created, Dodie. I loved the way you told the story, and I love that Hedy did the drawings, almost as if you're passing your life lessons onto her.
0 likesI preordered and I'm sooo much MORE excited now. This was beautiful and I can't wait to read more.
0 likesHedy's art is so cute!! I love the noses particularly awe
0 likesDodie, this story is really nice and it takes a lot of courage to admit that you weren't only bullied, but that you took part in the bullying. You are an incredible inspiration to me, thank you for sharing this story ❤️
I love Hedy's art style and Dodie's word choice and syntax. Beautiful sisters!
0 likesThis made me even more exited to read your book ❤️ love it dodes
0 likesBravo Hedy! Beautifully done! I loved the story, it was different than what you usually do, but I truly enjoyed it. I can't wait to get my hands on the book to hold dearly. <3
0 likes~Lu
The drawings were so wonderful! I loved your excerpt, too! :) <3
0 likesThe cover is magic and I love it. I'm so ready to read "secrets for the mad"...
0 likesahh hedy is amazing!!! i love her art style and this video i just cant,,,,,,,,,
0 likeshopefully hedy will keep drwing and can develop her watercolor skills more:)) excited to see more videos like these dodie!!
So glad I pre ordered! Can't wait to read it in November 💟
0 likeseverything you make is so beautiful and oh my gosh Hedy you're so talented! I love this sm
0 likesThis was beautiful Dodie thank you <3
0 likesI cant wait for the book Dodie!!!!!!! Thanks to you and Hedy for making this, brought me to tears. I just cant contain my excitement for this book!!!!!!!!!!!
0 likesI pre-ordered your book yesterday :) I can't wait till I can read it. I wish it came out sooner so I could read it for summed
0 likesI started screaming at the end when you said it's an extract from your book. I can't waitttttt! But as for the video, this was such a beautiful story. I'm so glad you didn't try to excuse yourself or become defensive. This made me think a little more about how bullying from the past still affects me and now that I know that, I can deal with it. So I want to thank you for this video, Dodie :)
0 likesI love this and I love you and I love Hedy and I'm so excited for your book and bless the girl with the rainbow bag<3
0 likesThis was so wonderful and beautiful. Thank you so much <3
0 likesI love this style of video dodie. You are so good at storytelling also hedy, amazing drawings
0 likesI learned a lot from this, thank you for sharing.
0 likesI can't wait for your book! Also, your sister is so talented, as you too (never forget it) ;)
0 likesi have never related to a video more. bless your soul dodie! for being so real and not trying to act like everyone's a victim all of the time. sometimes we're the bad guy, but we become the better person because of it. ❤️❤️❤️
0 likes"Everyone is just a collage of parts of their favourite people."
0 likes👏🏻well said.
Dodie, this made me cry. It's absolutely beautiful and well writen, idk why it hit me so much but you're such a beautiful person with an amazing soul, because of you i know i'm not alone and bc you inspire me i want to become better. I love you.
0 likesBefore the ending of finding out Hedy did the art I was like "oh wow, Dodie can draw and Hedy can too. It's actually kind of similar to Hedy.."
0 likesLovely video! I love hedy's illustrations aaa they're so cute I am very much inspired by her style
0 likesYou are so amazingly talented with your words and can so beautifully put them into music, too. Your sister is also very talented and draws so beautifully. I absolutely adore Hedy. Thank you for this. Sometimes I get so wrapped up in myself and how I'm feeling like shit, that I forget that others might too, and for that reason you should always be kind.
0 likesThis helped me so much, I'm now anticipating this book far more than normal. I've read many books in my life, but I have a feeling this one will become my favorite. Never have I ever had a quote that impacted me this much.
0 likes"Everyone is just a collage of their favorite parts of other people." I am definitely putting that on my wall.
The illustrations in this are beautiful ❤️
0 likes"everyone is just a collage of their favorite parts of other people"
0 likesthis is spot on and so beautiful???? dodie is the single most purest lil lady
This made me cry😭💕 also I love the art style!!! ❤️❤️❤️
0 likesThis just took me so suddenly. Dang it Dodie I just wanted to relax after work, now I'm all teary.
0 likesI realy like this format of story telling.
0 likesGreat work!
I love this so much. I can't wait until it is released
0 likesThis is honestly brilliant. ❤️
0 likesboth of you have so much love, cuteness and talent. love you guysss
0 likesThis feels so real... I relate more to this, than I feel I do to myself, sometimes.
0 likesyour art style is absolutely wonderful dodie ☺️
0 likesi would just like to say that this is such a nice video. i love how you're not afraid to share your mistakes and your regrets, not just the favorite things about you. you are honestly such a big role model, and i hope i can come to admit my mistakes and be upfront with myself. thank you for this video 💛
0 likeshedy is so talented!! love this <3
0 likesWow, your sister is so talented! this was a great video
0 likesme throughout the video
0 likes"wow! dodies' art style is amazing! she's so good at art omg!!"
finds out that its hedy
"well that makes a lot more sense... damn i wish i could draw that accurately with no mistakes"
Amazing work hedy! I love your style sm!! ^^
@itsjusthedy is so talented and I love her! Keep👏🏼doing👏🏼what👏🏼you👏🏼do👏🏼
0 likesWhen at the end you said Hedy drew these I had an internal squeal of so much joy 😍😁
0 likesgenuinely got a little chill when i saw the book cover.SO PROUD EEEE!!!
0 likesWe need more videos like this oh my goodness your voice is so GOOOOOOD
0 likesWoah. So relatable. Thank you for sharing. Truly. Favorite video you've ever made.
0 likesHighkey bawled my eyes out at the end. I love you
0 likesThis was really nice. Also, Hedy is a great artist.
0 likesI love your sister's drawing style!! and your videos! :)
0 likesI love that, "everyone is a collage of all their favorite people". that describes me so well, and i feel like i could identify all my parts and who i copied them from to make this weird, chopped up art, that seems to work together somehow.
0 likesyou just explained my life and how I feel , I laughed at people and made fun of them just to be accepted I was bullied as well called 'pig' or just plain 'fat' and I'm sorry to anyone I ever hurt or made fun of I am still growing I have no excuse for the way I acted I just wanted to be accepted again its no excuse but I hope it helps you see I did not mean that and I truly deeply sorry ~
0 likesDang, I'm the same age as hedy and she is wildly more talented then I will probably ever be, I also loved this video so much, it's probably my favorite video of yours.
0 likes"...until I secretly became a collage of my favorite parts of other people"
0 likesthis actually hit me
The bit to the girl with the rainbow bag was just so beautiful. I'm still crying now-it just means so so much to hear that, relating to that girl and to you and oh my goodness I guess I just want to say thank you for this. 💖
0 likesi started sobbing near the end of this video and i don't really know why. i was never bullied, i never was a bully, i was always the odd one out who managed to somehow fly under everyone's radar... i guess this story touched a part of my heart and brain that i don't think has been touched in such a way before.
0 likesalso, hedy is VERY talented.
and dodie i can't wait for your book to come out omfg.
This was a video that I had to watch in bits in pieces. As I'm finishing up highschool I find myself often reflecting back and I see nothing but bring the girl with the rainbow backpack except I was the girl with the books. I find my self flip flopping from being trendy and cool, to being who I am and alone. Lately it's been the latter and it has become incredibly difficult. your words gave me a sense of closure for the last 7 years I've spent dealing with the mocking and ridicule I've faced from my peers. It gives me hope that maybe one day they'll grow up and see things the way you do now.
0 likesi love the way you think, the way you word things, just your voice, all of it.
0 likesI'm crying like a baby. This was so beautiful dodie.
0 likesThankyou for saying this. I was 100% the same girl in secondary school. I was bullied but I also treated other poorly and I'm so sorry for that
0 likesThis is really good. I need to get the book.
0 likesthis story was absolutely beautiful and hedy's amazing illustrations just made it 178740328742 times better
0 likesThis is beautiful, Dodie
0 likesDodie and Hedy... this is absolutely beautiful.
0 likesi definitely believe that my social anxiety and anxiety itself are from the days in my childhood that I was bullied. I'm usually the quiet one of the group and afraid to speak in large groups. loved this, thank you <3
0 likesJesus Christ you are an inspiration, I love you so much Dodie, I cannot wait for your second ep and your book I'm so so excites
0 likesHedy is an amazing artist
0 likesWhat everyone is writing in the comments is all so beautiful I don't know what I can possibly add, but stay you, stay strong, stay beautiful, and don't change for anyone. I've been bullied too, people say tell an adult and I did but she didn't do anything to help, it wasn't her fault really, the bully was sneaky but if you are where I was just know there are better days to come. At the very least, I am here, I can listen, you have at least one friend. You will make it through whatever you are dealing with right now. And life will go on lovely it isn't the end of the world I promise.
1 likeI LOVE THIS SO MUCH DODIE
0 likesHEDY DREW THOSE??? THEYRE BEAUTIFUL!!! I absolutely adore her style so much
0 likesI love this so much <3
0 likesI had to watch this twice cause I stopped listening to dodie cause Hedy's so damn awesome!
0 likesYou're literally my favorite person
0 likesSHE HAS SUCH A SOOTHING VOICE
0 likesThis is honestly so beautiful
0 likesamazing and inspiring story buT HEDYS DRAWING SKILLS THOUGH
1 likei was bullied and even though im trying to be more confident and speak up its still really hard when I am in group of people i just stay silent for most of the time afraid to be ridiculed or simply ignored
0 likescan't wait to read this book :))
0 likesOmg Hedy is a wonderful little artist :,)
0 likesOMG OMG I just preordered your book and I am so excited for November...I also love your sisters art it is beautiful! Please like so dodie can see it😘
1 likeB E A U T I F U L L Y written , Dodie!!!
0 likesI used to be a bully in kindergarden because of the stress and abuse from my family. But in the end, I became her bestfriend 😊
0 likesDodie, all I can really say is wow. I really respect how you can admit that you had bullied someone and say sorry. And also I respect how you can talk about being bullied. From my own experiences, I know how hard it can be. Watching this really kind of helped me, and I would try to explain why, but, honestly, I don't know. It just helped me realize that we all go through hard things. And...yeah. I hope you see this, cause I want you to know that you helped me. Thank you.
0 likesI'm sorry I can't focus listen to your story. Hedy's drawing is so cute and beautiful. I love it so much!
0 likeseverything about this video is so beautiful
0 likesI am beyond excited for your book.
0 likesI am going through that period of "should I be accepted? WHO LIKES ME? WHY DOESN'T EVERYONE LIKE ME??????" but this.... this turned it all around.
Thank you for this. The girl with the rainbow bag symbolizes so, so much in this context. It's very beautiful and interesting and just overall reassuring that you recognized your past like this, and that you decided to admit what happened and talk about how that makes you feel now. It creates a strong moral. Things like this, man... it's things like this that help shape you as a person.
"everyone is just a collage of their favorite things of other people" are incredible words.
I love you.
Can I petition you and Hedy to make a children's book. With her art and your writing I think it would be amazing..
0 likesOK so um.. YES i loved his so much, 1. because i didnt know you could draw you talented lady 2. i now know that i despratly need to read your book 3. its is a good not fiction story that has a good ending
0 likesOmg I'm sooo excited for this book!!!!
0 likesAre you going to record an audio version of your book? I love reading, but in autobiographies it just feels so much more meaningful hearing the author speak it themselves ❤ I understand if you don't, because I know that it's difficult for me to speak about the kinds of thoughts and feelings that I experience. It would just be really awesome if you would. I'm a huge fan of reading along to someone else's voice (which sounds kinda creepy, but oh well). 😊❤💛💚💙💜
0 likes"everyone is just a collage of their favorite ppl" YOU'RE A G E N I U S
0 likesHedy, your drawings are so cute!!!!
0 likesfake acceptance is something i've experienced. i even knew it was happening. i've witnessed it happen to others as well. sometimes i think it's better to be fake accepted than to be bullied for differences (not that it's actually better). my heart hurts when i see others being "accepted" but then being made fun of behind their back. but i don't want to tell them this, since they genuinely believe they have found friends. (don't know where i was going with this)
0 likesDodie is actually like my teacher. A bully, and a bullier. They both really did a great job when they grow up, and regret what they did.
0 likesthis gave me a little lump in my throat, I tried really hard not to cry because I'm eating a peanut butter and jelly and I didn't want to get the bread soggy but fck I love you so much dodie
0 likesI LOVE THIS SO SO SO SO MUCH
0 likesto the girl with the rainbow backpack:
0 likesthe only reason anyone ever told you that you were weird was because to them, you were different. you were the only one out of all of them who had the confidence to be the real you, and to them that was abnormal. unfortunately you weren't celebrated for your confidence and instead treated the way you were. there should be more girls with rainbow backpacks in the world.
DODIE THIS IS BEAUTIFUL
0 likesI LOVED THIS
0 likesThank you dodie
0 likesThis made me cry 😫😭😣 thank you so much for this
0 likesthis is beautiful.
0 likesI LOVE HEDY! not in a weird way is it weird? I dunno. I admire her. Is it weird?
0 likesOmg heidie is soooo good at drawing
0 likesI know for a fact we are all a bunch of weirdos who had things said to us for just being ourselves and we are now stronger because of them. I also know for a fact that we have probably all at one time or another (i know i certainly have) said something mean to fit in and then definitely regretted it. To the girl with the rainbow bag, be proud to be who you are because that is wonderful and special and unique and no one can tell you not to be her. To dodie the fact that this still plays on your mind shows emmensely that you are such a caring, kind person and all these years later you still think about that one incident. Although that is the case know that she is probably not in the same position and has a wonderful life! You shouldnt feel bad for that one comment made as a silly kid because we were all kids who said things we regret it is part of growing up xx
0 likesahhhh i'm excited for the book
0 likesmy god hedy is so talented
0 likesthe girl with the rainbow bag -
0 likesplease continue to be you. don't care about washing your hair, don't be afraid to tell magical stories. you are good enough, that rainbow bag represents you, colorful, a beauty to the eye. never stop being that way
DANG IT DODIE'S ALREADY QT ENOUGH EVEN HER PICTURES ARE SO ADORABLE ARGHHHHHH
1 likeI love this.
0 likesI love this.
0 likesI didn't know hedy was an artist ❤❤❤ nice!!
0 likesHEDY IS SO TALENTED
0 likesi frickin loved this..
0 likesNew favorite quote "everyone is just a collage of their favorite parts of different people "
0 likesI not completely sure why, but your words do karm the anxiety, like I feel my breathing has become easier. 😌
0 likesi'm not exactly bullied, but everyone at school hates me apart from my closest friend because i'm kind of a bitch oops
0 likesALSO I AM SUPER DUPER EXCITED FOR YOUR BOOK
Hedy is SO BLOODY TALENTED OMG
0 likesi cant wait to buy it :D
0 likesI know that nobody will read this, but I was bullied all through primary school, too. So badly in fact, that I can't remember much of it. All I can remember is that they laughed at my neck and body, making fun of all the lumps and bumps and tumours and flowing skin caused by a genetic disease that causes tumours to grow on my nervous system (it's called neurofibromatosis)
1 likeAnd I also got called retarded a lot. Like. That was my nickname.
Yet that's all I can remember. My brain blocked everything out.
So badly, in fact?
I wanted to try and kill myself when I was eight.
Now, almost ten years later, my therapist is putting me through the process of being diagnosed with PTSD because it was that bad.
And I dread the day that I remember it all.
hedy is so talented
0 likesThis isn't related to Dodie's story, but this was what I recalled when listening to this. When I was younger, I was unable to understand the people around me . Moving from the Philippines, from a family who mainly spoke Tagalog and being a introvert, I had a lack of interpersonal skills, had trouble understanding social cues and couldn't decipher the little English I knew from their thick Australian accents. It was when I had first attended my new school that I saw how terrible some people could be and became hypersensitive of what others said around me, leading me to lash out at anyone who I thought was talking about me. I resorted to calling my own friends names both to their face and behind their backs to "get pay back". I don't know if they were talking about me, but I know that they didn't deserve that.
0 likesBeautiful video.
0 likesHedy is amazing
0 likes"Everyone is just a collage of their favourite parts of other people."
0 likesOmy god you made me tear up!!!
0 likesi freakin love hedy
0 likesYou made me cryyyy dodieeee
0 likesWhy have I never seen your channel before I'm sobbing
0 likesthis is super relatable
0 likesI really hope the girl with the rainbow backpack saw this video.
0 likesAwh hedi is amazing
1 likewowowowow this is AMAZING
0 likesTo anyone who is bullied it DOES get better
0 likesThroughout the most of my primary years I was bullied or at least didn't really have friends and I absolutely hated school I felt so lonely and unlikable ( there was some stuff at home as well) . I had no confidence no matter how high my grades were, I got accused of self pity if I spoke about it and since I hated being sad all the time I got angry instead getting in to fights and unnecessary arguments ( sounds a lot for a kid but bare with me)
Everyone told me how much worse highschool was going to be worse so I wasn't overly excited
But then I started and on my first day I got in a conversation about knives with 2 girls on a bench ( don't ask) who later became my closest mates and more and more people who weren't complete dicks so much so I didn't matter if there were a few arses
My badly articulated point is that just wait the right people will come along
I'm moving back to my town and I'm going to be back in school with all my primary school people some advice is needed pls guys
I really hope that girl with the rainbow bag was okay, well I got a lot of praise from my mum for not hurting anyone else when I was also being hurt, and staying by that one scared boy even though I got kicked and called names, but I feel as if she will get a lot if good karma out of being who she was. And well done Dodie for realizing your mistakes and being open about it!
0 likeshi dodie. i love you :)
0 likesomG, HEDY DREW THIS?? wth thAT'S AMAZING
0 likesI fid this surprising, as dpdie is the chilliest, quietest person I watch, well apart from bob ross....
0 likesHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAH I CRIED SO HARD
0 likesdon't know why im crying at the club rn
0 likesholy crap that last bit got me. hope the girl with the rainbow bag is still that brave little girl she was
0 likesLovely art
0 likesyour sister needs to teach me to draw bc i actually suck
0 likesWhen I go to secondary school, I'm going to get a rainbow-colored bag 😄
0 likes<3 ai meu deus
0 likesOmg my heart 💔🌈
0 likesIve been the girl with the rainbow backpack. Also Dodie. I didn't know you wrote a book! Fuckin aghhhh!
0 likespeople make fun of me, they call me names...once, i was told to kill myself. i feel insecure around everyone. i can't walk alone, i'm too scared. i have to ask a friend or follow her around (which must be annoying) because she's the only person i can go to when i'm legitimately not okay. and i'm never okay. that's why i'm always around her. i hope one day people will stop gossipping or talking shit about me.
0 likesidk why im crying in the club rn
0 likesIm not crying youre crying w h a t
1 likeif u aren't releasing an audiobook for this then i'm suing
0 likesthis made me cry aaaaaaaaa
0 likesWhy did i start crying i'm confused
0 likesHEDY HOW DO YOU ART I CAN'T DRAW BODIES
0 likesThis video was Berry nice
0 likeswhere'd you get your paints????
0 likesi'm crying
0 likes❤️
1 likeJust realized heddy drew the drawings when i saw the top of her head for a second
0 likesWe all were.
1 like❤️
0 likesJust realized heddy drew the drawings when i saw the top of her head for a second XD
0 likesthank you
0 likesMake a song about the girl with the rainbow backpack.
1 likei want the girl with the rainbow bag to see this so bad omg
0 likesLiterally have no words...
0 likesHEDY DREW THISSSS
0 likesDodie :`(
0 likeswatch, the girl with the rainbow hair watches her i swear-
0 likesCan I buy the book in Mexico??
0 likesi want this book, but i am too poor.
0 likesmurder me. ;c
Bullying is such a horrible cycle. :(
0 likesTHAT WAS HEDY THE WHOLE TIME???
0 likesWhy do I feel like this is a 13 reasons why tape😂😂
0 likes3:50 oh look, it's Brian...
0 likesi need this bOOK
0 likesIt has daisies omg I love daisies
0 likesI still don't know... I won the 🅱AKE
0 likesmy username is probably irrelivant now lmao!!!!
0 likesWHO'S CUTTING ONIONS JESUS CHRIST
0 likesI was a bully, too. In elementary, in my 1st years, I was really cruel to others. I had this best friend who was popular and insulted people for her own growth, but I suppose I was a little bit meaner. Scratch that, I was a lot more meaner than her. I hung out with her and was basically her bodyguard, doing whatever she told me to do. I liked this boy at a very young age, my first ever crush, and we were assigned to choose dance partners for this school dance. I chose him and he chose me, but she shoved me out of the way because she didn't want to be with this one guy in our class. I let her do it, didn't say anything, and on that day, I was there dancing with an invisible man because my dance partner didn't show up. I was humiliated, but I didn't say a word about it. I talked to my crush about how I felt and he said he liked me, but was afraid of me. I didn't quite know why, but then he told me he liked my bestfriend. I was devastated, even though I was so young at the time. I was really mean to him and others back then and sticked around that toxic girl I thought was my friend. She talked about me behind my back, and I knew it, but I believed that if I did leave her and stopped being friends with her, I'd be alone. One day, she told me she was moving to the States. I was sad, but I was able to skype with her often and talk to her. We soon lost connection and made new friends. The old people I bullied are now my friends and everytime I ask them how I was back then, they told me I was cruel. They tell me that I'm a completely different person than I was back then. I hope my old "best friend" is doing well and shes doing fine. I'm thankful for her and all my friends who accepted me for who I truly was, instead of that popular mask.
0 likesThis is the third time I’ve seen this
0 likesI love you
0 likesIs dodie the one who's drawing
0 likesWere you in the top set for Maths?!!!
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+doddlevloggle
0 likes😭😭😭
0 likesguess who is crying rn
0 likesYeah same 😬
0 likesThis is gay, I want that flower video
0 likesI am not crying.... sniffle
0 likesthis sounds like the beginning of a lesbian love story sorry dodie but like the girl sounds rlly cutee
0 likesI was a murderer. Sorry, did I say was?
0 likesCUTE
0 likesNICE VIDEO BUT I CANT HEAR ANYTHING
0 likesSeriously tho ... where can u get my own rainbow back
0 likesI want a rainbow bag.
0 likesthis hit me so hard, dodie. you're such a lovely person. thank you f or sharing this story with us. <3
0 likesthis was absolutely wonderful! thank you, dodie - for this beautiful message. i went through something similar, and to hear your apology + your story, it was everything i needed and more. :) you are amazing in every which way! (and i will be sure to grab a copy of your book!)
0 likesbeautiful video dodie and hedy! i LOVE hedy's art style so much!!! she's so talented!! the excerpt is great and the book cover is so cute too!
0 likesAww, the book looks so pretty!! Now I'm even more excited to read it :D
0 likesAnd Hedy's artwork in this is lovely :)
Wow, Hedy can draw brilliantly! Awesome talent in the family.
0 likesso proud of you dodie <3
0 likesjust pre-ordered your book! can't wait to read it!
Crying right now. I love you, Dodie. Thank you for this. Can't wait to read this book!
0 likesI hope you do an AudioBook on Audible. It would be so great to listen to.
The way you told the story was so lovely and calming. I hope there'll be an audio recording of the book available!
0 likesI've already preordered and my God did this make me glad for that. I've still no real idea what to expect but I've no doubt that it'll be worth it.
0 likesSuch beautiful artwork to go along with a beautifully worded story.
0 likes❤️❤️
this whole video is beautiful and important - the message, the artwork, the story, all of it. Thank you dodie.
0 likesI love how dodie posts these kind of stuff. You're brave enough to admit your mistakes and let it be a lesson to others. You are an inspiration to me.
0 likesDodie your voice is so soothing ane nice ❤ Feels like a warm cup of tea 💖
0 likesOh my goodness Dodie this is so incredibly beautiful. Hedy's illustrations, your words, the story, your book cover are so gorgeous. I cannot wait to read your book-O am so excited. Give my love to Hedy, she's so talented. But please don't forget that YOU are so amazing, and talented, and kind. I'm so proud of how much you have learnt and grown. I hope you are feeling happier now, sending all my love. This may now be my favourite video on youtube ever.
0 likesthis is beautifully written and beautifully shown. thank you for everything you upload dodie ❤️
0 likesomfg i love this so much. powerful words. dodies soft voice. an important message. and hedy's drawings. it's just perfect.
0 likesThis was so beautiful I loved the art and the message
0 likesThank you for your honesty, i have so much respect for you for sharing this. Again, thank you so much.
0 likesHedy is just amazing ❤ And the story made me tear up. Beautiful!
0 likesi loved this dodie. i cannot wait for your book to release. 💖
0 likesI love the art in this!! Hedy is so talented!
0 likesi really loved this nd im looking foward to reading every page of your book <3
0 likesI wish your sister would post more. I love the two of you!
0 likesAlso, this was so amazing <3
I really hope Dodie makes an audiobook, because her voice is so calming. I could listen to her talk and tell stories for hours
0 likesI relate to this so much down to the details! Wow thank you dodie!
0 likesthe illustrations were really cute... and the story was something we all needed to hear. thank you dodie
0 likesPlease tell Hedy that her art is absolutely beautiful, from one artist to another
0 likesi am slowly falling in love with everyone in these comments. oh my, you are all so beautiful. the stories you all have shared, the kindness you all are wanting to put out there, i love it. i am in love with all of you beautiful souls. please keep sharing the hope.
0 likesDodie as usual, making a great video and helping people with it.
0 likesThis is why I love you, Ur always relatable and it makes me feel fine and ok 💖
0 likesthank you so much for sharing this with us <3
0 likesgorgeous video dodie, i love it! and if you somehow read this then if you can somehow get this back to her, tell hedy that her art is just beyond incredible and amazing and holy crap she's talented. i love both you clarks immensely, <3 keep doing you (@ both of you)
0 likesThis actually made me so emotional I can't wait for the book
0 likesthis drawing type is my favourite honestly! hedy is so talented
0 likesAmazing video. Hedy is incredibly talented!
0 likesHi dodie :) just thought I'd let you know your videos calmed me down and stopped me crying tonight x
0 likesWill you or anyone be voicing an audio book? This was so pleasant to listen to and I love your words so much! I'm a terrible reader so I have to ask haha! I love this and you!
0 likesthat was such a lovely way to preview your book and book cover😌loved it
0 likeshedy.is.amazing. love u dodie, dying to get the book!
0 likesi love love LOVE hedy's illustrations... i hope she follows it into a career (if she wants, if not it's a good skill to keep in her pocket)! and i, of course, love your story, dodes... i relate to the idea of being the one that is spoken over, and i think we have a lot in common. i am very much looking forward to your book, and will pre-order it when im off to college <3
0 likesWould you ever do an audio version? You have the most lovely reading voice
0 likesHedy is so talented & this was beautifully said
0 likesDodie u are an incredible, beautiful, talented, exceptional person. You've changed my life and I owe you so much for that. You can make me laugh and smile when that's the last thing I could see myself doing. I'm sure you won"t see this anyway (lol) but thank you so much for everything you've done for me. U are one of life's wonders. Lots of love <3 <3
0 likesOHMYWORD THIS WAS BEAUTIFUL! And I'm so excited for your book omg omg omg
0 likesI started crying when you apologized to the girl with the rainbow bag
1 likeyou honestly felt guilty for being a bully and that made me happy that you figured out that actions have consequences
This is so cute and honest I love it :)
0 likesDODIE THIS IS AMAZING!!!!!!!!!! i still cant believe you were bullied, it makes me so sad. but this is beautiful and an amazing story and lovely art!!!! im so exited for the book IM JUST WAITING FOR IT TO COME OUT AHHH!!!!!!!!!!!
0 likesyou're voice is so soothing and just great to just sit down and listen to, beautiful.
0 likesThis is beautiful. ❤️
1 likeare you planning on making an audiobook version? it was really nice to hear your voice telling the story!
0 likesThe title of this video is what drew me to it. I always watch your videos, don't get me wrong, but I rarely hear people say that they were bullied and they bullied as well. I think it's something most people don't admit, and I have always felt guilty and ashamed to talk about how I hurt other people just as much as they hurt me. So thank you for being so open and honest. Lovely video (as always). 💛💛💛
0 likesI really hope there will be an audiobook version read by you available at some point!
0 likesily dodie you're such a beautiful soul 💛
0 likesaw that was so nice, i used to bully my now best friend and its weird to think about how scared i was as a kid to just be a nice person who didn't follow in everyone.
0 likessuch a beautiful video, i can relate so much to this. i always felt terrible when in primary school i was severley bullied, and then as i got into high school retaliated by teasing and ignoring other kids, but making it seem like i wasn't the problem, and my friends stood behind me and joined me. I think we all have our own "girl with the rainbow bag", and to mine, I am so sorry.
0 likesthis has just become one of my favorite videos on the Internet.
0 likesI love you dodie
and hOW IS HEDY SO TALENTED I JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND oh and I CAN'T WAIT FOR THE BOOK AND THE EP WOW ITS A GOOD TIME TO BE ALIVE SORRY IM JUST REALLY EXCITED
omg hedy's art!!! <3 shes so talented im in awe
0 likesThis seems really cinematic for some reason. The voiceover and the time lapse of the beautiful artwork with a deep story. Perfect.
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I WAN'T THIS BOOK NOW!!
0 likespleeeease make an audiobook for it! your voice is so wonderful
0 likesHedy's art is great ❤️
0 likesi just got out of work and i just read the title. havent even seen the video yet and i already know i love it. you are such an amazing, MATURE, person.
0 likes"Until I realised everyone is really just a collage of their favourite people"
0 likesWell shit, when you think about it that's deep as shiny and honestly pretty damn true
To admit this is extremely strong of you Dodie 🖤 you too are brave
0 likesi love this video. both the narrating and drawings/paintings
0 likesI was the girl with the rainbow bag and I was Dodie. Knowing that someone went through the exact same thing hurts so much and is also such a relief. Thank you for this
0 likesyeah i'm crying now cool. this video is so good, not only because of the story, but because of Hedy's beautiful drawings combined with Dodie's wonderful voice it just gave me nice feelings.
0 likesI could relate. I was bullied too & I was also VERY self conscious. In my old school, I would get into fights to seem tough. I also did bully people, I would laugh at them or talk smack about them for no reason. Looking at it, I feel horrible. I have not been talking bad about people or bullying them that much anymore & I hope it's something that go away quickly because I feel terrible when I have thoughts of making someone feel bad.
0 likesliterally what. how did hedy do that?? that was amazing, she has so much talent for such a smol bean
0 likeshi dodie, is there going to be an audio book for your book where you're the narrator? because your voice is so lovely:) - also this video and excerpt is so beautiful to watch and i'm so excited to read the whole book!
0 likesI'm crying after watching this. on a sidenote...HEDY YOU ARE SO TALENTED!!!!!
0 likesThese are some of the best illustrations I've seen!
0 likesI was a bully, too.
0 likesAnd the funny thing is, when I was about to apologise to the person I was mean to, my acquaintance (and most likely soon to be friend) told me that she bullied her not too long after.
And I didn't apologise to the girl that day, but I plan to.
I realised that even though she did what put her in a solemn state of mind to another, she still deserves an apology.
I cried on the last drawing so bad 😭❤️
0 likesThis made me cry and even though I wasn't the girl with the rainbow bag, I was someone like that and I know I won't hear anything from the people who said things to me ,but this gave me a nice feeling and a little understanding into how some people think when they say things like that 💜 you have a beautiful soul and a beautiful heart and I hope rainbow girl is okay, but you too Dodie ❤ proud of you
0 likesThis was lovely. I hope that the girl with rainbow bag is ok and very happy right now. And it's a wonderful thing to evolve and realize how special every single human around us are, especially those who believe in magic. I know there's hope because of them. Ps. Congrats Hedy, these drawings are so cool.
0 likesI cannot WAIT to get this book. :)
0 likesThese drawings are so beautiful
0 likesthis is so brave. thank you
0 likesThis same thing happened to me. I was bullied in middle school then bullied people near the end of high school.
0 likesI can relate to this so much. I used to get bullied really bad and come home from school crying everyday. That's part of the reason why I switched schools. But even there, rumors would spread and everyone got the wrong impression of me. They would tease me because I was so quiet which is kind of ironic because I have a lot to say; just not the courage to actually get the words out.
0 likesThe part where you said you had a wonderful group of friends, but you had a difficult time making yourself heard because of your insecurities, and when you mustered up the confidence, sentences would come out wrong due to the adrenaline - that's something I struggled with in high school and still sometimes struggle with, and I've never heard it put into words. It's so comforting knowing that you struggled with the same thing. I always thought it was just a weird quirk specific to me.
0 likesCannot wait for this book ahhhhhdbdh
0 likesP.s. Hedy your so fricking talented 💓
I really hope that there is an audiobook of it, and that Dodie is the one reading it.
0 likesIM SO EXCITED I PRE-ORDERED THE BOOK
0 likesDoes anybody know if there is going to be a full audio of her reading her book, this was so beautiful it put me in tears
0 likesHedy's drawings are so cute I actually wanna cry
0 likesGreat video, Dodie. And Hedy is quite the arteeest.
0 likesHedy is freaking talented.
0 likesI relate to this a lot and its nice to know I wasn't the only one bullied into being a bully. Between abuse at home and bullies at school it was easy to choose hate. Easy to follow along with other peoples cruelties. I worry alot lately about others from my past thinking I'm still that girl I was. I wish i could go back and be kinder but I know I can't, though i can learn from my experiences and hope to spread kindness and love for the rest of my days! This was beautiful!
0 likes~Ally
This was so lovely
0 likesI can relate to this
0 likesI was bullied so I became the bully.
Then I grew up and went to college and realised I'm no better than anyone else and goddamnit I was just jealous of her talent
I found her and sincerely apologised.
We aren't friends but we smile in corridors and maybe that's enough
Omg Hedy is so talented. That drawing tho.
0 likesTo the girl with the rainbow bag.
Being 'weird' doesn't mean you're unlike everyone or creepy. It means that you are brave to be yourself. And don't stop doing that 💓.
P.s OMG the book looks awsome! Can't wait to read it.
i was like "wait dodie can draw too?" and then the hands are a bit too small and I recognized Hedys style and was like "OHMYGOD ITS HEDY"
0 likesHEDY IS SO CUTE AND TALENTED I LOVE HER
0 likesGod I wish my bullies ever apologized. Especially like this
0 likesThank you for this 😌
0 likesHedy is so hecking talented what even IT RUNS IN THE FAMILY I SEE
0 likesYou are lovable by your friends. By your family. By your audience. Dear rainbow bag girl, thank you for shining a light in Dodie's heart so she can light a light in ours. Everything happens for a reason ♡ and thank you Dodie for being honest and I hope this was therapeutic because it is therapeutic for people like me who suffer from the same issue. 🌈
0 likesTo be authentically you can be so, so hard sometimes. And I just wanna offer some advice, I guess.
0 likes1. If you are who you are, you will attract people who love you for that. Just give it time.
2. Don't ever let anyone tell you/make you feel that you deserve less space in this world than anyone else.
3. Be nice to yourself. You are a work in progress, and it is beautiful. Let yourself grow, and be gentle with yourself.
4. Don't waste time on people who cannot decide whether or not to care about you.
DODIE's DRAWING SKILLS ARE JUST AAHHHHH
0 likesI am crying because this is 100% me down to the bullying others and the imagery is so cute.
0 likesDodie, you're my best friend❤
0 likesThis is bloody wonderful <3333 and Hedy wHAT THE HECK THOSE PICTURES ARE AMAZING
0 likesHedy is so talented. Omg that drawing tho.
0 likesTo the girl with the rainbow bag.
It's okay to be 'weird'. Being 'weird' doesn't mean you're unlike everyone or creepy. It means that you are brave to be yourself. And don't stop doing that 💞.
P.s OMG the book looks awsome! Can't wait to read it!
HEDY IS SUCH A GOOD ARTIST AAAA
0 likespure magnificent art.
0 likesThis is probably the only book I will try to buy from a YouTuber honestly.
0 likesThis made me cry because in some ways I am the girl with the rainbow bag and it felt good to have that feeling of someone telling me that I'm not doing anything wrong and that I am loveable 🌈
0 likesHedy is really talented 😮wow
0 likesyour drawing style is sooooo adorable
0 likesOH MY GOODNESS HEDY CAN DRAW SO WEELLLL
0 likesThis is so good omg!!
0 likesThe last part hit me so hard
0 likesLOVE IT
0 likesI'm gonna need an audiobook real fast
0 likesmy dad has been thinking wether or not to allow me to pre-order.... I hope he says yes <3
0 likesDear Dodie,
0 likesThank you for this video. Not only did it showcase confidence for sharing your experience as a victim of bullying but it also showed courage in revealing your experience as the bully. In doing so you inspired me to create an entry in my journal about my own similar experiences and I can't express how healthy and helpful that was for me. Thank you for your time and words. Cheers to your sister on her lovely drawings, I loved the art style!
Sincerely,
Lex
I was bullied and a bully too. I met the girl I picked on in Primary school when she was an adult and I apologized. She said it was fine and she gets it. We get on okay now.
0 likesIt's funny because none of the girls who were truly mean to her said sorry. And those were the girls that were horrible to me and they've never said sorry to me either.
I got invited to my high school reunion the other day and didn't go. My Dad drives an uber and guess who he picked up? The girls that used to tease me in school. They asked why I wasn't going. They were surprised. They don't remember it the same way I do. Humans have a built in negativity bias. We remember the bad things that happen to us. But not so much, I feel, the bad things we did to others.
oh, this was lovely.
0 likesYour voice is just so soothing
0 likesWow why did "To the girl in with the rainbow bag..." make me burst out crying? I've had a horrible day, Dodie. A lot of people have horrible days. It's not like I'm special because I have horrible days. But I had a low day. and this helped? Somehow? So thanks for that.
0 likeswatched the whole video thinking dodie was the artist lol( it looks great, Hedy <3)
0 likesI really want to know when her book comes out ! Ahhhhhhh x
0 likesDodie this was absolutely main channel worthy
0 likesI can relate to this. In primary school I was bullied by pretty much everyone. I only really had one friend, who was part of the boys friendship group who was bullying me. We were really good friends and had tons in common- we did things like write songs and make comics together and with each other we had a lot of creative freedom, something other kids would make fun of us for. But our friendship was a catalyst for bullying- I tend to get really close to my good friends to the point where people think i'm dating them, something we both got teased for, even though simultaneously the same people were making fun of me for being a "tranny" and too gay-looking. So we often had to pretend not to be friends.
0 likesFor some reason I was fixated on being friends with the cool girls in the school even though they were the ones who teased me the most. I was always trying to get in on their friendship group. Eventually how I got in was by turning on my best friend and pretending to think he's weird to look cool. I joined the friendship group and for a year, we bullied him relentlessly, even to the point where we were throwing him around and I was laughing with the same girl who used to beat me up for wearing trousers to school for 6 years. I didn't even get to say goodbye to him properly. I've never regretted something more in my life.
❤
0 likes(i looove the drawings)
Your voice is my favorite voice. Your mind, is my favorite mind.
0 likesi love this.
0 likesCan somebody tell me how to get over bullying. I was bullued for 6 years and it ruined my confidence and even though many years have passed, i still hate myself. My bullies called me names, locked me in school toilets, ruined my winter coat and in the summer pushed me under a dock and did many other things. I still cant get over it and i have so bad nightmares that i might wake up screaming and crying and im scared to close my eyes. I dont really talk to people, because i cant trust anybody. I just want to get over it and forget all that they did
0 likesCANNOT WAIT FOR YOUR BOOK, DODIE
0 likes"Everyone is a collage of their favorite people."
0 likesHedy has the cutest drawing styleee
0 likeshow long did this take hedy to draw? X
0 likesi am the girl with the rainbow bag. and i've learned that it's okay.
0 likesThe way I'm going through school is just by being nice to people, and it seems to work. Ofcourse you can't like everyone but I try to treat everyone with respect. The only time I can get mean is when people are constantly cocky or just mean, but then I am mean not in the mad or really means sense of way but more just jokingly calling them out. This seems to be working for me and except for the normal insecurities everybody has I'm happy, I'm 17 years old and I can get along with the cool kids, the unpopular and the nerds. I'm happy.
0 likesDodie, will you record an audiobook?
0 likesWHAT THE HECK HEDY IS SO GOOD
0 likesto @itsjustHedy hey i love your art style ❤️
0 likesoh my goodness i cried
0 likesi love this
0 likesHedy drew this? like.. hedy your sister?! Why is she so talented?! 😣
0 likesare these your drawings? they're sick!
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just seen, by hedy, I'm so impatient. I like this sisterly collab
0 likesReally. Really. Really want this book.
0 likesdodie is such an angel.
0 likesOh god I cried.
0 likesI was bullied and I was a bully too...
0 likesI WANT THE BOOK
0 likesCan you voice an audio version of your book? I don't know why but your voice just gives me a pure form of happiness and puts me at ease from all of my stress for the time being. :)
0 likesWait what when did she write a whole book?? I really should keep up with things....
0 likesgood job hedy👀👀👀
0 likes"I secretly became a collage of my favourite parts of other people"
0 likesi am in tears
0 likeswill there be an audiobook?
0 likesI hate watching hedy draw because she's so much better than me. I'm kidding about hating her drawing though. She's amazing!!!
0 likesI was not ready for this
0 likesTo the girl with the rainbow bag,
0 likesYou are the people that everyone wishes they could be. You are beautiful, creative, and absolutely wonderful. We all do stupid things when we're young, and even when we're old, but we shouldn't not apologize. I hope you understand that you are the one that people are jealous of. You are the one that is unique. Stay proud of your interests. Stay you.
Love, a boy somewhere in the world that's looking for a girl like you. xo
'everyone is just a collage of their favourite parts of other people'
0 likesHedy has nice hands... Is that weird to say? Idk if it is but I just wanted to mention that she has really nice hands. AHHH okay bye
0 likesOmfg im crying
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0 likesWill the book be available in Indonesia :(?
0 likesdodie I know you probably won't see this but I just wanted to say a few things. firstly that you have helped me be a lot happier just with life in great Secondly that you are very very pretty inside and out i may only know the you that you show on the Internet but I still feel that you are very very wonderful inside and out and lastly that your book cover is very cute and so are all of your song thank you for reading
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I did not mean to say great I meant to say General I'm very sorry for my typo
0 likesLol i thought it was dodie drawing, and was like wOAh hoW
0 likes❤❤❤💛💛💛
0 likesliterally started the video and thought "is this heDY"
0 likes<3
0 likesWHAT TYPE OF PAINT IS THAT!?
0 likesA boffin! When was the last time I heard that?!
0 likesI loooooveeeeeee youuuuuuuu
0 likeswhat why am I crying
0 likesGOOD STUFF
0 likes😊😊💜
0 likescan we please find the girl in the rainbow bag?
0 likesLove you
1 likeIS THAT DRESS DODIE YELLOW THO
0 likes❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
0 likesthe cover is so nice shajalwk d
0 likes💕💕💕
0 likestoday is the anniversary of an awkward duet twoooo yearssss!!!
0 likesDodiecahedron is the best nickname
0 likesHEDY DRAWING DODIE DOING HER FOOT THING.
0 likesREPLY?(or something) IF YOU AGREE?
I have those paint brushes they're from dealz
0 likesI have those paint brushes they're from dealz
0 likesYou forgot to capitalise "I" twice in your title.
0 likesWhat the fuck. I need to go eat some toast.
0 likesEEEEE I'm soy excited for the boook
0 likesI wonder if the girl with the rainbow bag is watching this video right now
0 likesTitle is basically me.... Anyone related except for dodie?
0 likesI was the girl With the Rainbow backpack
0 likesThe girl wiv the rainbow bag is luna😂😂
0 likesSame tho
0 likes😭😭😭😭😭
0 likesDODECAHEDRON HAHA
1 likeI thought it was her painting
0 likesthe state of that white paint is triggering me
0 likesIn 3rd grade i gotbeat up..
0 likesSame
0 likesSame
0 likesMake an art channel
0 likesAt the end,Of where the bag was all on its own,I wonder if,the girl commit suicide 😶
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