Honestly, if someone blames texting or online activity for their suicide... they are insane. Cyber-bullying is not real! If someone who is online and not actually pestering you in your physical, real life is powerful enough to force you to suicide without meeting you or knowing you, then you are the weak one.

It is a completely different situation if someone you see and speak to every day bullies you in the real world and you become depressed and consider suicide, but how can a false presence online drive you to that? To quote someone who spoke the truth about “cyber-bullying”, Tyler the Creator, “How the f**k is cyber-bullying real haha just walk away from the screen, like close your eyes”. This tweet is the most honest thing I have ever seen a celebrity say.

If someone is harassing you online, you have so many options to get rid of them and ignore their presence; none of these options is suicide.

Option one: turn off your computer or your cell phone. Get out of whatever app this person is harassing you on. This will allow you to cool down and think about your actions and theirs and be able to not have to listen to their comments on whatever social media they’ve targeted you on.

Option two: block the person annoying you on whatever social media they are using to contact you. By doing this, you will be unable to see their comments and they will be unable to properly contact you and force you to commit suicide (if you are this weak). Yes, the person can just create a different account to harass you on, but then you can continue to block that new account. It is not that hard!

Option three: Report the user who is “bullying” you online and try to get their account taken down and suspended. In this, the user will be unable to stop anything from going too far if the social media site does take down their account and suspend them from creating more.

Option four: be strong and don’t be so easily persuaded by text on an electronic screen telling you what to do and to end your existence. This will show that you are not weak and that you are in fact a smart person who can make decisions for themselves instead of basing everything around what others think or tell them.

Try some of these options out – preferably the fourth option as it is the most obvious and most intelligent one – and see how “cyber-bullying” becomes less of an issue in your life and on your social media accounts. I promise that “cyber-bullying” cannot have such a large effect on your life if you follow these simple options and ideas.