The mum of a young lad who killed himself after years of torment has written a devastating open letter to the bullies that made her son's life unbearable.
Felix Alexander had been bullied since the age of 10 until, one day, last April, he stepped out in front of a train. He was just 17.
The bullying began in 2009 when Felix admitted to classmates that he wasn't allowed to play Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, which has an 18 certificate. It gradually got worse and worse and ended up online, meaning he had no escape from the bullies, even at home.
His mum Lucy wrote: "His confidence and self-esteem had been eroded over a long period of time by the bullying behaviour he experienced in secondary education.
"It began with unkindness and social isolation and, over the years, with the advent of social media, it became cruel and overwhelming. People who had never even met Felix were abusing him.
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"He was however so badly damaged by the abuse, isolation and unkindness he had experienced, that he was unable to see just how many people truly cared for him.
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"He had been targeted for many, many years. It was generalised cruelty. He was known as the most hated person in the year at school.
"It started with social isolation when he was around 10. He didn't get invited to parties and wasn't included in weekend activities. Then the online abuse started when he was 14. It was initially via the website Ask.fm and then it escalated with basically every social media platform you could imagine."
His parents are now hoping that Felix's tragic story will be told in schools to highlight the issues around bullying.
If you're going through anything like this, there are plenty of places that can help.
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Or go to Ditch The Label.
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