July 31, 2011

ART Therapy.

When you open your mouth to sing, or string words together on a page, or draw your heart on your sleeve... you open yourself up to the world. And people will smile and be moved when your work touches their lives. But because you've exposed your heart, you become vulnerable. Sometimes you will be attacked.

And when I'm attacked, I say: PICKLE Weasel to the rescue!


Thanks to everyone for the the hugs yesterday; I love you for it. Yeah, drawing this made me feel better too. It's art therapy. Cyber bullies will be kissed off. And now, back to regularly scheduled programming!

How do you respond when you see someone being cyber bullied?

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Posted by The Animated Woman at 3:05 AM
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15 comments:

  1. AlisonJuly 31, 2011 at 3:23 AM

    Haha! That is brilliant! Everyone needs one of them pickle weasels.

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  2. KristinJuly 31, 2011 at 6:19 PM

    LOVE IT!

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  3. Kathy (@kathym425)July 31, 2011 at 6:48 PM

    Bullies are only looking to create conflict to bring others down to their miserable level. Good for you for not falling for that and letting Pickle Weasel take over! Can't help but love him :)

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  4. @grnladybugJuly 31, 2011 at 8:06 PM

    Very good Ms. JC! Lovely way to handle it... Hugs & love!

    @grnladybug

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  5. RebaJuly 31, 2011 at 8:58 PM

    Oh I LOVE Pickle Weasel! S/He's so cool :)

    I agree with Kathy, good for you letting Pickle Weasel handle the job and honouring your own values by not engaging in something that would end up hurting you, not the bully, more. ~hugs

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  6. SummerJuly 31, 2011 at 10:58 PM

    I take a mini sabbatical from the Internet and you get cyber bullied? So not cool! Glad Pickle Weasle was such a hero!!!

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  7. Allison C @minivangirlJuly 31, 2011 at 11:06 PM

    I was cyber-kinda-bullied for about two weeks earlier this month and it really hurts. I wrote a post about it, http://www.mommyrambles.com/2011/07/03/not-in-kansas-anymore/ then I tried to let it go and tried to move on. It still bothers me though. Everyone needs pickle weasels.

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  8. AnonymousJuly 31, 2011 at 11:21 PM

    The whole Cyber-bully thing is crazy, I was attacked in a reverse kind of way... still can't understand it. I made a friendly (with a smiley face) comment in an effort to reach out to someone as a friend and they totally accused me of butting in their business, which by the way she tweeted publicly. What amazed me is the more I backed away (even apologizing for my comment that had zero negative intent) the more she attacked me. It really, really bothered me. She was mean, hateful and totally unwilling to even listen to me trying to reason with her. Worst of all, she touts herself as a Christian. I find it so sad and I couldn't believe how much it bothered me

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  9. The Animated WomanJuly 31, 2011 at 11:31 PM

    PICKLE Weasel is performing a public service here. I really should do a music video with him.

    Allison - I just read your post and commented. You can borrow my Pickle Weasel anytime you want. xojc

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  10. AlaphGypsyAugust 1, 2011 at 1:22 AM

    When I have the lovely experience of being in the presence of trolls and cyber bullies a lot of my response comes from whatever mood they may find me in and how far their bullying goes.

    Most I just delete, block, and ignore. BUT there are a few that take their bullying and trolling and throw it into my offline life and aren't so easily dismissed.

    Some I have turned their trolling into blog fodder by giving examples of just how horrible of a person I really am and just how ridiculous they really are in not knowing the full extent of how horrible I am or have been.

    I did finally have enough of one of my trolls (who happens to be family by marriage) & a friend of hers (whom I'd considered to also be a friend of mine for a while) and just completely changed my email address on everything, deleted the friend from my FaceBook, and changed my blog URL...but I'm sure that since they have nothing better to do between just their combined 13 kids and numerous grandkids and life in general they'll find it all again and the trolling will start again. More power to them I say, I have matured past trying to thwart their trolling attempts and will just let it stand so that others can see just how ridiculous they really are and not by my blog posts about their ridiculousness.

    It really is sad and the only left for me to do is just pray that they mature so that they may live out their days happy and surrounded by folks who love them and don't just tolerate them out of necessity.

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  11. @karinhedetAugust 1, 2011 at 12:09 PM

    Ever notice how trolls who hide their identity tend to pick on people who are authentic?

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  12. LaurieMitAugust 1, 2011 at 12:27 PM

    You handled this with class. Love the pickle weasel! Perfect response, you should clone him or rent him out! I love @karinhedet 's comment, "Ever notice how trolls who hide their identity tend to pick on people who are authentic?" I had a run in with a troll lately, a twitter friend chased her away. Block, report.

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  13. AnonymousAugust 1, 2011 at 12:44 PM

    I almost shut down my site in June. I was bullied, upset, and sick of it. I even know the person. I stuck it out. Drawing helped a lot, thank you for letting us know about the WACOM. I love my BAMBOO. :-) You are the nicest, friendliest, funniest, bloggers on the web. That troll/bully/toady is just a…… a meanie poo-poo head. I’m so glad that you had the help of PW and hugs. :-) ((((((HUG))))))

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  14. The Animated WomanAugust 1, 2011 at 3:09 PM

    Karin - yeah....I noticed that too, they could not continue to function online if they didn't hide.

    And then there are the ones we know, as Stephi and Sarah pointed out. * shudder *

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  15. Mom O MaticAugust 3, 2011 at 4:54 PM

    Cyber bullies are cowards, period. Don't waste your time with cowards lady. Only the brave and beautiful get to come to your party. Have fun in the uk!!

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