How to Ignore People Who Try to Pick on You

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Don't make eye contact with the person.. Keep walking or doing whatever you were doing.. Count backwards from 100 silently in your head.

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1

Don't make eye contact with the person.

Step 1

Don't make eye contact with the person.

2

Keep walking or doing whatever you were doing.

Step 2

Keep walking or doing whatever you were doing.

3

Count backwards from 100 silently in your head.

Step 3

Count backwards from 100 silently in your head.

4

Make up a funny or inspiring chant to repeat to yourself.

Step 4

Make up a funny or inspiring chant to repeat to yourself.

5

Maintain a log of incidents.

Step 5

Maintain a log of incidents.

6

Stand up for yourself if ignoring doesn't work.

Step 6

Stand up for yourself if ignoring doesn't work.

7

Be compassionate towards the person picking on you.

Step 7

Be compassionate towards the person picking on you.

8

Confide in a friend, parent or counselor.

Step 8

Confide in a friend, parent or counselor.

9

Report the problem to an administrator.

Step 9

Report the problem to an administrator.

10

Stay near friends or a teacher between classes.

Step 10

Stay near friends or a teacher between classes.

11

Use a different route that the person doesn't take.

Step 11

Use a different route that the person doesn't take.

12

Change classes or buses, if possible.

Step 12

Change classes or buses, if possible.

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