D.E.C.I.D.E

1. Define the Problem Someone begins bullying you amongst your peers. An example of Social Wellness/Emotional Wellness

2. Explore the Alternatives: The first alternative is to tell an adult. They can help you work through this bullying and put a stop to it. The second option is to ask one of your friends to help you stick up to the bully. Firstly, make sure you think about the bullies perspective, think about what made start to bully you so you can try to approach them in the appropriate manner that won't negativly affect their emotional wellness.

3. Consider the Consequences: Think about which alternative is most beneficial to your social, and emotional wellness of you and the bully who you are going to talk to. How would talk to a teacher impact you and the bully? Would it stunt your social relationships with your peers as well as the bully? Would it be the most effective thing to do? If I get an adult involved, would it prevent me from solving this situation myself? What would happen to me and my peers depending on who I involve?

4. Identify Your Problems: Although you may be more inclined to chose one option over another because of current outcomes. You should always think long term, and how each decision you make lines up with your intellectual wellness and morals. Since I don't believe in unnecessary conflict, I am going to first try to talk it out with the bully and question that person and why they bully me.

5. Evaluate the Results: If your plan of action worked out, great! Think about what made it work and how you can keep solving these problems in a way that lines up with your morals and beliefs. If your first try does not work out and for example, the bully turns on both you and your friend, you should always have a backup plan, which should involve an adult if it did not already. Then, think about what went wrong and how you could fix it. This is also a good time to reflect on what you accomplished or gained through not succeeding.

6. Decide and Act: Now, take all the consideration you did and chose how you want to handle the situation. I decided that first, I would ask my friend to stick up for me and watch my back when I am being bullied. Not only does this improve my social wellness by making me closer to my friend, but it will also improve my emotional wellness as I will feel much more supported with my friend's help.