She makes fun of me and of other people, but because I'm shy and she's not, she's liked more by the crowd. Nobody knows that I am bullied by her and thinks we are best friends. Sometimes I nearly go through depression because she makes me feel horrible and makes me feel worthless. She is perfect at everything, but I don't want her to stop being friends with me. How can I make her stop teasing and bullying me without her leaving me? I've tried to tell her to stop, but she just laughs at everything I say. I love animals, and was talking about animal cruelty and how so many people do such horrible things to animals, like murder, torture, or worse, and just by talking about this topic I got upset, so my face turned pink. They kept laughing at me, and I thought "Why would you laugh at such a serious topic?" "Why would you laugh at others suffering?" She is selfish and only cares about herself. For so long, I've wanted to stop being her friend, but it's not that easy. How can I make both of my friends stop bullying me without them leaving me? Even worse, we are only in 5th grade, so we aren't mature yet. I'm considered the most mature out of our "trio" but am always excluded and laughed at. I can't really express my feelings because I've always been shy, and if I talk too much people think it's weird. How can I stop this without hurting their feelings? *just to note I enjoy lecturing people, and am pretty good, so if it makes it easier, I can lecture. I just don't know what to say....