stop being afraid of confrontation

ok… i would say that I have about 75% completed this goal. To make a long story short, a bunch of people in my school are being assholes to my best friend because she cheated on her boyfriend, which is inexcusable, but it has gotten to a point where it is out of line. My friend is ready to kill herself over this and her ex boyfriend hasnt confronted her about this himself. I talked to him before when he asked me what her problem was and I talked to him for a while and also told him to stop having his friends do his dirty work of harassing her. A week later, the harassment continues, and as her best friend, im fed up. She is not going to stand up for herself because she hates her self for doing it. If these kids want to continue harassing my friend, they can go ahead and do it… but not without me saying something back. No one needs to kill themselves over this messy thing. People make mistakes.. shit happens. no need to put salt in anyones wounds

i have semi completed this goal. normally the only person I will argue with is my mother, however, i recently broke up with my boyfriend and when he wouldnt leave me alone, I knew that i had to say something. I was terribly nervous, because looking up at my 6 foot 180 pound boyfriend from a measly 5’1 and 115, i was scared. but i told him he had to leave me alone. no, we were not getting back together, and this was not a topic that we would debate over. many more words were shared, but overall, i was so proud of myself for being able to stand up to someone who was trying to make me do things i didnt want. i dont know that i could do this again, but hopefully remembering this scene will give me a little more confidence to stand up for myself in the future.