Cyberbully Movie Analysis

I decided to do my mental health movie review on the movie “Cyberbully” which was produced by ABC Family and came out in the year 2011. The movie is basically about a high school teenager named Taylor who begins to be bullied over a very popular social media website by those who attend her school. The bullying towards Taylor is then taken off of just social media and brought into school and even into her home life. Taylor begins to feel as if there is no way out and decides that taking her own life is the only option in which she has to end all of her pain. The reason that I chose the movie “Cyberbully” is because I think that the movie does a really good job at showing how something simple on social media can be taken the wrong way and spiral completely out of control. Plus the …show more content…
I would like to believe that if I was in this situation and was friends with Taylor that I would be willing to stick by her side and let her know that I was there for her no matter what. Another thing that I think I would do in order to help Taylor was to talk to her mom about how the situation is truly affecting her in hopes that her mom would step in as more of a helping hand than as a rule enforcer for the time being because that is what Taylor would need at the moment. I think that one of the main solutions would be to have Taylor start seeing someone whether that be a counselor or going to group sessions like she does in the movie, where she even says that the group sessions she joins after her suicide attempt was very helpful to her. One of the main things for really any kind of mental health issue but specifically for those who suffer from depression is knowing that no matter how bad their days are that they will always have people around them to support them and to be there if they need