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so for the past few weeks, the girl who tells me to go hang myself has been coming into my studyhall. and ive reported it multiple times and nothing has been done about it. ive told the assistant principal and the principal how uncomfortable and unsafe it makes me and they refuse to do anything about it. so today i told the ap again because she keeps just staring at me the whole class period. the ap told me that if it makes me uncomfortable that she can have me be in the detention room for study hall if i want to. i was the one assigned to the studyhall in the first place, she is supposed to be in a completly different studyhall and when i mentioned that, they told me that since im the one who is uncomfortable, im the one who has to move. the ap has also said that im not allowed to talk to this girl and if i do, i will possibly face a suspension. im pissed at myself because that sent me over the edge and i cut. idk what to do. i just want to die. i dont have a plan but i dont want to be in this world anymore.
If you really fear for your life you will go. Just get it documented and find out what the deal will be if she follows you there. Get that locked in.
If you can't control her access to you (ie staring at you, being in the same study hall, .. ) then work on taking away her power over you. I don't know all your issues with her, but here are some things that have worked for me when dealing with difficult people. (I will let you determine just exactly what 'difficult people' means!
Don't try to get them to agree that they are being jerks, and do not wit for them to apologize to you. In an ideal world they would realize how bad they are and apologize to you; in fact in an ideal world they would never treat you that poorly in the first place.
Document what they do to you; the AP may not be inclined to do anything about her attitude, but if this person ever touches you, that is a different thing. Include time, date, location, and people who were there. Especially the names of people who will tell the truth.
I know that ignoring jerks is hard, but it is often the best solution. Like RJW said, bullies thrive on your reaction, and if you don't give it to them they lose interest.
Look within you for things to do to divert your attention to them. Seek out people "like you" (what ever that means!) and start to form a bit of a social network.
Gentle hugs