Testimony... what's a testimony? A testimony is a story. It's a statement that is made to the public. It's an open acknowledgement.
That's what we'd like to hear from you. YOUR stories... stories about when you made the commitment to be a DramaStopper and how relationships and circumstances around you changed.
We'd like for you to write YOUR stories so that other people can discover that:
Just like your body builds up immunity to sicknesses and diseases, you can build up immunity to DRAMA. This works... and we want to hear from YOU. So, tell us in 500 words or less how you became a DramaStopper and stopped the DRAMA going on in your life.
Go ahead and fill out the following form:
The intent of this page is not to create more DRAMA by writing us your stories, but to put DRAMA to rest (R.I.P. DRAMA). We'll post some of your stories on-line so others can see that it's possible to live a DRAMA-FREE life. All stories will be kept completely anonymous. Let the DramaStopper Revolution begin.
"My best friend, from middle and high school, and I stopped talking in the middle of my senior year over something stupid. However, me being stubborn, I wasn't going to apologize, but I really did miss my friend! I used to be able to talk to her about anything and we could do dumb stuff together and just laugh. I loved hanging out with her. After that, we stopped talking completely. All of the things we did together as friends, obviously went away. Well, I asked her for her help a little while ago, and I got to go see her. It reminded me how much I missed spending time with her. Later that night I decided to talk to her and simply apologize for everything. So I told her that I was sorry and that I wanted to have her back as a friend, I missed her. It was that simple! All it took was an apology to wipe the slate clean and renew the friendship we had! Now we talk and, even though we don't live close to each other anymore, will hopefully get to see each other more often. It's great to have her friendship back! None of that was worth it. It's amazing what an apology can do, as long as we're willing to stop being stubborn."
"Well, I had a best friend who started a lot of drama. I was one of her closest friends. I was there for her through her hardest times. Well, she moved away after a year, and we kind of broke apart, but we still kept in touch. She came down for Christmas break and we were hanging out, and catching up on old times. It was as if I had my old best friend back. Then the day before she left to go back with her mom, she hurt me more then anyone ever has before. I felt hatred towards her. I had never been that angry, ever. Well, eventually I was pretty sure I had forgiven her. I started to move on with my life. But, when I found out she had moved back down, all the bad feelings came back. I didn't want to see her. I knew what I might do. I have NEVER wanted to hit someone, even remotely. Well, one day me and a few other friends went to see an old friend who lived down the street. When his mom answered the door she said, "Oh, they are just out in the back swimming." When she said “they,” I had this horrible feeling in the pit of my stomach. I knew it was her. When we got to the back, my heart stopped. She was there. She then said she had to talk to me. She took me over to the corner of the yard, and she was telling me how sorry she was for everything, and that she is trying to grow up. But while this was happening, I just felt the anger building up inside me. I started getting in her face, and so she grabbed my hair, I punched her... and the point is basically we got pretty into it. Then my friend’s mom came outside and was telling us to calm down, and that fighting doesn't fix anything. We apologized for fighting. By this point, I was crying, out of pure anger. She then took my hand and told me how sorry she was again… about everything. I left the house feeling the same way I did when I came in, if not worse. I thought about it all that day and night and I decided to text her the next morning to tell her I accepted her apology. We had a long conversation via text, and it lifted a big weight off of my shoulders. A few days after, I was sitting at Chili's with my parents and a friend. Another friend of mine, Blanca, that "hates" my old best friend showed up and was talking about how she saw Rosario and how she was rude to her. After we left Chili's I texted Blanca and told her that I had forgiven Rosario for what she had done. Holding a grudge against her would only bring her more stress. Blanca said, "Well, I'm not going to be nice to her." I told her I wasn't telling her what to do. I was just saying I think I had done the right thing by forgiving and that if she wanted to say things like that about people, don't say it to me. I'm done with people talking like that. Some people won't grow up if you don't show them you believe in them.""
"Well, I had bought three of the 'Stop Drama' shirts from dramastoppers.com and I had worn them to school. Tons of people asked me where I got them. So, everybody said that they wanted one. The next week I ordered like a hundred dollars worth of t-shirts for people at school. I really hope they at least thought about stopping drama. Life would be so much easier!!!!!"
"We are going to start up an actual "DramaStopper" school club next year at our high school. We are going to approach this new club from a peer counseling group / FCA club as a way to raise awareness and reduce the drama on campus. Presently, we have used the "How to Live Drama Free Tips" as a pledge type form. We read the tips to them and then have them sign it, and then we post it on the School Resource Officer's (SRO) wall. Sort of like a "Drug Free" pledge. I would suggest all students to start up a "DramaStoppers Club" at your school as well. THANKS DRAMASTOPPERS!"