"If you are being bullied, it is not your fault."
Cristina has an important message for boys and girls who are experiencing bullying at school. "If you are being bullied, it's not your fault," she explains.
Cristina is one of the protagonists of the documentary series #YoCambioTodo ( I Change Everything), an initiative of Solidaridad Sant Joan de Déu. This program for young people addresses vulnerability openly, celebrates diversity, and encourages participants to take action to change things.
Cristina has learned that she has the right to be loved. "If you're being bullied right now, it's not your fault. Don't see yourself as an alien or a monster because you're neither. You're a person and you deserve respect, love, and good things."
Cristina's story is that of many other children who go through a difficult childhood, with episodes of bullying and complicated family relationships that make it very difficult to see the warning signs when they are happening.
Throughout her recovery journey, she has been accompanied by professionals from the Acompanya'm Therapeutic Unit at Sant Joan de Déu Hospital in Barcelona, a residential therapeutic and educational center for children under 18 years of age who have highly complex mental disorders associated with clinical, family or social vulnerability.