What Are the Effects of Bullying on the Victim?
There can be tragic emotional consequences for victims of bullies.
In recent studies, nearly 50% of those surveyed revealed they had thought about committing suicide as a result of bullying.
It is devastating to report that this group converts thoughts to actions at a much higher rate than those that have not been bullied.
Bullying victims are also much more prone to suffer depression.
A devastating effect of bullying is the pattern it creates in bullying victims' lives that can last their whole life.
Nearly 40% of people bullied at school go on to be bullied later on in adult life at work, further education and also in social circles.
In our young and developing children, self esteem is crucial.
Bullying takes away self esteem like nothing else and victims of bullies always report that they feel worse about themselves after being bullied.
The normal child feels low self esteem at a rate of about 1% whereas bullied children report feelings of low self esteem about as high as 40%.
Children, teenagers and even adults that have been bullied, have much higher levels of absenteeism than those who have not.
The defence mechanism of taking themselves out of the situation is very common.
Unfortunately, this defence is only a band-aid to the problem and ultimately stops them dealing with the matter, making new friends and also takes them out of circles and networks where they may very well be support and help available.
While we are talking about friends, victims of bullying find it hard to keep the ones they have let alone make new ones.
This is due somewhat to the pack mentality and is most commonly observed in teenage years.
Standing up for people against a bully or bullies can really make you stand out and isolate you from the rest of the group and this is one of things that teenagers fear most.
Peer pressure also plays its part and someone who a victim normally counts on as a friend can seem to be joining the bullies if they do not stand by them.
The betrayal shown by their friends' reluctance to jump in and help them can often feel even worse than the bullying! As victims of bullying shy away from the situation, they often do not learn coping strategies used for later in life.
As a result, their relationships are often poor and short lasting, bullying patterns continue well into the adult life and the victim can sometimes become the bully, resorting to aggression and violence to solve problems.
The results of bullying and the impacts on the victim can range from mild annoyance at the least and tragically, suicide and sometimes even murder-suicide at worst.
It is a devastating result under any measure and something we all need to take more seriously.
In recent studies, nearly 50% of those surveyed revealed they had thought about committing suicide as a result of bullying.
It is devastating to report that this group converts thoughts to actions at a much higher rate than those that have not been bullied.
Bullying victims are also much more prone to suffer depression.
A devastating effect of bullying is the pattern it creates in bullying victims' lives that can last their whole life.
Nearly 40% of people bullied at school go on to be bullied later on in adult life at work, further education and also in social circles.
In our young and developing children, self esteem is crucial.
Bullying takes away self esteem like nothing else and victims of bullies always report that they feel worse about themselves after being bullied.
The normal child feels low self esteem at a rate of about 1% whereas bullied children report feelings of low self esteem about as high as 40%.
Children, teenagers and even adults that have been bullied, have much higher levels of absenteeism than those who have not.
The defence mechanism of taking themselves out of the situation is very common.
Unfortunately, this defence is only a band-aid to the problem and ultimately stops them dealing with the matter, making new friends and also takes them out of circles and networks where they may very well be support and help available.
While we are talking about friends, victims of bullying find it hard to keep the ones they have let alone make new ones.
This is due somewhat to the pack mentality and is most commonly observed in teenage years.
Standing up for people against a bully or bullies can really make you stand out and isolate you from the rest of the group and this is one of things that teenagers fear most.
Peer pressure also plays its part and someone who a victim normally counts on as a friend can seem to be joining the bullies if they do not stand by them.
The betrayal shown by their friends' reluctance to jump in and help them can often feel even worse than the bullying! As victims of bullying shy away from the situation, they often do not learn coping strategies used for later in life.
As a result, their relationships are often poor and short lasting, bullying patterns continue well into the adult life and the victim can sometimes become the bully, resorting to aggression and violence to solve problems.
The results of bullying and the impacts on the victim can range from mild annoyance at the least and tragically, suicide and sometimes even murder-suicide at worst.
It is a devastating result under any measure and something we all need to take more seriously.
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