I talked about what happens to the bully, but I only gave a slight hint on what happens to the victim. So, we all know that victim is the one getting hurt and all that fun stuff (I'm kidding, I hope you knew that), but did we ever look any deeper like emotions (feelings)?

I have a friend that was bullied a long time ago (cyber bullied) and every day was hell in his eyes. Being cyber bullied leads to depression and anxiety that your life will never get better. You will also feel extreme loneliness because... you know being alone is pretty lonely. There will be changes in habits like eating, sleeping even the way you dress because you will eat less, sleep less, and wear baggy clothes that being because you will probably stay home as well. The one I find tragic is that you may even find the activities you used to do boring and will no longer be interested in them.

If the victim is then able to go to school, they will most likely do a health complaint and fake it so that they can stay home a little longer. But when there is no more excuses, the kid goes to school and even more surprises occur. There is a high probability that he or she will get lower grades (mind being somewhere else), they will participate less and probably skip, miss or drop out of school. If the victim is so depressed that he feels the need to get revenge, it is rare but he could become a school shooter and be sent to jail and be expelled (captain obvious). So if this post is useless to some victim, I ask that you wait until I graduate.
To conclude this post, I want to point out how it ends badly for both victim and bully, so if we all use the gift of the brain that god gave us, I'm sure we will make the easy decision and not get in any trouble.
Resources:
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http://www.stopbullying.gov/at-risk/effects/#bully
-friend experience
Hello. I like that in this post, you included what could happen to both parties(Bully and victim), because some people might forget about the internal problems after being bullied(obviously). Also, I respect that you included that the victims should wait until you graduate if they want to start acting out. Seriously, protect yourself before you start helping others. Continue with your nice posts. (Oh wait, you're done).
ReplyDeleteThank you, I find it really important to understand both sides before criticizing or insulting any of both the sides (bully and victim). The reason for that is that a persons friend could be in anyone of those positions without them knowing it. It is true to protect yourself first because if everyone were to do that then no one would be bullied.
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