Targeting an individual by endeavouring to make them feel belittled and fearful.
Mocking someone due to race or religion.
Physical bullying comprises of deliberately hitting another human being.
Verbal bullying is a type of bullying where a person endeavours to provoke someone in an insulting fashion.
Psychological bullying is made up of a few types of issues: Leaving out an individual from a group, deliberately. Instigating rumours. Not including a person in a conversation.
Cyberbullying- Predominantly bullying through social media; the most cowardly and anonymous form of bullying.
Why would someone bully?
A desire to improve their social status.
Someone that has a low self esteem as they are cowardly.
A person who doesn’t recognise their behaviour of being out of the ordinary.
It can give someone a sense of power.
There are times that people bully others due to peer pressure.
How to Assist a Person Being bullied?
Start a conversation about the teasing.
Put the bullying in perspective.
Tell them the person bullying them is a coward.
Would you treat the bully in the manner in which they treat you?
Was the bullying done with malicious intent.
Enquire as to how you felt when the person went about bullying.
Is that the manner in which the bully would normally behave to other people.
How to Eradicate bullying?
Keeping quiet; the person bullying you will inevitable get tired of it.
A bully is likely to look for another victim if you tackle them of immediate effect.
Find someone who you trust to communicate about the bullying you have endured.
Diminish the bully’s power, by standing up to the bully.
Make it clear that the manner in which the bully behaves is unacceptable.
Realise that inevitably the only person that can control your thoughts is you.
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Great read, though through experience not responding seldom makes them get bored. They are generally narcissistic and so push until they get a response, though not expecting when their victim responds with aggression, though aggression should not be an answer.
Great read, though through experience not responding seldom makes them get bored. They are generally narcissistic and so push until they get a response, though not expecting when their victim responds with aggression, though aggression should not be an answer.