Cyberbullying is Wrong (Intro)There is more to bullying than just the bullying that happens face to face. Although those bullies are more aggressive and less afraid of the consequences; there is also cyberbullying. This can be just as bad if not worse than bullying in person. There are three main positions in bullying: the person being bullied, the actual bully, and the bystander. Bullying can affect the physical health of children. Recently cyberbullying has increased drastically. Cyberbullying could actually be anonymous, and it needs to be stopped. Finally some people think bullying is actually beneficial to some children.(FINISH) None of these positions are harmless. The person being bullied could result in doing something harmful; most …show more content…
When a child is being bullied they tend to fall into depression. Not only does bullying hurt a person mentally, but it could also be very physical. Some people are so mean that they will literally beat someone. They don’t realise the consequences that this could have. Some people also don’t care if a person commits suicide until it actually happens. Suicide could also have a chain reaction. The bully may feel so bad about what they did that they will do the same thing. Then a parent or someone close to the bully could also do the same and so on. A child may go into depression or experience great anxiety. They could also change a lot of their habits like: eating patterns, sleeping patterns, or just completely lose interest the things that they used to love doing. They become very sad, and they stop going to school. Then matters become worse because they may begin to harm themselves. They tend to hide these things, so no one knows what certain children are actually going through. Some children start to gain health complaints. A person being bullied can also begin to experience in a drop in their school achievements. This could include sports or even grades. These students may also miss, skip, or even drop out of school. Any type of bullying can lead to many more problems. Not all of these kids react with violence, but about 12 out of 15 school shootings the shooter has had a history of being …show more content…
Bullying used to just only be at school. The children would be beaten on the bus, or get their lunch money stolen, or even just get teased or made fun of in general. Once the child got home they were safe. This is no longer true. When a child gets home they are not necessarily safe. The result of social media has made it so the bully can assault their “victim” whenever they wanted to, not just at school.
When a child is constantly bullied their body tends to react to it. The body reacts by muscle tension, and the heart races and the the body releases adrenalin. Later in life when this happens to often, it weakens the immune system, and can cause many health problems. Not only does it affect people physically; bullying affects a person mentally as well. A child could battle depression and have to deal with thoughts of suicide. Sometimes a child needs to have mental health treatment. This may help with the physical and emotional traumas that the child has gone
Bullying has evolved into a monster with many heads. There are many different types of bullying “traditional bullying is any type of bullying that is carried out through non-electronic means” (Differences between Cyberbullying and Traditional Bullying). Examples of non-electronic bullying are verbal, physical, and social bullying. Traditional bullying is what most parents think of when bullying is proposed. The one question that is usually asked is why? There are many reason why bullying may occur. “Bullies may have underlying psychological factors that contribute to their aggressive behavior or impair their ability to interpret social interactions” (Bullying at School). Bullying can cause another person long or short term problems throughout their whole life. Bullies are also likely to have problems throughout life, such as drug abuse, alcohol abuse, and spouse abuse. Bullying is not only wrong, but inhumane.
Remember being a little kid and being pushed down on the playground, being picked last in middle school, or being called horrible names in high school? Those are just a few examples of how people are bullied. A person who repeatedly physically or verbally torments or harasses someone in anyway is bullying (“Bullying” par. 1). It unfortunately happens almost everywhere. It’s a huge problem that is beginning to take over schools. Middle school is an especially troublesome time because this is the time where kids are just trying to be accept by others and they are the most vulnerable. Bullying damages children and teens in all aspects. (“Verbal” par. 4) Depending on how they are being bullied it can affect them physical, emotionally, and even physiologically. (“Verbal” par. 4) There are tragic stories of suicides and teenagers cutting themselves everywhere because of being bullied and finally they’ve reached their last straw. (“Verbal” par. 4) Which makes since because kids who are being bullied are twice as likely to commit suicide compared to someone who is not being bullied. (Murray par. 5) Suicide has hit number three on what kills teenagers in the United States. (Murray par. 6) Victims who become bullied are normally people who try to separate themselves from conflict. (“Bullies” par. 7) They normally are “loners” or “outcasts”, which makes them more vulnerable to become the victim. (“Bullies” par. 7) They may like different types of music, dress unlike others, or have a disability. (Petrocelli par. 3) Children who are being bullied often show common signs like crying and not wanting to go to school. (“Bullying” par. 4) Many say people bully others because they themselves feel like “outcasts” or like they have no friends but ac...
Fear is a major factor that thrives in the mind of the victim. The fear of humiliation and discrimination consumes the victim creating extreme levels of stress, which can have fatal outcomes. The sufferer becomes reserved and no longer goes to school or participates in activities they once enjoyed. In addition, the victim has a lack of appetite and sleeps constantly, which are both symptoms of depression (Bullying and Suicide). Although these are all symptoms of someone being bullied, some victims may not express how they feel or they may choose to not make it known. In some severe cases, the victim will shut down and shut out everyone around them, which makes it more difficult for someone to help them in their time of need. The emotional damages inflicted by the bully not only causes low self-esteem but also long term effects that could lead to even worse outcomes. For example, victims can be diagnosed with eating disorders, chronic illness, depression and the idea of suicide is planted in their head. If the damages of bullying cannot be reversed, the victim will most likely go into severe depression or worse, make an attempt on their
It is highly proven that the bully and the victim will think or even plan to commit suicide. Bullying is a big reason kids develop depression and it’s something schools can never get rid of. There’s always going to be a kid who feels the need to put other kids down to make them feel better about themselves. Once a kid gets bullied he/she is constantly reminded by that bully that they are not important and they don’t belong anywhere, and once they finally give up and starting believing what they were told they see no point to living anymore. All because they feel as if they don’t “belong” anywhere. This causes kids to hurt themselves and want to end their lives. They develop depression and start losing interest in school, stop being social, change their appearance, and it may even lead kids to drugs and drinking. Cyber bullying even puts you at a bigger risk of getting depression. Depression is an illness that no one can really understand but many things can cause it. Depression is something you can’t really get over, if you were bullied as a kid then you are at a higher risk of suffering from depression and mental disorders as an adult. When you get bullied a long chain of events can happen that the bully may not even realize. Bullying someone causes depression and that depression cause low self-esteem, anxiety, and the victim may even become physically ill. Bullying and depression have
Bullying in school arises as a global issue, and people are becoming more aware of its essence and its consequences. Going to school should be like a second home, a safe, compliant place, but for some student, school can be a social nightmare. Some may view bullying as a harmless act, but it is in fact a dangerous act. Students that have been bullied tend to be emotionally unstable, depressed, loss of interest in school and they have a higher risk of becoming drug addicts and school dropout. Bullying does not only affect the person being bullied, but also the bully himself. Persons who are bullies are usually the ones with the most problems and they use bullying as a mask to hide all their problems. Students who bully are more prone to abuse alcohol and drugs, they usually engage in risky sexual activities and are more likely to grow up as criminal
Bullying is a problem that thousands of children suffer from year after year. According to U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, “bullying is unwanted, aggressive behavior among school aged children that involves a real or perceived power imbalance. Bullying includes actions such as making threats, spreading rumors, attacking someone physically or verbally, and excluding someone from a group on purpose” (U.S Department of Health & Human Services. n.d, p. 1). Bullying is an issue that has been around for centuries. Although it has been an issue for centuries, it has not been till recently that it has become a huge problem. Bullying is an issue that people should be concerned about. It is an issue that people
This can affect their grades, which in turn affects their ability to get into a good college and impacts their future. If a child is being bullied, they may be afraid to reach out and seek help. They may not know that there are people out there willing to help them, or they may be afraid of seeking help from a counselor or teacher in fear of it leading to more bullying. If these children do not get the help that they need, they can develop mental health problems. These may persist into their future if they continue being bullied or if they do not get the help that they need.
Bullying is described as a use of force, threat, or aggressive behavior towards others that involves the abuse of power by an individual or group towards one or more persons. Bullying in and out of school is getting out of reach. It’s all wrong and it has to stop. There is a major concern that bullying can cause lasting effects, specifically health problems. As a result, bullying should be considered a serious issue and that it should be stopped.
The effects of bullying are depression, stress, not wanting to go to school and the worst one is committing suicide. The first one I want to talk about is depression. Some kids, when bullied, go into depression and that can result in suicide. It also causes stress. If you are under stress, it might cause you to go into depression and possibly commit suicide.
Bullying by definition is a form of aggressive behavior in which someone intentionally and repeatedly causes another person injury or discomfort. Bullying can take the form of physical contact, words or more subtle actions. [Why] Bullying has grown new outlets over the last decade. With social media outlets and text messaging added to the game, bullying is not just about getting tormented face to face anymore. Cyber bullying can include sending out mean or threatening emails and instant messages about a person, spreading rumors about someone and also include photos that a person would consider to be humiliating. [Chamberlin] Bullying can have many outlets. The most common form of bullying is still face to face confrontation. But the other outlets, such as cyber bullying are definitely not something to take lightly or consider low on a scale of importance. Sexual harassment, racial differences, not being “cool enough”, or just simply being viewed as a weaker individual may attribute to many of the reasons a person is preyed on.
Bullies are often dealing with their own issues, or had been bullied in their lives. Sometimes the bullies were bullied themselves, which leads them to develop negative feelings, and self esteem issues. They try to cope with these feelings by bullying others (Teen Health and Wellness). Because the person was a victim of bullying, it affected his or her wholeness, which in turn led them to become bullies and do the same to other people. In some cases, the bully is just as likely as the victim to commit suicide, or think about committing suicide (Ashley Strickland).
Bullying is a serious issue and has an adverse effect that could lead to depression, anxiety, and worse suicide. To become a bully takes a long process, with the help from parents, schools, communities, and social media, bullies and bullying can be prevented.
A major effect of bullying is the way it can change the victim 's personality. It may cause someone who is regularly self-sufficient and full of joy to become anxious, and hesitant. Consequently, victims may even become depressed or suicidal. Their self-sufficientness could possibly flee, keeping them from experiencing
Bullying of students in school is an abuse that affects and produces a number of negative experiences on the victim. It is proven that those students who bully do so merely because they see themselves superior than those being bullied. They use this as a tactic to make juniors fear them and show them that they are not equal in any way. Some will even bully as a revenge of the bullying they suffered in the past. I have been bullied before and I know some of the effects it could have on a person. Bullying is a serious cause of many issues and has effects that may be long lasting.
Bullying is a serious problem in our society today. There are many examples in the world, either in direct contact or through social network to harass peers. Bullying can leave many different effects on child’s development, and adulthood as well. Bullying not only affect physical health, it also can affect mental health. The effects bullying can have on its victims is something that may last throughout their lives, or something that may end their life. Violence can be psychological, economic, physical, and sexual. Bullying can affect your brain and body. There is also workplace bullying, which became international problem. Children hood bullying can leave lifelong scars.