The Complication of Bullying

 The Complications of Bullying 

April 18,2022

   

   Bullying is something that happens throughout our educational system in the United States. Many of which has serious effects on an individual, but what is the problem? 

        The Cost of Bullying

           The bus came to a halt. I slowly entered the bus and before I know it all eyes were on me. I quickly put my head down in embarrassment, wondering why I was being laughed at. 

            "Where did you get your clothes from goodwill?" he said distantly 

           Behind me I heard him and his friends laugh, but I ignored them and pretended I didn't hear them.  

            This is a common situation that will sound familiar to some people. It describes a simple but yet very big problem affecting far too many young children and teenagers. Bullying. Everyone has had some form of bullying happen to them or even seen it happen sometime in their life, but many don't know about the long term effects on being bullied. Being bullied as a child shows increased rate of children struggling socially, even have behavioral issues that sometimes carry on into their adulthood. 

            What are the effects?

            You might be thinking: "What are the illnesses that being bullied is connected to?" One that is commonly known is: Emotional Problems.  In a article written by a researcher and published by the sociological collection, they mention: 

"Bullying is recognized by the Center for Disease Control as creating significant health problems." 

The reasoning for this is very self explanatory. If a child is being bullied, their going to be effected in many different ways, weather its mentally, emotionally or physically. No one truly understands how badly it really effects us as humans, its disgusting how uneducated people are on this problem and simply ignore it. 

Emotional and Behavioral issues are very difficult to overcome on your own, everyone knows if you don't try and get help on the situation it will never truly get better. That being said bullying is a way for bullies to have a sense of power even at the cost of your emotional and behavioral satbility, this type of behavior can follow up to even in their adult years. It can happen in a plethora of ways, but the most common way it occures especially at a young age is verbal attacks, intimidation and also physical violence. which are tied to the major Emotial and Behavioral problems many people have in todays society. 

Are there more ways it can cause harm? 

    

    The most common issues are emotional and behavioral issues that is connected to bully victims, the reasoning for that is very understood, but what are other illnesses or problems? The sad part of reality is that there are many other ways. It can greatly effect somone even physically and pyschologically bullying is like a contagious disease that seems to constantly find ways to tear people down anyway possible. If not taken care of properly or efficicantly it has a possibility to get worse and worse. 

    Sometimes bullying even happens because of soemthing that is going on in somones life that isnt so great, some exmaples would be somones home life, no friends, possibly even had a bullying of their own and was influenced to follow their footsteps. In todays society CyberBullying is a very popualar and new way to bully someone because of the advancments of technology, like the internet. This can also create various of problems for victims who expericence this on a daily basis, could potentially create people to have anxiety problems, depression, physically exhusted and the list goes on and on. 

  

    Our society as a whole does a poor job at realizing how much of a problem it is, also that you cant simply "suck it up and move on" thats not how it works. Back to waht was previously said it not taken care of properly and efficiantly the end results are sometimes not the greatest with the victim. Many argue that kids in our society are very soft and weak and overall need to toughen up, I agree with this but only to a certain extent. 

    Bullying is nothing like it was before, which was just hazing and getting picked on by older children which ended up buidling a backbone for children. Bullying over the years as previously stated has evolved and aquired many new weapons. Meaning just because you are not around the person or group that terrorize you does not mean with how society is today they cant hurt you in other ways. As we grow and advance bullying also does as well and will continue to do so, this makes it extreamly hard to build relationships or even just live a normal life without fear. 

    

        Its clearly obvious bullying has been around since humans existed. Also one of the most disgusting things created by humans. It is done all around the world and will continue to happen. I do believe that bullying is getting worse due to the creativity the bullies have nowadays. But I beleive if we pay more attention and evolve and spread awarness and provide the help needed, we can make a major difference and possibly slow down bullying in a big way.