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Bullying is a topic that has been exercised and entertained millions of times yet still remains a hot topic and causes death among teenagers, depression in the workplace, it has even been pinpointed as a cause for wars and genocides.
So what is the definition?
The definition of bullying is when an individual or a group of people with more power, repeatedly and intentionally cause hurt or harm to another person or group of people who feel helpless to respond.
While the bullying definition is broad and can occur in a variety of environments it usually is a relationship problem and requires relationship-based solutions. Those who bully are more likely to feel like their friendships and family relationships aren’t very secure. They are more likely to feel like those who are closest to them make them do things that they don’t feel comfortable doing and aren’t very supportive or loving.
Let’s look at some hard facts that occur as a result of bullying.
Suicide is the third leading cause of death among young people, resulting in about 4,400 deaths per year, according to Canada statistics. For every suicide among young people, there are at least 100 suicide attempts. Over 14 per cent of high school students have considered suicide, and almost seven per cent have attempted it.
Bullying victims are between two to nine times more likely to consider suicide than non-victims, according to studies by Yale University.
Our research shows that those who have experienced bullying are twice as likely to go on and bully others. Often it’s used as a defence mechanism and people tend to believe that by bullying others, they will become immune to being bullied themselves. In fact, it just becomes a vicious cycle of negative behaviour.
Knowing what we know now we have to ask ourselves two very important questions:
How can we help those who are bullied and how can we equally help those who bully so that ultimately we can stop bullying.