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Broken Verses
Tags: Poetry, Collaboration, Mental Health, A Cornered Gurl, Bullying

Broken Verses

Misunderstood.

Verses

but silent daggers

to tear the little soul.

i don’t care what others think

says the naive mind

yet heart scarred

by the echoes of your vicious words.

a little too perfect.

a little too broken.

Dangling puppets

thread to Unfathomed Expectations.

Ceased of sanity’s shelter,

left prey

in Misery’s hunting grounds.

Walking on shattered glass,

moulded to be the apple of every eye,

one too many times.

Pride holds the head high,

for no words

can yield the price

of my burdened broken soul.

i just don’t know.

not anymore.

Misunderstood.

Thrust thy hate into my skin

Call ’em compliments,

constructive criticism

Scarlet trails disclose your lies.

Syllables

Upon syllables

Undress me bit by bit.

Drive me to my cell.

A prisoner in her own head.

A little too perfect.

A little too undone.

Beaten blue

seeps through your smiles

Into my skin

Bruising words distort my being.

From the aftermath

Four walls straining my freedom.

A captive of

thy tormenting words.

Misunderstood so break her more.
Ice-cream makes everything better
By: Justin Fox
Tags: Ice Cream, Racism, Asian, Bullying, Bully

I’ve got a scar across my left eyebrow from an incident I had in Primary School. I’m not sure exactly how old I was at the time (I was at Kensington Public School from years 1–3, so I assume I was 7–8 years old), but I remember a couple of kids had formed a tank/battering ram with their bodies; each kid had one arm around each other and the other arm pointing at me in a fist (thus army tank like?!).

They shoved me into the toilet blocks and cracked my head open. I remember seeing their faces in shock. I remember looking down at both my hands which were covered in blood. I remember a teacher rushing over to me. I have vague blurry images of being in an ambulance, but in the front seat, not the back.

I remember seeing my mum at the hospital and a nurse asking if they turned the sirens on for me (they didn’t). I then remember having a cloth put over my eyes whilst I listened to nurses as they stitched me up. I couldn’t feel any pain, but felt immense pressure on my head every time a stitch went through.

I remember them talking about my mum outside, and one of them saying an ice-cream will fix me right up. I remember getting that ice-cream too, and my grey school shirt was unbuttoned all the way down and my Clarks Koala singlet was bloody to my belly.
Truth is, people like Trevor Church will use any kind of rhetorical gymnastics in trying to make…
By: Revolutionary Ideas
Tags: Bullying, Smearing, Trevor Church, Covington

Truth is, people like Trevor Church will use any kind of rhetorical gymnastics in trying to make excuses for the monsters who have harassed and bullied the Covington Students just because the kids dared have their own political views.

Yet Trevor, with all his ideological sanctimony, only manages to present false equivalences, and infantile whataboutery in a clumsy attempt to smear the children, while obfuscating the main events; e.g.: Trevor insinuates:

Wearing a MAGA hat is triggering for some. It invites violence. So much so that bars may legally ask you to leave for wearing one.

→ is true that wearing a MAGA hat is a nano-aggression to some (thus triggering) but the Greg Piatek case he references is a bit more complicated (the guy was not kicked out from a NY bar for wearing a MAGA hat, but, according to the bar’s owner: “What’s gotten lost in this story is that the guest wasn’t kicked out because he was wearing a Trump hat — he was asked to leave after being verbally abusive to our staff, which is something we don’t tolerate regardless of who you are” (truth does not help Trevor’s narrative)

However, getting back to the story, as The New York Times has revealed, the Native American man, Nathan Phillips, told two different and conflicting versions of what happened in DC:

He told The Washington Post that he was singing a traditional song when the teenagers swarmed around him, some chanting, “Build that wall, build that wall.” He decided the right thing to do was to get away. “I’ve got to find myself an exit out of this situation.” He told The Detroit Free Press that the incident started when the boys started attacking four African-Americans. So he decided to intervene. “There was that moment when I realized I’ve put myself between beast and prey. These young men were beastly and these old black individuals was their prey.”

To any intelligent person who has looked into these events, it’s quite clear who has lied (e.g.: Nathan Phillips and the journalists who have been deleting their hate-filled tweets in the past days) and who is the clumsy, wannabe-ideological-writer who’s doing his best at smearing kids (by abusing false accusations and manufacturing straw-men) even after most of the media has backed of from this story (NB: I’m talking about Trevor Church, of course)

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WHAT CAN WE LEARN FROM JEFF BEZOS’ AFFAIR AND BLACKMAILING SCANDAL?
By: Linda Alfiori
Tags: Jeff Bezos, Healing, Affairs, Bullying, Relationships

If you think bullying happen only in kids think again, it happens in adults too, but then it is called extortion, blackmailing, etc. This is exactly what Mr. Pecker, owner of the National Enquirer, is doing to Jeff Bezos, the CEO of Amazon and the wealthiest man in the U.S.

Unfortunately for Mr. Pecker, his intention backfire and after Bezos exposed him, he became the villain and Bezos the hero, gaining the respect and admiration from both men and women. I applaud Bezos because I would do exactly the same, it is about principles. Mr. Pecker was empowered by his inmunity deal with the Justice Department and friendship with Donaild Trump, and that makes him act stupidly. Seriously, messing with the richest man in the world? His abusive behavior enfuriate Bezos and he hired the best, Gavin de Becker and the best lawyers, to find those responsible for trying to harm him and make justice for him and other victims, who hadn’t had the resources, financial or otherwise, to stop Mr. Pecker.

For those still stuck in the mentality that Bezos is a home wreaker or unfaithful husband, they have to realize that whatever issues happen in his family are their own business and no one else’s. Remember what the bible says when condemning adultery “He that is without sin among you, let him cast the first stone at him.”

I write books on relationships and after researching and interviewing men and women on infidelity, I came to the conclusion that in 90 percent of the affairs, both, the husband and wife, are part of the problem. Is it right or fair to cheat? No, but it happens. It is ok to desire to be together “Until Death Do Us Part” like the scripture said, but it is wise to be prepared in case it doesn’t happen that way. Remember this saying “everything bad always brings something good”. As long as you don’t resist the change, you will see a brighter future, it may not be imediatly but it will happen. If you partner is having an affair, remember that God, the universe, or whatever you call the supreme power have something better planed for you.

As for the cheaters they are building their own karma. Leave them alone because karma is a bitch and don’t forgive anyone, no matter if you are the hottest pop start, the sexiest actress alive or the richest man in the world. Be the best person that you can be because what goes around ALWAYS comes around.
All the things that we could have just known...
By: Irina Patterson
Tags: Teens, Short Story, Self, Adolescence, Bullying

“Hey you, a giraffe girl. Look, at this giraffe girl!

At least five adolescent boys had their field day, laughing and pointing at me, on my arrival to a summer camp.

Russia. 1974. I am fourteen.

I was an easy target, a week late for arrival. Everyone in the camp already found their cliques.

Standing alone, I knew nobody, in this remote camp in the dark Russian woods.

Sure, at 5 feet 11, I was tall, but hardly a giraffe, because giraffes, they have relatively short legs.

I was more like a flamingo with long legs.

But those boys knew nothing about flamingos.

They were scrawny punks themselves. Most likely, they were themselves taunted by people in their lives, and this was their payback.

I would know how to handle it, now, a 59 year old American, but then, as a Russian teenager, I fell apart.

I went into the grim woods all alone and cried.

I wished to be shorter, more like other girls, to fit in.

And not as thin, definitely, more buxom.

Wished to have long, blond and curly hair, not straight and brown, like mine.

Although, I was OK with my blue eyes.

Whoever was in charge they could have left me my eyes and change everything else.

Yeah, I can laugh at this now, But, then, I was seriously distraught.

Being an attractive girl or at least fitting in with the rest of them, was paramount.

I wish a magical fairy would ascend on my pillow when I was laying in my bed in a large, cold room, miserable over my giraffe-ness.

The room was filled with at least thirty other girls sleeping in their beds.

“Don’t cry,” the fairy would have said, smiling.

“You will be beautiful. It will come.”

“At eighteen, you’ll make men’s heads turn, walking down the street, in a dangerously short dress, with your long legs and flying long hair.”

“Only the most daring would approach you timidly to ask for your phone.”

“And, twenty years forward, you’ll become a wife of an American, and thus an American yourself, independent and confident, no matter your look or age.”

I wonder what would have happened if anyone knew that they have me, this future American, laying in her bed right there?

What would they do in the seventies, when the Soviet regime was still reigning strong?

Call the guards and escort me from this kids camp to a Gulag-style camp for dissidents?

I wish I knew my future then.

If I just knew, I would glare at those boys graciously, smile, and walk right through them.

And they would bite their tongues.

Oh, all the things that we could have just known.
Episode 3 My first school bully
Tags: Schools, Children, Shoes, Bullying

Every school has one and everyone has a story to tell. About a bully, that nasty child or children who try and make others lives a misery.

Day 1 of 2nd year of school.

Even as a child, and before I ever heard the phrase ‘I don’t get cross, I get even’ I knew that one day is one day, and that person will not like me but will respect me.

Veronica was the one. Horrible girl with long black hair kinda looked like a little witch. She would go around the playground kicking children in their shins, causing bruises, and children crying from the agony. Always denied what she did.

Well, she kicked my shins, and I kicked back, I had sisters, I knew how to defend myself, but her shoes were tough not like mine.

Day 2

I was sitting eating my soggy tomato sandwich and she was there, appearing before me like someone possessed, knocking my sandwich out of my hand she kicked my shin.

I stood up and grabbed her by the shoulders and kicked back. She yelped, and I felt a hand pull my arm so hard it turned me around. I came face to face with her equally horrible sister Jenna. Jenna was a year ahead, saw her walking with Veronica but had never spoken to her.

She pulled and shoved me, grabbed my hands behind my back so Veronica could kick my shins (Why they did this, escapes me). She kicked both my shins and boy was it painful, terribly, painfully, painful. They both ran off laughing while I was struggling to walk. I avoided them at every turn and spent lunchtimes in the restroom.

One day is one day.

The day came.

We started high school and after avoiding them for so many years, we met up again.

But…. This time was going to be different.

My parsimonious father told me how hard he worked to get money (not) and I should have these really, strong shoes, that would last me the rest of my school life. They were ugly. The ugliest shoes I had ever seen. Matron shoes with steel toe caps. I was going to be the biggest dork in high school. Mother took me shopping for the school uniform. A skirt that was down near my ankles, covering my hairy legs (I never knew how to shave my legs back then). Yip a right dork. My older sister, a hippy-type person would never have worn these clothes and shoes to school,. She even pulled her skirt way about her knees. I was different all right, I never cared what anyone said or thought back then. We never walked to school together is the truth.

I digress.

Spotted from a distance (I stood out like a Sherman tank) the two horrible sisters came walking confidently towards me with a nasty look on their faces. I stared at them, surely, they had grown out of their childish behavior. Apparently not.

Jenna grabbed my arm to hold me so Veronica could kick my shins, she kicked once and I broke free and kicked her with my brand new shoes. Down she went. Jenna was so angry that I had kicked her sister she kicked me, and I kicked her back. Down she went, and with the 2 sisters crying their eyes out, I said a quiet thank you to my Dad.

I think somewhere out there, these shoes are still alive, steel toe caps and all.

I don’t get angry………
Never underestimate the consequences of bullying!!
By: Protect Training Solutions
Tags: Life Lessons, Suicide Prevention, Bullying, Life, Lifestyle

Never underestimate the consequences of bullying!!

I wasn`t long into my service when I ended up acting as family liaison to a family who had lost their young son…he had taken his own life….

I remember the moment like it was yesterday. The doctors told his mum they were going to turn the machine off.

She flung her arms around me and told me that I wasn’t much older than her baby.

We both cried.

I was only 21 and I had no idea what to say or what to do. Looking back I realise there was that nothing I could have said to make her feel any better so I just hugged her.

I didn`t have kids at the time so I could only empathise with how she was feeling. Now that I have children I genuinely don`t know how people find the strength to come to terms with a child taking their own life.

He was a bright fun-loving young man that had his whole life ahead of him. He was jumped on and assaulted for no reason at all. Maybe just even for the entertainment of the arseholes that carried out the attack. No one was ever caught so I am sure it wasn`t the first or last time the cowards had picked on an innocent person.

After the attack he was left with mental scars which resulted in him feeling so low and scared to even leave the house. He felt as though he couldn`t carry on. He must have felt that ending it all was the only way out…he had his whole life ahead of him ….

His mum was convinced it was as a result of taking so many blows to his head it changed him. I remember his mum asking me to take her to where it happened so I did. We stood looking down off the bridge to the spot he landed…cars passing under it blissfully unaware why we were stood there….

Don`t ever underestimate the results of bullying and assaults…..

You never know what personal battles people are going through and why…So don`t judge…

This behaviour happens in all walks of life. It doesn`t just happen in schools. This also happens on a daily basis within the word place….

Kids can be cruel but so can adults….

Be kind to each other….

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Mein Aur Meray Bully — Episode 2. Link for Episode 1…
By: Talha Nehal
Tags: Bullying In Schools, Pakistan, Bullying

Link for Episode 1: https://medium.com/@talhanehal/main-aur-meray-bully-d79bf85ce55a

Link for Episode 3 : https://medium.com/@talhanehal/mein-aur-meray-bully-episode-3-91fa4e96da42?source=your_stories_page---------------------------

Link for Episode 4: https://medium.com/@talhanehal/mein-aur-meray-bully-episode-4-2bb2babc512e

Link for Last Episode: https://medium.com/@talhanehal/mein-aur-meray-bully-last-episode-dd67c2dd473f

I couldn’t muster enough courage to push him off nor the energy to do so. You see I was on of those thin and frail kids. After some time he moved his feet away. But it wasn’t over yet. Jawwad and his gang of bullies along with some others laughed and mocked me for my weakness and my lack of courage.

As the school neared, I left sigh of relief I would free from them at least until our lunch break. I wiped the tears of my face and shake my feelings away to appear as if nothing happened to me. And then put my bag on my shoulders and got out of the bus and walked to my class. The classes of Urdu, English, Science and Maths passed one by one. And it was now time for the lunch break, the time when they could be around me. I was looking for a place to hide from them, Areej grabbed my shirt from behind and turned me around. There he was along with Jawwad and Altamash.

Areej : “Ae mere masoom dost aaj kiya laaye ho lunch mein?”

Me: (hesistantly) “Woh… woh mein aaj…”

Altamash: “Arre itna darr kyun rhy ho, hum bhi tumharey dost hi hain. Hahaha”

Me: “Pizza”

Jawwad: “Pizza laya hai hamara dost bhai aaj, issi khushi mein aaj hum isse mazeed tung nhi kren gaey”

I was happy that I would no longer have to face them that day. And with a smile on my face I went back to my classroom for classes. The classes ended and I happily ran to the bus.

Altamash: “Arre dekho toh sahi kitna betaab humse milney k liye hamara dost”

My heart sank. It wasn’t really over. I gathered some courage and said, “Magar tum logon nae kaha tha aaj tung nhi kro gae ab?”

Altamash: “Kitna nadaan hai re meray bhai tu, woh toh aise hi pizza ki khushi mein aa kr keh diya tha. Tum kiya samjhay?”

I walked towards my seat on the bus.

Areej: “Bethanay kahan ja rhy ho, aaj tum ghar kharay ho kr jao gaey, tum nae hum sae sawal krne ki himmat kaise ki?”

Jawwad: “Sahi bol rhay ho Areej saza toh banti hai iss sawal pae”

I was more scared then usual now. I thought I better seek help from one of the teachers who used to go with us on the bus. By this time they were pushing me from place to place .I looked towards Sir Athar and few moments later he did turn back and saw what was going on for a little while. But, then he turned back as if he saw nothing. I was flabbergasted. The teacher whom I respected so much and looked up to didn’t stand up for me. He did nothing for me just ignored the whole incident…

…to be continued
What He Learned From A Bully
By: James Lynch Jr.
Tags: Startup, Bullying

Read this intriguing long form article reference Bully only on MINDS.COM This is one of the articles the Perceptive Readers have desired me to write for years. Well, you will at least be given the reason for the needed meditative time to bear wonderful fruitage.

Serious Topic: What He Learned From a Bully

Do you feel the topic of bullying is a serious and sensitive subject to talk about? I hope this places your concerns at ease, you who call yourselves _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (fill in the blank). Let me place emphasis, I call all you Perceptive Readers highly sensitive humans; period. But since there are some who self-profess “This is my categorization;” Then I will respect your title and thoughts in this matter.

You will be informed on more than a professional level why I address this article specifically to you _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (fill in the blank) now. And exactly why some highly astute humans do certain things professionally. And on the flipside of the coin, why he/she the professional just won’t do certain things no matter how much funding is offered to him or her even when they are in what observers say ‘poverty’. 1 million? No thank you. How about 2 million? Respectfully no, they reply.

STILL AN INSIGHTFUL TOPIC

When reading this long form article, keep in mind, everything is said in a conversational way that I enjoy, no; I actually get a kick out of talking with people on this topic at times. Follow along with this article as you drink your favorite beverage.

What He Learned From a Bully

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2. I’m Not Joking About This — One

Excerpt: As I mentioned late one evening about this post, This is one of the articles the Perceptive Readers have desired me to write for years. Well, you will at least be given the reason for the needed ( SAGE) meditative time to bear wonderful fruitage.

3. A NARRATOR’S STORY

Excerpt: The door open… As the man came out pulling his v-neck sweater sleeves over both arms, he tucked the extremities within his thin brown Isotoners. “The temperature feels good outside” the man in the living room thought; along with a diagnose , “He must be a cold-blooded man at his age always wearing long sleeve shirts.”

4. I’M NOT JOKING ABOUT THIS — TWO

Excerpt: One teaching tool that Fathers use are parables with hyperbole and imagination. This means they are not to be taken literally, but are still used with well placed equations, so to speak, to see if you can calculate the outcome. Like in the very first statement on the opening page, “WAIT a minute here!”

5. Keep this page saved for the next addition to this long form article.
I am a jerk!
By: Nikki Lin 林万足 林萬足
Tags: Taiwan, Gaslighting, Bullying, Bitch

I am passive aggressive, spiteful and have no integrity. This is because deep down I am very insecure.

I resort to gaslighting to exert control over my staff at work. I make snide remarks and insult people in order to destroy their confidence so that I can take full control of them. I play politics at work in order to get my way.

I first stepped into a management role in Taiwan at Weber Shandwick. I was their General Manager from 2005–2006. Why one year only? Because I didn’t have experience and was being myself — controlling, bullying. I was not the most senior person in the country so my boss fired me.

I had to leave Taiwan because the industry was too small — technically restricted to Taipei city. Everyone knew what I have done.

So I moved to Beijing and was demoted to director at GollinHarris.

But I knew then that I could only be myself — a queen — when my boss was not based in the same country or not working in the same office. But when they did, I tamed my manner a little.

Yet people still found me difficult to work with. So my boss usually hired someone and put him above me shortly after.

A Taiwan creative at CCG once called me a crazy woman. Another local China staff sued me in the Labour Tribunal.

So I was fired very quickly in each company.
I wrote a Suicide Note
By: Luís Mestre
Tags: Stor, Suicide, True Story, Bullying

Photo by Andrew Neel on Unsplash

After I left my bags in my room my mom was waiting for me in the living room, sitting on the sofa. I approached and as soon I got close I told her that she didn’t need to worry that I was just letting of steam when I wrote it. She calmly asked me to sit down so we could talk, and so I did.

After that she said that even though I was “blowing of steam” what I wrote was dangerous and serious, writting that you’d prefer to just disappear, that your presence wasn’t important to anyone, that you was always were “put aside” and that’s where you should be — I was going to stop her, I was already having tears in my eyes, but then she said — and writing that YOU’d rather DIE because your life was already terrible as it is

I couldn’t help myself, my mom was already starting to cry in front of me and I never saw her crying before. I approached her, took the paper from her hands and shreded it right before our eyes, and just took a deep breath and said “It’s just a stupid piece of paper! I was going through stuff and that was the only way I got to get the anger out! I never thought of things like that intentionally and I was never going to end my life.”

We hugged and cried together that day, I never thought it was going to be this damaging. In a way it was a relief, even though the passing years there was always someone that would target me to make fun or whatever, it wasn’t so damaging as it was back then.
MY THOUGHTS ON BULLYING
By: Michael Tanzer
Tags: Autism, Bullying Prevention, Autism Spectrum Disorder, Bullying

Have you ever felt bullied before? Have you ever been verbally targeted by someone at school, work, or on the Internet?

There are a lot of things that I can’t stand in this world: People are being bullied every day and it needs to be stopped right now. And let’s face it! Bullying is very BAD and WRONG (it’s against the law), both in person and especially online! And bullying is NOT the right thing and it’s unhealthy. And it needs to STOP right now.

Because many people with Autism do not always understand the rules of relationships, friendships, and internet safety. Sometimes they can be too trusting, and others might take advantage of this. It is just like Temple Grandin said, we want to fit in and be accepted.

People may NOT always realize that they are being targeted at school. Students (with Autism) might think it is bullying only if they are being physically hurt or verbally insulted. We can be too trusting, and sometimes people take advantage of us. Another reason why people on the spectrum can be targeted is because we may say or do things that are different from others. I think people are truly afraid of “being different.”

People with Autism can benefit from learning the differences between friendly behaviour and bullying behaviour. Basically, what it means to be targeted.

Here’s my MAIN MESSAGE to those who are currently bullied: You are NOT alone, and you have friends to stand up to the bully and it is not up to you to STOP the bullying. You DID NOT cause it. And it’s NOT your fault.
Another State decision goes against trump
By: Left Wisdom
Tags: Politics, Sexual Assault, Trump, Bullying, Corruption

Wow, New York State impresses me for lots of reasons. Nothing inpresses me more that the fact that the home state of the trumpster is one of states that is the hardest on trump for his misdeeds. It is the Southern District of New York that is going after many of the investigatnions into the corruption laden While House.

Now, trump has tried to shut down another one of the women complaining about his “alledged” sexual abuse. Summer Zervos is a woman who was in one of his beauty contests who has accused him of gropping her. An act he, himself, bragged about doing in the fameous Access America video from 2011 as well as some of his talks with Howard Stern.

trump apparently, once again, tried to shut down a suit by his accusor and was rejected in that move by the State of New York. When will he learn that having gotten himself into the While House doesn’t give him carte blanche to run rough shod over anybody calling his actions into question.

Even in his office, he is NOT above the law. The law applies to EVERYBODY whether they are in government or not, or it should apply to nobody. Sadly, in this country, the poor and minorities end up with their lives ruined over things that the rich (like trump) get away with all too often.

We have seen a move recently to hold such people accountable. One prime example was the fall from grace of Bill Cosby who in addition to being considered “Americas dad” on TV for a generation, was using his celebrity to seduce and even date rape young women.

It is about time that people of power are brough under the rule of law just like everybody else. To that end, trump needs to answer charges and deal with the ruling of the courts just like everybody. Otherwise, position will be seen as permission to do anything one wants to no matter who is hurt.

Of those trump would like to say that he is innocent and/or that even if guilty, executive previlege or his position should exempt him from investigation. That is an attitude that the Americn people can not allow to stand, or we are in even worse shape as a nation that some of us think we already are.

And that, dear friends, is not good for any of us.
Childhoods “The End?”. If you watch children play in a…
By: Robin Chappell
Tags: Save The Environment, Childhood, Politics, War, Bullying

And as we grow older, we are told to “Grow Up.” What we once did as children, we can no longer ‘afford’ to do as ‘adults.’ And so the ‘growing up’ process transitions into Growing Old. At ‘Retirement Age,’ we look back on our life and wonder where it all went to. Of course, we remember, but… Our Bodies no longer function as they once did. Our Minds start becoming fear-full of the advance of senility, even if it is only someone’s admonition of something on the horizon.

The World is like that playground. Where people exist for whom there has not been either the admonition of ‘fear everyone different,’ there is still Joy and Play. For the most part though, the ‘lessons’ learned were not of the positive, life-affirming type. The Bully’s have grown up, and are in positions of Authority, perhaps even in Government.

For these, and all who fall prey to their words, War is always on the horizon. There are always Enemies looking to Take What They Want, and we have to prepare ourselves to Defend What Is Ours. There is always a Shadow of Evil to be routed out and defended against. This Fear sells Weapons, sells children forced to Defend Our Possessions.

And meanwhile, the Planet is growing more and more polluted. What are Resources that we cannot afford to have destroyed, are at greater and greater risk for being just that. Those Bully’s who have the power and the money to force/enforce that ‘Threat’ that needs to be constantly ‘addressed’ with Taking Up Arms. They Disrupt the International Stage as they once disrupted the playground of their youth. Their techniques are more subtle and persuasive (maybe), but their intent is still the same.

We are at that moment where, if a ‘miracle’ does not occur, our lives will. Our Planet needs Bold Solutions and not the same old agitprop with the same old “Enemies.” Those Enemies will suffer the consequences just as much as ‘We’ will. We have come to the end of Childhood, and we need to have that miracle happen and happen soon (if not Now). We are no longer with the luxury of ‘there is still time.’ Either Childhood must End, or We will.

And there is still time to get back to that joyous and playful life we knew as children. But it requires that the majority of us start becoming more “Child-Like” instead of Childish. The Bully’s need to be put where they belong — in Detention (of the Criminal Sort) and our National and International priorities return to Cooperation and Positive Interaction away from intended Conflict. That is the only way that we can survive.

Along with a miracle or two. Or three.
How To Protect Your Employees From Cyberbullying
By: Amit Jindal
Tags: Small Scale Business, Business, Harassment, Bullying, Organizational Issues

The Rising Threat Of Cyberbullying

The number of cyberbullying cases all over the world have been rising drastically every year. There is no fixed place for it to take place as bullies can take many forms and are not limited to a single industry. However, hospitals, customer care services, and schools are recognized as hotspots for these kinds of behaviors.

Workplace cyberbullying is rarely reported due to the very limited parameters that it is defined in. Cyberbullying is also way more complex than what we all know as general bullying. Cyberbullying is much more related to inescapable mental trauma instead of mere physical harm.

Workplace cyberbullying can be defined as aggressive behavior, practiced via electronic media, that can demean, demoralize or harm the victim, and can take place beyond work hours. Workplace cyberbullying can leave the victims troubled and unable to cope as it can even spread to the employee’s homes.

The Inescapable Trauma

It’s hard to understand what the victim who’s receiving those threats and comments must feel like. For instance, in hospitals, nurses constantly receive harsh treatment in the form of threats from the patient’s relatives. It’s really hard to understand the point of view of the victim in these cases, considering the offending party just lost one of their loved ones. The worst thing about workplace cyberbullying is that there’s very little, that the organization can do about it.

Even the public forums, that are formed to fight against cyberbullying, provides a broader scope of harm for all the targets and even the organizations involved. Customer and patient complaints on these forums can also have a negative effect on the victim’s career.

Due to the compulsory use of electronic devices and the internet in jobs nowadays, the victims begin to feel trapped in ever going trauma.

Nurses have full responsibility to take care of their patients and provide any relevant information about their condition to their family members. In some cases when they receive any ill-treatment from the patient’s parents over the phone, they cannot just block the calls. Nurses have to endure all the workplace harassment and bullying because they have a responsibility towards their patients.

How Organisations Can Prevent Workplace Cyberbullying

In the long haul, cyberbullying can have severe negative effects on a person’s mental health. At a certain point, they are forced to leave their jobs.

The organizations are both legally and ethically responsible for the health and safety of there fellow employees. Most aren’t fully equipped to deal with it and very few have an applicable policy in place. This sends a message to the employees that they’re on their own.

There are however some measures that organizations can take to deal with these issues:
The Harsh Truth Behind Bullying
By: Agastya Goel
Tags: Support, Awareness, Bullying, Anti Bullying, Emotional

Rebecca Sedwick was a 12-year-old American student at Crystal Lake Middle School in Lakeland. Most people described her as happy and lively…

Until she jumped to her death from atop a cement silo

There are hundreds of such teen suicide cases, all caused as a result of bullying. From cases of cyber-stalking to mere taunts, in today’s day and age, nobody thinks before they speak — and it hurts.

For instance, after the saddening suicide of Rebecca Sedwick, her bully — Guadalupe Shaw posted the following on Facebook:

Yes ik I bullied REBECCA nd she killed her self but IDGAF

I do not understand — how can people be so insensitive? Incidents like these pop up right in front of your eye, and yet, no one takes action! People say bullying is just a small phase of your life and that it’s not such a big deal. Well, it isn’t and if you think it is, you really never have truly ever been bullied.

I know people who have thought about killing themselves. I know people who can’t sleep at night just because they think about how miserable the next day is going to be. I know people who are taking medicines just because of the anxiety caused by oppression. I know people who have been bullied.

Which is why I have written this article — not only to talk about past incidents but to prevent such mistakes from happening in the future. If you are being bullied, please talk to an adult or counselor. Bottling all the problems inside only leads to more pain. Listen to music, that has always helped me and never, never think about giving up. Trust me, most of the significant figures you look up to today, such as Elon Musk, Eminem, Rihanna, Michael Phelps, Lady Gaga, Chris Rock and Justin Timberlake — all of them have once been bullied. Getting through these hard times made them who they are. It helped them preserve and eventually, achieve their goals. Like these significant individuals, no matter how rough the road, no matter how steep the trail, you need to get through this hard patch! Don’t give up! After all, the moment you’re ready to quit is usually the moment before the miracle happens.

For now, just keep your seatbelts fastened and hold on tight to the safety harness.

The rollercoaster ride will be ending soon :)

Picture of Amanda Todd — A teenager who committed suicide because of cyber-bullying

If you are facing such problems and need someone to talk to, contact me at guidanceforbullying@gmail.com

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What is Bullying and How Does Bullying Affect Children and Their Health? — About The Globe
By: Abdullah Javid
Tags: Bullying In Schools, Bullying Prevention, Social Issues, Bullying

Bullying may adversely affect a child’s mental and physical health. Some of these effects may persist for years and continue to damage an individual’s health.

Most tormenting cases don’t include any actual damage to the casualty as many of them are verbal and social so, ignoring them is very normal.

Depression, anxiety, and deep stress are some of the issues an individual may find himself in if he/she is bullied. Bullying or torment leads to more hours of loneliness and can decrease a person’s social interaction. Low self-esteem and considering oneself inferior are also the effects of torment.

A child may find himself completely helpless and sometimes when these feelings get out of control, they lead to suicide. But bullying is not always the only cause for suicide. Bullying combined with depression and other life problems results in suicide.

Bullying might just feel like normal behavior that children often face when changing schools or houses and meeting new friends. But it can lead to the destruction of a child’s mental health and they can even persist even in adulthood.

Talking about adulthood, according to studies, adults who have experienced torment during childhood were less confident and passionate than others. They were not optimistic about the future and lacked the motivation to progress in life. They had low standards of living and poor mental health conditions.

Besides, these impacts are not simply confined to the person in question. Behavioral alterations can also be seen in the bully himself. If not properly controlled, a bully can engage in extremely hostile activities like consuming alcohol and drugs, engaging in criminal acts, and being abusive and rude towards family members.

In general, tormenting influences both the person in question and the bully. While a victim can suffer from fear and a sense of inferiority, the bully may engage in hostile activities on the flip side.

How To Prevent it?
Bullying: What it means and how we can overcome it?
By: Yasmeen Rabbani
Tags: Worthiness, Self, Financial Coaching, Bullying, Life Coach

Bullying: What it means and how we can overcome it?

I have been wanting to write about this topic for a while now. Many of us come face to face with bullies in our personal and professional lives. However, because we are not aware of how to handle them, they are able to get away and continue to take on new victims.

Being a bully means being a control freak; meaning they try to control what transpires in others lives. This includes using blame games to get their own way and can even go far enough to control all aspects of their friends and family’s life.

They think they are good at hiding this but eventually people can see through the veil. Unfortunately they mostly surround themselves with empaths and givers so that the game is played easily.

At work, these people bully their subordinates and do-not give breathing space to their co-workers. They can be highly involved in work place politics and only work towards getting their well wishers aka enablers to benefit so that they are protected. Anyone who disagrees with their point of view cannot survive. Most people will leave themselves as such people try to bully them into submission.

In school, bullies will target those who appear meek or withdrawn. Their targets are clear and will bully them on what the person perceives as his or her weakness. Physical appearance or lack of social success are favorites. Any form of discrimination falls into the same category of attacks.

But how do you deal with this. It’s not easy. Many times these control freaks enjoy positions of power and prestige. Many people have been bitten by bullies and their lobby. But once you know how to deal with them, you are sorted for life. The power of the bully lies in their ability to make you feel inadequate or worthless. They criticize till you accept that they are better or leave the playground. Their body language is so intimidating that one knows that you have to be careful.

But their failure is inevitable and easy. Once you know who you are and what is your worth. You will never have to hold back or feel threatened. Because bullies are very weak and sad individuals who have adopted these poor habits to survive their harsh circumstances. They are the opposite of an empath who always watches out for others. But if you were to crack that harsh exterior of theirs, they will leave you alone.

Something that I learnt the hard way was that you should never abandon your point of view no matter what the cost. A bully succeeds when they are able to convince you to leave your stance. Hold your ground and always remain calm. A focused individual can put up a good fight. If the bully sees you in disarray, he/she will pounce and finish the game.

Inner work must be done to feel empowered enough to take on a bully. Be authentic, be strong and know your worth.

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Social Media and Bullying
By: Jayna Ruppal
Tags: Facebook, Social Media, Instagram, Bullying, Snapchat

Social media. It’s everywhere, right? Teens and young adults are practically on it every day for multiple hours at a time. I mean I can’t say I’m not on it for hours at a time. Things like Instagram and Snapchat are on the minds of teens and young adults all the time.

Social media is great for keeping up to date with everyone’s favorite celebrity and actors and actresses in Hollywood. I think it’s great to see what’s the new thing that everyone’s raving about. It also can be great to keep up with your friend’s lives too. There’s an occasion cyber bullying on social media like Instagram and Snapchat, even Facebook. Bullying is bad enough in person, but cyber bullying is worse. I feel like since there’s no face-to-face that kids develop more depression or insecurities that can happen face-to-face.

It’s hard for teens and young adults to cope with what people are saying to them over these social media platforms. I believe that teens that keep it to themselves deal with it worse than those who express it to a therapist or a loved one. My point is that it’s things like bullying or cyber bullying that cause teens to go into a depression. There’s so many people that cause those kind of things.

A lot of people have social media like Instagram and Snapchat, and so many people keep up to date with everyone’s life. Then you have those people that are cruel to someone who’s innocent. People are put down for what they look like or something that they are wearing. They go into a depression that can be hard to get out of, especially if the person keeps “attacking” the person about simple things. It’s so hard now with millennials and gen Z’s because they are on social media platforms like Instagram and Snapchat that it’s hard for people to cope if they have been bullied.
If you had a choice to be a superhero, who would it be and why?
By: Jono Poon
Tags: Martial Arts, Entrepreneurship, Bullying, Personal Development, Personal Growth

I’ve always wanted to be Batman because not only was he a wealthy individual that had it all but his sense of justice to fight criminal activity with his own hands.

Now, how does that relate to me? When I was a kid growing up as a lone child, I never really had “company” or friends and my parents was always at work at the Chinese Take Away meaning I never had any connection with my parents, even to this date, we aren’t very close as you would see it.

I would be bullied at school and parents wouldn’t know how to deal with it, nor did the teachers do much at the time.

Growing up in the 1990’s was the also era when Bruce Lee/Jackie Chan films were aired on TV with Lip Sync over the original film, we’d get taken the piss with martial art chants as if that’s the “language” also being called “chin*y” just became the norm for me as it probably did with the other ethnics that have theirs.

English wasn’t my first language (Cantonese was), expressing myself didn’t come natural to me, nor did anyone really spend time to understand what the issue was. I grew up being powerless with no confidence until I started to learn Martial Arts with my first ever Mentor/Si-Fu and regained my confidence with myself as an individual.

Guess that’s probably why I train so hard not look big and strong but just being able to be fit and healthy to protect my loved ones around me.

Which also concludes why I don’t smoke or drink alcohol as I see my body as a sacred temple.

Don’t be afraid to be who you want to be, those that love you for who you are will stay in your life, those that don’t see you fit into theirs, will leave.

Just me sharing a little part of my personal story. 🙏❤️
Bullying 2: Out of the Office
Tags: Business, Work, Bullying, Life, The Job Auction

Oh yes, the much-anticipated sequel to our first dour dive into the charming world of adult-on-adult bullying. Strap yourself in for some more home truths about how the working day is now sodden with torment and the reasons (as if you needed any) on why being a bully just isn’t alright.

Bullies often work with the institutions they are a part of and systemically create scenarios where they can get away with the sort of behaviour which should see them sacked. This is less easy outside of the workplace, and yet bullying is as prevalent outside of offices as in them.

Networking

Networking events exist so companies can send their employees to grow their business. In a sense, these events are also opportunities for people to sell themselves in a relaxed atmosphere. This sense of competitiveness also breeds feelings of inadequacy, naturally. Bullies are typically insecure people and as such an environment such as this can make them even spikier and they’ll often go out of their way to make you feel uncomfortable. With networking, the idea is to earn you some allies so with the wrong mindset these events can be pernicious, especially if they recur with the same groups of people. Alliances formed can be weaponised by bullies to make others feel small and that shouldn’t be the case at events which are supposed to encourage professional friendships.

Socials

These are more intra-work related as companies use these to boosts morale and team spirit. Like networking these events are meant to be helpful and oil up the work machine through socialising. Bullying can infect any scenario but in fact the relaxation of professional courtesies can mask bullying as friendly ribbing or playful banter. The truth is if you feel a certain way no one gets to tell you that those feelings are invalid, so step up and make your feelings known. It is better to nip it in the bud and around other people who are your colleagues and hopefully your friends; this should be a lot easier.

One-on-Ones

This is a trickier situation to decipher the solution to. Nevertheless, if you’re in a situation and it’s just you and the bully, don’t be afraid to call them out on it. Keep a cool head and make sure everything you say is professional and appropriate so as to not sink to their level. If you think confrontation is only going to fan the flames then maybe thank them for lunch or the coffee and report discreetly to your boss. There should always be someone to escalate the problem to. Companies should have systems in place to deal with bullying and your superior has a duty of care.

For advice on bullying or help, speak with your superior at work (if work related) or Samaritans for emotional support or Citizens Advice which is free regarding advice on legal matters.

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