Ugly; Fat; Nerd; Anorexic; Disabled; Gay; Stupid; Bitch....People call these just words, I call them discrimination that can become effective bullying’ but not like this one that you see in movies, where people make fun of someone; this is more difficult to find out because most of the time it’s not a “public show”, but it plays with the victim’s mind. People can think that this affirmation is exaggerated, because they don't think you can bully someone with a word it’s just an expression after all, right? Well, imagine listening that term every day for months or years, but even for some weeks, how would you feel? Bad, sad and insecure, of course; now you know what a lot of people experience in the world every day for different reasons. The worst thing is that often the bully is no stranger; it's common that a bully can be a friend, someone close to you, that you trust and believe in ; this is actually the most terrible kind of bullying because the friendship gives more power to the words that became a stab in the victim’s self confidence. As I’ve already said this bullying is more complicated to figure out because not everyone can understand the effective potential of a single word to someone's mind; it’s also for this reason that sometimes, and with this I mean rare cases, neither the bully knows to what kind of pain he is creating. Now, with all of this I’m not telling you to not express your opinion, judgment or advice toward something and someone, I’m just saying to think about the words that you use to express them, because words count and can change someone's life. Beatrice M
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madison stalling
1/13/2020 10:41:29 am
i have been bullied pretty much my whole life for the way i look. bullies are people who have no respect and pick on the things you hate post about yourslef because they want to make themselfs feel better. bullies are always going to talk shit, but it doesnt mean anything. after high school things will get better.
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Lukas
1/13/2020 10:45:20 am
Wow, That was a well thought out and great take on bullying. Ive definetly been on the receiving ends of such things in the past and i never really thought abou the different aspecs of it. This really made me more aware of how friends bullying each other can be worse than someone random doing it to you,
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amelie
1/13/2020 10:47:08 am
my connection to this is endless, i have been through my rough patches and what i can say now is that your best friends are always there for you right. from the start to support you, and they know so much about you, well when they turn their back on you the words that they use hurt like a bitch more than just a normal bully. even if its just for fun as they say, but its not true the words they use are the hardest pills to swallow down and realise what just happened! ive been there and its not okay neither fun.
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Alexa
1/13/2020 10:47:41 am
I really enjoyed how the blog connects to how we act in this generation. I feel like everyone says things about and to people and don't realise how it may affect them. I think this blog is an eye opener to learn to be careful what you say because people take things in different ways, therefore it could possibly affect them more then you think.
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matthew
1/13/2020 10:50:17 am
I completely agree with you. Our society has grow to accept that people say mean things but yet we are still sensitive to what is said to us. I can think of many things that people have said to me, little things that they would never remember saying, but they will always stay with me.
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Maya Sanghera
1/13/2020 10:52:14 am
I appreciate the courage it took to post this blog. I believe everyone has dealt with bullying, to some degree. I have. When dealing with bullying I ask myself what is the motive. Why is this person taking time out of their day to put me down. Some times it is just a simple joke, but that simple joke can affect you and how you feel throughout a period of time. It is really sad seeing someone negatively impact someone just by a few words or actions. After reading this, when someone says or does something to me,I want to ask them, "hey, what was the need to put me down like that for?"
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Belle
1/13/2020 10:54:52 am
I really like this article, there are always bullying incidents in school or work place. Everyone has their own right to express themselves, but that's not your reason to hurt others. Hope everyone can be understood and tolerated.
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Caleb
1/13/2020 10:59:00 am
Bullying is a very complicated thing and i like how this blog expresses that as sometimes the bully can be a friend or family witch is almost a whole different kind of bullying as it is harder to escape, say this person who is making you feel horrible is a big part of your day to day life. It is also a very complicated thing to reconise as maybe the bullie is not aware the way he makes people feel.Maybe one of your friends calls you a name, in his mind hes just teasing you but maybe that word connects with past expiriences and really hurts you when that was not your friends intension. This is why I believe self awarness and reflection are very important so that your thinking about others and your impact.
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Olivia Kwiatkowski
1/13/2020 11:14:43 am
I really like how you ended this off- it was a really good take away for me. I think it's very important to think about your words before you say them. I really struggle with thinking before I speak, and sometimes after they come out of my mouth I will feel a pit of guilt- even if the person isn't offended or hurt by what I said. This blog post helped remind me of how important the words that come out of my mouth may be, and how they will make others feel. This also helped remind me of the power positive words and conversations have on a person and how they can impact someones day.
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Dianna S
1/13/2020 11:31:57 am
I've been bullied my whole life until i stopped caring about what people said about me because there is only one me and i can't please everybody i do have really bad insecurities but i am working on self love because being bullied is the worst feeling and can bring you to your lowest. it hit home when they said it could be family because I've actually been bullied by family even my closest best friend
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Farryn
9/16/2022 02:25:15 pm
Whenever I think about bullying I usually imagine someone punching another, this blog opened my eyes to the fact that there are many ways someone can be bullied and it's not just physical. This blog really made me think about what I've heard, and what I normally think is a joke could actually be harmful.
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