Bullying is one of the worst things a person can go through. When a person is being bullied, they are being harmed, intimidated and they are made to do something they are unwilling to do through force or threats. To constantly go through these situations alone with no help make these victims feel as if the only way to end this terrible cycle is to end their life.
There is so much bullying going on in the world today and still people do not take this thing seriously. Many are dying because they feel that it is the only way for them to escape such a horrible experience. They cannot find anyone who will step up and say this is wrong and actually do something to help them put an end to bullying. The ones that are doing the bullying know that people do not care enough to take a stand on this issue, so they feel it is okay to continue making these people lives miserable.
According to https://www.verywellfamily.com/types-of-bullying-parents-should-know-about-4153882 there are six known types of bullying. They are: Sexual Bullying, Prejudicial Bullying, Verbal Bullying, Relational Aggression, Physical Bullying, and Cyber Bullying.
Sexual bullying is when someone constantly harms a targeted person sexually. This includes sexual name calling, offensive gestures, and wrongful touching. It’s when someone is making a sexual suggestion to someone who is not sexually involved in an offensive way. Often times sexual bullying can lead to physical assault on the person being bullied.
Prejudicial Bullying. Prejudicial bullying is what prejudices younger teenagers have toward people of different races, religions, or sexual identity. This type of bullying can surround or cover every other type of bullying. When prejudicial bullying occurs, kids are targeting others who are different from them and singling them out.
Verbal Bullying is when bullies use name calling to make the person that’s being bullied feel like they are less than who they are. Words can be very hurtful when used the wrong way towards someone. It is like seeds that are being planted within that person. Once it is said it starts to take root and produce something that will eventually harm the person being bullied. Their looks are talked down upon, the way that person conducts themselves, etc. A bully will say anything about a person to make them feel less than who they are.
Verbal bullying is one type of bullying that is most often not taken as seriously as it should be taken. In the end, it causes just as much, if not more damage as any other type of bullying.
Relational Aggression refers to harm within relationships that is caused by covert bullying or manipulative behavior. Examples include isolating a youth from his or her group of friends (social exclusion), threatening to stop talking to a friend (the ”silent treatment”), or spreading gossip and rumors by e-mail www.nasponline.org.
Physical Bullying is a type of bullying where the person doing the bullying is stronger, bigger, and more likely to attack or confront the person being bullied. Physical bullying includes hitting, punching, slapping, etc. Any kind of physical attack on the person being bullied. Physical bullying is the most well known type of bullying because it occurs more often than any other type of bullying.
Cyber Bullying is a bully that uses technology to bully someone with very little risk of getting caught. This includes computer, telephone, the internet, etc.
Cyber bullies like to bully their victims secretly without being known. They can do it anytime, anyplace, and anywhere without getting noticed. As long as they have their technology they have everything they need to cause problems for their victims.
There are many more types of bullying but they all have one thing in common. They only exist to make people lives hard. They bully other people to make themselves feel as if they have the upper hand over someone. Bullying is something that can be stopped. And until we take the time to find the solution to this problem, victims of bullying will continue to feel that suicide is the only solution to end bullying.