This essay is going to explain to the reader about how both bullying and suicide affect people as a whole. First of all, the essay wouldn't be done right without giving both the definitions for bullying and suicide. After that, I'm going to continue on by just talking about bullying and suicide in general, but the essay wouldn't feel complete without giving the different types of bullying and risk behaviors of suicide. The rest of the essay is going to talk about how to implement new ways to stop bullying and how the risk behaviors of suicide can be recognized.
Bullying is basically when somebody big or in power picks on someone little or weaker in power. Suicide is when someone kills themselves. To put it in lighter terms, takes their own life. Bullying in general is typically a bad thing in society, yet no one really does …show more content…
There is; cyber, physical, and verbal, social. They all have their own unique way of being used. Verbal is type of bullying usually involves name calling and or teasing. Social spreading rumors, intentionally leaving others out of activities on purpose, breaking up friendships are all examples of social bullying. Physical is traditional form of bullying involves hitting, punching, shoving and other acts of intention physical harm. Cyberbully is method of bullying involves using the Internet, texting, email and other digital technologies to harm others(3).
Bully victims are between 2 to 9 times more likely to try or consider suicide than non-victims, "". A study in Britain found that at least half of suicides among young people are related to bullying. 10 to 14 year old girls may be at even higher risk for suicide, according to the study above. Bully-related suicide can be connected to any type of bullying, including physical bullying, emotional bullying, cyberbullying, and sexting, or circulating suggestive or nude photos or messages about a