Bullying In Adolescents

Bullying is a major problem in the lives of many adolescents; whether the adolescent is the bully, the one being bullied or a bystander of the bullying. Approximately twenty-eight percent of adolescents in sixth through twelfth grade have experienced bullying, and approximately thirty percent of adolescents have divulged to bullying. At least seventy percent of students or faculty has observed bullying in the school (“Effects of Bullying”). Bullying can impinge on different facets of a victim; their bodily appearance to their communal interfaces and also their psychological stability. Numerous people know that childhood bullying engrosses aggression; however, it also can pessimistically impact the victim’s mental state even into adulthood. …show more content…
It might have been hard to stand up to a bully that was intimidating. Due to intimidations, adolescents were scared to stand up to bullying; because of that bullying can lead to many physical consequences (“Pathstone Mental Health”). Many adolescents will begin to feel sick; they will begin to have more headaches, stomachaches, and panic attacks. Adolescents will start to come home with cuts, bruises, and unexplained marks; some adolescents are too petrified or reluctant to explain what happened. Bullying can also lead to different types of physical disorders such as eating and sleeping disorders. With sleeping disorders, adolescents will experience restlessness, nightmares, and trouble sleeping; with eating disorders, they will change their eating habits, eat more or less, or not eat at all. This will begin to change the physical appearance of the child (“Pathstone Mental …show more content…
There have been several studies that show there is a link between bully victims and issues in adulthood. Adults who were bullied as children have trouble holding jobs, interacting with people, and their health (Walton). There is more to the effects in adulthood than just relationships and jobs; bullying can lead into severe emotional trauma that may be just as bad as or worse than the physical trauma. Brain image scans were used in a study to show that certain areas of the brain are stimulated when experiencing emotional pain; these areas that were stimulated were the same as those experiencing physical pain (Castillo). Bullying can affect one’s self-esteem which can cause a person to doubt himself; those victims that experience self-esteem issues are more likely to be depressed, and more apt to commit suicide. The victims suffer with the feeling that they are not good enough for anyone, or they suffer with the feeling that they do not contribute to