Asserting One’s Self Against Bullies
Bullying is a repeated offense of hurting another person through words or actions. Bullying can be committed through physical and verbal means. Bullies crave control and power; hence they resort to hitting, shoving, or verbally assaulting other people.
Bullying among teens is not unheard of. Ion fact, bullying is almost a common occurrence that some parents, teachers, as well as other persons in authority tend to brush it off as trivial or petty matters that the teens would soon grow tire of. According to them, there are some things in a teen’s life that they have no control over. What they don’t realize is that bullying actually has certain adverse effects that cannot and be ignored. As a matter of fact, people who are bullied have a tendency to become depressed, have low self-esteem, lose interest in schoolwork or try to avoid attending school.
Victims of bullying are usually sensitive, quiet, withdrawn, passive, submissive and shy usually, they are the ones who have difficulties in trying to assert themselves among their peers. More often than not, they are also usually more physically weaker than their peers. Meanwhile, the bullies are often profiled as hot-tempered and/or impulsive and have a hard time following rules. They are also hyperactive and restless. Aside from this, bullies also often exhibit aggressiveness toward adults and persons in authority.
A teen who is being bullied should learn to assert his or herself by standing up to the one who bullies him or her. If the teen who is being bullied finds it hard to do this, he or she shopuld at least exercise to release his or her frustrations with regards to the bullying that is being committed against him or her. Otherwise, these negative emotions will eat him or her up inside, thus making it hard for him or her to lead a happy, healthy pre-adolescence stage in life. Talking to someone, not necessarily someone in authority, about the bullying can also help in releasing the pent-up emotions.
