The Different Types of Bullying Violence
People need to band together to stop bullying as it is wrong on a number of different levels. Everyone is aware of this fact, but what many are not aware of, are the many different forms of bullying violence that can occur as a result of bullying. Bullies know how to inflict various types of pain on their victims, and many of these forms of violence can create long lasting effects that will plague an individual their entire life.
1. Emotional Violence
Violence that feeds off of the emotions of another individual is an example of emotional bullying violence. This type of pain is caused when a bully focuses in on the various emotions on an individual, and plays on them in such a way as to create emotional turmoil within the individual. For instance, if someone is easily embarrassed, a bully would prey on that weak emotion, and do whatever was in their power to embarrass the victim in front of their peers.
Another example of emotional violence is taking something away from the victim that they dearly love. For example, if a bully notices that a victim has a new prized possession, they may do whatever is in their power to break, steal, or hide that possession in an effort to prey on the individual’s emotions of sadness and desperation. Emotional violence can sometimes even be more painful than physical violence, as it stays with a victim for a much longer period of time.
2. Mental Violence
Mental bullying violence much like the emotional kind uses a person’s emotions or thoughts to hurt them. With mental violence, a bully will be more likely to use tricks or head games in an effort to get into the brain of their victim and create fear and doubt there.
A prime example of mental violence in bullying is when an individual sets up a trick to make the victim think that their crush is really interested in them. They get another student involved and have them play along for awhile, and then they suddenly drop the bombshell that it was all just a trick. These types of mental games can play with victims’ head, and can cause fear and doubts of other people for the rest of their lives.
3. Physical Violence
Physical violence is easy to define. Physical bullying violence is often used by those who were abused themselves. It may also be employed by those who do not have the mental capacities to attack and bully others in a different way. This type of violence is also much more common among older children than it is among younger grades. Very rarely does physical violence happen on its own; often it is accompanied by the emotional embarrassment in front of peers, making its wounds much deeper than the surface of the skin.
Bullying violence comes in many different types and forms. Although it may not be evident at first, the effects of this violence do not simply subside because a victim grows older. Often an individual who was bullied will carry the scars of the violence forever, making this a problem that needs an immediate solution in the world today.
