I spoke to Lorren Morroll about her experience of being bullied and she said “I used to get bullied because of my hair colour. They used to make me upset, all I wanted to do was go and cry. I didn’t tell anyone at first because I didn’t know who to go to and I was scared to go to the teacher in case the bullying got worse. I felt useless and I felt like it was my fault. I eventually went to the teacher and it got sorted, I would recommend anyone who has been bullied or who has seen people get bullied go to a teacher because there is help and people aren’t on there own. Tell a teacher before it is too late”
Bullying is a vicious cycle because emotional pain can then lead to physical pain and then can lean to self harm. People always make jokes about they’re going to go harm themselves but it really isn’t a laughing matter. Everyone says that people who ‘cut’ do it to get attention but when you ask them or imagine yourselves in there shoes then you can see that they think it’s their only way out. Cutting isn’t a choice for them, when life really does get too much for some people and they have that first cut it’s like a pain release, it’s a lot like drugs once you have had that one hit you have to have it again but as you start to do it more frequent it takes a lot more to get a release like the first on you had. Some people aren’t happy with what they are doing but they can’t see any other way. There are lots of reasons why people cut, for instance if people are getting bullied or if people are stressed. Another reason why people cut is when they are at home and maybe it isn’t the best environment say if there are people arguing you might just need to d it. If you are self harming or know people who are you need to get help. There are hundreds of confidential websites you can ask for, there are forums which you can sign up to which people who are going through the same thing as you are on and it is all confidential. There are also lots of people at school to help you and also lots of help lines which can help you. Cutting isn’t the only way of harming yourself because of bullying, you have people who give themselves emotional torment and medicine and in extreme cases people kill themselves. Everybody jokes by saying “I’m going to jump in front of a bus” or “now you’ve said that I’m going to kill myself” but this isn’t a joking matter. Hundreds of people kill themselves all over the world because of bullying.
There are hundreds of reasons why people get bullied; these are of people sexuality, the way they dress, the way they act, there hair color, there eye color, the way they talk, there religion, there name, there beliefs or there interests. I think that the reasons people bully are stupid.
When people start to get bullied a big after effect is bullying; there are lots of signs of bullying and some are;
· Sadness or crying.
· Feeling tired and complaining
· Changes in appetite or sleep.
· Loss of interest in doing things.
· Trouble thinking or concentrating.
· Spending more time alone.
· Feeling hopeless or worthless.
· Having suicidal thoughts
Even though you might not be able to see some of these they might drop ‘subtle’ hints.
