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Long term effects on bullying

Actualizado: 22 mar 2020

by Mariana De la Garza


Bullying, the reason why 160,000 students do not want to attend school on a daily basis. Normally, people think that being bullied is something that only happens during school years, that it is just kids not mature enough to treat each other correctly and that the pain goes away eventually. But have you ever stopped and wondered how much can being bullied at a young age affect your later life?


It is difficult to think that something that goes on at a young age can have severe long term effect consequences, but a study made in 2014 by Dr. Copeland proved that victims are more inclined to being unemployed and relationship less due to having really low self esteem. Being jobless as an adult is really difficult, but knowing that the reason of your unemployment is because of your problems on the past, is even worse. On another hand, not being in a relationship isn’t hard for everyone, but someone who was severely damaged mentally at a young age would of course want a big sign of love from another person.


A study made by thelancet.com showed that all of the long term effects of bullying are worse than the ones of being abused. While the effects of being abused do not show in any way the risk of developing a mental illness, the effects of bullying actually show the risk of developing serval ones.


According to Medical News Today, all of the people who were bullied at an early age, not only tend to have “poorer health, lower-income, and lower quality of life” as adults, but are also more likely to be in poor physical shape than people who weren’t bullied. This is because any physical and mental health harm can be present up to 40 years later.


It is important to point out that the pain you go through lasts until adulthood. Our brain has short term and long term memory, and it will remember the agony and suffering from the past. Don’t let bullying stop you from achieving your life goals.


Sources:

11 Facts About Bullying. (n.d.). Retrieved from https://www.dosomething.org/us/facts/11-facts-about-bullying


First Study To Establish Long-Term Effects Of Bullying. (2013, February 20). Retrieved from https://www.huffpost.com/entry/long-term-effects-of-bullying_n_2728190


McNamee, D. (2014, September 25). What are the adult health consequences of childhood bullying? Retrieved from https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/283042.php#1


Bullying advice. (n.d.). Retrieved from https://www.bullying.co.uk/

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