Bullying And What Affects It Has On A Person Being Bullied

My topic of research will be on bullying and what affects it has on a person being bullied. To start out, bullying is justified as using supreme strength or influence to intimidate someone, usually to have another person do what you want them to do (Wikipedia, 2016). The word bully was first used in the 1530s, and it’s meaning then meant â€Å"sweetheart†, it went on to be used as fine, fellow, bluster, and then to the harasser of the weak (Bullying, 2016). A person who becomes a bully isn’t born that way, it comes from a young age at when they were the ones getting picked on. When children are young, they can get bullied by their families, neighbors, or other children at school. When this happens it causes certain children to think this†¦show more content†¦There are four stages of bullying abuse that can affect a person for their entire life. They are: 1) Emotional, 2) Verbal, 3) Physical, and 4) Cyber (Bullying, 2016). With the effects of emotional abuse, the victim is left with no self worth, they start to believe everything the bully is saying is true, and it leads them to depression. The verbal abuse from a bully can leave a person feeling small because of the rumors spread by the bully and by the bully making fun of them to others. Physical abuse can lead to being hospitalized for being beaten up, will make you feel scared to be alone, and it can also make you paranoid like everyone is out to get you. Lastly, with Cyber bullying, a bully can attack a person through social media, emails, and texts. With bullying, boys are highly to be attacked by a bully with physical abuse and girls are likely to be bullied indirectly. Statistics show that 15 to 25 children commit suicide. There have been many young people wo have committed suicide due to being bullied. These young peoples names are Ryan Halligen, Phoebe Prince, Dawn Marie Wesley, Kelly Yeomans, Jessica Haffer, Hamel Natosh, April Himes, Cherice Moralez, and Rebecca Ann Sedwick. There are two people who were bullied when they were younger and became serial killers. The first one