Bullying Tip #33: How can you heal after being bullied?

Surviving Trauma

Bullying is traumatic. It can leave a victim with life long mental health problems.

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Cynicism about bullying

We need to stop the cynicism about bullying. Cynicism makes us distrust people but worse, it causes us to assume that they won’t change or can’t change. It’s a fatalist view.

Bullying is traumatic. Support the victims don't blame them.

Self Care for The Bullied

Bullying plays havoc with our self-esteem, with our sense of worth AND it can cause trauma, which can rewire the brain’s fear circuitry. If you have been bullied and have been emotionally traumatized by it, it isnt’ enough to get the bullying to stop, you also need to do some work to repair the damage that the bullying did to your thinking process.