The effects of bullying on health are enormous. This deliberate behavior, which can harm, humiliate, nullify and make the other invisible, not only generates anxiety or stress All people who have been or are harassed today develop depression, chronic pain, digestive problems, insomnia?The cost of these is incurred in experiments even in the long term.
Bullying methods are as varied as they are harmful, not only does bullying, so common in our schools and institutes, but also occur in the workplace, between couples, between parents and children and even between siblings. The behaviors are so serious that many experts believe we are facing a public health problem.
- For example.
- A study conducted at the University of Psychology in AlmerÃa found that harassment and bullying suicide is already the third leading cause of death among 15- to 29-year-olds.
- And numbers increase each year.
- In addition.
- Other works at Suffolk University in Boston prevent most programs to prevent moral harassment and intimidation.
Experts in the field and violent behaviors point out that the key to all this would be to understand what is behind the bully, the aggressor who likes to intimidate and wield power over others, we know that many try to compensate for their lack of self-control. estimates under these behaviors. Others are the result of rude misconduct. Finally, miners are driven by an intrinsic sense of evil.
However, in addition to this whole issue (which remains as complex as it is controversial), there is another fundamental aspect: we talk about the effects of bullying on victims’ health and the need to act as quickly as possible at all levels. both socially and psychologically.
“There are three very important goals in each person’s life: the first is to be kind, the second to be kind, and the third to be kind. -Henry James-
The U. S. Center for Disease Control(CDC) warns that the health effects of bullying are so severe that appropriate prevention and care plans must be implemented; we know that in the most extreme cases, the person can even resort to suicide.
However, other aspects need to be taken into account. The first is that having suffered this type of harmful behavior for at least 6 months generates very obvious physical and psychological changes, it is estimated that the traumatic effect of these experiences can last for years.
We’ll look at more data to better understand this complex reality
As we indicated at the beginning, the scope of such aggressive and violent behaviors can be very broad, here are some examples:
Among the health effects of bullying are those that leave no external footprint, we refer to the internal marks that affect the integrity of the person and are, in many cases, the trigger for the loss of physical health.
David Hanscom is a specialist in chronic pain, his books and books published on this subject reveal something important, being harassed for more than five months entails significant changes in a person’s health, the first thing that stands out, for example, is a weaker immune system.
How do these experts report emotions such as shame, anger, fear, and permanent stress that the person doesn’t know how to handle end up changing our physiological processes.
We already know that the health effects of bullying are immense, we are also certain that some people, especially younger people, opt for dramatic responses to these situations that they are not sure how to get out. This kind of behavior is this recurrent, ghost in classrooms, in the workplace and in the privacy of many homes.
So what can we do in these cases? You have to be aware, the first thing to do is to be sensitive to this reality and to put prevention and care measures in all possible scenarios In schools, institutes, universities, primary care centers, human resources and occupational health services?
Everyone needs to understand that they have the help of experts at their fingertips when they need it, in return, it is vital that we have professionals specialized in such situations, psychologists and other social workers who are able to respond to children, young people, women and men who need to stop reacting to start acting.
Let’s be more sensitive to this kind of reality. Harassment is not combated with bandages, good intentions or home remedies, we need a strong, intelligent and effective action.