About Us

We are a group of people who think that verbal bullying is serious subject that involves many children and teenagers these days. The purpose of this blog is to cause awareness amongst parents, victims or  even bullies of how serious verbal bullying is in order to stop or prevent it. Our goal is to help the countless people who are going through verbal bullying because it is never an easy thing to go through. We would like to demonstrate the consequences and effects on victims. We will also give advice and solutions for those who need it and let them know that they are not alone and that it gets better.

What is verbal bullying?

When someone uses words to feel superior to a person or multiple people surrounding them, it is considered as verbal bullying. Verbal bullies are one of the most threatening types of bullies to identify since their attacks mostly happen when adults are not present. Even though it creates no physical damage, verbal bullying can lead to long-term effects on victims. Verbal bullying constitutes psychological violence and is damaging to the victim's self-esteem.

Effects of verbal bullying

Many victims of verbal abuse may get diagnosed with loss of memory or bad behavior. The long term effects of verbal bullying are mostly depression and anxiety.

There are lots of types of verbal bullying, like threats of death, insults and mean comments. There is also non verbal comment, but the bully laughs and grimaces to feel superior. These feelings cause depression and anxiety later on in life. Also, some individuals are suspected of having obesity problems and paranoia because of verbal intimidation.

 The worst outcome of verbal bullying is suicide. The victim can't deal with the problems or issues that he has like mental disorders, anxiety, depression and paranoia. The victim will decide to kill himself for peace. By killing himself, he wouldn't have anymore harm or pressure.

Advice for victims of verbal bullying

Verbal bullying is the worst. It is very hard to go through it and not get hurt.

Some advice I can give to you is to talk about your problems with anybody you are close with, your parents, your friends and even your teacher. You have to remember that there always people that are there for you that can help. If you stay positive and try to continue your life going forward, things will get better.

If after that nothing works and the bully is still bothering you it becomes serious and you have to ask your parents to take it in their own hands.

I think that if you listen to this advice, it will help you. 
Things get better. I promise.

Solutions

Verbal intimidation is a subtle form of bullying. It actually hurts more than a physical injury and can sometimes last for a long time on the victim. It can make the targeted person feel vulnerable and lose their self-esteem.

If you are a victim of verbal bullying, here are some solutions for you. First of all, you can try to ignore the bully as much as you can. These people usually enjoy the feeling of being superior to the victim. So by ignoring them, it can make you become a boring target to the bully. If it doesn’t work, you will need to talk to an adult you trust and ask them for help. Verbal intimidation can continue because the victims keep silent about it. So by opening yourself to people, there would be help coming from them. You should also avoid being alone. The fact that you are with a group can make the bully think twice about making you his target. Finally, enjoy doing activities with your friends and find yourself some hobbies. It will remind you that life is enjoyable. Remember that you are not alone!

Anecdote: Marjorie Raymond's story

A teenage girl from Gaspe had been verbally abused for many years. Fifteen year-old Marjorie Raymond's bullying occured at school by another classmate. She had kept this to herself until one day, Marjorie talked to her mother about the verbal bullying. Marjorie Raymond's high school was informed but not much was done to help her. Not enough mesures were taken and Marjorie's mother was unaware of how serious the bullying had become. Therefore, on Monday November 28th 2011, Marjorie couldn't take it anymore and killed herself. In a note, Marjorie blamed her suicide on "the jealous people in this world who only want to destroy happiness". Her death was an eye-opener to many people, politicians in particular, when her story hit the media. Politicians like Pauline Marois, Jean Charest and Dalton McGuinty had taken mesures to help out victims and to give more severe punishments to bullies. We all hope that a story like Marjorie Raymond's doesn't happen again.

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-Anonymous