Bullying, what is bullying? The definition of a bully is a person who hurts, frightens, or terrorizes over those who are smaller or weaker. Why would anybody stoop as low to pick on another individual? When people get bullied you don’t know how to react. Millions of thoughts race inside of people’s heads who get bullied, not one of those thoughts are how to stop it from happening. Here are some ways to keep them away and keep you less stressed out; talk to a friend about it, try to ignore the problem, and walk away from the problem.
Firstly, when you are being bullied everything is blurry and your mind turns off; you’re stuck between anger and sadness. Ignoring the bully would get rid of the problem altogether. The more you ignore the problem the less and less they will bother you. An anonymous senior has experienced bullying and she went on to explain, “When I was little, people bullied me because I was bigger.” When the LaRue County Journal interviewed her. The LaRue County Journal also asked her, “did they ever stop bulling you?”, which she responded “yes, I started not worrying about it and they eventually stopped.” Ignoring the problem causes the bully to go forth with their own life instead of making yours terrible. Staying away from the problem should work. Bullies have their boundaries too.
Another thing, try reasoning with the bully. If you can’t get rid of the bully make him/her your friend. Bullies are usually closed inside their own little bubble by themselves and that’s why he/she frustrated you. Getting the bully to open up to you and becoming your friend will stop the problem, plus you get a friend in the process. When somebody is a bully it is usually because somebody is bullying them. Talking to somebody who is a bully that is willing to let their frustrations out with words instead of violence, wouldn’t just let the bully feel better but this would make the school have one less bully.
Lastly, talk to your friends about it, get everything off of your chest. Whenever you talk to your friends or someone your age about what has happened to you it makes you feel more safe than if you kept it to yourself. Getting what has upset you off of your chest doesn’t just get all that stress out, but now you have people that have been through those experiences as well. The LaRue County Journal had interviewed a junior, and asked her “have you ever been bullied.” She proclaimed, “Yes. When I was being bullied, I talked to my closest friends about it and it lifted a big weight off of my shoulders.” Studies show more than half of bullying situations (57%) stop when a peer intervenes on the student being bullied. http://www.pacer.org/bullying/resources/stats.asp. When students pick on other students this doesn’t just effect the student being bullied, this affects the friends of the student and people around when the bullying occurs. When people hear about bullying the whole school reacts on behalf.
In conclusion, bullying is what everybody has been through at least once in their lifetime, if it was a couple years ago or now. Bullying has a strong grip on people; by ignoring the bully, making the bully your friend, and talking to people your age about bullying, you aren’t just rising your self-esteem but your stopping bullies from walking all over, not just you but for other people too. This age of individuals frightening or hurting another has to stop.