Bullies: Suicides In America

Bullying is such a difficult topic to grab a hold of. Children may experience bullying and not say it to their parents. Parents may suspect something wrong with their children but don’t know how to pro[per address the issue. I was bullied a lot. I remember being smashed against a locker in 7th grade. My brother was bullied during this middle school and high school years. Yet, my brother learned martial arts as a way to defense. However, I was more of an resorted in listening to music and keep all my emotions to myself. I learned over the years the power of speaking out and having a great support system.

Kids who bully either have a reason as to why they are doing so, or they are just doing it with no particular reason. If they don’t have a reason, then it’s probably because they are popular and think they have control and all power over everyone else. If

There has been about 4,400 deaths a year do to suicide. Suicide can be caused by many things. A person can be pushed to suicide, if they are bullied and/or deeply depressed.

Bullying is a big problem in America. Like being cyber bullying because of you how much you weight. Also being bullied because of your sexuality is different from other people. Bullying can cause big effects on people like having thoughts about committing suicide. Suicide is one of the landing causes of death, and teenagers being bullied is the reason why in America. Suicide stories are important to be heard so we can portent more suicides from happening.

American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (2016), found that suicide is the tenth leading cause of death in people, which means approximately 44,965 Americans die by suicide. Men, however, are 3.53x more likely to commit suicide. The group that had the highest suicide rate were middle age males (45-65 years old). The second highest group is people aged above 85 years old. For people in the 15-24-year-old age group, the suicide rate is 13.15% (AFSP, 2016).

According to the CDC, suicide is the third leading cause of death in youth between the ages of 10 and 24. It results in approximately 4,400 deaths each year (Get the Facts). Most teens are bullied because of looks, body shape, and race. These things cause many issues, including; suicide, self harm, and even depression. Teenage bullying is a very common issue in the US. There are many types of bullying, including; cyber, physical, verbal, and so many more. It can cause so many issues and affect many people.

According to the Suicide Prevention Action Network of Idaho (SPAN) “Both victims and perpetrators of bullying are at a higher risk of suicide than their peers. Children who are both victims and perpetrators of bullying are at highest risk.”

Bullies gain self-pleasure by inflicting pain towards others of the same class, often making their lives miserable. In many cases children may start bullying other children because they don’t understand that is wrong. Bullying also can be learning from home, community, television, movies or internet. The bullies can be also victimization by others, physical abuse, modeling of bullying behavior from parents or lack of supervision by parents.

In the article Big Bad Bully by Hara Estroff Marano she discusses the main components of behavior that make up a bully, who can be a bully and why people choose to bully others. In the beginning of the article she focuses on suicide victims who could no longer take the mental, physical and emotional abuse of bullying. Marano (2017), “Months later, in Cherokee County, Georgia, 15-year-old Brian Head grew tired of the same teasing and deeds. The denouement was only slightly more remarkable. He shot himself to death—in front of his classmates. He walked to the front of the classroom and pulled the trigger.” The same teasing and deeds Marano is speaking of is being tripped in the hall, various name calling and being physically bullied. The article goes into depth of how the Western society treats bullying. We are prone to often dismiss bullying as kids being kids and, teachers are in denial that any such behavior exist in their class. However, the sad truth is that more times than not there is always a classroom bully. Because we often overlook the severity of bullying choosing to close our eyes we get a harsh reality when someone commits suicide. It forces us to acknowledge the hard truth with open eyes that we have chosen to close for too long.

There is one death by suicide in the US every 12.3 minutes… Why? Well because of being bullied and made fun of. Not only committing suicide but also 160,000 kids around the world stay home from school because of bullying. Bulling is becoming more and more severe as time passes and for some people this is becoming accepted by many kids and it keeps on spreading more and more. Most of these children and teens that stay home, think of committing suicide every day and not many people notice these types of kids and not know what to do to help. Bullying is a social injustice because Many children, adults and teens are in the state of depression and some even feel

As I mentioned before, kids may become a bully because they are having trouble at home. For example, there mom could have grounded them for no reason. So then the next day, they go to school and take it out on another kid. It is a fact that, kids may become a bully to feel like they are fitting in, or they might think that they are part of a group. It could be this way because they see other people bullying kids, so then they bully to feel like they are a part of the other kids group.

Kids hurt others and they don’t even realize what bad things they do. Teens think that bullying is just a funny game when it really does hurt people. There are all kinds of victims of bullying and here are some of them. “All four of September’s bullying-related suicides involved young people who were either out of the closet or were assumed gay” [Cloud page 3]. This is important because the kinds that are bullied possibly go through depression. The people that are around them everyday might not notice what they are going through because they might not approve of what they like . People that get picked on have a better chance of hurting themselves than others do. Young people that are messed with on the internet get easily hurt [Kaplan

Bullying can often lead a person(most often kids) into a mindset full of pain and confusion. many kids that

After some research, I found out that the main reason for someone to be a bully is the lack of attention, when a parent is absent from a child life, this kid crave attention, wants people too notice him. Another cause can be that the kid is being bullied from an older person that represents power to them, for example a parent, teacher or older sibling. That’s why they look for a less powerful target. (STOMP Out Bullying)

It may be difficult to grasp, but “How does a bully victim think?” It’s hard to imagine children living in pain, both physically and emotionally. This is how bully victims feel every day. Every time they are confronted by their bully, they feel more and more worthless. Imagine being laughed at, pointed at, and talked about and made fun of on a continuous basis. The impact of these abuses can be devastating. Bullied victims may feel like there is no escape, from the pain and torment. They dread getting out of bed on school days, and they look for ways to stay home.