Bullying-Related Suicides

Bullying is one of the leading causes in teen suicide today. People bullied in the past or present have been studied and it has shown that they have a lower quality of life. Though they have a lower quality of life, the have better physical and mental health. (“Seaman” 1). Studies have shown that most bullying happens in middle school and high school. There is bullying in elementary school but it is minimal and less serious (“Bullying Statistics” 1). Most kids refuse to speak up while being bullied in fear that the bully will just taunt them more (“Cyber-Safety Act” 2). Bullying has become a very serious issue regarding our society today.

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.

Bullies. People say they want to be them, but why I must ask. Bullies, make it there life mission to torment others to make them feel hopeless, unwanted and feel as though if they committed suicide everything would be better. I have always wondered why bullies are bullies are they upset with their lives that they make it there life mission to ruin others as well? I don’t know. But the thing is that many kids sometimes adults suffer from bullying some more severely than others.

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.

Suicides happen more often in America because of bullying. Bullying needs to stop. Bullying is worse than a bystander because there depressed, mad, or sad.

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

Self homicide also known as suicide is a devastating incident for family, friends, and peers. Suicide is a highly common occurrence within teenagers and is the third leading cause of death for teenagers and young adults. One frequent cause of suicide is bullying. Bullying affects the minds of students and colleagues. Large amounts of students stay home everyday in fear of others taking advantage of them. Not only does bullying push toward the thoughts and attempts of suicide, it also affects the future of others, and lowers self confidence. Should bullies be seen as criminals and potentially criminally charged if their victim commits suicide?

Mueller, A. S., James, W., Abrutyn, S., & Levin, M. L. (2015). Suicide ideation and bullying among US adolescents: examining the intersections of sexual orientation, gender, and race/ethnicity. American Journal of Public Health, 105(5), 980-985. doi:10.2105/AJPH.2014.302391

This part of the book is just to let you know you’re not alone, and if you are being bullied by someone or a group of people, it’s extremely important to let someone know what going on, an adult, a teacher, your family members, your preacher, the list goes on for those individuals who are ready to assist you in your plight. Bullies are attracted to loners; people who are socially vulnerable. This is just a proven fact. Most kids who are bullied are afraid to speak up and let someone know what they’re going through which almost always lead to tragic results. Teen suicide is on the rise and most cases are linked to bullying. If you open up and speak up a adult can help you get the proper help to stop bullying. Instead of taking measures into your own hands, which could be dangerous? Never let things escalate to the point of violence.

This viewpoint may seem as an easy and simple solution to someone who has not experienced the full, frontal effects of bullying, but to the abused, it is the hardest solution to choose. Many teenagers have been bullied with harassment during school and cyberbullying outside of school, which proves that bullying has evolved from a kid getting beat up at school to non-stop emotional harassment at home, via the internet (Faris 1). The evolution of bullying not only has evolved into more ways a bully can harass another person but it also has increased how long a person can get bullied, therefore kids feel like they have no safe haven. "Victimization is also significantly related to suicidal ideation, social isolation, anxiety, and depression" (Faris 1). Anyone who has ever been subjected to bullying can develop future feelings of self-doubt, feelings of worthlessness, or in worse case scenarios ideas of suicide and death (Faris 1). Yet, if a victim chooses to not allow the bully to continue to take advantage of them, then scenarios previously stated can be halted. The effects of bullying on young people's mental health are serious and should not be taken lightly, but it does not have to define who that person is or what that person can become if only that person would choose to not let

I have a question have you ever been bully in your life ? today i’m going to show you how many kids kill themselves, how they berten to be sick to miss school. Alex libby was a teenager he was bullied because just the way his faces looks people had threaten him to punch him in his faces and had sexaully assualt him in him

Bullying humiliates and chips away at teens self esteem frequently leading in teen suicide. Bullying is the leading cause of teen suicide in America. In this paper I will be arguing three main points for and against my topic of bullying. I will have information from many different sources that will be supporting my topic as well as contradicting them. My three points are bullying is the leading cause of teen suicide. My second point is if a teen was bullied that could lead to low self esteem and depression. My third and last reason it that bullying can lead to a wide variety of mental disorders.

The victim , the bully , the bystander. Which one are you? Think long and hard about the one you are and if it’s hurting you or the other person. Bullying can be a way or more affective than you think it can be. For example , physical , social , and verbal are three main types of bullying.

Bullying has been proven to be the leading cause of almost half of the reported cases of suicide (“Bullying and Suicide”, 2015). That means that half of our “children just being children” may actually result in the death of another child. Maybe they are not physically killing the victims, but mentally they are destroying their whole world and then some. Half of these suicides caused by bullying, is half too many suicide cases period. If you are clearly pushing someone to the point of hatred towards themselves as to where they see no way out then you honestly deserve to be prosecuted.

But both articles show that bullying alone does not result in direct suicide, there are some other factors which contribute a lot toward the final step of suicide. These factors include depressions, problems faced by student at home, trauma history of students. Both of these articles also provide some suggestions regarding the solution of this issue (prevention of bullying). Both articles describes that