Personal Narrative: Recognition Of Emotional Abuse

Bullying is unwanted, aggressive behavior among people of all ages, but mostly school-age children. Society has been aware of bullying since around 1693, but it was not viewed as a real problem until the 1970s. “While overall incidents of school violence, such as assault and theft, have declined in the last decade, bullying is on the rise.” (qtd in Tyre) The percentage of middle and high school students that have been victimized by bullying went up from 14 percent in 2001 to 32 percent in 2009. (Tyre)

I spent nearly five years getting rid of the shadows that I have experienced sexual assault. This incident occurred in the winter when I was a five-grade student in primary school. However, until now, I still remember it.

Bullying which is the intentional act to inflict harm, threaten or abuse of others, can range in many ways. Kathryn Hawkins on the article the Office Bully, outlines various issues of this concept. Kathryn states that sometimes people become overconfidence that they left bullies in their past lives maybe high school, but later found out the bullies have ultimately become their bosses. Secondly, bullying may occur when bullies wants to dominate and gain back their powers if they feel endangered. So they tend to overcome their fear by threatening others. Also Kathryn articulates that even the conditions of the workplace can cause bullies to abuse their targets and workplace bully can be difficult to deal with. Although Kathryn has suggested some solutions about these issues, the claim presented does not put up with the issues, rather an encouragement.

Unlike many students, my first year of schooling was undertaken at home, rather than amongst my peers. My subsequent years of schooling were spent in a normal classroom environment; however, I often felt that this year at home, which was characterized by much less interaction with peers than I would have had if I was enrolled in traditional schooling, had left me at a social disadvantage, or slightly behind other children in terms of my level of socialization. I was much shyer than the other children who had already developed groups, friendships, who were much more adept at interacting amongst each other, and generally seemed more outgoing than myself. I often felt like an outsider, with feelings of self-consciousness and a lack of

Over my 13 year's of living, I have broken so many body parts, it’s hard not to break anymore! I have broken about 5 bones/body parts. I have broken my skull, leg, tooth, lip (i’ll explain how to break your lip), and my arm. Here is how i broke all of them…

“A fourteen month old girl is arriving. It is a case of child abuse,” my pediatric resident says. My heart begins beating faster as this is my first case of child abuse and I do not know what to expect nor do I know what to do at this point. About an hour later, a girl with carrot-colored hair is rolled into the PICU, sitting quietly on a stretcher and not crying as I expected. As I get closer to her, I realize that I can barely see her eyes because they were raccoon-like, with black ecchymosis surrounding them. Examining her head, it felt as if I were playing with play-doh; I was able to feel my fingers making depressions from a very evident hematoma. As I continued to examine her, she held her arms out, asking to be carried. I started

Historically bullying has been around since 18th-Centry. Although, it wasn’t called bullying it was called rough-housing. What is seen as bullying or violent behavior today was not viewed the same in history.

My struggle was when I hurt my wrist when I was 12. I was playing basketball at Spiece Fieldhouse for my SportOne team. We were playing a pool play game for a tournament on a Saturday and the tournament was on Sunday. I sprained my wrist falling on the floor.

people don't realize the seriousness of bullying until the abuse has gotten out of control. When

when things are supposed to change, there are victims of bullying whom suffer from different

“Wear your helmet!” my mother insisted as I walked out the door of our home with my friends that hot Saturday morning. Never did I know how important that demand from my mother would be later in that terrible painful day. I truly believe my helmet is the one thing that saved me from my death. This severe wreck that I had encountered served a great amount of pain that I have never experienced in my whole lifetime. My first real experience of physical violence and danger.

Back then, we didn’t have all the manipulative centers, schools have today. It was a completely different set-up, in which socializing wasn’t necessary. I remember dealing more with the teacher, and doing more academics, rather than play, and learning through play wasn’t the main focus. This experience negatively impacted my social and emotional development. I was a great student, but I didn’t know how to socialize with others outside my family. It wasn’t until high school, which I decided to look for support and help, to enhance my social skills. I joined a personal development program which facilitated me to interact, socialize, and communicate effectively with others. It truly transformed me! Today, I have the confidence to speak in front of a crowd of people. I can now communicate with others, and express myself. I’ve learned from my experiences, and try to overcome any obstacle I

“Social-emotional development concerns a person’s capacity for mature interactions with individuals and groups” (Caskey & Anfara, 2014). While young adolescents are socially developing in middle school, they are searching for a specific group of peers to call their own. Middle school is a difficult time for students because they are trying to create a personal identity, as well as gaining acceptance from their peers. Additionally, they have special social needs that must to be met in the classroom in order to become successful. Lastly, even though they look to peers for approval, young adolescents are determining the importance of relationships with the adults around them. Even though middle school students have issues with different types of growth and changes, social development may be the hardest issue to overcome during this time.

Throughout my years in the public school system, I had always struggled to make friends. From the taunts of the bullies on the playground on my first day in kindergarten to my social ostracization in intermediate school, I had never connected with any individual on a personal level. I was known as the class “smart kid”, and while this earned me much respect in the eyes of my

The long buildup to one of my happiest experiences began many years ago, when I first started school. This experience isn’t just one single event that occurred in the span of a day, but a transition that took place over a few months. Even on my very first day of kindergarten, it was already clear to me that going to school wasn’t going to be something that I enjoyed. I was very shy and withdrawn, and the other kids weren’t at all interested in being friends with me. The kids in my class didn’t see my quiet nature as shyness, but rather as something that made me strange. I was often picked on and felt excluded. Even though I always had a close friend through all thirteen years of school, I always felt as though I wasn’t fitting in like I should have been.