Maryam Lemu – IMPACT OF BULLYING ON RELATIONSHIPS
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The speaker discusses how bullying can affect one's mental health and behavior, causing wounds and injuries. They suggest that the effects of bullying can be deep and damaging, and that one may have to pull someone down to try and eliminate them.
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If you were a victim of bullying, and this could come in any kind of
form, it could be physical bullying, psychological bullying,
verbal bullying, cyber bullying, you might have been beaten or told
terrible things, like, you were stupid, you were dumb, you were
useless. I remember one of my students once said that her mother
told her she was a waste of school fees. And like I shared at the
beginning, there was someone who had an extra child that I didn't
know they had, and they said, Oh, that was the mistake. So imagine
growing up being told things that mentally make you feel small.
Sadly, they could come from family members, friends, even teachers.
It could come from school, as I said, it could also come from the
internet. It may sound childish to be talking about bullying.
However, the effects of bullying can go very deep and cause so many
wounds and scars. It causes low self esteem, causes insecurities,
and it can affect your mental health. The beautiful thing my son
says about bullies is they have to be beneath you to be able to pull
you down. Remember this, bullies have to be beneath you to try and
pull you down. You.