Dealing with the After Math of Bullying
Today, I want to discuss the aftermath that a lot of former victims and bullies are going through as well as ways that have helped them on the road to recovery. For some victims and former bullies, the road to recovery is short lived. For others, it's not. Regardless how long it takes, my first recommendation is DO NOT RUSH IT. There is no absolute set time that you have to get over being bullied or bullying others. The same is said for any trauma or heartache someone is going through.
My second recommendation is to keep in mind (which I've stressed before on here in the past and I will continue to do so in the future) is that EACH experience is different, which means the situation will be handled differently too. This isn't only common with bullying. It's typical with everything else that life throws at us. While solution 1 may work for person A, may not work for person B. For example, I don't think a lot of people would be too keen on using physical violence as a way to handle their problem of being bullied if they aren't being physically abused in the first place.
With all of that said, for former victims and bullies...What aftermath have you developed because of the bullying? What solutions or coping mechanisms have you used to deal with the aftermath? How long have you been on the road to recovery, or it took you to recover completely?
*Note: This post will be public because this post may help non-members with bullying and dealing with the after effects. If you're someone that's weary about what the public will see, be careful of what you write about.
ETA: Know that there may be trigger warnings if you read the comments of suicide and abuse as people relay their personal experinces to what happened to them after they were bullied.
My second recommendation is to keep in mind (which I've stressed before on here in the past and I will continue to do so in the future) is that EACH experience is different, which means the situation will be handled differently too. This isn't only common with bullying. It's typical with everything else that life throws at us. While solution 1 may work for person A, may not work for person B. For example, I don't think a lot of people would be too keen on using physical violence as a way to handle their problem of being bullied if they aren't being physically abused in the first place.
With all of that said, for former victims and bullies...What aftermath have you developed because of the bullying? What solutions or coping mechanisms have you used to deal with the aftermath? How long have you been on the road to recovery, or it took you to recover completely?
*Note: This post will be public because this post may help non-members with bullying and dealing with the after effects. If you're someone that's weary about what the public will see, be careful of what you write about.
ETA: Know that there may be trigger warnings if you read the comments of suicide and abuse as people relay their personal experinces to what happened to them after they were bullied.