After Being Bullied for So Long, You Seemingly Grow Accustomed to It

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It’s one of the most heartbreaking aspects of being bullied- enduring it for so long that you finally grow accustomed to it and resign yourself. Sadly, targets eventually grow numb because the bullying has gone on for so long that the attacks don’t even hurt anymore.

What happens it that you get so used to the torment that the more subtle attacks no longer sound cruel. Some people think that targets are better off when they no longer realize they’re being bullied. But are they really?

I don’t know. In some instances, yes, and in others, no. If you don’t react because you don’t know to, some bullies will get bored with the lack of response and leave you alone. But others will only bully you worse because either they know you didn’t catch it, or they get angry because you must be ignoring them.

Either way, there comes a point when the target just says, “F it!” and doesn’t care anymore. In order to survive and keep your sanity, sometimes it becomes a necessity not to give a damn.

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  1. murisopsis says:

    Very true! I endured for 26 years. I let the words roll off my back like water off a duck. It enraged my bully but I’d gotten to the point that nothing they said or did changed my opinion of myself. Their opinion did not define my self-worth. My life was not defined by my job and although I had friends at work they were not the ones I spent time with outside work hours. I lived a double life and was all the better for it!

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