Understanding the sub-types of bullies is crucial. It’s not just about knowing there are types of bullies, but also recognizing the sub-types. Here’s everything you need to know to protect yourself.
Types of bullies include physical bullies, verbal bullies, cyberbullies, social bullies, and so on. With sub-types, we go deeper.
Therefore, in this post, you will learn about all the sub-types of bullies so that you can easily identify them when they come for you.
Once you learn all about these categories of bullies, you will be better equipped to defend yourself from bullying and ensure your safety.
This post is all about the sub-types of bullies so that you know who they are and can better protect yourself.
Sub-types of Bullies
Bullies come in different kinds. You can never assume how your bullies will react, as different people respond to other things in various ways.
Speak out against and expose some bullies, and they might leave you alone. Talk about others, and they’ll go to the ends of the earth to get back at you.
Therefore, you must tailor your defense strategies to the particular bully you’re dealing with. To do this, you must be able to distinguish the blowhards from the truly vindictive.
You must differentiate between the smart and the foolish. You must also separate the aggressive and the passive-aggressive.
Never deal blindly with bullies. Why? Because if you handle them willy-nilly, you’ll be at their mercy. And they’ll toss you around like a tornado tosses debris.
To successfully combat bullying, it is essential to recognize the various personality types. Otherwise, you won’t survive.
Here are all the personality types (sub-types) of bullies you likely deal with.
1. Bullies with Narcissism
They may try to hide it. However, their self-importance gives them away. They have excessive pride and an overly inflated sense of entitlement.
All this combined makes them dangerous. They believe they are beyond reproach. Therefore, if they think for a moment that you slighted them, they will pay you back with severe brutality.
Logic and rationality don’t apply to these people. They overreact to what even looks like opposition.
Sub-Types of Bullies:
All you don’t have to do anything to them for them to come after you.
You don’t have to provoke them. In fact, you don’t have to do anything at all. All you have to do is be good at something. In other words, if you outdo them at anything, they’ll take offense to it.
They’ll call you a showoff and take it as you’re trying to be better than them. And they’ll make you pay dearly. If you get recognition for a project well done, these people won’t tolerate it. They hate being in anyone’s shadow!
Bullies with narcissism are usually in the popular crowd at school or in management at work.
Don’t bother trying to second-guess them. Avoid them like the plague! Because they live to cause pain.
It’s in their psychology.
2. Sub-Types of Bullies:
Arrogant Bullies
Arrogant bullies don’t have to have narcissism. Why? Because, in many cases, arrogance comes from insecurity. People may put on an air of arrogance to hide their insecurities.
This kind of bully may have low self-esteem, but they hide that by acting like they’re better than you.
They are a close second to the bullies with narcissism. The only thing that separates them from the narcs is that the narcs really do think they’re superior.
However, the arrogant bullies want you to think they’re superior.
These bullies are harder to spot and less violent. Like those with narcissism, they have extremely fragile egos.
They are highly insecure. Moreover, if they dislike you, they’ll attack in small nibbles. You won’t realize it until they begin taking bigger swipes at you.
These bullies are usually the wannabes. They are groupies to the popular crowd at school or the suck-ups to management at work.
Avoid these people as well because they will bully you to prove their worth to the popular crowd.
3. Suspicious Bullies
These bullies only see the worst in you. They see you as a threat and think that you’re out to get them when you aren’t.
Suspicious bullies aren’t as dangerous as the previous two. You can fool these bullies much easier. And sometimes you must resort to trickery to protect yourself.
To counter these bullies, you must use their suspicions and turn them to someone else. As long as they’re bullying someone else, they’re leaving you alone.
4. Sub-Types of Bullies:
Those with photographic memories
These bullies never forget you. If you were to run into them again 30 years later, you can bet that they will target you again. They’ll pick up where they left off.
If you’re a target of these bullies, they won’t show their hatred outwardly. But they will keep their eyes on you.
They’ll lie in wait as they plot. Then, when the time is right, they’ll exact their brutality with a frigid coldness. These bullies are usually stoic.
To protect yourself, you must punish these bullies so severely that they won’t even think of coming for you again.
5. Bullies who aren’t very bright
These individuals are easy to counter and won’t anticipate your counterattack. These are the bullies you can most easily defend yourself against. Also, they’re easy to expose.
Again, you must know your bullies if you expect to overcome them. Knowing your bullies means understanding their personalities and being able to predict their future actions.
Only then will you be able to protect yourself against them.
6. Sub-Types of Bullies:
Passive-Aggressive Bullies
These types of bullies are slick with their attacks. They catch you off guard, taunting you in such a way that it can be tricky to figure out if it’s you they’re aiming their attacks at.
Sometimes, you don’t even know until it’s too late for you to deliver a good comeback.
Why? Because the bully may not necessarily address it to you. In other words, you may not know they’re talking about you.
However, bystanders will immediately know who the covert nastiness was meant for. It’s funny how we tend to see so much clearer from the outside.
What’s so terrible about this is that the stealthy insults are usually hurled at you in front of an audience. And they can quickly fly over your head.
As a result, you end up looking like a clueless idiot for not catching it in time. The bully’s words are vague and unclear. But they’ll still nibble at your self-esteem.
Passive-aggressive bullies are cowards.
They take a chunk out of your pride, whether you want them to or not. Why? Because you usually figure it out sooner or later. It only goes to prove how vicious these covert attacks can be.
The bully and a few others think they’re being cute and witty. And they slap you with burn after burn. However, see these people for who they are and why they’re so slick with their mouths.
They’re nothing but cowards. Why? Because they lack the courage to make a direct attack. They’re afraid of how you might respond, so they hit you with sneak attacks to stun you into silence.
Here’s how you protect yourself from these creeps. Learn to read between the lines. Also, learn to read the room when they get slick-mouthed with you.
Also, listen to your gut. If you have a bad feeling in the pit of your stomach, don’t ignore it.
Watch the people around you. Notice their reactions. Also pay attention to any clusters. If you see any of these expressions below, you are the target of the insult.
- Witnesses’ eyes suddenly widen and they immediately look at you funny after the bully opens his mouth
- They alternate uncomfortable glances from the bully to you, then back to the bully.
- You hear light gasps and grunts of shock from the “audience.”
- Their faces suddenly change and mouths slightly gape open.
- You hear soft but derisive giggles, chuckles, or laughter
- You see or hear snickering
If you notice any of these things, let the bully have it!
7. Sub-Types of Bullies:
Those who are easily Offended
For people who love to dish out the bullshit, bullies are the most easily offended. They have such fragile egos that it takes zero effort to offend them.
Understand that people who are easily offended take things completely out of context. They attach meaning to your behavior when it’s completely devoid of personal meaning.
Even if you are neutral, these bullies will find ways to turn it into a personal affront or confrontation.
With these pansies, it’s always:
- “She doesn’t agree with everything I say, do, and think, so that means she doesn’t like me!”
- “He has a different opinion than me, so that means he’s looking down his nose at me!”
- “She doesn’t like the same things I like, so that means she hates me!”
When they do this, they presume to know what you’re thinking and feeling.
In Closing
In life, you will run into all kinds of bullies. This is why you must understand their personality types so that you can better predict their behavior. Then, you can tailor your defense tactics
This post was all about the sub-Types of bullies so that you can predict their next move and tailor your defense against them.
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