‘Want to know all the facts about suicide from bullying? Here are all the details you need to know so that if you ever contemplate taking your own life because of bullying, you’ll reconsider and choose life.

The suicide rate of bullying victims has skyrocketed in the last twenty years. This is heartbreaking. Therefore, in this post, you will learn that we can help lower the rates of suicide from bullying so that we can give victims hope and encouragement.

Once you learn all about these details, you will be able to lower the suicide rate, starting with yourself, and then give hope to those who still struggle.

This post is all about suicide from bullying, so that you can discover just how serious it is and not only take steps to ensure that you, yourself, do not end up being another statistic, but give other victims hope and encouragement so that they won’t become statistics either.

Suicide from bullying

Bullying has made headlines for the last twenty or so years. Millions of innocent kids are targets of bullying in school. And technology has only made it much worse.

I look back on my own suicide attempt when I was fourteen. I was angry that I survived the attempt then. However, I’m so thankful for my survival today. I now know that God gave me a second chance.

And he didn’t have to give me that. There are so many bullied kids who don’t get a second chance when they attempt suicide. Instead, they succeed at taking their own lives. And it’s heartbreaking!

God did not give me a second chance because I deserved it. None of us “deserves” anything from Him. I don’t know why he chose to give me another shot at life. But what I do know is that I’m grateful.

Here are 3 Facts about Suicide from Bullying

1. Victims don’t really want to die, they just want the pain to stop.

Suicide is not a natural act. It happens to bullied kids and adults when the bullying reaches such a high level that the person sees death as the only escape. It’s not that the victim wants to die. I don’t think victims really want death. They only want the pain to stop.

Victims feel they have tried everything else, and now, it seems that death is the only option they have left. Victims die from suicide because they have grown tired of fighting. They’ve tried reporting it, but no one listens because they don’t care.

Suicide from Bullying:

2. When bullied victims die from suicide, IT’S from an ACCUMULATION OF INCIDENTS.

Many times, the few friends the person has aren’t true friends. Why? Because they don’t have their back when the bullies come calling. This causes the victim to feel betrayed and sold out.

Nothing is worse than the realization that someone you trust doesn’t have your back. And, there’s no one worse than a friend who does not value your friendship.

Why? Because if they don’t value your friendship, they won’t think enough of you to speak against the torment. The shock of it is akin to being kicked in the stomach.

3. It’s not only the BULLYING, it’s the isolation, alienation, and lack of support that comes with it.

Targets of bullying have tried defending themselves, only for others to blame and punish them for it. Victims of bullying don’t consider suicide when the bullying first starts. They only reach the point of considering suicide when the bullying has gone on for so long and escalated such that the bullies have become deranged.

And when bullies become deranged, all they can focus on is ways to hurt their victims and hold them down. They become dangerously obsessed with their victims.

As a result, the victims suffer so much abuse that they see no way to escape it. Also, people have stopped listening to their cries for help. Sometimes, even family members.

 Moreover, it isn’t only the pain of bullying, it’s the isolation and alienation that comes when others bully you. It’s all these factors combined that add up to pain that only a few can comprehend. And, it’s what drives victims to suicide.

Suicide from Bullying:

Learning Everything you can about bullies and bystanders can save your life.

Bullies bully you because they want power over you. They want power and control over you because they don’t have it over their own lives. Bullies are so insecure that the only way they can feel good about themselves is to make you feel bad.

Bullies are the biggest cowards in the world. However, most bystanders are also cowards. Sadly, most bystanders would rather watch someone else being harassed and do nothing to help them than risk pissing the bullies off. However, when they refuse to help you, they are just as guilty as the brutes who inflict the torment.

Another thing bystanders don’t think about is that any one of them could be next. And they wouldn’t like it if they were the ones being targeted and others saw it happen. They would be humiliated if people watched bullies pummeling them with insults, fists, and feet.

And what if one of the people witnessing was in a position to help them but chose not to? Here’s the truth you need to see right now. Most bystanders are arrogant. Why? Because they don’t think that bullying could ever happen to them.

Therefore, as long as it isn’t happening to them or someone they care about, they don’t care. This is what makes them just as bad as the bullies themselves.

The Trauma from Bullying Accumulates over time

People who watch the bullying but stand by and let it happen have no idea. They don’t know what it’s like to be on the receiving end.

They can never comprehend the pain this causes. It is a pain that most targets can see no end to. Again, all too often, a victim resorts to suicide to make it stop.

Suicide is one of the top causes of death among people ages 12 to 25. And the death of any young person is a tragic waste of precious life!

Some bystanders consider ridiculing another human as being funny, cool, or both. However, to the person being ridiculed, it is anything but that.

Small taunts and digs can add up over time and have a cumulative result of pain that is devastating. When others bully you, the suffering only grows. Each taunt, dig, or cruel joke cuts a little deeper.

Suicide from Bullying:

Bullied people were dying from suicide long before it was considered newsworthy.

Long before the late 90s and early 2000s, the subject of bullying was a taboo issue to bring up. You couldn’t mention it in conversation or even write about it.

Up until about twenty-five years ago, most people refused to discuss it. Targets often kept it hidden due to the shame that typically accompanies being a victim.

Why? Because in most cases, they knew they’d pay a heavy price for it. It was likely that others would blame them, accuse them of being the aggressor, or label them as “weak.”

However, here’s the reality. It doesn’t matter how tough, strong, smart, or awesome a person is. Anyone can become a victim of bullying. And bullies are such cowards that they always attack in groups.

Suicide from bullying:

Bullying usually occurs in numbers.

There is strength in numbers. In other words, large numbers of people can have a cumulative power that can overwhelm even the greatest, toughest, strongest, and most intelligent individuals.

If enough others are against you, you are powerless. It does not matter how strong, smart, beautiful, or easy-going you may be.

Only when school officials open up, face the truth, and admit that bullying exists in their schools can they tackle the problem. Moreover, they can make a safer learning environment for all students.

Over the last twenty-five years, people have finally recognized bullying as a serious enough problem to address publicly. It has made national headlines and is now one of today’s issues.

I believe that this is long overdue.

We must teach kids confidence.

Too many parents and schools fail to teach children the confidence they need to stand up to bullies. Teach kids confidence and save their life.

In closing

If you suffer bullying at school or work, I want you to know that there is still hope. Additionally, I want to assure you that you are awesome, regardless of what your peers may think or say.

  Rest assured that you are never alone and that there are so many other people – awesome people who suffer the same. You are good enough and you do matter.

You have value. And your value does not decrease because of your peers’ inability to see your worth.

No matter how hopeless your situation may be now, you must know that life won’t always be this way. There will come a day when you will be free of your tormentors. I am living proof that you can go on to live a happy, peaceful, and successful life. Just don’t give up. Protect your mental health. Strive to keep living.

You are worth fighting for, and you are worth living for!

This post was all about suicide from bullying, so that you know all the contributing factors. Also, the purpose of it is to encourage you to live even when things are at their worst.

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