Bullying and depression?

Bullying at school and depression. Depression can be linked to bullying at school. Bullying at school occurs often. Children are namely not always nice to each other, and in many cases they can be downright cruel. If you are being bullied, it is often difficult to just ignore this. They call you names or they push you around in a circle. There are many different types of bullying. What can you do about this? Or how can you make it so that they stop bullying?

Bullying at school? Why do children bully?

What are the reasons?

Children often bully other children of whom they find that they are different. For example, if you are very smart and get good grades, it can be so that other children bully you. You might wonder if this is a good reason. Of course, this is not a good reason. There never is any good reason to bully. If you read tis, some children might thing that those who bully you do have a good reason, but this is never true. You should think or yourself what might be a good reason for you to bully other children. Because they do not have a lot of friends? Because they wear different clothes? Because they are smart? No, none of these reasons are good reasons to bully other children. Therefore, even in your case, there is no good reason to bully you.

Bullying at school? Is it my fault?

This depends on the situation. In general, it is so that children who bully often have problems themselves. Oftentimes, the children who bully have issues at home or are jealous of your good marks, or simply find it easy to bully someone, because it means that they do not have to look at themselves, It thus means that bullies are often unhappy about something in their lives, and that this causes them to bully you.

Bullying at school? How do you deal with it?

If you are being bullied, it might be a good idea to talk about this with your teacher or principal. Your parents, too, can help you in many cases. If  you want them to stop bullying, you could also do something yourself, such as telling them what you think of the bullying, or ignoring them,... Every bully requires a different approach, which you might be able to talk about with your parents. 15 Minutes 4 Me developed an online self-help program which can help you in talking to others about this, or which helps you to deal with your negative feelings or stress regarding the bullying. Children of 12 years and older or with a large vocabulary can follow the program, but sometimes some help from their parents might be required.

Bullying at school? Take the depression test!

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