Why bullying is not okay?

Bullying is a behavior that can occur at any point in life but is mostly associated with our school-age years of life.  Bullying can exhibit itself in a variety of forms and happen for a variety of reasons.  It is toxic behavior that has a number of negative implications that make it definitely not okay. One part of bullying that makes it not okay is that it can cause serious mental health issues and/or lifelong trauma.  The person that is being bullied could start to develop serious mental health issues, such as depression, anxiety, PTSD, among others.  For some people, the times that they are bullied are experienced as trauma for their brain.  When that is the case, they will likely deal with triggers connected to when they were bullied throughout their lives.  So even though they might be bullied for a few months in their younger years of life, it could last with them for a lifetime. 

At face value, it might seem like bullying only impacts the person being bullied and the person bullying, but it actually can go so much further than that.  Bullying can impact the environment that the bullying is occurring. For example, if someone is bullying another employee in the workplace, it will likely lead to others who are not directly being bullied feeling uncomfortable, nervous, and/or scared to go to work.  Bullying is not okay because its toxicity can reach places that the person bullying does not even realize.

Bullying is typically behavior that sees unresolved issues going on in the person bullying.  The person bullying could have unresolved issues in their own life that those around them do not see.  By bullying, they tend to avoid these unresolved issues and cover them up rather than facing them.  Also, someone that is bullying could have undiagnosed mental health issues that they should receive help for but will likely avoid as long as they continue to see bullying as the best way to cope.  These unseen reasons can easily grow into something more and more serious.