Having watched the news a minute ago, there was a new story regarding bullying within schools and it made me think back to when I first started at school in Bristol, and how I was subject to bullying to begin with…

But how does bullying effect people? Well its obvious it effects them there and then, but I am thinking beyond that. I think you can see it kind of like a glass with a crack in it, it will still work and hold liquid, but any further pressure on that crack and the glass will break or fall apart.

In the same way I believe the tears that are shed during the bullying don’t totally disappear, an inner tear remains as a reminder of what went on in the past. Like with any other pain you face in life, experiencing being bullied makes you grow stronger so that you can overcome it, yet deep down that bullying will leave an insecurity in you waiting to be triggered. If someone manages to find that trigger, that “soft spot” you could find that insecurity showing face again and emotions boiling up from the past.

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