Indirect Bullying
Indirect bullying is when someone spreads rumors or stories about someone else. It's also known as gossiping. Examples of indirect bullying can be destroying relationships and reputations, causing embarrassment, gossiping, graffiting, giving glares and dirty looks, and using negative body language. Girls are more indirect with their bullying, while with boys are much more direct and physical. Girls are usually more hurtful with words and can be very sneaky and nasty .
Usually these verbal attacks or alienations will occur when there are no adults present in the situation. It is much easier for a bully to get away with something if an adult does not hear or see it. Indirect bullying is much harder to identify since there is no physical damage done, but should not be taken lightly.
Ways to stop this-
1. Know that anger and violence is never the
answer. If you lose your temper, the bully might tell someone that you
were yelling/cursing or harming the bully in any way. That would get you
in trouble. You not have the courage to say that that person is
bullying you. It's times like that where you would have to stand up
and say something.
2. Simply walk away. If you walk away and the bully follows, tell the people around you to join in and have some fun with you. The bully will eventually get bored and walk away. Most bullies like attention, but when they don't get the attention they want, they leave. Continuously doing that could stop the bullying all together.
3. You need to confuse the bully. Every time the bully says something you can start dancing or laughing. Before the bully can say anything, you can say a bunch of knock knock jokes. The bully would be so confused that he/she may walk away. Hopefully if you keep doing this, the bullying will stop all together.
4. You should know that this won't last forever. It will stop eventually, so you should take it one day at a time. But if the bullying is starting to affect you in social and physical ways, then tell someone immediately!
Usually these verbal attacks or alienations will occur when there are no adults present in the situation. It is much easier for a bully to get away with something if an adult does not hear or see it. Indirect bullying is much harder to identify since there is no physical damage done, but should not be taken lightly.
Ways to stop this-
1. Know that anger and violence is never the
answer. If you lose your temper, the bully might tell someone that you
were yelling/cursing or harming the bully in any way. That would get you
in trouble. You not have the courage to say that that person is
bullying you. It's times like that where you would have to stand up
and say something.
2. Simply walk away. If you walk away and the bully follows, tell the people around you to join in and have some fun with you. The bully will eventually get bored and walk away. Most bullies like attention, but when they don't get the attention they want, they leave. Continuously doing that could stop the bullying all together.
3. You need to confuse the bully. Every time the bully says something you can start dancing or laughing. Before the bully can say anything, you can say a bunch of knock knock jokes. The bully would be so confused that he/she may walk away. Hopefully if you keep doing this, the bullying will stop all together.
4. You should know that this won't last forever. It will stop eventually, so you should take it one day at a time. But if the bullying is starting to affect you in social and physical ways, then tell someone immediately!