Bullying Affects on the Brain

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link: http://www.brainfacts.org/in-society/in-society/articles/2015/bullying-and-the-brain/

The articled stressed the importance of bullying in relation to the brain.People who are bullied often struggle with depression, anxiety, poor self esteem, and drug abuse. These behaviors of those who were bullied can lead to long term changes in the brain. Changes such as emotional and cognitive deficits can be the result behind behavioral issues. The affects of bullying can be very stressful which often leads to drug abuse. High levels of stress can weaken the immune system; which, can be linked to psychiatric disorders. Overall, evidence shows bullying affects children both physically and biologically; therefore, putting them at risk of future health problems.

Bullying has been a major issue in the U.S for a while now so that's why I took interest in this topic. In my opinion, the article took an biological approach to the matter that many people tend to over look. Many people think bullying is an issue; however, they tend to think it is a short term matter rather than a long term matter. I believe this article does a great job expressing the long term effects of bullying that results in brain deficits. Lastly, I think the article was informative and I would recommend this article to schools as well as parents to show the long term effects.

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  1. UnknownMay 2, 2017 at 7:52 AM

    Bullying is most defiantly a hot topic that is even moving outside the realm of school age children. I would expect many more articles like these to be published down the road as it is relatively new. There is similar research involving the British civil service and hierarchy that directly related health and position. Although school isn't set up exactly as a hierarchy, the constant bullying and belittlement might show similar patterns.

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  2. UnknownMay 2, 2017 at 3:48 PM

    I think this article is also very important to today's society. Many people do overlook bullying and don't understand how much harm it can cause to children and adolescents. Articles like these are very important for people to see because it can help people look at bullying as not only causing emotional harm but as causing long term physical harm as well.

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  3. Alexander EikenbergMay 2, 2017 at 11:17 PM

    I think it's strange that Cortisol hasn't been brought up as relevant. It of course makes sense that aggressive and unsafe conditions lead to less than adaptive development and emotional distress, but the actual stress responses in the body and Cortisol in the brain have observable effects and affect people who suffer stress from conflict, poverty, food insecurity, etc.

    An environment where bullying is permitted or encouraged sets up individuals to experience the sympathetic activation of a threat response much more regularly than is healthy, constricting their veins, crashing their attention, inhibiting cognitive functioning, jacking up aggression, encouraging emotive suppression, and eating away at one's well-being.

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  4. UnknownMay 3, 2017 at 12:09 AM

    This is a great article. People know bullying can impact an individual and result in emotional distress. But people do not think the victim's brain development changes. Bullying should be brought to people's attention that it is life-long biological changes versus just a physical conflict between kids.

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  5. DanielleKellyNovember 17, 2017 at 12:06 AM

    This article does not really surprise me much. Many children who are bullied usually have some sort of mental or learning disability or have some emotional troubles. Children with these issues tend to keep to themselves or are "slow" and do not fit it, which is why they are bullied. Then after being bullied it only hurts these underlying issues and makes them worse for when they grow up.

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