Why do people bully?

I've heard that the bullies are insecure and are just trying to make themselves think they are better than everyone else. People often follow the bullies becasue they are afraid and they don't want to be the ones being bullied. I've seen this on newsprograms alot, bullying in school. I'm sorry ytou are gettig bullied. I used to work with children and I went to a seminar once. I can't remember the name of the book or the author/speaker. I remember one remark about laughing at the person who is bullying you. I wasn't sure if I agreed with that though. I kind of thought if people were argumentive or fighters, it would make the situation worse. Do you have anyone you can talk to about this that can offer better information? I'd recommend a school guidance counselor, but te one I had in school, was a waste of time. MAybe an outside counselor. They can teach you ways to deal with it. Or a support group. Online and/or in person. There is nothing wrong with you for not wanting to fight or anything like that. It's tough when the school is excellent, but the peers are bullies. I went to a small school. That was the only choice for me of schools. I was never bullied and I never bullied anyone. I was nice to everyone. I was shy and quiet. I did see others being bullied that I wish I had the strength to stick up for them and to help them.

Some school's are actually making it now so that they can kick bully's out of school's. In fact they have a new system in place where at some school's the Highschool kid's that start fight's and pick on other's get a 3 strike's and your off to boot camp deal. Which I like.

When people are unhappy, they feel the need to make others unhappy. Having power over people makes bullies feel better about themselves. Are they hurting you like physically hurting you? Ignore them if they are just saying mean things to you. If they hurt you, report them to the school

Hello, maybe they feel insecure. There can be other reasons such as they are just rude to other people.I can also see they might want to try to impress their friends and if they bully their friends approve of their actions.I see a bully as someone who wasn't raised right by their parents or family.

I think that most bullies bully other people because they have troubles in their lives that make them feel insecure which makes them take their anger and emotions out on other people. I think that some bullies just do it because they think it is cool.

Sometimes I feel nasty people are just need to be marked as bad people , so everyone will know their intentions. If only there would be an honest respect rating system in real life , everyone could see his friend's respect rate... Bullies can even have no reason to their behavior. Our society needs to not let it happen and must not ignor it. If people ignor such a thing , the bully thinks his behavior is legitimate.

I don't think it has anything to do with race. I think you hit the nail on the head. To feel better about themselves. It has to do with not feeling secure I think. It is a shame that it happens. Try not to let it hurt you too badly.

Hi justbeingtiffany. I personally feel that people does not have any other reason to buly another person but its just merely for fun and to have some entertainment. Those kind of people are just being dominative and sometimes they are just someone who does not know humanity values. Its good to be firm and strict to those kind of people. Well we are not born to be made fun of. Just be strict and firm for once and I am preety sure the rest of the time, they would not bother making fun of u.

Most people bully, for some reasons..it's because they can't solve their own problems, for their pleasure, they tried to relief theirs by hurting others the way people had hurt them. it's a cause and effect thing, and also by their differences, which we all think it's hard because only few people had some degree of respect with it comes to the other

There are a couple of reason people bully. One of the major reason is that they want to show who's the boss; they don't want you to be better than them, so they'll threaten you physically or verbally to prove that you're just an ant. There's no point fighting them as it merely makes them more angry. Remember: Don't fight fire with fire. In fact both your opinions are right. Some just want to have some fun; they get an excitement out of scaring others who are weaker than them. Report to the school authorities, and if nothing is done about it because it's rampant in the school, and the administration couldn't control it, then better move to another school where you life is less threatened, and where you'll be able to study in a better and less hostile environment.

I think, it's a deep rooted problem of lack of attention. Whenever a new person comes in, it grabs attention of others, therefore he wants to channel it back to him or herself. These bullies seek love and attention that they don't get from their families.

Umm,maany reason to do it.Because he/she wants popularity,because he/she had been stressfull in his/her house,because its fun,because of hatered towards certain kind of race,because he/she think he is the better man/woman,because you are better than he/she its makes he/she jeleaous,because etc...etc..etc.There are a lot of reason that people get bullied,but its still wrong to hurt others feeling no matter what is your reason.

In my opinion bullies would have their own reasons to do what they do. I do not neccessarily think that its always because they're insecure, it might be that they're having troubles with friends, lovers or at home. They might be unhappy for some unfortunate reason... but overall even if they were going through this, i do not think it would be that vital to take it out on others. hope this helped.