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applegrove

(118,474 posts)
Tue Jun 5, 2012, 09:40 PM Jun 2012

Re: bullies. It should be public what the psychological effects of being bullied are. I once worked

at a human rights organization and little did I know some freak was trying to ruin my reputation while I was there. I did not know he existed but I somehow was in his way. By my first few days there I was so unpopular that I went into a funk and my memory went caput. I literally could not remember anything new. I could not learn anything. That was my body protecting myself from being bullied. The people I worked with had no idea what was going on and I feel sorry for them. They tried. I never have a mind like a steal trap but this was really bad. And I have to live with this work experience on my record. It was years later that I heard a radio show that talked about how your memory will crash when you are bullied. I went on antidepressants a year later and my memory improved. I could form new memories. Thing is many of the kids who kill themselves may not know that the effects they are feeling are fixable.

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