“There’s a script in our minds that we’ve allowed to rule our thoughts. Frozen in time: Childhood taunts still ringing in your ears? It is time that you rewrite the script. Leanne Prendergast, founder and president of an anti-bullying organization called Love Our Lives, says that one of the biggest ways the trauma from bullying manifests itself later on in life, is through our language. The taunts you endured in high school, could be affecting you still. Standing Up to Yourself Confront your Past While it may not be possible to completely undo the damage of the past, here are some ways you can counteract against the psychological effects bullying may have on you now as an adult. Research (2013) has shown that being bullied as a child or adolescent leaves you at a higher risk of developing psychological disorders as an adult, such as depression and anxiety. Or every time I was discriminated against, or crudely dismissed for a job or ignored by a not-so hot crush.īullying is not just something that plays out in one scene of our (childhood) and disappears the rest. I went into the ring every time I ran into a “bossy” co-worker, or a friend who poked “harmless” fun at my expense. Though, I was no longer a bullying victim, technically, a bully remained in my mind and I constantly found myself going up against her.

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