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Cluster #3: The effects of bullying on the victim

Insight: the victim feels devastated, negative impact on their mental health

Insight: as time passes, the victim will be motivated to better themselves (gain more confidence, become mentally and physically stronger)

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its always family problems because when you’re born you’re like a blank sheet of paper then your parents fill you up so if you become a bully it’s usually something going wrong at home

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being a bystander makes you equally bad as the bully because you’re not doing anything as its equivalent to not helping, the reason the bystander is so popular is because it’s just so hard to take action as it’s hard when you don’t have like a solid backing and you don’t know if you’re going to end up getting bullied when you try to stand up

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Cluster #2: Role of bystanders

Insight: As of now, bystanders do nothing (too afraid, don't want to create more trouble)

Insight: Bystanders responding based on how they view the situation/how they see fit

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Cluster #1: Why are victims bullied

Insight: The victim is an easy target (fat, low self esteem, etc)

Insight: They do not know how to respond

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nowadays people tend not to help bullying incident instead just standing aside recording the incident posting it online. making the bullying going more extensive

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bullying kinda changes you as a person like for me I got bullied for being myself I guess and some part of me was like very unjust about it and it made me want to be myself even more and it made me even angrier like it just made me a lot tougher

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I told my friends lah but then what can they do it’s just a way of like releasing

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I would’ve stood up but me back then I was still so young and insecure then when they bullied me I thought that I deserved it

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because they think you’re easy to bully but if you do something in the first few times they’ll probably get scared I think. JUST ALWAYS LEARN SELF DEFENCE

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I mean like the thing about bullying Is once it starts and then you don’t stop it, it just keeps going on and on

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there was nothing physical cuz I was in wushu like they couldn’t possibly physically bully me

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so I have to learn how to come to terms with what they said and how what they say doesn’t define who I am

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We can spread awareness about bullying on social media as most youths uses it to post their own things.

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forgiveness is not for the sake of others but for the sake of yourself

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did not ask why her batchmates did not like her

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got even more miserable after that because I realised I wasn’t as pretty as the other girls in sports camp which was not true but back then I didn’t know better

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pretty devastated, was super sad because I struggled a lot w self-esteem issues back then and it didn’t help at all

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struggled a lot w self-esteem issues

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I was still quite shy back then so I didn’t really interact a lot

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if went to help friend stop getting bully or complaining to teacher. the bully will find you trouble. because u stopped them and they will come and seek revenge

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She hopes that her action will inspire others to do the same to avoid any bullying to happen

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There are some bystanders who do not want to get involved because they do not want to get hurt or want any trouble.

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My friend gotten bully because due to his small size and having a lot of cash in wallet cause the bully to target him and dragging him to the back and taking away his cash

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If it could to happen to anyone else other than her friends, she would more likely do the same as diffusing the situation. Under some circumstances, the victims will the one suffering at the end of the day regardless of age.

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Gotten bully because of his big size . The bully would go pinch his stomach.. because  also being to friendly and people taking advantage

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some bystander does not wanna help is reason because is very troublesome and can waste a lot of time  and going to police station to get interview  if the victim report to police

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Because of her charisma between the two, she is able to diffuse the situation. She does not know the actually reason why these bullying happen but she knew her friend who was victimized has autism.

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Depending on how severe the situation is, I may step in to help out if both parties start to get into a real fight.

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friend gotten bully because he was a easy target since he was a small and unconfident boy

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Due to parent not giving enough attention to children. children might watch show that containing violence and making them to learn from the scene and treat the same way from people in the scene.

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Once she told me, i realized what I was doing was wrong and I immediately changed in the sense that I was still clear about what’s wrong and what’s right at that age

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people become bully cause of getting to know bad influence friend getting into gang member and making them feel very cool when bullying people. or they have anger problem and using their anger to put on people to release their anger.

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I know a friend who witness bullying. Apparently I both knew the victim & the bully are her friends but somehow have bad blood between each other.

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Once I didn’t like this girl in Primary 3 and I ostracized her and my teacher told me about my actions.

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I think when you’re growing up  that’s when your environmental factors play in. If you’re still growing up, having a bully would really affect your view on life and things like that

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I believe people that bully right, they feel very inferior to others, so to feel superior, they pick people whose more weaker than them.

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I was bullied but it was just a short moment though, because they usually just play around until I lashed out then they stop. Just a few exchanges of words & we went our ways.

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i feel the bullies did it out of impressing people or seeming cool or out of pride

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all i could do was console her and told her to stop being nice to them as nothing will change and just ignore them

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a classmate of mine got bullied but she kept being nice to the bullies

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1. I need to be more prepared.

2. I need support from my peers/others

3. I need more time to recover

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To Clusters & Insights

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school should raise awareness to decrease bullying. it's one of the key solutions and it applies to everyone

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bullies will most likely bully due to problems in their environment/ upbringing

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Bystanders can either encourage or halt the bully's behaviour

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The bystander effect is when nobody is stepping in, so nobody feels the need to do it

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Not only did they just stand there and watch, but others also joined in and started beating me up

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My classmates are all taller and bigger than me, so i was an easy target for the bully

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I agree, life is like that, we must accept it and move on, in a better way than before

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My grandfather felt that all guys should stand up for themselves, and I agree with him

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How can we encourage youths to take bullying seriously?