How do you know if you're being bullied?

Being bullied comes with variety of disturbing emotions, and disrupted social functioning. One way to identify if you are being bullied is think about how you feel about people around you, especially those whom you encounter each day: what emotions to they evoke in you? Do you think they are giving you fair judgements? Are they being friendly to you, or try to ignore you. These questions can help you come to the answer to this question.

If you have to ask yourself whether or not you're being bullied, you probably are. Any behavior that you do not enjoy, and is repeated, is bullying. For example, it could be someone nudging you a little everyday. If you've made it known that you'd like them to stop, and they still don't quit, it is considered bullying. This nudging is a way of them attempting to 'get to you'. Remember- bullying is never okay.

You most likely are being bullied if you are feeling like you are being pushed down, like someone else is trying to or even not trying to make you feel less of yourself.

Constantly feeling depressed, avoiding company are some symptoms of bullying. When you are being bullied, you endlessly feel harassed, alone, and sad.

If your emotionally mentally or physically being harrased and or being teased to a great extent then you are bullied

If your feelings are hurt, you should try approaching the person and communicate to them that you do not appreciate their behavior. If this behavior continues, and communication does not improve or change their behavior, they are acting like a bully (intentional or not). I would try to talk to my HR department (or school counselor) about possible solutions to this situation, especially if the bullying is making your mental, emotional, or productivity suffer.

People brush off bullying as just an incident, an event that wont happen again or that was harmless. If someone is making you feel bad their bullying you. Once they realise that they can continue without incident towards them then they will.

If someone is knowingly hurting you physically or emotionally, you are being bullied and you shouldn't allow it to continue.

If the person is naming you and spreading rumors about you and hurting your friends, you are being bullied by that person

For me bullying starts when you think, whatever is done to you hurts you. So if the same people repeadeatly intently try to hurt you (emotionally or physically) that counts as bullying. Regardless of what other's say, if you want it to stop because it hurts you, then it's bullying. Stay strong !