Is it true that people who bully are insecure?

in my opinion, yes it is true. Bullies are those people who are secretly insecure of themselves. and because they're so distressed of these insecurities, they channel on to other people their anger or their stress.

Typically, yeah. If you can spot a flaw in someone else, it doesn't matter what it is. There's a 99.9% chance that you have the same/similar flaw.

That is true. However there are OTHER possibilties why they are bullies. they could be for the reasons of being "cool and popular" "well known" "scared of" "sad" "purely for fun" of course....simply thats their personality and they are just plain mean.

I think it is a 60%-70% possibility that bullies feel insecure. In most cases, bullies were bullied by others before, and that has cause them to take up the name of 'Bullies'. When they bully someone, as they normally hold control of victims, they tend to feel more security since most of the people are scared of them and they would feel cool and popular among the School or place. Some bullies don't mean what they do. Some best friends are just inseparable, people hate being excluded, especially when you have a long-term friendship group. They might want to change their personality and conform themselves to make themselves feel like the other friends. I hope victims out there will understand. When bullies insult you, don't take their words for real. They have low self-esteem, and because they do not have standards up to you, they're jealous, leading them to bullying you. Just stand your ground, but don't fight or argue with them, it could lead to something serious. Bare with it for the time being, until you have reached the limits, keep yourself away from them, avoid their teasing if they come to you. You just have to tell a trusted adult, someone that you know in real life as they know you better and can understand your problem in real life.

I believe those who bully, have a reasoning behind it. Whether that be an issue happening at home, previous bullying (happening to them), jealousy, fear and many other things. It is hard to understand exactly why a person bullies, considering they do not speak out. However, it has nothing to do with the victim. People who bully, feel the need to put other people down to feel better about themselves, in my own opinion. You should never blame yourself for being bullied or pushed around, you are okay. You are enough. You are loved. Your worth is not defined by other people's actions.

A lot of the time people who bully are projecting their problems onto the people around them. Sometimes they are made to feel so low that they bring others down to feel a bit more highly of themselves. In addition, some people may bully people to gain validation from others around them especially if they see these people as higher than them. It's important to understand that the bully is the one with the issue and that there is underlying issue with them and not the victim. A lot of the time the bully has low self esteem and feels that bringing other's self esteem down makes them feel less alone.

Yes, most definitely! Individuals who bully tend to have their own problems in life and they tend to take it out on other unfortunately.

I have often found that bullies are very insecure. They are often hurt themselves and so they hurt others too. Don't forget they are human too.

Maybe I don't think so some of them just do it for fun to see others hurt.some of them are afraid to get hurt so they bully others then their are some of them who have problems home and take it out on others

Yes and no. Some people do it because it makes them feel above you, but some (terrible) people out there get a rush out of it. Think thrillseeker, but by abusing other people. It's horrible that there are people out there like this, but everybody is different.