Can an adult be bullied?
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sophiesmom
ANSWERS: 34
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Of course. bullying is not a teenage / adolescent thing. Can an adult binge drink and have unsafe sex? Yep - just like teens do.. It's an emotional things, not an age thing.
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Of course, though adult bullying is more frequently psychological rather than physical.
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Sure. Bully children grow up to be bully adults sometimes. These are the people who abuse their spouses. It happens in the workplace too - there are people who want to push others around in order to hog the power, or get the boss's praise. There are neighborhood bullies too - the adults who reinforce the bullying behavior of their kids, or otherwise force their own lifestyles on everyone who lives nearby.
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Only if the adult permits it. I had a bully for a co-worker and I quit the job. She was there longer and she was not going anywhere. I think the fact that I am not an evil person like her drove her crazy and she wanted to corrupt me... it would not work.
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Of course. There are parents who bully teachers. There are children who bully parents. There are children who bully bus drivers. There are students who bully teachers. There are people who bully the elderly. The list goes on..
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Yes. I do it to the interns at work. Heheheh... No ...I'm a good girl 0:3
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they can be, but it takes a weak person, unless its by someone senior to you in the work place or something that would have reprocusions if you tried putting a stop to it
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Sure. Sal Mineo was killed that way.
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Its not good to bully people. But everyone get bullied. Adults mostly get bullied at their workplace.
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IM PRETTY SURE THEY CAN (LOL)...ANYBODY CAN BULLY A PERSON NO MATTER WAT AGE YOU ARE..FOR INSTANCE IF I GOT BULLIED I WOULD GET MY BOI'S & JUMP HIM...THATS JUST ME(LOL)
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Some bullies grow out of bullying while others just grow into bigger bullies. Adults can be bullied by their co-workers, boyfriends, girlfriends, spouses, neighbours, parents, children, siblings, house mates... Just because you've left school doesn't mean you stop having enemies.
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Yes, sadly they can.
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Yes. I had a bitch of a boss who bullied me until I made errors that she then tried to get me fired for.
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anyone can be bullied
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Anyone can be bullied.
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of course they can, unfortunately. though adult bullying has a tendency to be more passive rather than physical. What i mean is they will use exclusion, talk about them behind their back, make up rumours etc...
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Yes, I was bullied by my previous boss.
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indeed they can. Much of the spousal abuse we hear of is bullying, as is pressure in the workplace. You need to talk it through with a trained counsellor, to find methods to deal with this, as it is just as damaging to the adult as to the child.
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an adult can be bullied.. but we normally dont call it bullying.. we call it harassment or abuse.
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definatly.where my mom works there is a supervisor who berates everyone for the slightest thing.she even reduced this one woman to tears calling her stupid and belittling her in front of everyone.she tried to do the same to my mom but my mom stood up to her and now she leaves her alone.
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Yes. And when in a relationship we call that domestic abuse or on the lighter side a guy can be henpecked or pussy whipped by his wife. How many times have you been laid out by your boss and just stood there and took it? See? It happens.
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as sad as it sounds, yes adults can be bullied, mostly in the work place or by a spouse. if some one sees a weakness in you, 8/10 people will use it against you to bully you. bully sounds such a child like word that when you think of it as a child you may think of being beaten up or picked on for " the wrong clothes! " but in adulthood its more your work isnt being done correct or your not working hard enough, you never do anything, and its just as hard to cope with, i was bullied quite badly in school and got very depressed,i promised myself i would never let this happen again and i always stand up to people now no matter who it is a boss, a spouse. Being a nice person in this day and age just seems to make you a target for sad nasty people to take advantage of you.
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Easily. If you let yourself be taken advantage of, you are being bullied. I see many adults being bullied, because they are too passive, or too scared to stick up for themselves.
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Adults can certainly be bullied. At a school near me, there was an overweight band instructor who was hassled by her students for years about her weight. Where is she today? About 20 years later, she is a severely anorexic 60-something year old woman who picks food out of the trash behind fast food joints because she refuses to let anyone she knows see her buy/eat food. Dramatic? Yes, but sadly very true.
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Yes, whole towns have been known to be bullied by people. No one is immune.
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yes some ppl (bullies) have the nack of finding a persons weakness and suck on it like vampires
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NO, once you turn 18 it isn't allowed! LOL. There are bullies at every age, but thankfully not as many later in life. p/s I read that wrong. Sorry. Yes anyone can be bullied but you don't have to take it. You may need help, so don't be afraid to ask someone for help if you need it.
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Yes, and it isn't something hard to do.
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Definitely, although it's usually not physical, but can hurt just as much, if not worse.
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it depends on what you define as bullying! I can only say,dont let anyone,and I mean anyone push you around,those who try that are just cowards,they think they are one better as you, then show them who YOU are,sometimes the best way is to simply smile and be polite,or walk away and say have a nice day,but dont let it happen that someone scares you,if your best side doesnt work then maybe a call from the police will
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I think so. My adult brother intimidates and bullies me.
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Bullies are everywhere and every age. As adults, bullies have to be much more careful and you just don't go around beating people up. It has to be much more discrete and behind the scenes. Bullies have a much harder time. By the time you reach adulthood, most folks have figured out how to handled them. Best thing to do is to avoid them. When confronted, laugh at them or ignore them. As a kid, it just isn't that easy. There, the best way to not be a victim is to not look like a victim and don't place yourself in a position to look like an easy target. The Japanese have a saying, "the nail that sticks out, get hammered down" . There is a lot of wisdom in that.
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adults are being bullied all the time. i was a bully at school, i was bored because the teachers would not teach me, so i took my boredom out on others. bullies only exist because we allow them to exist. it is not true that bullies are basically cowards and all you have to dois stand up to them. To stand up to them you must do it collectively. this is from an exbully.
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yes, they can, i'm being bullyied for over 5 years now by my neibhors, they try to get us to fight them, they curse at us and try their very best to annoy us, this happens every friday and saturaday night. we have called the cops, which do nothing. they have threatened to burn our house down, to kill our dogs, they said if they could get away with it, they would put bullets in the back of our heads. trust me yes there is adult bullies.
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