Surviving bullying

Kolawole Oluwanifemi

๐—œ ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜€๐˜‚๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—œ'๐—ฑ ๐—บ๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—บ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฏ๐˜‚๐—น๐—น๐˜†๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—œ ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐˜€๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—น
Appears I should give it a second thought.
Before I continue with my story, can we all agree that a culture of silence perpetuates bullying? Good!
Yesterday, during a podcast recording/Expert interview, we explored a topic that's not typical for Techpoint Africa but really important: the scary issue of bullying in our educational institutions.
THE BABY LOUNGE CEO, Itoro Ngorji and I discussed how these facilities must engage in preventive measuresโ€”most importantly, supervisionโ€”to curb bullying, rather than relying solely on post-mortem solutions.
๐—ข๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ฒ ๐—ฒ๐˜…๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—–๐—–๐—ง๐—ฉ ๐˜€๐˜†๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—บ๐˜€. Because by the time the harm is visible, it's often too late.
As the conversation continued, I found myself sharing the story of the bullying I endured for four years in boarding school with my guest and the production crew. It was a deeply personal moment, and I asked myself, "Knowing traumatic experiences like this usually change people, how did it change me?"
I don't know why I asked that question, but since yesterday, I haven't been able to get it out of my mind.
๐˜๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ง๐˜ง๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ต ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜จ? ๐˜๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ฆ๐˜น๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ง๐˜ญ๐˜ถ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜บ ๐˜ ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ต ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฎ๐˜บ ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ง๐˜ฆ? ๐˜–๐˜ณ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ข๐˜ฎ ๐˜ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฌ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด?
๐˜‹๐˜ช๐˜ฅ ๐˜ช๐˜ต ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜จ๐˜ถ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ? ๐˜ˆ๐˜ฎ ๐˜ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ค ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฅ๐˜ด ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ฎ๐˜บ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฆ๐˜น๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ด, ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ฅ ๐˜ช๐˜ต ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฆ๐˜น๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ฉ ๐˜ ๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ? ๐˜๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ช๐˜ต ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ๐˜ท๐˜ฐ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฆ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ, ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฐ ๐˜ ๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ฐ๐˜ช๐˜ฅ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ง๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ต ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ด? ๐˜‹๐˜ฐ ๐˜ ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ง๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฎ๐˜บ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ, ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฎ๐˜บ ๐˜ข๐˜ฃ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ด?
Pheeew! I have so many questions. But let's move on.
Anyway, the discussion has left me pondering the long-term impacts of bullying and the importance of addressing these issues head-on.
What are your thoughts on the use of supervision and manned CCTV systems as preventive measures against bullying?
Have you or someone you know experienced the long-lasting effects of bullying? I'd love to hear your thoughts.
#Bullyingprevention #MentalHealth #CCTV #Supervision #Healing
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Posted Feb 13, 2025

This interview brought back the bullying I survived in secondary school...

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