Surviving bullying

𝗜 𝗮𝘀𝘀𝘂𝗺𝗲𝗱 𝗜'𝗱 𝗺𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗱 𝗼𝗻 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝘂𝗹𝗹𝘆𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗜 𝘀𝘂𝗿𝘃𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝘀𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗱𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝘀𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗼𝗹

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 measures—most importantly, supervision—to curb bullying, rather than relying solely on post-mortem solutions.

𝗢𝗻𝗲 𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗻𝗶𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗺𝗲𝗮𝘀𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝘄𝗲 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗹𝗼𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗯𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝗖𝗖𝗧𝗩 𝘀𝘆𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗺𝘀. 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.

𝘏𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘐 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘢𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨? 𝘏𝘰𝘸 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘧𝘭𝘶𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘐 𝘢𝘤𝘵 𝘰𝘳 𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘮𝘺 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦? 𝘖𝘳 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘐 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘮 𝘐 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴?

𝘋𝘪𝘥 𝘪𝘵 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘮𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘳 𝘴𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘺 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘨𝘶𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘦𝘥? 𝘈𝘮 𝘐 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘦𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘤 𝘵𝘰𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘴 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘺 𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘴, 𝘰𝘳 𝘥𝘪𝘥 𝘪𝘵 𝘭𝘪𝘮𝘪𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘹𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘐 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦? 𝘏𝘢𝘴 𝘪𝘵 𝘮𝘢𝘥𝘦 𝘮𝘦 𝘢 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘥𝘷𝘰𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘣𝘶𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘥, 𝘰𝘳 𝘥𝘰 𝘐 𝘢𝘷𝘰𝘪𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘧𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘵 𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘤𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘴? 𝘋𝘰 𝘐 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘮𝘺 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘩, 𝘰𝘳 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘐 𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘧𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘮𝘺 𝘢𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴?

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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