[1][2][3][4][5] Writers Neil Marr and Tim Field wrote about it in their 2001 book Bullycide: Death at Playtime.
From this long-term carrying of emotional and physical scars, the individual develops feelings of hopelessness and helplessness.
[9] Some of the risk factors associated with suicide from bullying are childhood trauma, nutritional deficiencies, and mental health issues such as, depression, anxiety, or PTSD.
[10] Risk factors for bullying and suicide include emotional distress, exposure to violence, family problems, problems within relationships, lack of connections to school or a positive school environment, alcohol and drug use, or lack of access to forms of social and emotional support.
A bullied victim in this stage will struggle upon being rejected by their peers and loss of self if none another group is established in this individual's life.
[7] In 2010, the suicides of teenagers in the United States who were bullied because they were gay or perceived to be[14][15] led to the establishment of the It Gets Better project by Dan Savage.
[19] Cyberbullying is a form of aggression by using the internet and/or electronic communication, such as mobile phones, e-mail, and text message, to cause humiliation, terrorization, embarrassment, and/or psychological distress to a peer.
[22] Furthermore, cyberbullying is becoming more prevalent and reoccurring than normal bullying in today's society with the increase in ownership of technology throughout the world.
Lastly as the constant cyberbullying continues it can cause the victim to experience an array of emotions like anger, sadness, and loneliness which can lead to their state of mind completely changing that typically include anxiety and depressive habits.
She posted a video on YouTube, sharing her story of being stalked, used, being bullied at school and by online comments.
[26] Young adults of the LGBT community "must cope with developing sexual minority identity along with negative comments, jokes, and threats of violence".
[27] A research identified that 19 studies were linked to suicidal behavior in lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) students to bullying at school.