Dark side

• Anxiety
• Sadness
• Anger
• Shame
• Fear
• Frustration
• Hopelessness
  

All these negative feelings may lead to severe mental illnesses such as depression. Victims may also suffer from low self esteem and also the inability to place trust in others. Avoidance of school is also one of the common consequences caused by bullying, this in turn causes them to perform lowly academically which adds on to their trauma. Most victims ended up being withdrawn from their social life causing social disintegration and have problems with their interpersonal skills.

Some behavior that arises when such negative emotions are not dealt with proper care includes bullying and in some extreme cases, suicide. Victims who feel vengeful turn to bullying for revenge and for the feel of control . And some of the unfortunate victims who feel that the pain of the bullying is too much for them to bear will turn to suicide as a form of escape.

Suicide caused by cyber bullying is gaining much attention now as these tragic incidents are on the rise. Studies have also shown that victims of cyber bullying are almost twice as likely to have attempted suicide compared to those who are not exposed to cyber bullying.