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Month: October 2018

October 25, 2018November 12, 2018Leave a comment

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My Mission

My name is Monique and i’m a 15 year old Author/Influencer from Melbourne,Australia.My interests include photography, fashion,makeup,cooking ,spending time with my family and writing.From a young age I have always known I didn’t want to be just another person who never made their mark on the world,Knowing that bullying is a huge issue ,I wasn’t going to stand back and let it control me and other countless lives when I knew that i had the power to do something to help others,By helping others i have actually begun to help myself,I have written my own book called My Discreet Bully which is about 2 best friends named Jessica and Lily ,they grew up together Jessica begins to be mean and exclude Lily at school,Lily builds up enough confidence to confront her Discreet Bully.I truly believe the best reward in life is to make others happy and to see their transformation into stronger and happier people.I try to encourage everyone that I meet to Get Kind.

TYPES OF BULLYING!!

Physical bullying

Physical bullying includes hitting, kicking, tripping, pinching and pushing or damaging property. Physical bullying causes both short term and long term damage.

Verbal bullying

Verbal bullying includes name calling, insults, teasing, intimidation, homophobic or racist remarks, or verbal abuse. While verbal bullying can start off harmless, it can escalate to levels which start affecting the individual target. Keep reading in this section for techniques to deal with verbal bullying.

Social bullying

Social bullying, sometimes referred to as covert bullying, is often harder to recognise and can be carried out behind the bullied person's back. It is designed to harm someone's social reputation and/or cause humiliation. Social bullying includes:

lying and spreading rumours
negative facial or physical gestures, menacing or contemptuous looks
playing nasty jokes to embarrass and humiliate
mimicking unkindly
encouraging others to socially exclude someone
damaging someone's social reputation or social acceptance.
Cyber bullying

Cyber bullying can be overt or covert bullying behaviours using digital technologies, including hardware such as computers and smartphones, and software such as social media, instant messaging, texts, websites and other online platforms.

Cyber bullying can happen at any time. It can be in public or in private and sometimes only known to the target and the person bullying. Cyber bullying can include:

Abusive or hurtful texts emails or posts, images or videos
Deliberately excluding others online
Nasty gossip or rumours
Imitating others online or using their log-in

HELPLINES

Carers Australia

1800 242 636

Short-term counselling and emotional and psychological support services for carers and their families in each state and territory.

Headspace

1800 650 890

Free online and telephone service that supports young people aged between 12 and 25 and their families going through a tough time.

Kids Helpline

1800 55 1800

A free, private and confidential, telephone and online counselling service specifically for young people aged between 5 and 25.

MensLine Australia

1300 78 99 78A telephone and online support, information and referral service, helping men to deal with relationship problems in a practical and effective way.

MindSpot Clinic

1800 61 44 34

An online and telephone clinic providing free assessment and treatment services for Australian adults with anxiety or depression.

QLife

1800 184 527

3pm-12am

QLife is Australia’s first nationally-oriented counselling and referral service for LGBTI people. The project provides nation-wide, early intervention, peer supported telephone and web based services to diverse people of all ages experiencing poor mental health, psychological distress, social isolation, discrimination, experiences of being misgendered and/or other social determinants that impact on their health and wellbeing.

Relationships Australia

1300 364 277A provider of relationship support services for individuals, families and communities.

SANE Australia

1800 18 7263Information about mental illness, treatments, where to go for support and help carers.

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