[Rex Tirano]

I think Wof is the authority on this matter. XD

For me, and my personal experiences of cyberbullying, I think that not only (as Wof said) that it can destroy a 'safe place' that people who find social sitautions or for whatever reasons find solace in the internet have. I remember that once (in the heyday of Oddchat) some friends of mine from school created a seperate chatroom through Oddchat on the IRC server and then progressed to speak about me and what they were going to do to me at length (I was told by of the girls involved at the time who still happens to be a friend of mine). This really destroyed me; Oddchat was a place (that for those of you who remember) that I spent pretty much everyday on because I had a very difficult home life and very difficult school experience and the friends I made only were and still are in some cases some of my closest friends (Aw). But the fact that they used this against me in a way that helped them bully me further just made me lose a sense of security. (True story over.)

Cyberbullying is mainly psychological and the threat of violence can be just as damaging as actual violence.

When bullying happens, whether it is cyberbullying or IRL bullying it causes the victim alot of stress. Biologically when you're stressed your body releases chemicals (to help the stress do it's thing), and when you're stressed for a long time these chemicals can affect the way your body does things. So not only are you being subjected to bullying, but the victim is probably feeling tired, rundown and pretty icky (scientific word, yo). These feelings inthemselves can make people feel sad and depressed, so dealing with these feelings within yourself and then being bullied... Well it can just make you feel worse.

Havoc, you used to be so sweet. I don't remember this "man up" attitude when I was being bullied at school.

- Rexy