The lecture is presented by director of TELL, Vickie Skorjv and the outreach coordinator Najwa Waheed Naohara.
TELL lifeline is a free telephone counseling service and it provides many languages.
Outreach program of TELL aims to increase awareness of mental issues by set up workshops for students and parents. It also receives questions from the public and search for the solution in TELL.
According to the statistic data showed by Ms. Naohara, there are 49% of people who aged under 24 have participated in bullying. It has been a serious problem in Japan since many teenagers have committed suicide because of physical and mental suffering. Buylling does not only exist behind the closed doors, a large proportion of them happens in open places where many people can see.
Nagative impact could influence both the victim and the bully, also the bystanders. There is a movie in 2016 called "koenokatachi ", which talked about the bully himself later became the victim of bullying, who became isolated and than suffered from regret and hatred for three years. Bullying also happens among children, sometimes the bully did not understand the harm that could cause by his or her action. Bystanders play an essential part in bullying. By showing support toward the victim or doubt the bully, the situation might have changed.
People who are suffering from bullying could be noticed by obvious patterns such as abnormal behaviors, bruise, or have depressive symptoms. It is hard to talk about oneself's suffering to another, so try to listen more carefully and understand their feelings are important.
