When I was a kid, one of my aunts lived with us to help my mum with domestic chores. Unfortunately, this aunt bullied me constantly. I am sure she didn’t mean to bully me, but it happened in the smallest ways. If I did something wrong, no matter how big/little, she would beat me and take away my food as punishment. If something happened in the house, and I tried to explain my stance she would shut me up.

That shutting up also happened in school, my teachers wouldn’t let me talk or defend myself in certain situations. While I wasn’t physically harmed, the effect of this constant intimidation followed me into adulthood. I could never speak up for myself, and I became a people pleaser. What made me remember my childhood bullying is because a friend of mine is currently being bullied, and when she told me I was quick to say, “you are not helpless, you can stop this.”

There are so many women who are being bullied in personal and professional spaces. There are people (men and women) that once they smell a flicker of fear and intimidation in you, they wouldn’t stop until you crumble. So, how do you push back on bullies?[url] https://theladysroom.ng/time-to-push-back-against-bullying/[/url]

1st, you have have to be strong and brave. Stand up & speak out.
Valor(Bravery) is stability, not of legs and arms, but of courage and the soul.
-Michel de Montaigne.
2nd, you have to be matured by telling them outright what you knw is right.
To live with fear and not be afraid is the final test of maturity.
-Edward Weeks.