Guilt and obsession

From the www.bullyonline.org website:

When the cause of PTSD is bullying, the guilt expresses itself in forms distinct from "survivor guilt"; it comes out as:

* an initial reluctance to take action against the bully and report him/her knowing that he/she could lose his/her job
* later, this reluctance gives way to a strong urge to take action against the bully so that others, especially successors, don't have to suffer a similar fate
* reluctance to feel happiness and joy because one's sense of other people's suffering throughout the world is heightened
* an unusually strong desire to educate the employer and help the employer introduce an anti-bullying ethos, usually proportional to the employer's lack of interest in anti-bullying measures
* a desire to help others, often overwhelming and bordering on obsession, and to be available for others at any time regardless of the cost to oneself


I felt better about this - knowing that while the first time I was harassed and put off reporting it was fear of losing my job - something I expressed to Steve Kaylor...but once I saw it wasn't going to stop...I became obsessed with making it stop. Bullying, sexual harassment and abuse at <span style="font-weight:bold;">Media General and other newspapers too - have GOT to stop. I may be the only one complaining - but I'm not going to stop. You -the reader, can make a difference too. Write the editor of your local paper when you see something that offends you, or if you have been treated rudely or poorly by a reporter. Write or call advertisers who advertise in your local paper and let them know how you feel about what their advertising dollars are supporting.

The Danville Register & Bee's corporate Human Resource Department did not feel any need to institute an anti-bullying program. THEY don't have that problem they said. I think THEY do. And this blog is staying up until THEY figure that out.

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